by Evelyn Pyburn-Originally published in the weekly edition of the Yellowstone County News on 3/4/16. BILLINGS — Construction to complete the modernization of Bench Boulevard began this week, reports Knife River of Billings, the general contractor for the project. Utility … read more
by Evelyn Pyburn-originally published in the weekly print edition 2-12-16 of the Yellowstone County News. BILLINGS — Yellowstone County Commissioners have set a hearing for Feb. 23 to gather public comment on a Resolution of Intent to place a request … read more
by Evelyn Pyburn-Originally published in the Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — Proposed designs for roundabouts at the Johnson Lane Interchange and how they could impact Lockwood’s truck traffic was the primary topic of discussion at the Lockwood Business Group (LBG) meeting … read more
Interstate 90/94 was shut down for about 30 minutes at the Yellowstone River bridge connecting Billings to Lockwood Wednesday due to a 3 vehicle wreck that occurred on the Yellowstone River bridge. Danny Kramer (41) of Billings, was in his 1968 F-100 pickup truck traveling … read more
Billings – The former director of the Yellowstone County Museum has pleaded guilty to felony theft in Yellowstone County District Court. Charles “Chas” Weldon was the museum’s director from 2008 to 2013. In a plea agreement negotiated between prosecutors and … read more
Billings – The significance of MetraPark co-promoting events was clarified by Sue DeVries, MetraPark’s assistant manager, during the meeting of the MetraPark Advisory Board. Following kudos for “hitting a real home run” with the landing of Motley Crue, (appearing July … read more
Ballantine, MT – Adam Vogel of Ballantine had his black bear skull officially measured by a Boone and Crockett representative and confirmed that the black bear that was shot and killed two months ago is officially the state record by … read more
The article named “Becky’s Brewings to McNiven’s Meanderings” was originally published in the weekly Yellowstone County News in the November 26th edition. So I’ve been trying to figure out a good transition from Becky’s Brewings (of which I personally … read more
By Tobin Navasio, Lockwood School Superintendent The goal of this series of articles is to highlight some of the positive things that are happening here at Lockwood Schools as well as to make you, the community, aware of some of … read more
State Representative Jonathan McNiven released the following info regarding his decision to step down from the upcoming 2015 Legislative Session. He will finish out the rest of his current term which ends Jan. 5th, 2015. Here is what he posted … read more
Huntley, MT – Jonathan and Tana McNiven of rural Huntley have purchased the weekly Yellowstone County Newspaper from Pete and Rebecca Robison of Huntley effective October 1st. The McNivens plan to keep the paper in the same location and format … read more
