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I was planning to ride off into the sunset today, but if I may appropriate an observation by Benjamin Franklin, it looks as though I might be heading in the direction of the rising sun.
In the week since I announced that Last Best News would cease publication today, I have heard so many expressions of interest in reviving it in some shape or form, with or without my continued involvement, that it appears likely that this independent online newspaper will live on.
Former state legislator Russ Doty brought his push for renewable energy to Billings on Wednesday, part of his campaign to get Initiative 184 on the ballot this year.
Addressing about 15 people at a Democrats’ breakfast study group at the McCormick Cafe, 2419 Montana Ave., Doty gave a brief introduction to an initiative aimed at doing many things. Continue Reading →
The Rudeboys Bistro in the old Log Cabin Bakery building is officially open for business.
Owner Matt Melvin went with a soft opening on Tuesday, relying on nothing more than a small sign in front of the bistro at 2401 Second Ave. N., and between 11 a.m., and 4 p.m. about 20 people stopped in. Continue Reading →
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., says the cowards who shoot up schools can be stopped with deadly force.
Daines has been known to hide under his desk at the sight of a loaded question, but he may have a point. And If we are going to start arming teachers, I’m a pretty good candidate. Continue Reading →
The “Future of Coal” will be the subject of a conference hosted by the Burton K. Wheeler Center on Friday, April 6, at the Northern Hotel in Billings.
The daylong event will bring together leading experts and the best available information on the topic as participants examine and consider the future of coal and, more broadly, energy development in the state of Montana. Continue Reading →
Bill Peterson of Nye had no plans to speak at a public hearing in Stillwater County Tuesday morning. When he changed his mind, he pointed out what seemed obvious to everyone present.
“I thought it was interesting that there were no proponents,” he said. Continue Reading →
As a fourth-grader, when the siren heralded the air raid drill I dutifully crawled under my desk and put my hands over my head and didn’t move until the all-clear sounded. During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 I was as scared as anybody that the Russians were going to bomb us to oblivion and vice-versa.
Now, with North Korea and Russia and the United States bragging about their nuclear capacity, I mostly just hope for the best because there’s not a thing I can do about it. Continue Reading →
Nathalie Wagler was born a few months after the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in 1999. Clara Bentler was born the next year.
“We’ve lived through school shootings our whole life,” Clara said. Continue Reading →
An award-winning quartet that plays a unique blend of pop, jazz and world music will return to the Mayflower Congregational Church, 2940 Poly Drive in Billings, this Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Continue Reading →
A Billings man’s attempt to compel the city of Billings and its insurer to release all information relating to a $1.6 million judgment paid to a former police officer has been rejected by the Montana Supreme Court.
In an opinion issued Wednesday, six members of the court upheld Yellowstone County District Judge Michael Moses’ summary judgment in favor of the city and its insurer, the Montana Municipal Interlocal Authority. Continue Reading →
After three years of inaction, delays and excuses by the Stillwater County Commission, landowners along the Beartooth Front filed legal action against the commission this week. Continue Reading →
