Last Best News (https://montana-mint.com/lastbestnews/author/edkemmick/page/4/)
Things are going to be hopping at the Wise Wonders Children’s Museum — and at 100 or so other nonprofit agencies in Billings and the surrounding region —this Thursday and Friday. The nonprofits are all taking part in Yellowstone Valley Gives, a 30-hour fundraising drive organized by the Billings Community Foundation. It’s part of a nationwide giving day to benefit nonprofits. (more…) Continue Reading →
A jailer at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility spent a weekend on the other side of the bars earlier this month, after she was arrested for allegedly assaulting another jail employee off-duty. (more…) Continue Reading →
Many people have been asking why those of us in the news business want the names of the three Billings police officers disciplined for on-the-job sex (or on-city-property sex) with a Police Department clerk. (more…) Continue Reading →
I had intended to cover the speech today by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but inasmuch as I am typing this while he still speaks, according to the schedule, I guess you can tell I didn’t make it. (more…) Continue Reading →
With hopes of hiring a full-time general manager this summer, supporters of the Yellowstone Valley Food Hub will kick off a fundraising campaign Tuesday night at the Last Chance Pub and Cider Mill, 2203 Montana Ave. (more…) Continue Reading →
KTVQ and the Billings Gazette jointly filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in legal proceedings involving three Billings police officers fighting not to be identified as the patrolmen disciplined for having sex on city property, two of them while on duty. (more…) Continue Reading →
Just about a year ago, Erin Jimison, a mother, career woman and self-described Type A personality, came to a realization. Virtually the only aspect of her life in which she wasn’t making well-thought-out decisions, she said, was in making donations to charitable causes. For most of what she donated, she had been relying on her employers to make those decisions for her. (more…) Continue Reading →
A former state legislator from Shepherd who was jailed last year for refusing to cooperate with authorities regarding his involvement in a political corruption scandal has finally paid a $70,000 penalty for campaign finance violations. (more…) Continue Reading →
A District Court judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday barring the city of Billings from releasing the names of three police officers disciplined for having sex with a civilian employee on city property. (more…) Continue Reading →
Sure, it’s a miserable day in Billings, Montana. But there is one consolation: we have officially broken the record for snowfall in one winter. The National Weather Service office in Billings put out an alert at 10:18, saying: “Wild weather in Billings this morning. We had a clap of thunder as rain changed to snow around 9:16 AM MDT. You can see the single lightning strike on the map below. Continue Reading →
