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 →
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Sessions, in Billings visit, talks about drug crisis
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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 →
Filed under: News, drug crisis, Jeff Sessions, Rimrock Foundation
Local food hub kicks off fundraising effort Tuesday
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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 →
Filed under: News, Charter Beef, Northern Plains Resource Council, Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council, Yellowstone Valley Food Hub
Giving locally? There’s an app for that, now
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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 →
Filed under: Billings, News, charitable giving, Erin Jimison, Invisage Consulting, Mary Hernandez, Melissa Smith, PHIL
Woodruff: Demands grow on journalists
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Growing up as an Army brat traveling the world, Judy Woodruff was naturally drawn to the world of public issues and events, she said here Monday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Brian Kahn, CNN, Judy Woodruff, NBC, PBS
Ex-candidate Prouse finally pays fine in corruption case
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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 →
Filed under: News, Gene Jarussi, Jeff Magnan, Michael Moses, Wesley Prouse
Political practices complaint against Jarussi is dismissed
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HELENA — Allegations that a high-profile state-appointed attorney broke some of the same campaign practices laws he was hired to prosecute have been dropped. Deputy Commissioner of Political Practices Kirsten Madsen, in a 19-page order issued Friday, dismissed a complaint filed late last year against Billings attorney Gene Jarussi by Republican political consultant Jake Eaton. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Gene Jarussi, Jake Eaton, Jeff Mangan
City to release names of disciplined police on Monday
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The city of Billings plans to release the names, on Monday, of the three police officers disciplined for having sex with a civilian employee of the city Police Department on city property, two of them while on duty. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, City Hall, Police Department, Rich St. John, Thomas Pardy
Democratic House candidate Moss pulls plug on campaign
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The field of Democratic candidates jockeying to challenge U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte narrowed from six to five on Wednesday. Lynda Moss, a former state senator from Billings, said she has officially closed her congressional campaign office, though her name will still appear on the ballot for the primary election, which is on June 5. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Greg Gianforte, Lynda Moss, U.S. House
3 Billings cops disciplined for having sex on city property
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Three Billings police officers who admitted having sex on city property with a civilian employee of the department were given either one- or two-week suspensions without pay, Police Chief Rich St. John said Wednesday. (more…) Continue Reading →