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Broadwater Avenue is under construction yet again as crews work to find out why the asphalt settled several inches in the eastbound lanes between 16th and 19th streets west. (more…) Continue Reading →
So it wasn’t bad enough that we just endured the snowiest winter in the history of Billings. Now we learn that we are closing in on the longest streak of sub-75-degree days in our history as well. (more…) Continue Reading →
Two small helicopter-like Unmanned Aerial Systems could be seen earlier this week flying in and outside of Rocky Mountain College’s aviation building. It was part of a demonstration by professor Scott Wilson and two of his students, who showed how to operate the machines and discussed the complex regulatory environment surrounding them. (more…) Continue Reading →
Poking around Montana Mint, which we are also featuring as our Website of the Week (see left rail on our home page), we came across “Big on Billings: 7 Reasons Billings Does it Better.” It’s hard to argue with the list of reasons (though we might dispute the assertion that the Bighorn River is only “30 minutes away”). And here’s our favorite:
“Lilac made the list of the top 100 American-cuisine restaurants in the nation by Open Table. “And to everyone in Great Falls whose idea of fine dining is unlimited breadsticks, yes we have an Olive Garden (and you won’t find us there).” Continue Reading →
The arc of social justice bends slowly but surely toward inclusion. In Billings, in the case of a prospective non-discrimination ordinance, the “slowly” part is evident for all to see. The “surely”? I don’t know that anyone who attended the Monday meeting of the City Council or spoke in favor of an ordinance has much confidence in that today. (more…) Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: If some parts of this story look familiar, they should. This is a revised, combined and updated version of the two stories posted Monday about the falling rock near Zimmerman Trail. (more…) Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: Don’t miss the video of the rockfall, posted by KTVQ. A link is at the bottom of this story. In the story posted just below this one, City Engineer Debi Meling predicted that another giant slab of sandstone would be falling off the Rims near Zimmerman Trail, hours after enormous boulders came down early Monday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Several huge boulders sheared off the Rims just west of Zimmerman Trail early Monday, coming to rest about 150 feet from the home of Scott Kinne and Annette Stone. “We have an RV,” Kinne said. “We spent the night in the Wal-Mart parking lot.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Here’s some odd news: Supporters of U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke were forced to remove some illegally posted campaign signs … in Santa Barbara, Calif. As columnist Barney Brantingham explains in the Santana Barbara Independent, supporters posted the signs, without a permit, in Hope Ranch, an unincorporated suburb of Santa Barbara, after a Zinke fundraiser there. It’s not entirely clear whether Zinke himself was at the event, but Brantingham said “Zinke gets his Santa Barbara credentials by being married to the daughter of Fred Hand, Lolita. Hand was a well-known Santa Barbara businessman in the ’60s and has a street named after him.” Continue Reading →
Longtime readers of the digital edition of the Billings Gazette will probably remember a particularly critical and crotchety commenter who, in any given week, used to leave dozens of screeds under various stories. (more…) Continue Reading →
