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All eyes will be on Mayor Tom Hanel Monday night, when the Billings City Council is finally scheduled to vote on a nondiscrimination ordinance. Hanel appears to be the swing vote on the 11-member council, and on a roll-call vote the mayor is traditionally the last one to cast his vote. (more…) Continue Reading →
Sean Lynch is planning to have a new entertainment venue in the downtown Billings Bus Depot open by late November. “I’ve got bands booked in there for December, so I hope it’s done by then,” he said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Big Dipper Ice Cream, a popular Missoula ice cream parlor that was featured on “Good Morning America,” is coming to downtown Billings. The store will be jointly owned by Big Dipper founder Charlie Beaton and Bryan and Sarah Hickey. Bryan Hickey said they hope to start renovating their downtown location in October and open “ideally by Valentine’s Day 2015.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Robert K. Elder has 6-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, who’ve never been to Billings. So when Elder brings them to his hometown town this week and next, he’s planning to take them to all those places he visited as a kid — including Cody, Wyo., Yellowstone National Park and MontanaFair. Elder also hopes that he and his wife, Betsy Edgerton, can take in one night of the Magic City Blues festival while they’re here. (more…) Continue Reading →
When Kenny Biggs left Townsend to join the Marines in 1945, he was carrying a snapshot of the girl he loved. She had had the photo taken at the state fair in Helena a year earlier, when she was just 14. In the photo she is a fair-skinned, dark-haired girl wearing lipstick and a tentative smile. Her name was Nadine Biggs, and that was the problem. (more…) Continue Reading →
Hope Errico Wisneski told supporters of a nondiscrimination ordinance in Billings on Tuesday that they are moving forward swiftly, however slow the process might seem. Things truly move slowly in Washington, D.C., she said, which is why the Human Rights Campaign is working for change in states and individual communities. (more…) Continue Reading →
People trying to alleviate homelessness and find a solution to problems with transients in downtown Billings are making plans to hear about models that seem to be working in other cities. (more…) Continue Reading →
Mike and Alex Gregory have been running Oxford Antiques at 2411 Montana Ave. for 33 years, dating back to the days when the avenue was studded with empty storefronts and an abandoned train depot overrun with pigeons and transients. (more…) Continue Reading →
When a business can’t wait to tell you what a great deal it is offering you, without quite explaining what the deal is, watch out. (more…) Continue Reading →
Dennis LaMotte’s Jeep, trailer, canoe and bicycle are all painted in camouflage green, but the paint wouldn’t hide it from the meter maids. That’s why he was looking to make change for a dollar when I ran into him Monday morning a couple of blocks east of the courthouse. He had to feed two meters to accommodate his mission on wheels. (more…) Continue Reading →
