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RED LODGE- A Block Party is planned for the 4th of July in Red Lodge. Organizers say it will help with social distancing, especially with the anticipated influx of visitors.
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BILLINGS- Alternatives, Inc. and the Montana Department of Corrections are looking for an offender who walked away from the Passages Women’s Program.
The National Fireworks Association has a number of safety tips, so Americans can celebrate the 4th of July with consumer fireworks, while also keeping their social distance.
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines says its flight attendants can issue warnings to passengers who refuse to wear a mask which could lead to them being banned from future flights.
BILLINGS, Mont. - A Billings distillery found a way to help others during this pandemic, by making hand sanitizers instead of spirits.
BILLINGS, Mont. - Some unfortunate news for our local vendors, The Yellowstone Valley Farmers Market is postponing the annual downtown Billings farmers market due to safety reasons.
Families in Laurel, MT have figured out a way to celebrate Independence Day during a pandemic. The annual city parade is cancelled this year but two local families are creating their own "Freedom Drive."
Billings Police identify the suspect in Monday's stolen vehicle pursuit as 32 year-old David Fasthorse.
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police turned out in force early Wednesday at the city’s “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators’ encampments and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — About 600 traps to catch invasive Asian giant hornets are being placed in Northwestern Washington’s Whatcom County by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, more than doubling the number already set out by citizens.
A suspect is at large and a young woman is in the hospital after suffering a gunshot wound in Billings.
BOZEMAN- A fundraiser slated for this Friday at the fairgrounds is helping provide outdoor therapy experiences to combat veterans with PTSD and other traumatic health issues. For one veteran, it’s a very personal mission.
Superintendent Greg Upham is launching an internal investigation into a controversial Facebook post shared by a local principal.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court rules that religious schools in Montana can be eligible for a state scholarship program funded by tax credits.
BILLINGS, Mt. - The Montana and Sheridan VA Health Care System Teams hold a press conference today to announce their new partnership with St. Vincent Healthcare and Billings Clinic Hospitals to better serve veterans.
BILLINGS, Mt - A Yellowstone County Sheriff's Deputy is on administrative leave after he fired his weapon while attempting to recover a stolen vehicle at a gas station on the west end Monday afternoon.
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyom. - All 190 COVID-19 tests, in a fourth round of surveillance testing, came back negative for Yellowstone employees. On June 17-18 National Park Service (NPS) employees and concession companies operating the park were tested.
The Big Horn County Coroner's Office identifies the victim of Sunday's homicide as 35-year-old Dane Fisher of Ashland. The Coroner's Office says the cause of death was a stab wound in the chest.
COUER d'ALENE, Idaho - One of the region's largest summer events, the North Idaho State Fair, is canceled. After months of planning to still have the fair and rodeo, health officials sent a strong recommendation to the Fair Board to cancel the event. On June 26, the evening the board received the recommendation, the board voted to cancel the 2020 fair.
Awe Kualaawache Care Center (AKCC), a nursing home in Crow Agency, reports one of their employees has tested positive for COVID-19. AKCC says the employee is asymptomatic and is currently quarantining for 14 days.
BILLINGS, Mt. - Hope you're all ready for an adventure. The Family Tree Center Billings Exchange Club's Child Abuse Prevention Center is hosting their 8th annual Island X Adventure Run this weekend.
BILLINGS, Mt. - With traditional Fourth of July celebrations being cancelled all over the state, due to the pandemic, there's been a rise in consumer firework sales.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it easier for religious schools to obtain public funds, upholding a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling.
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died, according to reports. He was 98.
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