Were you at the Granary to kick off the summer season of Fix @ 6?  I was! And I was taking pictures!

Thunderstorms missed us and it turned out to be a great night! The Buster Sparks Band was great fun while your host, Sam Talkington was doing what he does best!  See if you made the photo gallery and keep in mind that these were taken on my phone so they might be a little blurry! Sorry!

Next week Fix @ 6 moves to Hudson’s on Grand Ave.! Come out and enjoy a cold one and live music from Jared Stewart!

Say hello to nine month old Melody, our Adoptable Pet of the Week! Melody is a female Chihuahua mix. Melody gets along well with cats and is a Social Butterfly! She loves to play and is very eager to snuggle and give kisses.

Sex: Female

Spayed / Neutered: Yes 

Microchipped: Yes

Adoption Fee: $250.00*

Who do I contact to adopt? 

Help For Homeless Pets

2910 Hannon Road

Billings, Montana 59101

Phone: (406) 896-1700

Email: hhpmontana@aol.com

Official Website: www.helpforhomelesspets.org

*Adoption Fees go directly to pay for the costs of maintaining the facility, food, and medical expenses for all of the animal residents of  Help For Homeless Pets. The shelter operates solely on the generous donations of the local Billings Community.

Say hello to Gem, our Adoptable Pet of The Week! Gem is a three year old Pomeranian that loves to travel in a car and walks on her leash. She’s a bit shy at first, but once she has warmed up to you she’s a true “people” dog. Gem is comfortable being around Cats and other Dogs. 

Sex: Female

Spayed / Neutered: Yes 

Microchipped: Yes

Adoption Fee: $250.00*

Who do I contact to adopt? 

Help For Homeless Pets

2910 Hannon Road

Billings, Montana 59101

Phone: (406) 896-1700

Email: hhpmontana@aol.com

Official Website: www.helpforhomelesspets.org/

*Adoption Fees go directly to pay for the costs of maintaining the facility, food, and medical expenses for all of the animal residents of  Help For Homeless Pets. The shelter operates solely on the generous donations of the local Billings Community.

Say hello to Tucker, he’s a 10 week old puppy and our Adoptable Pet of The Week!

Tucker is a 10 week old puppy that’s very excited about to find his Forever Home. His siblings have been adopted and so has his Mother. Tucker is of course everything we love about puppies. His fur is soft, he fits in your arms, and he makes every woman in a 50 yard vicinity go “Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh”. But don’ let his small stature fool you, taking one look at this little guys feet and we’re guessing he’s going to grow to about 90 pounds.

Breed: Shepherd / Lab / Husky 

Spayed / Neutered: Yes 

Microchipped: Yes

Adoption Fee: $275.00*

Tucker comes to us from our friends at Help For Homeless Pets a local Billings “No Kill” Animal Rescue. He’s already learning to alert humans when he needs to go outside thanks to the efforts of his foster family. Of course he’s usually ready to go about 5:00am, so if you’re looking for a puppy with a built in alarm clock than look no further!

Who do I contact to adopt Tucker? 

Help For Homeless Pets

2910 Hannon Road

Billings, Montana 59101

Phone: (406) 896-1700

Email: hhpmontana@aol.com

Official Website: www.helpforhomelesspets.org/

*Adoption Fees go directly to pay for the costs of maintaining the facility, food, and medical expenses for all of the animal residents of  Help For Homeless Pets. The shelter operates solely on the generous donations of the local Billings Community.

We are very happy to announce that Scarlet was adopted over the weekend and is now enjoying her much deserved life in her Forever Home. A big Thank You from all of us and Help For Homeless Pets to Scarlet’s new owners. 

Help For Homeless Pets

2910 Hannon Road

Billings, Montana 59101

Phone: (406) 896-1700

Email: hhpmontana@aol.com

Official Website: www.helpforhomelesspets.org/

*Adoption Fees go directly to pay for the costs of maintaining the facility, food, and medical expenses for all of the animal residents of  Help For Homeless Pets. The shelter operates solely on the generous donations of the local Billings Community.

In an effort to show just how easy it is to get a military style assault rifle, Mark Kelly husband of Gabby Giffords took the step of posting a picture of himself buying one. 

4,000 comments later gun rights advocates are accusing him of being a hypocrite for buying both a rifle and a handgun.  Both Kelly and Giffords are touring the country in support of expanded background checks when purchasing weapons.  Giffords continues to recover from her injuries, she resigned last year.

Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are in an epic points battle running one and two in points for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup. At the end of the AAA Texas 500 it was Jimmie Johnson getting the checkered flag only .808 seconds in front of Keselowski.

Johnson’s win at Texas now gives him a seven point lead going into the 9th of the 10 Chase races, at Phoenix International Races.  (It’s important to mention that Johnson has won four of the last ten races at Phoenix.)

This win at Texas is his fifth of the 2012 season, his second at Texas Motor Speedway, and the 60th of his career.  This is the second week in a row that Jimmie Johnson has won from the pole.  Brad Keselowski finished second, Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Matt Kenseth in fourth, and Tony Stewart rounded out the top 5.

