Jun252024
On Saturday, 6/22/24, deputies and an ambulance were dispatched to the Yellowstone County Detention Facility for a reported assault on detention officers by inmates in the facility. As two officers were working in the facility, inmates suddenly attacked them. “Security video shows that the attacks were unprovoked,” says Sheriff Mike Linder in a released email. One of the officers, a victim in the attack, was transported read more
Jun252024
The Yellowstone Genealogy Forum (YGF) Group has been told to vacate their room in the Billings Parmley Library by July 15th. YGF is a group that formed in 1977 after a miniseries named Roots aired on television which got people interested in their family history. The group moved to the Billings Public Library and has been there for over read more
Jun252024
A local group entitled Stop The Shepherd Landfill has filed a lawsuit in Yellowstone County District Court challenging a license recently issued by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to Pacific Steel and Recycling that was finalized on read more
May312024
Dear Editor,
CMSgt. Emett, Michael, S. & Cam Browne: (YCN 4-12-24) Chief, love the title “rodent” you attached to Chuck Shumer, and Cam Browne calling Jon Tester a swamp creature, another rodent…love it. And now of course Slime Tester has stabbed us again in the back(side), this time by dumping a new bunch of illegals into Flathead Valley. If that’s not enough, we now have a bunch of illegals from Afghanistan living in Billings, thanks to Nancy Van Maren and Mayor Bill Cole. Not much talk about that, and I wonder why? It’s because they don’t want (us) talking about how our tax money is being spent. Ms. Van Maren, when do you think these (political refugees) Mohammedans will turn against us and possibly commit crimes here in Billings?
I wrote about this in September 2023 with absolutely no comment whatever from our politicians. Was Tester involved in this crime? It’s people like Van Maren with their bleating hearts that bring America haters into America. Why? I think it’s because of their self-imposed guilt: “we pity them, but if we bring them here, they’ll have a better life with our money.” Why should anybody have any pity on those that hate us?
I’m an older veteran and have talked with many young vets, and have yet to talk to one that has read more
May302024
Dear Editor,
I would like to ‘enlighten‘ MSgt Jose A. Bustos, MSgt. USAF/US Army (Ret) LTE 17 May 2024 with his regards to placing “blame” on President Biden for the loss of 13 Marines during the withdrawal of Afghanistan.
IF he were to check the record, he will find IT WAS the Donald J. Trump Administration, ‘negotiating’ with the Taliban, with zero Afghans involved for the withdrawal. When one negotiates only with the enemy and does not include the people we were there supporting, I ask; “What could go wrong?” As each stronghold was evacuated the Taliban moved in, with little to no Afghan resistance (Afghans not knowing what/when/where support was needed). At the FINAL destination, it was the Taliban setting up roadblocks/checkpoints, NOT the Afghans (in their own country)!!
The withdrawal was read more
May302024
Dear Editor,
I want to help Mary Catherine Dunphy and many others learn the truth and not be so worried about so little. We have thousands of “experts” running around telling us how we are all going to die a horrible death if we don’t submit to the “climate alarmist” and do it right now! Thank goodness we know most “experts” know less than a 3rd grader!
Actually, man is powerless to effect any change in our weather or our climate. There are hundreds of variables at play and man has a very poor understanding of how all those variables interplay to bring us our weather patterns. AND man surely has no ability to change any of those variables.
Dunphy is concerned about the arsenic, lead and mercury that come out of the smoke stacks at Colstrip. First remember 99% of the steam coming out of the stacks is just that – steam. After mixing with our atmosphere the other hundred or so chemicals that make up the 1% are so miniscule we never know they are there. You get more arsenic eating a tuna fish sandwich than you will ever get in a lifetime of breathing Montana air! We hear all kinds of fearmongering that this chemical MAY harm your skin and this other chemical MAY cause emphysema and this other chemical may cause allergies. But, of course, they offer no proof except if you come into contact with LARGE amounts of that chemical. Air borne levels of chemicals are so small they usually are not measurable once in the atmosphere.
Dunphy seems to think solar and wind energy will make her worry less. But the Federal Government has thrown a trillion dollars at solar and wind and it still only produces 3% of our energy. The “experts” claim they produce 21% but fail to mention that can only happen if we have perfect conditions every day. We all know we have perfect conditions about once every five years! If Dumphy gets her wish to have only solar and wind – then she will have something to worry about!
Our government is stupidly tearing out hydro dams, shutting down coal generator plants and destroying our reliable sources of electricity. Wind and solar are totally read more
May292024
Dear Editor,
Shady Sheehy?
Senator Tester Approves the Television Ad’s?
