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Over the past month, we've been watching crews prepare a vacant lot next to the railroad tracks in downtown Billings, and hoped it would be something fun opening soon

The Ramsey Keller Memorial Foundation is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a big party this Friday at the Pub Station Ballroom.

Winter arrived in the Treasure State over the past couple of days, thanks to a September storm that brought snow to higher elevations, and that has skiers excited about what's going to be coming soon.

It's easy to get caught up in the big, headline-making, missing person cases. But let's not forget all the ones that aren't on the news.

Jeremy Mahugh is a Navy SEAL veteran from the Flathead Valley of Montana. Nic McKinley grew up in Billings and became an Air Force pararescueman before joining the CIA. Now, they're leading efforts to rescue women, girls, and children from Afghanistan.

That was retired Army Sergeant First Class Dana Bowman. He's a former green beret and Army Golden Knight who lost his legs in a parachuting accident and has now logged more than 5,000 jumps.

Two citizens are being called "heroes" by the Billings Fire Department, after they helped crews during an emergency situation on the Yellowstone River on Thursday (9/16).

All boat ramps at Cooney will now be closed for the remainder of the season, due to low water levels.

Chipman is out. That's the good news. Here's the bad news: he will still be a threat to your 2nd Amendment rights.

Check out that bull elk. It's a great photo in itself. But the fact that the elk was shot on 9-11 by a wounded warrior who has served several tours in Afghanistan makes it even better.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Yellowstone County, and most of southeastern Montana, with conditions elevated for fire weather on Wednesday (9/15).

It was another record month of visitors at Americas first National Park.

So I'm playing in a tournament this weekend. I gotta say I'm pretty excited about this one, and I'm hoping that you guys will come out and watch us. It's an ultimate frisbee tournament. But this no ordinary ultimate frisbee tournament- this is ultimate frisbee on horseback.

“Are you crazy? Are you trying to get me shot? I’d never, ever want to be aligned with Joe Manchin. My wife would divorce me.” -Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)

Three people lost their lives in an ATV crash on Sunday morning (9/12), according to a press release from the Yellowstone County Sheriffs Office.

I got the vaccine in February and caught COVID the end of August. Here's what my experience was like as a "breakthrough" case.

Montana start-ups are looking strong. And what about wages? Wages in Montana are up nearly 7%. That's part of what The Big Sky Business Journal's Evelyn Pyburn shared Monday.

If you're someone who wants to experience the unity that America felt in the days and months following the 9-11 terror attacks, that was something that was clearly present in the room two years ago when a Montana-based veterans group held their first ever fundraising banquet in Billings.

Anna: "This is just coercion to submission. Coercion to obedience. And this is why it's so important because this is how old fashion dictatorships act, with group punishment, with fear, with envy, with hatred."

It's a scene that has played out at several college football stadiums across the country in recent weeks. On Saturday, students at Montana State University in Bozeman joined in on the chorus, chanting "F" Joe Biden during the Bobcats first home opener.

20 years ago I was glued to the TV. Today, 20 years after the 9-11 terror attacks, I didn't even want to turn on the TV or the radio news.