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Crow Agency Woman Identified
Q2 reports that the woman who was killed in a vehicle crash near Crow Agency on Saturday has been identified as 33-year-old Felicia Dawes. The Crow Agency woman died in a vehicle accident that left two other women injured.
The Montana Highway Patrol was on scene, however they were unable to determine which of the three women in the car was driving at the time of the crash...
Flooding at Courthouse
Two floors of the Yellowstone County Courthouse suffered flood damage when a faucet was left running over the weekend. It happened in Judge Rod Souza’s fifth floor chambers. By Monday, there was an inch of standing water in his chambers and courtroom...
Law Enforcement Memorial
On Tuesday, Gallatin County law enforcement will honor the memory of Deputy Mason Moore and Trooper David Delaittre as part of the Montana Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony. There will be a procession through the memorial sites that will then move through Three Forks...
Upham Accepts SD2 Task
Q2 reports that Helena’s assistant superintendent Greg Upham has accepted the job as Billings School District 2 superintendent after New Jersey’s Dr. Ross Kasun declined the position for personal reasons on Wednesday. Greg Upham was approached and agreed on Thursday to take the job in Billings, according to SD2 Board of Trustees Chairwoman Greta Besch Moen...
Motorcyclist Killed Saturday
The Billings Gazette reports a Glendive man, killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon, has been identified as Marc Morasko. He was identified Sunday by Richland County Coroner Maggie Gist.
The 59-year-old Morasko was riding southbound on Highway 16 behind a truck when he apparently tried to pass as it was turning, according to the Montana Highway Patrol...
Man Found Dead
A man was reportedly found dead in downtown Billings early Saturday morning. According to the Billings Police, a jogger found the as yet unidentified male unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of 1st Avenue North.
Police reportedly determined there was no foul play, or anything criminally suspicious...
Democrats Debate in Helena
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the five Democratic candidates running for a chance to unseat first term incumbent Republican Greg Gianforte as Montana’s only congressman said on Thursday– each in their own way– that the state needs someone who will stand up to President Donald Trump.
Attorney John...
MSUB Commencement Speaker
Montana State University Billings’ keynote commencement speech will be delivered by an alumnus who founded a multi-million dollar credit information analysis company.
Chris Nelson, founder of Bozeman-based Zoot Enterprises, graduated from what was then Eastern Montana College in 1978 with degrees in accounting and information systems...
SD2 Superintendent Pick Says No
Q2 reports that, just as with Billings’ top choice for city administrator, the man selected as Billings Public School Superintendent has declined the job after originally agreeing to take the helm at School District 2.
In a letter to the Board of Trustees, Dr...
Barricaded Man Identified
60-year-old Michael Jeffrey Anderson, the man who barricaded himself in his home Tuesday after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement, is on probation for assault with a weapon and has a federal conviction for having an illegal automatic machine gun...
Robbery Suspect Nabbed at Reno Club
The Billings Gazette reports a man suspected of robbing a West End cellphone store at gunpoint Tuesday morning was arrested hours later in the Reno Club parking lot.
He was identified as Charles Rowton, according to Billings Police. Rowton is suspected of brandishing a handgun and taking money from the till of Tesla’s Cellular Repair and Wholesale store on South 24th Street West...
Montana Safe Neighborhoods
The Gazette reports that federal, state and local law enforcement agencies will be stepping up arrests and prosecutions of violent crime, illegal firearms possession and methamphetamine-related drug crimes in Billings, according to U.S. Attorney for the State of Montana Kurt Alme...