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Restricting Bison
The Montana Legislature is moving ahead with plans to restrict where wild bison can be moved and to decrease the size of herds.
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Still No Rain
We talk about this a lot, but Billings remains the epicenter of Montana’s ongoing drought, and so far, March isn’t gettin’ any better.
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Wild Horses!
In response to the Bureau of Land Management’s recent relocation of 700 wild horses to a ranch outside of Ennis, a bill regulating the movement of wild horses is making its way through the Montana Senate.
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Yellowstone Road Openings
The National Park Service is providing a way for people to follow the progress of plows clearing Yellowstone National Park roads of snow. Updated information will be posted to the park web site every Tuesday through Friday morning
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It’s About Jobs!
A federal judge in Montana says he will continue to block the collaborative forest-management project that includes logging a couple thousand acres.
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Let it Rain!
We’re not the only ones who are worried about the lack of rain. Many ranchers and farmers are really going to be in trouble if the weather doesn’t cooperate.
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Science Can Be Fun for Students !
To get students interested and prepared for the 25th Annual Billings Clinic Research Center’s Science Expo, a workshop will be held at Barnes and Noble Booksellers located at 530 S. 24th Street in Billings on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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The World’s Most Expensive Hot Dog
I sure hope this hot dog "combo" comes with saffron fries and a 1.75 L bottle of Johnny Walker Blue. Otherwise it better be made with caviar fed pork that was bathes in milk and honey and was carried everywhere it had to go so the meat stayed as tender as the day it was born
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Lemons From My Lemon Tree Back Home
As you may be aware, I'm new to Billings. I accepted a position here as the afternoon host on Cat Country 102.9. I love Montana and actually spent a few years in Great Falls growing up. I'm happy to be back in Montana but one of the things I miss about California is the Meyer lemon tree in my backyard
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WHAT IS THIS A PICTURE OF?
It's a cow eating grass... but it ate all the grass so why should it stick around. I have a million of them.
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IT SMELLS LIKE ROASTED CORN!
Part of my indoctrination to my new hometown of Billings is the smell of the processing of sugar beets. Some people don't like the smell but to me it has the aroma of roasted corn. Roasted corn smells sweet and so do all the jobs sugar beets add to our economy!
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Sugar Beets in the Air
The smell of sugar beets is in the air. Yesterday my co-worker commented that she could smell the sugar beets. That sparked a discussion on sugar beets that piqued my interest. I’m from Ohio and had never heard of a sugar beet before coming to Montana.