I’m a life-long read more
May282024
Dear Editor,
I wanted to take a moment to speak on an atrocious ballot measure being pushed in Montana.
It is CI-128, also known as “protecting the reproductive rights of women”. Even the title is a total misrepresentation. Women have full reproductive rights! We have total access to healthcare for all facets of our reproductive care, complete access to all forms of birth control aids, and total control of when we choose to reproduce. There are programs for assistance for single mothers and full access to adoption services.
While this Constitutional Initiative is still in the signature gathering phase, the push to get it onto the November Ballot is strong.
If passed, it would do the following: read more
May262024
Dear Editor,
As a former Navy Fighter Pilot (168 combat missions, F4J Phantom -Vietnam), and retired Airline Captain/Fleet Chief Pilot, I find Troy Downing’s statements regarding his military service and flight qualifications highly confusing, or intentionally misleading. He enlisted, following 9/11, at 34 years old — too old to begin Officer Candidate School, or flight training. To become a Designated Aviator (Pilot) in the Air Force, Navy, or Marines, one must be under read more
May242024
Dear Editor,
Thank you to Evelyn Pyburn for the report of the candidates. I like the thought of cutting education as we have the most illiterate people in the world.
Few people know about our read more
May192024
Dear Editor,
Joel G. Krautter, you fool! You’re first mistake was admitting that you WILL NOT vote for Donald Trump, actually our current and next president. You think because you and a few others hate President Trump that he will not win. You call yourself a “common sense conservative,” well mister, you ain’t got-a-lotta dat! It appears you are a closet Democrat. Common sense should tell you that most Americans are having an extremely difficult time trying to get by on what we actually could get by on, when Donald Trump was in the Oval Office.
Your second mistake was asking for the endorsement of losers that tried running for office. Your third mistake is not talking about the damage Jon Tester and Biden have done to Montana, and yet Tester benefitting himself financially on our taxes. Your fourth mistake is not addressing a single thing about what military Veterans need for continued survival, but then if you were never issued a DD-214, you don’t know what Veterans actually struggle with.
Dr. Kyle Austin, you Sir, are at least honest about your “maverick” political status and that you grew up farming. I married into a farm family, yet the only thing I know about farming is read more
May192024
Dear Editor,
Vote for Hank Peters for County Treasurer and County Superintendent of Schools. Hank has the experience and knowledge to handle the complex day-to-day operations of the read more
May192024
Leonard Arthur Schleder
Leonard Arthur Schleder peacefully left us on May 4, 2024, with his wife, Jackie, and family at his side. Leonard was born to Elizabeth Koch Schleder and Raymond Schleder on March 8, 1929, in Miles City, Montana. He grew up on the ranch in Sumatra, working from an early age beside his parents on the ranch. Leonard attended the Sumatra schools. Leonard’s father died in 1944 at the age of 45 years. Leonard was fifteen years old. That last summer while working on the farm his dad instilled in Leonard how to live a respectable life and how to treat others. Leonard practiced that advice his entire life. Leonard graduated from Sumatra High School in a class of three in 1947. He was proud that he had purchased tax title lots in the Sumatra Incorporated town before he was of legal age. Leonard attended Carroll College in Helena, Montana for one year, transferring to Montana State College in Bozeman, Montana for one semester. However, the call of the ranch life had him purchasing a 3,000-acre ranch in the Bull Mountains north of Shepherd, Montana in 1950 where he raised cattle and Pinto horses.
In 1953, he married Jacqueline Clark. They lived on the ranch with eleven miles of dirt roads from the highway and no electricity or modern conveniences. In 1955, they moved to the Shepherd community and in 1956, he started working for a local farmer, Elmer Quanbeck, learning about irrigated farming. During those years Leonard and Jackie started a monthly pinochle club which lasted for twenty-one years. In 1959, he wanted to own a read more
May192024
Six Huntley Project graduating seniors pose with thier newly awarded hardware of becoming the Valedictorians for the 2024 graduation held at Huntley Project High School Sunday May 19. Pictured from left to right is Brynn Wandle, Lainie Hofer, Shyanna Harman, Hailey Diamond, Gretchen Donally, and Delayne Lindeen. (Jonathan McNiven Photo)
Here are some pictures that were captured at the Huntley Project High School Graduation ceremony on Sunday May 19 by the Yellowstone County News. Feel free to share the pictures with family and friends that would like to use them for personal use. Congratulations to all the graduating seniors!
