by Staff The Town Pump Charitable Foundation announced Feb. 27 it is offering $1,000 grants to public libraries in Montana to help fund summer youth-reading programs.
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I-90 Construction to Resume
by Evelyn Pyburn As soon as the weather improves, construction of the bridges on the I-90 Yellowstone River Project will resume after having been on hold since November. Everything is in place and the contractor, Sletten Construction, is ready to…
Bill Proposes $50k Reward for Informants in Drug Trafficking Cases
by Michael J. Marino Bill No. LC018, sponsored by Brad Molnar (R-Laurel), proposes to pay a $50,000 reward to anyone “who furnishes information to a law enforcement officer leading to a conviction,” of various crimes like drug trafficking and human…
Troy Charbonneau Retires, Receives National Recognition
On Tuesday, Yellowstone County Sheriff Detective Troy Charbonneau was recognized during the county commissioners’ regular board meeting, for 20 years of service and congratulated upon his retirement as a member of the Sheriff’s department.
New Plant Joins Meat Processing Boom in Montana
The production of meat processing in Montana has taken center stage over the past couple of weeks including the unveiling of a new state-of-art meat processing plant that is being built just outside of Billings. Perched on the top of the…
New St. Vincent Clinic Open in Lockwood
by Evelyn Pyburn A committee of the Lockwood School Board recommended increasing Superintendent Tobin Novasio’s salary 6 percent for the 2022-23 school year, which was unanimously approved by the board.
DEQ is accepting public comment on preliminary determination for air quality permit
HELENA – The Montana Department of Environmental Quality today issued a preliminary determination on the air quality permit for the proposed Otter Creek Coal Mine in southeastern Montana. The Preliminary Determination document is open for a 30-day comment period and…