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Billings Community Raises Hundreds of Thousands for Families of Mass Shooting Victims
The Billings community has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the families of eight people killed in a mass sho...
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Government
Judge Rules Montana GOP Bylaws Likely Cross Legal Line in Effort to Control Elected Officials
A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge ruled this week that several Montana Republican Party bylaw provisions are likely illegal, dealing a significant blow to the state party's attempts to exert formal control over publicly elected Republican officeholders.
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Data Center Fight in Billings Spawns Write-In Campaigns Against State Senator
The political fight over data centers in Billings has gotten personal enough to produce write-in candidates, with two opponents mounting campaigns aga...
Government
Helena City Commission Schedules Fifth Bylaws Work Session for August 31
The Helena City Commission has scheduled a fifth bylaws work session for August 31 at 5 p.m., continuing a review process that has stretched across mu...
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Community
Helena Residents Catch a Lunar Eclipse Late Thursday Night
If you were up past 10 p.m. Thursday and happened to look up, you caught a lunar eclipse — and apparently a fair number ...
Community
Montana Gets Its First Dedicated Mahjong House — in Billings
Montana Mahj, the state's first dedicated mahjong house, opened August 14 at 2528 Grand Ave. in Billings, founded by lit...
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