6 days ago The Powerball jackpot is on a growing spurt again. Usually 3 or 4 times a year Powerball gets crazy! Where can you watch the Powerball Drawing on T.V. in Billings?
3 weeks ago The sea of oil and natural gas underneath North Dakota is far larger than first thought. There are 7.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil in the western part of the state and extending into Montana according to the latest estimate by the U.S. Geological Survey. That is huge!!! That’s more than twice the
5 weeks ago The nation's economic recovery has hit a springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next year.
April 11, 2013 A $180 million state plan to build education and other buildings in order to spur much needed jobs is hitting a roadblock.
April 3, 2013 State environmental regulators say they are reviewing a permit application for a Montana gold mine near Butte. If the Department of Environmental Quality approves the application by Timberline Resources Corporation and Highline Mining, the venture could begin operating by the end of the year.
April 2, 2013 The House is advancing pay raises for state employees and is also proposing a fix for the states’ beleaguered pension systems.
March 28, 2013 A federal judge in Montana says he will continue to block the collaborative forest-management project that includes logging a couple thousand acres.
March 26, 2013 The Montana agency that responds to natural disasters and emergencies is a dysfunctional, divisive workplace with a climate of fear and the perception of bullying by some managers, according to an internal report.
March 26, 2013
The city council is taking up the Fed Ex Distribution Center again on the west side of town in Billings.
March 21, 2013 Lower Wage Workers Pessimistic About the Future
While lower-wage American workers have accounted for the lion’s share of the jobs created the last few years, a new survey shows that they are also among the most pessimistic about their future career prospects, their job security and their finances.
The survey revealed that many people on th
March 18, 2013 Artists against Fracking…they say it’s bad for the environment!
Some people get up every morning and do their best to help make the world a better place. Others, however, feel like their jobs actually make the world worse.
