Billings Mayor Bill Cole was at the White House as President Trump signed an executive order designed to help combat the high number of veteran suicides. Mayor Cole joined us on Montana Talks with Aaron Flint to talk about the visit.
Billings Mayor Bill Cole talked about the need for local option sales taxes during a meeting with a White House official earlier this week. Cole was one of three mayors, including the mayor of Colstrip and the mayor of Roundup, to visit Washington, DC along with legislators and county commissioners.
Tribes from all over Montana came to Billings on Friday night. Veteran William Medicine Crow and MSU Billings Interim Chancellor Ron Larson led the grand entry of the 50th annual MSUB Powwow. Billings Mayor Bill Cole also took part in the festivities...
Q2 reports that new Ward 4 Billings City Council member Reg Gibbs was appointed Monday night, but only after another council member from the same ward blasted the nomination.
Gibbs will replace Ryan Sullivan, who moved to Texas for a new job...
The Gazette reports that Billings Mayor Bill Cole has condemned racist and anti-gay vandalism after swastikas and other graffiti were found emblazoned on property at Grace United Methodist Church, Lewis & Clark Middle School, Senior High School and Pioneer Park.
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KTVQ.com reports that the race for Billings mayor went to attorney Bill Cole by a comfortable margin on Tuesday night. Cole is the former chairman of the Billings Chamber of Commerce board of directors and former president of the Yellowstone County Planning Board...