May142019

OFFICIAL 2019 BEST OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY WINNERS

Featured Features • Home • Local • Yellowstone County

Well Folks, the ballots are in and we have some winners! Actually, we have 40 winners to be exact plus my Editor’s Choice Award winner that we will be announcing in next week’s edition of Yellowstone County News. Thank you for your patience and to all the readers and voters that participated in the process.  We’ll be announcing even more things to come in the near future so keep your eyes glued to your paper as those announcements come to light.

Until then, Congrats to the winners of the Best of Yellowstone County Awards from our readers and subscribers.  

JDM

 

Auto Repair/Auto Body – Blue Body and Paint

Bank or Credit Union – Stockman Bank

Car Dealership – Hertz Car Sales

Chiropractor – Heights Walk In Chiropractic

Dry Cleaner – Valet Today Cleaners

Farm & Ranch Supplier – Shipton’s Big R

Floral Shop – Evergreen IGA

Grocer/Grocery Store – Albertsons

Hair/ Beauty Salon – JJ’s Hair Fashion

Funeral Home – Smiths Funeral Chapels

Jeweler –  Gold Smith Gallery

Child Care Center – Kountry Kare

Sporting Goods – Scheels

Home Furnishing – UFS Used Furniture Store

Tattoo & Body Piercing – Eagle Tattoo

Law Firm/Attorney – Crowley Fleck Law Firm

General Contractor – Langlas & Associates

Local Insurance Agent – Frontier Insurance, Ed Melcher

Landscaping – Good Earth Works

Sewer Services – Anderson Sewer

Electrician – Taylor Electric

Professional Photography – 406 Memories

House Keeping/Cleaning –  Becky Carlson- Billings

Real Estate Agent – Chantale Hale EXP Realty

Steakhouse –  Feedlot Steakhouse

American Restaurant – Bull Mountain Grill

Mexican Restaurant – Guadalajara

Asian Restaurant – Grand Garden

Health Care Provider – St. V’s Dr. Nichols

Alternative Health Care – Yellowstone Naturalpathic    

Dentist – Prill Dentistry

Veterinarian – Lockwood Vet Dr. Jody Anderson

Massage Therapy – Chantel Hale

Gym – YMCA

Golf Course – Pryor Creek Golf Course

Museum – Yellowstone Art Museum

Educator – Cindy Sundheim, Shepherd Schools

May112019

Rule of law vs. morality

Opinion • Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I believe it was in one of my religion classes in high school that I learned there are two kinds of law. There are laws that are morality based such as laws against murder and stealing. Then there are laws which are passed to regulate people’s activities which are not morality based. read more

May112019

Obituary: Annalynn Huber-Kuper

Obituaries

Kuper, Anna

Annalynn Huber-Kuper was born April 30, 1975 in Libby, MT to Berl Buck and Rosetta Tarr. She passed away April 30, 2019 in Billings.

She lived an adventurous life, but was taken too soon. Annalynn is preceded in death by her father Berl Buck and sister Anita Swedelund. She is survived by an amazing and supportive group of people, including four read more

May102019

Hypocrisy of the Wolf

Opinion • Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I am not at all surprised at the hypocrisy of Mr. Wolf.

He says that PRESIDENT “Trump is not playing with all his marbles.” Then goes on to disparage anyone that might agree with the President, calling them ‘semi-Americans’, then insults the President one more time, just like they do in 2nd grade. In the same paragraph he laments that anyone would attempt to drive a wedge between D’s and R’s. read more

May102019

Smells like an apology owed

Opinion • Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Of all the ordure you’ve cast at American and Yellowstone County’s Republican voters, you’ve really outdone yourself on the YCN May-03-2019 comment.  You call us “often thoughtless and if they were stupid.”  Peter Strzok “smells us” in Walmart when he drives by one, so I’m assuming, Carl Wolf, that you can smell the likes of me and other YCN subscribers, as many of us shop there… shop in a great American success story – Walmart.  Maybe you don’t shop there for fear of the smell.

You owe Americans and YCN readers an apology for your last comment, and for the YCN not to demand your apology, is condoning your excrement to Americans and YCN readers!  I feel that should YCN continue to allow you to use such verbiage for your continued insults for voters, some of YCN readers are going to get fed up with this kind of trash and may cancel their subscription.  Even though YCN readers have responded to your continued excrement, it’s done with levity and respect… an attribute you do not possess.

Jose A. Bustos, Jr.,

Billings, MT

May52019

Let the Buffalo roam

Opinion • Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Our government officials continue to prioritize private interests over public opinion. Keeping bison out of Montana is a spineless idea that only benefits private ranchers. Officials claim that bison can transmit brucellosis – a disease that can cause cattle to abort fetuses – although there has never been any documented evidence of a transmission in the wild. We should allow bison to freely roam throughout Montana because it would increase visitor spending, reduce tax dollar expenditure, and enhance the ecosystem. Limiting bison to a small area of Yellowstone National Park is not only unnatural and unfair, but ultimately stifles economic growth. The public’s desire to see this animal unrestricted and sovereign again should not be overshadowed by influence of special interests.

Natalie Crane,

Bozeman