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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)

6/5/2013

Driver flees scene after rollover crash, apprehended by witnesses

Driver flees scene after rollover crash, apprehended by witnesses

Posted 8:32 PM 6/5/2013 by MTN News

BILLINGS - Two people went to the hospital after a rollover crash in Billings Wednesday afternoon.It happened on 15th Street West and Clark Avenue near Spring Creek Park, around 3 pm.

Billings Police Lt. Mark Cady says a Dodge van was heading south on 15th and a Honda Accord was (More)

6/4/2013

Frac Daddy to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes

Frac Daddy to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes

Posted 8:42 AM 6/4/2013 by MTN Sports

BILLINGS - Frac Daddy, owned by a pair of Billings businessmen, will be entered Wednesday for Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

Trainer Ken McPeek made the announcement on Monday.

Newsday reports that if all 15 horses run, it would tie the record set in 1983. Two prospects, Always in (More)

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