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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 most complicated segment of the project to rebuild Highway 212 from south of Laurel to Rockvale is well underway. The Montana Department of Transportation is in charge of the 11-mile-long project, which will move the roadway several thousand feet west of the existing alignment. (more…) Continue Reading →
Old Faithful is the most popular destination in Yellowstone National Park, but it’s also one of the park’s most fragile natural wonders, and one still not fully understood by researchers and managers charged with protecting the iconic geyser and other nearby thermal features. (more…) Continue Reading →
Bozeman entrepreneur Greg Gianforte has been invited to speak at commencement exercises at Montana Tech in Butte and at Rocky Mountain College in Billings. Some people have threatened to boycott the ceremonies because of his involvement with groups that oppose equal rights for gays and lesbians and that support creationism. I think the protesters have it all wrong. Gianforte is the perfect person to speak to budding young graduates. Here is what he should say: (more…) Continue Reading →
Hundreds of thousands of visitors come each year to Cody, Wyo., equipped with cameras and binoculars, hoping to see an elk, moose, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, whitetail deer or mule deer. Kevin Hurley remembers seeing them all. In a single day. (more…) Continue Reading →
As people in Billings cautiously toy with the idea that our long, snowy winter might finally be over, consider how Pat Smith describes the best part of his job:
“Imagine turning in a circle to see endless white and blue divided by the horizon line, knowing there is up to two miles of snow and ice depth beneath you. I suppose it is similar to being a sailor in the middle of the ocean, a sense of solitude and beauty in the starkness of the place.” (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 →
A little in this country goes a long way in Ethiopia. A fundraising dinner in Billings in 2011, followed by some T-shirt sales, brought in enough money to do most of the construction on a dormitory that will house up to 50 street kids in Gara Muleta, Ethiopia. (more…) Continue Reading →
Bozeman billionaire Greg Gianforte, whose scheduled commencement speech at Montana Tech in Butte has prompted some students and teachers there to organize a boycott of the event, is also scheduled to speak at Rocky Mountain College’s commencement this spring. (more…) Continue Reading →
Five people who were delegates to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the state Supreme Court candidacy of Lawrence J.C. VanDyke. The lawsuit, filed Friday in District Court in Helena, argues that VanDyke is not qualified to run for the high court because he has not been admitted to practice law in Montana for as long as required by the Montana Constitution. (more…) Continue Reading →
