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At Billings summit, speakers aim not just for energy independence, but for energy dominance

Representatives from the energy industry gathered Thursday in Billings under the banner mantra of energy independence.

 

OSHA fines Billings construction company after worker's death at South Side housing project site

A Billings construction company has been fined $8,000 after a worker was killed when he was struck by a concrete beam that broke loose at a South Side construction site in January.

 

Photo: With summer on the horizon, Billings families are getting ready for sunshine

Sarah Marshall of Lockwood, right, and her husband, Sundance Marshall, work on the flooring of their boat in preparation for summer on Thursday.

 

Billings' Sears among 72 stores closing

Sears announced it is closing 72 non-profitable stores across the country.

 

Flooding closes I-90 near Crow Agency

Floodwaters from the Little Bighorn River prompted the Montana Department of Transportation to shut down all four lanes of Interstate 90 near Crow Agency Thursday morning.

 

Billings' $1.5B One Big Sky district may start with smaller projects, committee says

Eighteen months from now, local officials could be breaking ground on a project to jump-start the proposed One Big Sky district.

 

Montana's Indian Education director stepping down, taking job with regional consulting group

The state's lead educator for American Indian-focused topics will leave the Office of Public Instruction for a job with a regional education consultant.

 

Police still looking for driver who nearly ran over child before crashing near Billings elementary school

The man suspected to have been driving a car that nearly struck a young boy playing in his yard Wednesday night on the West End managed to escape on foot after he crashed into another car at an intersection near…

 

Billings man involved in standoff gets 10 years for illegally having a dozen firearms

A Billings man who prompted a five-hour standoff with police when he refused to leave his garage in 2016 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally possessing a dozen firearms.

 

Blockchain and data processing interests could take over Hardin's troubled coal-fired power plant

Hardin coal energy could end up providing power to a burgeoning digital industry that sprang from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

 

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