Like a show-stopping diva, the role of the arts in city government took center stage Tuesday in a forum of Billings City Council candidates at the Alberta Bair Theater. (more…) Continue Reading →
Candidates debate role of arts
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‘Second to none’: MacIntyre wins chamber’s Legacy Award
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Years ago, Bruce MacIntyre promised his wife, Linda, that he would never run for elected office. He made the promise in spite of his love of politics, which he discovered as a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame. He was a member of the delegation to a mock Democratic Convention that year — a delegation headed by Tom Judge, who would go on to be a Montana governor. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Bruce MacIntyre, School District 2 Board of Trustees
Chamber assigns grades to city candidates
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The Billings Chamber of Commerce handed out six A’s and only one F in its evaluation of the 21 candidates running for six seats on the Billings City Council. The ratings also included five B’s, eight C’s and a lone D. Candidates were rated mostly on how they responded to a Chamber questionnaire, with some weight given to past experiences and “demonstrable community leadership.” The F went to Ward 2 candidate Frank Ewalt, who did not respond to the questionnaire. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Billings City Council
College freshman, mad about ice cream, launches business
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The new ice-cream man in town is a young woman, but don’t look for her in a three-wheeled cart blaring calliope music. Bailey Scott, a 19-year-old freshman at Rocky Mountain College, will be driving a big sky-blue van with pink trim, and she’ll mostly be doing special events and private parties. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Diversions, Bailey Scott, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Rocky Mountain College, Wilcoxson's
Workers flood in for refinery’s biggest ‘turnaround’ ever
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As many as 1,800 refinery workers from far corners of the country are converging in Billings until mid-June, doing round-the-clock work on the Phillips 66 refinery during its largest-ever planned maintenance period. The refinery, which normally employs about 300 full-time workers, is in the midst of what’s known as a turnaround, a maintenance event that refineries undergo every five years. It involves shutting everything down, bringing in a host of outside help and working 24 hours a day to complete all the maintenance the refinery needs in order to go the next five years. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Bruce MacIntyre, Phillips 66, Ryan Wegner
Rally kicks off campaign for School District 2 mill levies
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Billings voters in 2013 approved two new middle schools and renovations of two elementary schools in School District 2. Now, school supporters say, it’s time to add more staff. The Yes for Kids Ballot Initiative Committee kicked off its campaign for passage of a mill levy on Thursday at the Mansfield Health Education Center. Mail-in ballots for the May 3 election are expected to arrive in mailboxes on April 16. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Bill Cole, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Billings Clinic, Darren Walker, Jim and Heidi Duncan, Luke Kobold, Mansfield Health Education Center
Tech-business alliance grows, Gianforte hits the road
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As members of the burgeoning Montana High Tech Business Alliance prepared to meet last week in Bozeman, they announced that the alliance includes 200 high-tech firms just a year after it was founded. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Bob Wilmouth, Greg Gianforte, Montana High Tech Business Alliance, Noah, Steve Arveschoug
How do we build a better Billings?
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Longtime readers of the digital edition of the Billings Gazette will probably remember a particularly critical and crotchety commenter who, in any given week, used to leave dozens of screeds under various stories. (more…) Continue Reading →
