Jen Austin

A Billings model is in the running to be on the cover of Inked magazine. Her name is Ashleigh Nading and she needs your votes! Here is the link and details.

Too late to make a reservation? Hate crowds? Consider a romantic dinner at home. Here are some great local sources for the foods you'll need to make an awesome Valentine's dinner at home.

How much do you love MacKenzie River? So. Good.

Insane winds caused some serious issues around the state of Montana over the weekend. Semi's blown over, trees toppled onto houses and roads and a massive dust storm stranded dozens of vehicles on Highway 87.

Before the end of 2020, Billings will celebrate the grand opening of even more new stores and businesses.

Everybody is talking about Montana FW&P's plan to drain Lake Elmo sometime in the next two years. I found some fun facts about Lake Elmo that I bet you don't know.

Lots of folks around Billings and Montana have been wondering how they can donate to help pay for the funeral expenses of Selena Not Afraid. Here are two ways you can donate.

Ozzy the grizzly bear at ZooMontana has a pretty decent record of picking who will win the Superbowl. So far, he's 6-1. His only flop was when he picked the Bronco's to win. I tell ya, this bear should hit the roulette tables in Las Vegas...

UPDATE: Ashleigh S Bauer has been located.

When Lucky's does close and move out, that will leave a prime space in West Park Promenade. And there's one name that immediately comes to mind as a new tenant.

Legend has it, the original KGHL-AM radio tower was the tallest freestanding tower west of the Mississippi. It came down Sunday 1/19/20.

National media continues to cover the story of Selena Not Afraid, the 16 year old Hardin girl who has now been missing for three weeks. Including an excellent article today in the New York Times and covered on MSN that exposes some big issues regarding missing and endangered Native and Indigenous pe…

It's National Pizza Week and a number of Billings pizza places are offering some special deals to celebrate. Like you really need any more reasons to order up a pie!

Suspicious death being investigated in Park City, MT today after a partially covered body was found this morning behind the Park City post office.

I happened to be up in the Heights last week, delivering free pizza to our Free Pizza Friday winners and noticed a new sign at the former Golden Phoenix restaurant for the Tippy Cow Cafe. I can't wait to try it. Another cool thing... they plan to be open 24 hours.

It's great to see Billings on a positive list, instead of the Top States for DUI's or meth list.

As I kid, I just assumed it was a water tower.

The top cowboys from the American and Canadian rodeo standings will once again ride for charity at the 2019 Chase Hawks Memorial Association Roughstock Invitational Rodeo on Dec. 21 at MetraPark.

There are a lot of good local charities and non-profits in the Billings area, and if you already have a favorite you like to donate to, great. If you are looking for some new ideas, here are five local charities that I think are pretty awesome.

Sodexo in Billings is part of an initiative to serve more locally sourced foods in Montana schools. They are now sourcing Montana grown Empire apples grown in Corvallis, and school chefs are creating school lunch menu items that will feature the Montana apples.