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Q2 reports that Montana’s four-way Republican U.S. Senate primary is June 5th, and the candidates – along with plenty of outside money – are blanketing the airwaves and mailboxes with last-minute attack ads. The winner of the GOP contest will take on U...

In a sign of the times for the once-mighty retail giant, Billings’ West Park Promenade Sears store will close– along with at least 62 more stores as sales at the former Big-Box retail and catalog behemoth continue to plunge and corporate losses mount...

Q2 reports that a former chemist at the city of Billings Water Treatment Plant laboratory is accused of contaminating water test samples in 2015, costing the city its state certification. 35-year-old Michelle Henderson was scheduled to appear in Yellowstone County Justice Court Wednesday on one count of tampering with public records or information...

A Billings man who died in the Smith River south of Great Falls on Monday has been identified as 44-year-old Chad NewBreast. The river was running high and fast, and investigators believe that the two-man boat rounded a corner on the river and hit a large rock, causing the boat to capsize...

Q2 reports on a shooting outside of an apartment complex at 801 South 28th Street in Billings. Paramedics treated a male victim for a gunshot wound to the neck. He was still conscious and breathing. According to Billings Police Chief Rich St...

In the battle for a chance to face incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in November, an outside group with deep pockets is making significant advertising buys in Montana’s Republican primary race – this time to support state Auditor Matt Rosendale– while targeting former state District Judge Russell Fagg of Billings...

Q2 reports that six residents are suing to stop the city of Billings from imposing franchise fees on water, sewer and garbage services that are directed to the city’s general fund. The six rate payers are plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Yellowstone County District Court, alleging that the fees amount to an illegal sales tax designed to raise revenue for the municipality...

The man accused of shooting at two probation and parole officers before engaging Billings police in a standoff downtown earlier this month pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday at his arraignment. 60-year-old Michael Jeffrey Anderson was arraigned in Yellowstone County District Court Monday on two counts of attempted deliberate homicide with weapons enhancements...

The Gazette reports an amber alert issued early Monday was quickly canceled after a 16-month-old boy and his biological father were located at a Billings South Side residence, according to police. On Monday morning, the Billings Police Department issued an amber alert after Christopher Joseph Getsdownoften was reported missing...

Q2 reports two longtime Billings residents, charged in Utah with the murder of their daughter, have been ordered to stand trial. 26-year-old Miller Costello and his 23-year-old wife, Brenda, were ordered Friday by an Ogden, Utah judge to stand trial on a charge of aggravated murder in the 2017 abuse death of their 3-year-old daughter, who was found severely malnourished and neglected...

The Billings Gazette reports that a Washington homicide suspect was arrested early Saturday morning after a foot chase outside a Hardin gas station by two members of the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office. 36-year-old Jacob Ozuna was booked into the Big Horn County Jail at about 4 a...

Q2 reports that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with ranchers and farmers affected by the devastating Lodge Pole Complex Fires earlier this year. It was his first stop on a 10-day tour, beginning at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center on Sunday...