Chuck Platt

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Western Bar building bought, will become apartments

Bought

The building that once housed the old Western and Wheel bars, located side by side on the 2700 block of Minnesota Avenue, has been sold, and the new owners plan to convert it into residential apartments. Jack English and Jeff Payne, principals of Illuminations Systems Inc., an electrical construction business in Denver that has an office in Billings, closed on the property in December and hope to start demolition on the building this summer. (more…) Continue Reading →

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Thirsty Street, Billings’ latest brewery, to open Feb. 18

Thirsty

Shea and Jill Dawson had been talking about opening a brewery for years. Shea, who works in finance and public affairs at the Phillips 66 refinery, worked in a handful of places for Phillips, mostly recently New Orleans, before they arrived in Billings a year and a half ago. (more…) Continue Reading →

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