by Evelyn Pyburn-Originally published in the Yellowstone County News 7/29/16 print edition. BILLINGS — Tuesday’s regular County Commissioners’ meeting was the last for Commissioner Bill Kennedy, who is retiring to take a position as head of the MSU Billings Foundation.…
Massive canal search begins for missing girl
by Judy Killen-Originally published in the Yellowstone County News 7-15-16 print edition HUNTLEY — More than 100 trained responders turned out Wednesday in Huntley for an organized search of an 11-mile section of the irrigation canal from Huntley to Ballantine,…
Huntley Project School Roof reveals construction Flaws
by Judy Killen-Originally published in the Yellowstone County News on 6/24/16 print edition WORDEN — Most people associated with Huntley Project School knew there was something wrong with the roof. They just didn’t know how bad it was. Workers from…
Old house, new home
Shepherd/Huntley communities & friends come together for Kamrey Leiser accident
by Judy Killen-by Yellowstone County News SHEPHERD — 10-year-old Kamrey Leiser has been through a lot since she stepped on the wrong boulder on June 11. She was hiking with her family in the Natural Bridge State Park area south…
Donated computer speeds email processing at Huntley Project Museum
HUNTLEY PROJECT — Office procedures are flowing much more smoothly now that the Huntley Project Museum has a new computer. Mike Bradley of Beartooth Computers in Billings donated the refurbished Dell computer to the museum after spending hours trying to sort…
HP school seniors celebrate & graduate
The HP Class of 2016 completed the formal ceremony of graduation at the Huntley Project School’s gymnasium on Sunday May 22, 2016. This will probably be the last time all these classmates are together in the same place. The following…
Local couple offers $2,000 reward for the return of dogs
A Worden couple offers a hefty reward for anyone that is able to return their dogs back to them after losing them Wednesday May 11 at the Yellowstone Wildlife area near Pompey’s Pillar National Monument. The wildlife area is just…
Commissioner Bill Kennedy to step Down
In a press conference today at Montana State University in Billings, Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy was named as the new President and CEO of the MSUB Foundation. Kennedy will step down and retire from the Yellowstone County Commissioners position…
Special Primary Election Edition of YCN Released
The 2016 Montana primary election is peaking and all campaigns are or should be in full swing. The absentee ballots in Yellowstone County will be going out in the mail on Friday May 13th. Bret Rutherford, Yellowstone County Election Administrator,…
Circle of friends gives woman a free house
by Judy Killen- Originally published in the Yellowstone County News on April 8th’s edition. WORDEN — She thought she was going to look at, and possibly try to buy, a home that was for sale. It turns out, she didn’t…