May192024
Shepherd High School Graduating Seniors pose for a group celebration picture after the graduation ceremony Sunday May 19, 2024. (Jonathan McNiven Photo)
Here are some pictures that were captured from the Shepherd High School Senior Graduation on Sunday May 19th. Feel free share and use any of these pictures of your kids and friends that were taken by the Yellowstone County News for your personal use. Congratulations to all the Seniors and good luck to you in the future!
May172024
Dear Editor,
T.J. Smith is correct, we need to find the root cause of addictions, the drugs, alcohol and sexual pleasures, a lot has to do with finances. Those making money off people who are coping with little money. Our children want to fit in, be cool and with the popular people. Our society has made material possessions and wealth a status symbol. When you fail to meet the expectations of yourself or what others think, shame and depression take over, you need a pick me up. The border has little to do with drugs and human exploitation; closing the border will mean finding another way to supply those in need.
Elections are won by read more
May172024
Dear Editor,
For years we have watched news reports of the porous southern border facilitating the illegal influx of 10 million migrants under the Biden presidency (thehill.com, Jan.2024). To be clear, we support immigration– legal immigration. Knock and come through our country’s front door the right way. If you are here to chase the dream and embrace the love of our country and values, we welcome you. It is the illegal part with which we have trouble. Illegal migration has brought drugs, human trafficking, mules, cartels, terrorists on watch lists, and much more negative fallout. For years, this has been ‘behind the curtain’ of the public in Montana. Just ask our Attorney General Austin Knudsen. He continually and relentlessly has warned us of the surge in fentanyl smuggling, a staggering 20,000% increase in confiscations since 2019; and sex trafficking, cases escalating over 116% since 2021 (dojmt.gov March 2024). These crises have become pervasive in Montana due to the current Federal administration’s border policy. We have confirmed illegals flown to Kalispell from New York. When hypocritical sanctuary cities realize Montana won’t send them back, where do you think they will keep sending them? Every town in Montana is read more
May172024
Dear Editor,
Not by choice, but only by accident, I caught part of the Brittney Griner interview on network TV the other night. Wow! Whoa! Shocking, if not read more
May172024
The Huntley Project Irrigation District (HPID) faced several issues at their monthly meeting.
Kay McCloy, owner of Fly Creek Angus Inc. in Pompey’s Pillar and her son Dillon addressed the Huntley Project Irrigation District Board during Wednesday’s May 7th meeting expressing their discontent and dissatisfaction with how the water in the irrigation canal was dispersed and started this year. Kay reminded the board that she attended last month’s April meeting to confirm when the water would be coming down the canal for this year’s season, so that she and her family had time to move cattle ahead of the water as they do each year.
Sunday, April 21st was the date that water started running from the Huntley Diversion Dam and started filling the main canal. However, the 24 to 48-hour notice that was requested by the McCloy family did not happen, and instead they received a two-hour notice. In addition, the fastest the water has ever come to them in Pompey’s is a week, but this year was two days later on April 23, according to Kay.
Kay said that 2024 marked the “45th year that my family has crossed the ditch and moved the cattle ahead of the water.” However, this year, “the time was not granted,” according to Kay.
“We didn’t’ have that opportunity to move our cattle. I feel it was 100% the ditch company’s fault.” McCloy submitted a bill to the board for the basics of what it cost her and her family from the losses they experienced due to how the water came to them this year.
Board President Cody Kuntz responded, “Kay, I don’t think this is our responsibility” in response to her $7,000 bill she submitted to the district board for the loss of her calves.
“You don’t’ think it’s right to give us more than a 3-hour notice?” questioned Kay’s son Dillon McCloy.
Kuntz, replied, “No.”
Kay replied, “After 45 years?”
Kuntz continued, “You knew the read more
May162024
Dear Editor,
Those who are pro-life OR pro-choice need to understand the truth about CI-128, which seeks to embed abortion into MT as a Constitutional right. Planned Parenthood operatives have been unleashed upon our state to gather enough signatures by June 21st to put an anti-baby, anti-woman agenda on our ballot this fall. The activist MT Supreme Court helped draft the vague, open-ended language, and signature gatherers will not be required to be transparent to the public as to what this liberal court system can interpret through it.
This change would allow for unlimited abortion, including partial-birth or dismemberment abortion. I can not believe most Montanans, even if they are pro-choice, would truly want that. In the language “healthcare professional” is left intentionally vague, meaning ANYONE loosely associated with healthcare can approve of abortion at any stage of pregnancy, and will make MT an abortion hub for those from other states who have not passed this horrific amendment. Taxpayers will be forced to pay for many of these abortions.
Both sides of the aisle are against sex trafficking. This initiative will allow for protection of predators and sex traffickers who force victims to obtain an abortion. How sick is read more
