Mike Ferguson
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Billings, MT, United States
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Two Billings men recall serving alongside Navy aviator John McCain
A Billings man who served on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany during the Vietnam War might have been the last American to see Navy aviator Lt. → Read More
Visitors to Billings spent 10 times what Trump's rally cost, MetraPark official says
Do the math, MetraPark marketing and sales manager Ray Massie urged Yellowstone County commissioners Tuesday. → Read More
Study: Montanans spend nearly $2.9 billion seeing their own state
A new study shows Montanans are a key contributor the state’s travel and tourism industry, spending nearly $2.9 billion on day and overnight trips within the state during 2017. → Read More
Montana nonprofit using native healing practices for addiction
BILLINGS, Mont. — For more than two decades, the New Day Ranch has been known for the treatment and education services it provides to youth and their families. → Read More
Billings professor surprised with postcards thanking her for speaking about her Muslim faith
A handful of affirming postcards sent from people around the country applauding her courage to speak publicly about her Muslim faith has helped persuade Ambrin Masood to continue her outreach → Read More
500-motorcycle parade helps wind down the Wing Ding
When Fred Martin feels the tap, tap of his dog Sadie’s paw on his shoulder, he knows it’s time to pull his Honda Gold Wing motorcycle over to the side → Read More
Report: Montana adults are slimming down
Montana ranks very low nationally in one category important to people who want to live long, healthy lives — the occurrence of adult obesity. → Read More
Laurel High School students offer NASA ideas to ease life in zero gravity
LAUREL — A dozen years into a partnership that provides useful training and experimental gadgets for NASA and the International Space Station, Laurel High School students are still loading their → Read More
Billings girl, Glacier featured in 'Dance Across the USA' book
Photographer Jonathan Givens is traveling the 50 states to showcase not only each state’s most stunning scenery, but a dancer who can accentuate Mother Nature’s gifts by striking a pose → Read More
Montana Avenue businesses: 'Something needs to change soon before someone is killed'
Business owners and managers along a stretch of Montana Avenue jokingly call it the Montana Avenue Speedway, and they sometimes peer out their windows with alarm as their customers play → Read More
For Billings man, the origins of Babe Ruth baseball are fond family memory
Jim Decker has an indelible image of his mother, Frankie. → Read More
Honda motorcyclists to roll into Billings for Wing Ding at MetraPark
Beginning Tuesday and running through Saturday, Billings’ noise, fun and kilowatt levels will appreciate considerably. → Read More
Centennial Park diamond named for Cec Musburger, founder of Little League Baseball in Billings
The man who founded Little League Baseball in Billings is long gone, but a field-naming ceremony at Centennial Park Tuesday will ensure the memory of Cec Musburger lives on. → Read More
Hardin pediatrician completes 2,000-mile bicycle ride to Arctic Circle
Hardin pediatrician Lori Byron recently completed a 2,000-mile bicycle journey that took her and her brother as far north as a road could take them — a village 124 miles → Read More
YWCA Billings' Gateway Vista shelter gets a second look from state funders
It didn’t make the funding cut last year, but the Billings YWCA’s $4.6 million Gateway Vista Affordable Housing proposal has new life following this week’s meeting of the Montana Board → Read More
Brent Musburger to speak Tuesday at ceremony honoring his father's work
ABC and ESPN sports play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger will speak Tuesday during the Musburger Field dedication at the Centennial Park Baseball Complex. → Read More
Well-behaved dogs make handlers' lives easier at MontanaFair canine show
It’s amazing just how quiet 32 well-behaved dogs — and their 27 young human companions — can be, even in a cavernous setting. → Read More
Out of the kitchen: Skillet tossing a first at MontanaFair
Among the 15 or so women to fling a cast-iron skillet for distance Saturday at MontanaFair was Susan Gianforte, whose husband, Greg, seeks to be Montana’s next governor. → Read More
North Elevation could be Billings' first historic residential neighborhood
The Billings North Elevation neighborhood, a charming collection of Craftsman Bungalow, Pioneer and Tudor-style homes, is poised to become the city’s first residential historic district listed on the National Register → Read More
Western Native group advocates for legislative action
Alissa Snow thought there was no life beyond the addiction and poverty she was born into. → Read More