With hopes of hiring a full-time general manager this summer, supporters of the Yellowstone Valley Food Hub will kick off a fundraising campaign Tuesday night at the Last Chance Pub and Cider Mill, 2203 Montana Ave. (more…) Continue Reading →
Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council
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Film festival looks at food as part of larger conversation
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The Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council is partnering with Art House Cinema & Pub to present a Food Film Festival on three Tuesday evenings this month. The tagline for the festival is “Films about how what we eat matters for people and the planet.” The festival is part of the larger Community Food Campaign sponsored by the Northern Plains Resource Council, of which the YVCC is an affiliate. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, News, Art House Pub & Cinema, Billings Food Bank, Caitlin Hart, Cori Hart, Matt Blakeslee, Northern Plains Resource Council
Month-long event encourages non-motorized commutes
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You might not think of Montana as a place where much commuting gets done. Aren’t commuters those people creeping down the clogged highways of major cities every weekday morning and night? (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, AmeriCorps, Billings TrailNet, Commuter Challenge, Elyse Monat, Pub Station, VISTA, Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council
Creativity flows at meeting on future of power plant land
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At a meeting called to envision future use of a 74-acre riverfront site that until recently held a coal-fired power plant, participants were encouraged to use their imaginations. That they did, coming up with activities and attractions for the old J.E. Corette plant site that included sport fields, an amphitheater, disc golf, picnic areas, a museum, restaurants, a brewery, high-density housing and a zip line to the site from the towering Sacrifice Cliffs across the Yellowstone River. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Darryl Wilson, Ed Gulick, Four Dances Natural Area, J.E. Corette plant, Jennifer Merecki, Our Montana, PPL Montana
Oil wells on Billings’ doorstep under consideration
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In February, the Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council called a meeting in downtown Billings to support residents of Carbon and Stillwater counties as they braced for an onslaught of oil and gas drilling. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Bonnie Martinelli, Carbon County Resource Council, Deb Muth, Energy Corporation of America, Kris Spanjian, Mary Fitzpatrick
Photo Gallery: A fine spring Saturday
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Saturday was a glorious day in Billings, at least before the clouds rolled in mid-afternoon. Here’s a look at a few things people were doing on this fine spring day. Continue Reading →