Nicole Riley
Bullock Absent From Historic Democratic National Convention
Montana Democratic superdelegate and Governor Steve Bullock was nowhere to be found at Tuesday’s historic nomination of Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever nominated by a major political party for the presidency of the United States during the Democratic National Convention...
PETA Concerned Over Billings Squirrel Control Method
Animal rights advocates are reportedly concerned over Montana’s method of dealing with ground squirrels that have burrowed beneath some of the athletic fields at Billings parks. Authorities say they are endangering athletes and wreaking havoc on turf conditions...
Facebook Has Become A Tool For Finding Families
For many, Facebook is a link to those from whom we’ve moved or grown away. For others, social media is becoming a means of filling a void and finding a family. In the case of Jennifer Bradish of Billings, sitting close to her biological mother, Jane Merchant, facebook captures a moment of happiness and a remarkable family resemblance...
Billings Council Considers Parks Ordinance Tonight
Tonight, the Billings City Council will consider a proposed ordinance permitting dogs and cats in Billings parks. The city’s Animal Control Board and Parks Board have conducted a number of meetings to review the existing ordinance prohibiting dogs and cats in parks...
Hastings To Become A Name From The Past
Hastings will soon be a retail name of the past, as the company’s new owners plan to close all the stores– including the one at West Park Promenade in Billings– and liquidate assets. A joint venture of Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, both Limited Liability Corporations, won controlling interest at auction Wednesday and decided to liquidate instead of preserve the Tex
Republican National Convention News for Montana
Montana Sen. Steve Daines, who said he was skipping the Republican National Convention ‘cause he was gone fishin’, will instead be making a brief stop there today.
Daines will leave from Bozeman and return on Wednesday. Daines and his wife will then head out for a fly fishing trip later in the day...
Four Hospitalized After Early Tuesday Morning Crash
Four people were hospitalized early this morning after a vehicle crash in Billings West End. Billings Police responded to the intersection of Rimrock Road and Melrose Lane at about 3am after a 1997 Subaru collided with a 1996 Buick, according to a news release from Sgt...
Sunday Morning Sportbike Crash
A 19-year-old Billings man died Sunday morning after crashing his motorcycle in the Billings Heights. At about 1:20 a.m. Billings Police responded to reports of a crash at the intersection of Alkali Creek Road and Aronson Avenue.
The man was riding a sportbike when he hit a curb on the south side of the street...
Man Who Killed Toddler Sentenced To Life In Prison
The man who reportedly killed a Helena toddler will spend the rest of his life in prison. A judge sentenced Coleton Coburn yesterday after he previously pleaded guilty in the beating death of two-year old Persephone Nielson in Helena last year...
GOP Blames Bullock For Coal Woes
Montana’s Republican candidates seemed to uniformly blame Gov. Steve Bullock for the trouble with the coal industry during a Wednesday meeting at the Billings Public Library. The meeting of coal stakeholders came one day after an owner of Colstrip Power Plant settled an environmental lawsuit by agreeing to shut down two of the facility’s four units within six years...