winter

With off-season rates, now is a great time to visit Deadwood, Rapid City and the Black Hills. With no crowds, plenty of winter recreation and some great deals on vacation rentals, why not head to Deadwood?

Gas forced air is king when it comes to home heating. However, there is something to be said for a nice fire. Here are five reasons you should have a fireplace.

We call them spring, summer, winter and fall. For some of you it's road construction season, too dang hot, 3 days of fall colors and then nothing but cold, snow, rain, bad roads, sickness, and shoveling.

The storm brings the specter of renewed flooding to areas where massive flooding over the past month has caused billions of dollars in damage.

Snowplows are having difficulty keeping pace with the falling snow

Well, I guess it is still winter here in Montana. They keep saying four to eight inches of snow. I had eight inches at my place last night. The weather man says snow until tomorrow. I think eight inches is plenty wrong. As my Dad would say, it is what it is...

Looking out my side door it seems I have a bit of an ice jam on my roof.

Billings Public Schools have lifted the alternate bus route schedule and will return to normal routes starting Friday, January 24. BPS had alternate routes in effect since the first round of heavy snow hit Yellowstone County on Monday and extended the routes when a second winter storm dropped anoth…

The National Weather Service released preliminary snowfall reports showing 6.0 inches fell in parts of Yellowstone County on Wednesday. On Monday, NWS reported 10 inches of snow fell in the northwestern part of the county. Carbon County had the high mark for Wednesday's snow storm with 7.5 inc…

I saw a pigeon sitting out of my front window on the 23 rd floor of the Double Tree.

I was going to write about the sunrise, and then I thought about how we are in the Christmas season.  I took a picture last year with the fireplace going.  This year, the fire is not necessary.  It is going to be 50 degrees. I'm going to begin looking at changing from firewood to…

I don't know if it is a mental thing, but I read the forecast every day. Tonight and tomorrow we are expecting -5 wind chill.