Excavation work has begun on what apparently will be the biggest house in Billings. One informed observer said it will be the biggest in Yellowstone County. Continue Reading →
Billings
Work begins on ‘monster’ 26,000-square-foot house
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Last words, maybe, and a few thanks from Last Best News
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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.
Montana
From the Outpost: So many reasons to dislike Daines’ pay bill
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Having failed to accomplish anything of note in the least accomplished U.S. House in American history, U.S. Rep. Steve Daines seeks promotion to the Senate. Continue Reading →
Montana
Montana Tech petitions oppose Gianfortes’ speech
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated.
Petitions circulated by Montana Tech professors and students, asking the Butte school to rescind invitations to this spring’s commencement speakers, were sent to Montana University System officials on Monday. Continue Reading →
Billings
Program will extend tech studies into grade schools
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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.” Continue Reading →
Billings
Coal miner-boxer makes opponents earn their pay
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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. But whoever is in there with me will have to earn their paycheck.”
Diversions
Miles City: A guy walks into a museum…
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MILES CITY — Here’s why I love the Range Riders Museum.
I stopped in at the Miles City landmark on Friday, hoping to get a photograph of what I have long thought of as the most emblematic artifact on display anywhere in Montana. Continue Reading →
Photo Galleries
Road trip was worth the long winter wait
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When I launched Last Best News on Feb. 1, one of my publicly stated goals was to get out and about in Eastern Montana as much as possible.
Little did I know that winter, which had been bad enough even until then, would last so long and bring so much snow and cold. Continue Reading →
