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Ignorance isn’t bliss — it’s a tax strategy for Montana’s largest city

As the re-election campaigns spool up in Montana, a series of letters and newspapers columns have volleyed back and forth arguing about who is to blame for property taxes or businesses that have felt an increased burden. For all the debate centering on the extent that the 2025 Legislature

Billings man charged after pursuit that ended with teen's death

A Billings man is accused of leading law enforcement on a chase that ended with a wreck that killed a teenage boy. Hayden Michael Reyes pleaded not guilty earlier this week in Yellowstone County District Court to three counts of criminal endangerment and one count of aggravated fleeing from police.

Eckroth Music to relocate, current site set to be replaced by apartment complex

Eckroth Music to relocate, current site set to be replaced by apartment complex

Eckroth Music, a long-standing music store on the corner of 7th and Mendenhall, is slated for demolition. The store will relocate to a different spot in Bozeman and an apartment complex is set to take its place. Eckroth Music has been in Bozeman for 32 years and at its

Down the stairs and into the spotlight: Bone Dry Comedy hosts weekly open mics

Down the stairs and into the spotlight: Bone Dry Comedy hosts weekly open mics

Inside the historic Bozeman Hotel, just behind Tarantino's Pizzeria, there is a staircase leading down to the entrance of Last Best Comedy — Bozeman’s only comedy club. Here, Bone Dry Comedy hosts open mic nights every Tuesday. Last Best opened in 2021 and hosts professional touring comics, comedy

Charley Crockett playing Downtown Billings Skate Park in June

Charley Crockett once sang longingly about the "Time of the Cottonwood Trees," and someone must have told him that Populus deltoides grow particularly thick along the Yellowstone River. The singer-songwriter, who's become a country luminary due to his megawatt charisma and seemingly endless supply of

"Minutes not hours:' New National Guard facility to boost Eastern MT helicopter operations

The Montana National Guard opened its doors to local officials, state legislators and the media on Monday, giving them a look at the soon-to-be-completed Billings Limited Army Aviation Support Facility. Designed to expand the guard’s helicopter operations in Eastern Montana, construction on the $52 million facility

Finding Benefit in Banned Books

Finding Benefit in Banned Books

In the coming weeks, the Renne Library will hold a spotlight on the banned books that have been contested both publicly and academically in libraries across the nation. The censorship of books seeks to bar ‘shocking’ messages from the impressionable minds of students; however, the controversial aspects of these books