Kevin Harvick was the big winner of the NASCAR Nationwide Series O’reilly Challenge on Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.  Harvick was the top of the field, for the whole night, and in the end he finished in dominate fashion 1.6 seconds in front of second place 18-year-old Ryan Blaney, polesitter Kyle Busch finished third, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fourth, erasing the six point lead that Eliot Sadler was holding at the beginning of the race. Stenhouse, and Sadler are now in a tie for the Nationwide Series Championship.

After the O’reilly Auto Parts Challenge they shoot off the regular celebratory fireworks, but not all were in the air above the speedway, there were some on the track between Sprint Cup veteran Denny Hamlin, and Austin Dillon…

Up next the NASCAR Sprint Cup series travels to Pheonix International Raceway for the Advocare 500 Sunday November 11th.  Television coverage for the race will be on ESPN beginning at 1 p.m. (cst).

Sprint Cup points going into Phoenix:

Spectacular Video from KTVQ:

At about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night Laurel Auto Parts on East Main in Laurel went up in flames!  The building continues to smolder.

The building had no employees present at the time of the blaze.  The flames were so massive at the intitial start of the blaze that Palace Bar and Lanes and Fat Jacks were evacuated.

Fire crews from Billings, Molt and Park City assisted the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department in knocking down the blaze.

Wayne Halvorson has owned the store since 1960.  The building is a total loss.  No official cause has been determined

Check out our photos from both the Mattress Dominoes on Friday and the Bed Races and Concert on Saturday.

Mattress Dominoes at Mattress Land on Friday

Hope Fest on Saturday in Downtown Billings

Brantley Gilbert has been building a reputation as an artist that genuinely appreciates his fans, but in a recent interview, he says he doesn’t have any fans.

Brantley recently passed the ONE MILLION mark on his Facebook Fan Page, but in an interview with Country Vibe Brantley said,

We don’t have fans, we have friends.  You know a friend is somebody who supports you.  These people are paying up to 25 bucks, 30 bucks, 40 bucks a ticket to come out and see us.  That’s support in my book.  That means a lot to us.”

(Is it just me, or does it seem like a LOT of Brantley’s friends are girls in bikinis?)

Megan is 25 years-old and she works at a Hollywood Club called “Blok”.  She is in London with him now, and tweeted a pic the other day of the two out together in the Olympic Village… (apparently he takes his medals with him???).

Here are some more pics of Megan that we found on the web…

Here is a video piece on the couple that is posted at YouTube…

I’ve been teasing you about it, and now it’s finally here!

We want every single one of you who have purchased your tickets for The Band Perry and Gloriana to send us a picture of you with your tickets!!!

Just go to the VIP section of KCTR.com, hover over that area and you’ll see “Pics for Passes” (Make sure you’re a member.  It only takes about 2 minutes.), then upload your photo to our site!  It’s that easy!

Contest will end on July 15th.  I will announce the winner of the 2 Meet and Greet passes to The Band Perry  after 3pm on July 16th!

We’ve been giving away lots of tickets, and when I polled you, you all said you were waiting to win.  We wanted to do something special for those of you who have bought your tickets.  Have fun with it!!!  I can’t wait to see your pictures!

The Band Perry and Gloriana, welcomed by 3 G’s, and presented by The Flakes and The Cat!

Perhaps Ronnie Dunn will have the opportunity to capture a beautiful Montana sunset when he comes to Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings on July 23.  Maybe someone should take him to the top of the rims to get the shot.  Where should Ronnie Dunn go to get that perfect picture?

The Breakfast Flakes present Ronnie Dunn in Concert: Saturday, July 23, 7pm at Rimrock Auto Arena, 308 6th Ave N, Billings.  Tickets available at MetraPark Box Office or here.

Among the many A-listers attending were Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, ‘Dancing With the Stars’ beauty Julianne Hough and, of course, Entertainer of the Year winner Taylor Swift.

Taste of Country has put together an all-access red carpet gallery for country music fans to click through. Check out the photos now, then head over to Taste of Country for a full recap of the night’s biggest winners, performances and more.

[Taste of Country]

• Album of the Year : ‘The Suburbs’ — Arcade Fire
• Song of the Year: ‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
• Best New Artist: Esperanza Spalding
• Best Country Song: ‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
• Best Country Album: ‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
• Record of the Year: ‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
• Best Rock Song: ‘Angry World’ — Neil Young
• Best Rock Album: ‘The Resistance’ — Muse
• Best R&B Song: ‘Shine’ — John Legend & The Roots
• Best R&B Album: ‘Wake Up!’ — John Legend & The Roots
• Best Rap Song: ‘Empire State Of Mind — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
• Best Rap Album: ‘Recovery’ — Eminem
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: ‘Just the Way You Are’ — Bruno Mars
• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: ‘Bad Romance’ — Lady Gaga
• Best Female Country Vocal Performance: ‘The House That Built Me’ — Miranda Lambert
• Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo with Vocals: ‘Hey, Soul Sister (Live)’ — Train
• Best Pop Vocal Album: ‘The Fame Monster’ — Lady Gaga