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At a gathering of business and community leaders Tuesday, Gena Lustig, a junior at West High School, told how she attends an after-school Robotics Club at the Career Center as often as she can. “It’s a ton of fun,” she said. “It’s my favorite thing all year.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Call him gutsy but outgunned. Call him a road-warrior. Call journeyman boxer Daniel Gonzalez of Billings anything but an easy night’s work. “My record is not the best,” said Gonzalez, a 35-year-old coal miner by day. “My record sucks. Continue Reading →
We regret to inform our valued customers that we are no longer repairing eight-track players. Continue Reading →
You used to see signs in small businesses saying, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone” (and my favorite variation, “We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone”). (more…) Continue Reading →
After nearly 30 years of illuminating Billings’ tallest building, the signs on the First Interstate Tower are getting updated. Crews have started the process of removing the signs, and as soon as the weather cooperates, all four will be retired and replaced with newer technology. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Friends of the Billings Public Library had been planning to conduct book sales in the new library this spring, summer and fall. That was until the move was made to the new library in February and the group took stock of the used books still in its possession. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Last Good Halloween, by Giano Cromley, Tortoise Books, 2013. 235 pages, $12. Editor’s note: An interview with the author, a native of Billings whose first book this is, may be found under the review. High school sophomore Kirby Russo can be an irritating narrator. (more…) Continue Reading →
Eunice Terry, a woman of deep faith and wide friendship in this community and many other others, died Sunday at her home in central Billings. She was 87. Her nephew, Jeffery Booth, described her as a “God-given woman who touched a lot of minds and hearts.” (more…) Continue Reading →
The East Texas town in which I first worked for a newspaper had a convenience store called the Seven Seas. I loved the name and liked to imagine that the store contained live sharks, salt air, one-legged pirates and exotic dishes of whale and octopus. (more…) Continue Reading →
Greg Gianforte, the Bozeman entrepreneur whose planned commencement speech at Montana Tech in Butte sparked talk of a boycott, offered to “step down” from giving a similar speech at Rocky Mountain College next month. But Robert Wilmouth, president of the private college in Billings, insisted that Gianforte give the commencement address as planned. (more…) Continue Reading →
