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Woman admits making fake $100 bills by bleaching $1 bills, using them in Montana
A California woman admitted federal charges accusing her of making fake $100 bills and passing about $45,000 of the counterfeit money throughout Montana. → Read More
Sex trafficking trial that was set to begin next week in Billings will wait until January
A federal judge on Thursday continued for the sixth time a sex trafficking trial that was to begin in Billings on Monday. → Read More
Ex-GOP House majority leader from Billings pleads guilty to trafficking several pounds of meth
Former Montana Republican House Majority Leader Michael David Lange of Billings, who once told the governor to go to hell, admitted on Tuesday to trafficking several pounds of meth as → Read More
The KKK burned crosses in Montana in the 1920s
Montana may be nearly 2,000 miles from Charlottesville, Virginia, where a recent white supremacist rally turned deadly as neo-Nazis and KKK members clashed with counter-protesters, but the KKK has a → Read More
Worden woman locked out of house until sanitary sewer problem fixed
A Worden woman has been ordered from her house until she fixes a problem with raw sewage draining into an open trench on her property. → Read More
Yellowstone clerk of court tangles with commissioner over staff job
Outgoing Yellowstone County Clerk of Court Kristie Boelter tangled with the commission chairman Thursday over filling a supervisory position before she leaves office at the end of the year. → Read More
Ashland man killed in vehicle crash near Lame Deer
An Ashland man died on Thursday after a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 212 near Lame Deer. → Read More
Yellowstone County asks judge to rule in its favor in January 2015 fatal shooting lawsuit
Yellowstone County is asking a judge to rule in its favor without a trial in a civil lawsuit filed against it by the family of Loren Benjamin Simpson, who was → Read More
Yellowstone County Democrats to nominate candidates for SD 25 seat
With the appointment of former state Sen. Robyn Driscoll as a Yellowstone County commissioner, the Yellowstone County Democratic Central Committee will be seeking candidates to fill Driscoll’s unexpired term in → Read More
New book recounts 1959 Yellowstone-area earthquake
A powerful earthquake that struck the Hebgen Lake area near Yellowstone National Park in 1959 also left a powerful mark on a 7-year-old boy who was asleep in his Idaho → Read More
Outgoing Yellowstone County clerk of court says she won’t be in office as much
Soon after losing re-election in the June primary, Yellowstone County Clerk of Court Kristie Boelter told her staff she wouldn’t be in the office as much. → Read More
Woman admits stabbing, killing husband who was beating her up
Lame Deer resident Tawnya Bearcomesout admitted on Friday that she stabbed her common-law husband to death in 2014 after a fight in which he was beating her up. → Read More
Motorcycle crash on Billings West End kills rider
Billings Police officers are investigating a motorcycle crash early Friday morning that killed the rider. → Read More
Robyn Driscoll selected for Yellowstone County Commission
Yellowstone County’s two Republican commissioners agreed on Thursday to appoint state Sen. Robyn Driscoll, a Democrat from Billings, to the commission’s third seat. → Read More
Laurel woman gets supervised release for embezzling from Wells Fargo
A former Wells Fargo Bank Billings employee who admitted embezzling from her employer will spend five years on federal supervised release. → Read More
Crow Agency man gets probation for killing eagle
A federal judge in Billings on Thursday ordered a Crow Agency man who admitted illegally killing a bald eagle to spend five years on probation and to pay $5,000 restitution. → Read More
Billings woman who provided meth to informant gets 5 years
A Billings woman who admitted providing pure meth to an informant will spend five years in federal prison. → Read More
Crow Agency man gets probation for killing eagle
A federal judge in Billings on Thursday ordered a Crow Agency man who admitted illegally killing a bald eagle to spend five years on probation and to pay $5,000 restitution. → Read More
Old federal courthouse sold at foreclosure sale
The old James F. Battin federal courthouse in downtown Billings has sold to an Alaska company that intends to remove the asbestos and turn the large building into office space, → Read More
Billings man admits to meth distribution charge
A Billings man admitted federal charges that he distributed methamphetamine in 2011. → Read More