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Surprise guests a big hit at Magic City Music Awards

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Quartet

In an awards show packed with youthful energy and frenetic performances, the hit of the night at the 17th annual Magic City Music Awards on Sunday might have been Norrine “The Outlaw Queen” Linderman, who’s been performing in the Billings area since the late 1940s. Linderman, winner of last year’s Freeman Lacy Award, created to recognize musicians with a long history of contributing to the Billings music scene, was just well enough to pick up her award last year, but too ill to sing. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, Art Hooker, George Moncure, Magic City Music Awards, Scot Ninnemann, Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.

Parking garage, skybridge would serve Stillwater Building

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Skybridge

Plans are underway to build a six-level, 430-stall parking garage across the street from the former James F. Battin federal courthouse, now known as the Stillwater Building. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon by Eggart Engineering and Construction, the Billings contractor renovating the old courthouse at 316 N. 26th St. on behalf of the building’s owners, WC Commercial LLC, out of Alaska. Plans call for linking the parking garage to the Stillwater Building with a skybridge. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, News, Diamond Parking, EEC, Quentin Eggart, Stillwater Building

Downtown Autumn ArtWalk will feature 29 locations

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Fetters

Autumn ArtWalk in downtown Billings, set for Friday from 5 to 9, “embraces cool art, cool nights and cool music.” That’s according to a press release from the Downtown Billings Alliance, which also announced that tickets for ArtWalk’s first 50/50 raffle are on sale through the Winter ArtWalk, scheduled for Dec. 1. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, Downtown ArtWalk, Downtown Billings Alliance, Yellowstone Art Museum

Group helps women join forces to fund worthy projects

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The team

For years, Haley Vannatta wanted to start some kind of philanthropic or charitable program she could sponsor as the publisher of Yellowstone Valley Woman magazine. She talked about different ideas with Julie Koerber, editor of the magazine, and with her husband and business partner, Jeremy Vannatta, “but nothing ever seemed to fit,” she said. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, News, 100 Strong Billings, Haley Vannatta, Jessica Baldwin, Julie Koerber, Julie Seedhouse

Fall enrollment at MSU Billings up over last year

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MSUB

Enrollment is up at Montana State University Billings this fall semester. MSUB announced Wednesday that as of its official 15th class-day count, 4,401 students are enrolled, up slightly from the headcount of 4,366 students in fall 2016.  Of the 4,401 students, 2,830 are at University Campus and 1,571 are at City College. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, News, Joe Oravecz, MSU Billings, Robert H. Hoar, Ron Larsen

Here’s how often those seeking your vote cast ballots

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Brown

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include the voting record of George Blackard, a City Council candidate in Ward 4, who was inadvertently left out of the original story. Among the 12 people running for Billings City Council and the mayor’s office this year, three have perfect voting records, casting ballots in every election as far back as electronic records stretch. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, News, Bret Rutherford, City Council, municipal election, Nadja Brown, Ward 3

One Big Sky Center could get larger, developer says

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Dunn

The Billings City Council heard a brief update Monday night from the president of the company that has taken the lead on a proposal to build a multimillion-dollar project in downtown Billings —which could be larger than originally planned. Bob Dunn, president of the Hammes Co., didn’t have much new information to share Monday, but he did say the partners involved in the One Big Sky Center would have a “concept development plan” done in November. The council previously set a Dec. 11 deadline for completing a development agreement between the city and the developers. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, News, Billings City Council, Bob Dunn, City Council, MontDevCo, One Big Sky Center

More forums planned for council, mayoral candidates

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Forum

Interest in this year’s City Council and mayoral races continues to run high. After a record number of people voted in the Sept. 12 primary, narrowing a crowded field of candidates to two in each of the council’s five wards and two in the mayoral race, additional forums have been scheduled in advance of the Nov. 7 general election. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, News, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Community Channel 7, mayoral race, Town and Gown, Yellowstone Valley Democratic Club

At this school, students learn rudiments of rock ‘n’ roll

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Singer

Earlier this week, at a group lesson for students in the Free Spirit Rock School, Sharon Mulvehill was sitting in on bass guitar. She normally plays a regular guitar, and she wasn’t all that familiar with the bass line for the first song of the night, Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.” Bill Dickman, the school’s guitar teacher and musical director, who happened to be sitting in on drums, stopped the song and briefly, a little impatiently, told Mulvehill what she should be playing. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, ArtWalk, Bill Dickman, Brad Edwards, Donno Choriki Ayers, Free Spirit Rock School

Friends, colleagues recall a one-of-a-kind public servant

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Kurt

Early in 2001, shortly after Kurt Corey, then director of Public Works for the city of Billings, had accepted a similar job in Eugene, Ore., I wrote a story about his imminent departure. He had been officiating high school football and basketball games for 20 years, and he told me he wasn’t sure he’d have the time to continue refereeing once he got to Oregon. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, News, Bill Morgan, Choteau, Dennis Taylor, Eugene, Kurt Corey, Public Works