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Judge-Elect Harada Victory Confirmed by Recount
Thursday’s recount in the nonpartisan race for Yellowstone County District Court Judge, Department 8, has confirmed the victory of Judge-elect Ashley Harada, who beat former county prosecutor Juli Pierce by an original margin of 119 votes and added a half dozen votes to her tally after the manual recount was completed...
Roberts Retires from Rescue Mission
Perry Roberts has retired as executive director of the Montana Rescue Mission in Billings. Roberts told Q2 that, during the past decade, the mission has gone from helping fewer than 1,000 people a year to around 2,000 annually for the past several years...
Montana Remembers Bush 41
The late former President George H.W. Bush made four trips to Montana, campaigning and celebrating Big Sky Country. The first visit was to Billings, while Bush was serving as vice president to Ronald Reagan in 1988, endorsing fellow Republican Conrad Burns for U...
USPS Suspends Service Wednesday
The US Postal Service announced it will “suspend regular mail deliveries, retail services and administrative office activity” on Wednesday for the national day of mourning honoring the late former president, and the White House declared Wednesday a national day of mourning...
Drunk Driver Knocks Out Power Pole
MTN News reports a man, who police suspect was driving drunk, knocked down a power poll on First Avenue South in Billings Monday night, causing a partial road closure at around 8:30 p.m. from South 31st Street to South 30th Street. According to Billings police, the man was driving a truck and was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was awake and communicating...
Embezzler Pleads Guilty
A West Yellowstone woman admitted Monday to embezzling more than a half million dollars from her employer over a seven-year period. 54-year-old Ann Hermanson pleaded guilty to wire fraud during a hearing in Missoula. Hermanson worked for 15 years as a para-professional in a West Yellowstone accounting office, but the business was not named...
A Very Roaddogs Christmas Sunday
The Gazette reports that the threat of snow this weekend in Billings did not deter the city’s annual parade of leather, chrome and Christmas presents that thundered from the downtown to the Rimrock Mall on Sunday. According to organizers, about 300 motorcyclists, many decked out in tinsel, Christmas lights and Santa hats, thundered down North 27th Street, First Avenue North and Broadwater Avenue f
Messiah Fest Ends
Q2 reports a Billings Christmas tradition ended Sunday afternoon at the Alberta Bair Theater. The St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation hosted the Messiah Festival for 25 years and decided this would be their Grand Finale. The benefit fundraising concert was free...
Deadly Thanksgiving on Roads
Thanksgiving week was one of the most deadly on Montana highways. From Nov. 19 to Nov. 26, 12 people died on state highways and interstates, according to Montana Highway Patrol. The number of fatalities are more than five times higher than the last three years for the holiday week...
Midterm Legislative Recounts Coming Next Week
Just when you thought the 2018 midterm elections were over, recounts will be held next week in both Billings and Great Falls legislative races. Q2 reports Republican state Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway in House District 22 in south Great Falls and Republican Fred Fleming in House District 51 in south-central Billings are the official winners in each race...