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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.
At a public meeting called to update people on the One Big Sky Center proposal for downtown Billings Thursday evening, there wasn’t much new information to be had.
There were, however, plenty of questions from the audience of about 40 people, and a plea to keep the public more informed about the proposal. Continue Reading →
“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, one of the most celebrated plays in American history, will open a three-weekend run Friday night in the Black Box at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Ave.
The play will be presented by Yellowstone Repertory Theatre, Billings’ only professional repertory company. Continue Reading →
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., joined President Donald Trump in a bicameral meeting at the White House on Wednesday to discuss school safety, saying future school shootings can be stopped by deadly force.
Daines, who released a video of the meeting in a press release, told the president that action is needed now. Continue Reading →
RiverStone Health, in conjunction with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, has confirmed the first pediatric death of the 2017-2018 influenza season in Montana.
In a press release issued Wednesday afternoon, RiverStone Health said the school-age child was a Yellowstone County resident. RiverStone, the Yellowstone public health agency, did not identify or give the age of the child. Continue Reading →
Matthew Redinger, a vice provost for academic affairs at Montana State University Billings, has been named provost at the University of Providence in Great Falls and will begin his role there on July 1. Continue Reading →
Two biblical scholars will discuss different ways of seeing and understanding the death and resurrection of Jesus in a series of talks this weekend in Billings.
The Jesus Seminar on the Road event, sponsored by the Westar Institute and Billings First Congregational Church, will start Friday evening and run for most of Saturday at the church, 310 N. 27th St. (See below for details on the schedule and registration.) Continue Reading →
Just after 7 a.m. on the wind chilliest day of the winter, my aging Subaru sputtered to a start, spit out black smoke onto the white snow for a few minutes, then died. For better or worse. Till death do us part. Continue Reading →
Next month, 16 objects from the Montana Historical Society’s vast collections will compete, March Madness-style, for the title of Montana’s Most Awesome Object.
The competition, modeled on the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, will pit object against object from the Montana Historical Society’s museum, archives and library collections. Continue Reading →
Dan Edelman, executive vice president of administration and chief financial officer of the University of North Texas at Dallas, has been named the next chancellor of Montana State University Billings and City College. Continue Reading →
Several Stillwater County property owners filed a lawsuit Monday against the Stillwater County Commission and county clerk and recorder, saying the officials illegally stymied their efforts to create a citizen-initiated zoning district. Continue Reading →
