Billings News

KTVQ.com reports that after the Billings City Council failed to secure top city administrator candidate Greg Doyon it’s back to square one in finding a top notch chief executive, while retooling the contract parameters for new candidates...

Q2 reports that a jury found 22-year-old Tristan Morales guilty Thursday of raping a young girl in April of 2017, despite his claim that he only touched her inappropriately. Morales was convicted in Yellowstone County District Court of one count of sexual intercourse without consent...

The Gazette reports that a Billings mother, got a call at noon Tuesday that her 3-year-old daughter, Naomi, had been attacked by a dog and was in an ambulance on the way to Billings Clinic. The child had been at the home of her grandmother, Michelle Repeta, who runs Precious Time Daycare at 1512 St...

The new parking meters installed in downtown Billings last month have been glitchey, but officials say they’re working now. The 120 smart parking meters can now read your credit card, along with accepting coins. Officials also promise that sometime in the new year, you will be able to use a smartphone app to tell you where parking is available downtown, including inside the city’s parking garages.

The two men accused of beheading a Billings man they’d just met at a casino denied the charges against them Thursday. Q2 reports that 31-year-old Donald Cherry and 33-year-old Jeffrey Haverty pleaded not guilty in Yellowstone County District Court to the homicide charge for the murder of 41-year-old Myron Knight...

The Billings Gazette reports that a retired couple of healers have shared their bounty with the community they have served so well. St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation has received a $1 million gift from retired Billings neurosurgeon Dr...

A man who was found shot in the leg in the Home Depot parking lot Monday night was taken to the hospital. The unidentified 35-year-old man was not cooperative with officers, according to Billings Police Sgt. Matthew Chaney. The man was found in a vehicle in the parking lot at 2784 King Ave...

26-year-old Anthony Felton has been charged with brazenly stealing an entire ATM from a Billings hotel. Felton made an initial appearance in Yellowstone County Justice Court on Monday. Justice of the Peace Jeanne Walker set bond at $35,000...

As the Billings City Council bid farewell to Mayor Tom Hanel, they also delayed until January the process of replacing the city administrator. The Council appears unlikely to re-negotiate with their former top choice. The move at Monday’s meeting came after Greg Doyon, the current Great Falls city manager, declined the job Friday on the basis of salary and other contractual items...

Q2 reports Billings’ Mayor-elect Bill Cole said that he hopes to reopen contract negotiations for city administrator nominee Greg Doyon when he takes office in January. Doyon publicly spurned the city council’s offer on Friday morning...