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Early Thursday Crash in Billings
At approximately 1:22 a.m. Thursday, a driver suffered serious injuries after crashing his car at the intersection of 6th Avenue North and North 30th Street in Billings, wrapping it around a tree. Q2 reports Billings police officers released a statement saying an as-yet unidentified 28-year-old Billings man was driving west on 6th Avenue North at high rate of speed when he lost control...
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Judge Overrules Overtime Judgement for BPD
A judge has ruled in favor of the city government in the matter of Billings Police officers’ efforts to receive more than $2.73 million for overtime they say they’re owed dating back nearly a decade. District Judge Olivia Rieger of Dawson County issued an order on Wednresday reversing the original order from another judge in the suit filed in 2009...
Billings Council Vacancy Filled
Q2 reports the vacancy on the Billings City Council was filled Monday night by applicant Roy Neese. He was selected to fill the seat in Ward 2, vacated by Larry Brewster in late November. Eight applicants submitted their resumes after Brewster announced he was stepping down...
Helena Man Charged
19-year-old Keagan Shearer of Helena is accused of having nude images of underage girls on his phone and faces a felony charge of sexual abuse of children. Shearer has been under adult supervision since March for sexual abuse without consent...
Operation Billings’ Child
Q2 reports today is the last day Operation: Billings Child will be collecting Christmas gifts for children who would otherwise go without on December 25th. The Billings Kiwanis Club helped start the project in 2013 and several businesses have joined in the effort...
Wreaths Across America
Montanans joined Americans across the nation in honoring fallen veterans on Saturday for National Wreaths Across America Day. In Laurel, folks placed 357 wreaths near headstones at the Yellowstone National Cemetery. Similar ceremonies took place at about 1,400 cemeteries nationwide...
Zinke Out as Interior Secretary
President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning via Twitter that Montana’s Ryan Zinke is out, tweeting “Secretary of the Interior @RyanZinke will be leaving the Administration at the end of the year…” Zinke has been the subject of multiple ethics investigations, but blamed his resignation on the media...
Miles City Trainer Charged with Child Porn
A former Miles City athletic trainer has been charged with possession of child pornography. 87-year-old James “Doc” Jensen is implicated in a sophisticated system of sexual abuse. He was arrested Friday at his Miles City home. The arrest was not for the charges in the sex abuse case but instead for a series of other crimes...
BLM oil and gas lease sale lands over $538,800 in bids
On online auction of oil and gas leases by the Bureau of Land Management has landed more than $538,800 in bids this week. The auction held Tuesday offered 23 parcels covering some 12,500 acres (5,058 hectares) in Montana for oil and gas leasing through the competitive online auction...
Federal officials find contamination in Crow water system
Tests results on a public water system serving 1,300 residents on Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation found evidence of fecal material contamination that exceeded safety standards, government investigators disclosed Thursday. The contamination was found in tests conducted in April...