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An MSU Billings alum has made a $500,000 gift to the proposed Yellowstone Allied Health and Science Building. The surprise announcement by Carl Ueland and his wife Barbara came at the annual Wine and Food Festival on the university campus Saturday...

Before coming forward as one of three Billings police officers recently disciplined for sexual encounters on city property, former officer Paul LaMantia had been the subject of several complaints. LaMantia was first disciplined in 2009, after roughly five months on the job, and his disciplinary citations stacked up...

KULR reports the Montana Democratic Party’s challenge to the Green Party’s place on the ballot in this year’s election is focusing on how to verify voter signatures. A hearing on the lawsuit was held Thursday and will continue on Thursday, May 24th...

Q2 reports that a Billings man is in custody, suspected in a 64-year-old Anaconda woman’ death. Shelley Schafer was found murdered in her home on Tuesday and Butte police believe 53-year-old Troy Johnson may be responsible. Anaconda Police Chief Tim Barkell said Shafer died in her residence, a duplex at 709 E...

The Gazette reports an attempted kitten rescue went awry Wednesday night on the Rims below Swords Park when a young woman found herself stuck after she made her way down the rocky terrain trying to rescue the stranded animal. A friend with her called 911, and Billings firefighters responded shortly after 10 p...

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox has filed a motion in federal court to intervene in a Whitefish woman’s case against a Neo-Nazi blogger she’s accusing of intimidation under Montana law. Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin has challenged the constitutionality of Montana’s anti-intimidation statute, claiming it violates his First Amendment rights...

The Gazette reports that the man behind the largest house ever built in Billings is in federal custody in Virginia, charged with making fraudulent statements to the FBI. Larry Price Jr. was taken into custody May 10th, after allegedly staging his own abduction in April...

Q2 reports a Billings police officer– previously investigated for assaulting a Laurel police officer, disciplined for leaving a transient couple in a remote area and sued for injuring a bystander during a 2012 foot chase– has also been identified as one of the three officers who had sex with a civilian city employee on city property...

The Billings Gazette reports Opportunity Bank is officially moving forward with its planned expansion Monday, as demolition crews raze the old Rimview Inn at North 27th Street and 10th Avenue. The bank reportedly purchased the hotel in January of this year with plans to build its third Billings branch on the property, and plans to build a quick-service restaurant on site...

The Billings Gazette reports on this summer’s 54th Annual Powwow and Celebration on the Rocky Boy Reservation, scheduled for August 3rh through 5th. The 2,500 members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, who live on the Rocky Boy Reservation in north-central Montana, are hosting the celebration of Native American culture with vendors, dancing and drumming competitions, feeds and contests...

Actress Margot Kidder, who portrayed Lois Lane with the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve in the 1970s and 80s series of films, has died in Livingston. She was 69 years old. On Sunday, Livingston Police and ambulance services responded to a call that the Canadian-born, longtime resident of Livingston was found unresponsive at 315 W...

Q2 reports the names of three Billings police officers– disciplined for job and workplace-related sexual encounters with a city employee– should be released, but will remain private for at least two more days. District Judge Donald Harris ruled Monday that he would allow a temporary restraining order to stand for another 48 hours, to give the officers’ legal counsel time to formulate and document