Category — Billings, Montana

He’s not even 2 years old, but Jackson Hewett already has takenhis family on a heck of a ride.

Steve Gardiner hasn’t missed a daily workout in almost 11years.

And they’re off.

A well-known Billings defense attorney became the ninthcandidate to enter the race for a newly created judgeship inYellowstone County on Monday.

A Billings company is collecting used prosthetic limbs to sendto Haiti.

The pay raise reduction kabuki dance between Billings SchoolDistrict 2 unions and the board came to an abrupt halt Monday afterthe two sides failed to reach an agreement.

Three more lawyers filed to run for Yellowstone County attorneyon Monday, the filing deadline for this election year, givingprimary election voters a choice among four challengers and anincumbent.

The former supermarket turned Cine 7 movie theater on BroadwaterAvenue has sold to two local developers who would like to turn theproperty into an educational campus anchored by Parmly BillingsLibrary.

Deputy County Attorney Scott Twito has decided to challenge hisboss for the county attorney’s job. Twito filed the paperwork forthe seat just before 2 p.m. today and will run as a Republican.

A Billings restaurant owner accused of trafficking inimmigration documents to help illegal aliens get jobs in Montana  admitted today that he knowingly hired illegal aliens.

Nobody is quite sure what heaven sounds like, but Saturday nightthe Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale gave us a fine taste ofmusic to make our spirits soar.

Two people were taken to the hospital this afternoon after atwo-vehicle wreck on King Avenue West, police said.

BILLINGS - A third candidate has entered the race for Yellowstone County Attorney. Local attorney and former Montana Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Raffiani, of Billings, has announced that he will seek the democratic vote for county attorney.

WASHINGTON (AP) - It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama’s health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it’ll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies.

COEUR D’ALENE - A count by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game show that Idaho’s wolf numbers remained largely unchanged in 2008 and 2009.

REVELSTOKE, British Columbia - An avalanche that killed two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada’s Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said.

BILLINGS - A Shepherd woman accused of killing her daughter while driving under the influence in 2008 changed her plea in Yellowstone County District Court Monday morning.

WASHINGTON (AP) Attorney General Eric Holder says the government is well on the way to fulfilling a commitment by the Obama administration for greater disclosure of information to the public.

NEW YORK (AP) Thousands of people ripped off by New York City taxi drivers who illegally overcharged them could get some money back. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his administration is looking into ways to reimburse cheated passengers.

DENVER (AP) A Colorado man who sparked fears of an assassination plot against Barack Obama has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a separate theft case.

WASHINGTON (AP) The medical examiner in Washington, D.C., says an autopsy shows a man who opened fire at the Pentagon nearly two weeks ago died from gunshot wounds to his head and arm.

MISSOULA - The body of Private First Class Nicholas Cook, of Hungry Horse, who died March 7 in Konar Province, Afghanistan, is returning to the Flathead on Monday.

A Shepherd woman admitted this morning in District Court tocausing the death of her 10-year-old daughter in a drunken drivingcrash.

GREAT FALLS - Officials with the Montana Organic Producers Cooperative say the state’s organic beef growers had a rough year in 2009. Mark Smith, the cooperative’s administrator and a Lavina rancher, says sales of organic beef were down 47 percent compared to the previous year.

Over 600,000 thousand people are without electricity throughout the New York City tri-state area, as well as in southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Sunday.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) Wyoming has been awarded a federal grant to help improve treatment of children with serious behavioral health disorders. The children involved are enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) Circuit Court Judge William S. Edwards of Gillette plans to retire on June 30. The 66-year-old judge has served 19 years on the bench and has been practicing law in Wyoming for 30 years.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A new Wyoming law requires parental consent for people 18 or younger before they’re allowed to soak in ultraviolet rays at a tanning salon.

WASHINGTON (AP) China is once again the country Congress loves to hate. After a lull last year, U.S. politicians jockeying ahead of crucial November elections have stepped up attacks on China as a way to win support from voters worried that the Asian power is taking American jobs.

WASHINGTON (AP) Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days.