Andrea Lutz
KXLH - Helena
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Jackpot: Montanans hitting slots, sending gaming industry to record revenue
The AGA reported Montana saw $55.8 million in economic impact and another $34 million in gross gaming revenue. → Read More
Montana flu cases continue to rise
Walgreens tracks cases using retail prescription data and this week placed Montana as seventh highest in the nation for new cases. → Read More
In the mix: Billings crime lab chemists unbundled bizarre things mixed into fentanyl pills
So far in 2022, 20 percent of cases received into the lab contain fentanyl, according to Misty Icard, a chemistry supervisor with the forensic science division. → Read More
MTN Investigates: Billings family loses thousands in an intricate and rampant moving scam
The Better Business Bureau investigates as many as 15,000 complaints regarding moving scams every year. → Read More
For News Literacy Week, a Billings Clinic doctor tackles misinformation and COVID-19
BILLINGS - From vaccine hesitancy to unsubstantiated treatments for COVID-19, misinformation about the virus has placed its own plague on the pandemic. KTVQ’s parent company, E.W. Scripps, is once again teaming up with the News Literacy Project for News Literacy Week. The purpose of the company-wide initiative is to shine a light on better information consumption and sharing. But in the age of a… → Read More
Bobcat fans will pay a premium for travel accommodations for the FCS championship game
It’s been 40 years, but the Montana State Bobcats are heading to Frisco, Texas to take on the North Dakota State Bison on Jan. 9 for the FCS National Championship game. → Read More
Two Americas: Accessibility in Billings through the eyes of the disabled
BILLINGS – Under Skypoint in downtown Billings, Katelyn Baker uses her motorized wheelchair to maneuver the sidewalks. But the truth is, it's not always easy. “People don’t realize I have the same rights as a pedestrian,” she said. And she’s right. People don’t realize that. Often, she sees it with an obstruction on a sidewalk, a door that doesn’t have a button to open automatically, and when… → Read More
'Caught on camera': Montana man turned storm chaser captures alarming moments of deadly Midwest twister
Some of the first images of a devastating and deadly tornado that ripped through the Midwest are coming from a Montana man turned storm chase. → Read More
Could the new Omicron COVID-19 variant put travel plans 'in the air' for Montanans?
The Omicron variant has forced Pres. Biden to restrict travel to some countries, now experts caution travelers to buy insurance for their holiday flight plans → Read More
RSV: A deadly virus common in children is spiking in Billings
A spike in the number of cases of an upper respiratory virus that can prove deadly for some infants is putting the pediatric unit at Billings Clinic at near capacity. → Read More
Suicide is the top killer of cops, so Billings first responders learn ways to navigate job and life stressors
BILLINGS – For three days, Billings police officers and other area first responders are learning new techniques for managing on-the-job stress to combat rising suicides in law enforcement. In the last four years, suicide has become the number one cause of death of law enforcement officers nationwide. Suicide rates are three times higher than the number of officers killed in the line of duty,… → Read More
Red Lodge woman records grizzly bear family walking through her property
RED LODGE- A Red Lodge business owner was looking out her window at the perfect moment one early October morning, just as a family of grizzly bears came upon her property. Deborah Shefner has owned the Inn on the Beartooth off Highway 212 in Red Lodge for 21 years, but she's never seen a grouping of grizzly bears so close. “It was exciting and terrifying all at the same time,” Shefner said this… → Read More
Billings hospital official: We're full, but we won't turn away patients
Colstrip patient recovering after emergency surgery in Wyoming → Read More
Roberts man and toddler son charged three times by grizzly in Beartooth Mountains
Now 'shaken' and uninjured, he issues a warning for others → Read More
State officials more than 9,000 residents have received COVID-19 booster
State health officials with DPHHS report that already more than 9,000 Montanans have received a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. → Read More
Billings Clinic looking to implement 'Crisis Care Standards' mode as soon as this week
Billings Clinic said the decision might involve how to save the most lives by allocating or reallocating resources like ventilators or spaces in the ICU, among other things. → Read More
'To be honest, I need some payback': Billings veterans reflect on memories of 9/11
It’s been 20 years since the tragic attack on American soil that’s known as 9/11. For two Billings veterans, the attacks were what motivated them to enlist and serve. → Read More
As controversy continues over COVID-19 vaccine, a generation looks back at need for polio vaccine
Back in 1979 polio was eliminated from the US because of the vaccine, that generation says everybody wanted to get the shot → Read More
Junk vehicles plague Billings neighborhoods, lead to saturated areas of crime, say police
There’s an epidemic apart from drugs or crime that’s keeping city officials busy trying to keep up. → Read More
Arson suspect in Robertson Draw fire pleads not guilty
RED LODGE- A 55-year-old Bridger man accused of starting the Robertson Draw Fire plead not guilty to charges in court Wednesday, according to officials in Carbon County. John Lightburn was arrested in connection with two felony charges related to the starting of the fire south of Red Lodge back in June. According to charging documents filed by Carbon County Prosecutor Alex Nixon, Lightburn was… → Read More