Suicide

Comparing Two Border Towns, “What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers”
Comparing Two Border Towns, “What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers”
Comparing Two Border Towns, “What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers”
Think about, if you were a kid in Texas, you still got to go to school. You largely didn't have to wear masks. And you still got to play "Friday Night Lights" football. Just minutes away, right across the border- you got none of that. No school. No football. And you better wear a mask everywhere.
Billings Public Library Hosts Free Suicide Prevention Training
Billings Public Library Hosts Free Suicide Prevention Training
Billings Public Library Hosts Free Suicide Prevention Training
The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Yellowstone Valley will hold free training to help people learn how to prevent suicide. QPR training teaches three steps to QUESTION, PERSUADE and REFER someone to help. Training session will be held March 1 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm in the community room at the Billings Public Library.
Group wants to work with SD2
Group wants to work with SD2
Group wants to work with SD2
A Yellowstone Country group committed to preventing suicides in Montana plans to discuss how to work with Billings School District 2 to make sure suicide prevention training is offered and is, in fact, taking place.
Top 10 Blog Posts
Top 10 Blog Posts
Top 10 Blog Posts
The Cat County website has matured into a virtual town square where you will discover a robust blend of news, entertainment and opinion. The blog posts from Paul Mushaben, Mark Wilson, Karen Gallagher, Hot Rod Thompson and Kris Edwards are some of the most provocative news, information and commentary you will find anywhere...
Autopsy Sought in Shooting Victim
Autopsy Sought in Shooting Victim
Autopsy Sought in Shooting Victim
An autopsy will be conducted Wednesday on a man Billings police believe died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting his brother on Saturday. About 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Billings police responded to a possible shooting in the basement of 1132 N...
14-Year-old Attempts Suicide
14-Year-old Attempts Suicide
14-Year-old Attempts Suicide
It was the phone call no parent can imagine getting. At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, Christina Irmen received a call at work from a student counselor at Skyview High School. Irmen, a single mother of three, was told to meet the counselor in 20 minutes at the Billings Clinic Emergency Department...
Out of the darkness
Out of the darkness
Out of the darkness
Montana, with a suicide rate nearly twice the national average, has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In 2014, there were 243 suicides in Montana for an average of 20 per month, according to the final report for 2014 from the Montana Suicide Review Team...

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