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6/13/2013

Montana woman sentenced for double-fatal DUI crash

Montana woman sentenced for double-fatal DUI crash

Posted 8:42 AM 6/13/2013 by Angela Douglas - MTN News

BILLINGS - A Broadview woman who's accused of driving drunk and causing a multi-vehicle crash in 2011, which ultimately claimed the lives of two people, was sentenced Wednesday in Yellowstone County District Court.

Mary Ahern, 54, will serve three years with the Montana Department of (More)

6/11/2013

PPL, Montana agree to upgrade Billings power plant

PPL, Montana agree to upgrade Billings power plant

Posted 8:58 AM 6/11/2013 by MTN News

BILLINGS - An agreement was announced Monday between PPL Montana and the State Department of Environmental Quality that will mean less SO2 emissions in the Yellowstone Valley in the future, but it does not mean PPL has a change of plans for its aging Corette power plant.

The legal (More)

Billings man recovering after weekend attack

6/8/2013

Jail inmate commits suicide in Billings

Posted 12:13 PM 6/8/2013 by MTN News

BILLINGS - Sheriff Mike Linder reports that a male inmate at the Yellowstone County Detention Center apparently committed suicide Thursday by hanging himself in a shower facility.

Linder identified the man as Steven Tyler Russo, age 34, of Billings.

Russo was found in the jail's (More)

6/6/2013

Navy names ship after Billings

Navy names ship after Billings

Posted 5:41 PM 6/6/2013 by MTN News

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced on Thursday that the next two littoral combat ships (LCS) will be named USS Billings and USS Tulsa.

Littoral combat ships are named to recognize cities that are one of the five most-populated communities in a state. USS Billings (LCS 15) is named (More)