News Staff East Helena is on the fast track for a housing boom. With major homes and commercial developments planned by Helena Area Habitat for Humanity and Billings-based Oakland Companies among others, the town stands to gain around 2,300 mixed-income housing units, a manufacturing facility and a new commercial district just south of U.S. Highway in the … Read more
One of two juveniles allegedly involved in a shooting spree late last month [March 24] near the Helena Middle School will be tried as an adult in Lewis and Clark County. According to documents filed Friday, Lorenzo Ryder Deserly, 17, along with a 15 year old, randomly shot at homes on Billings Avenue that left … Read more
A complaint about a campfire in a city park resulted in the arrest of 25-year-old Helena-area man. Police responded Friday to Women’s Park on Fuller Avenue and say the suspect had to be Tasered after he allegedly became confrontational and threatened to assault officers, throwing snow on them and taking a fighting stance, the Helena … Read more
The Montana University System Board of Regents approved academic reforms during its recent meeting in Helena [March 15 and 16]. The changes to the School of Emerging and Applied Technologies, or SEAT, would add cybersecurity and virtual reality degrees, as well as move the geoscience degree into the W. A. Franke College of Forestry and … Read more
MISSOULA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) trooper who was seriously hurt while on the job is continuing to recover from his injuries. MHP reports Trooper Lewis Johnson remains at Craig Hospital in Colorado. According to a social media post, “Johnson now has less pain and has been able to focus more on his recovery … Read more
The search for the next Billings Public Schools superintendent is down to three. Erwin Garcia, Thom Peck and Brenda Koch will be interviewed next week before the School District 2 board of trustees make its final decision on April 5. -0-
There was barely a dry eye in a Lewis and Clark County court room during the sentencing of a former Carroll College student charged in a 2021 DUI car crash that killed his friend. Hunter Nicely, 20, who was driving during the fatal wreck received a 15-year suspended sentence Thursday, after the victims family told … Read more
BILLINGS – The former president of a Billings paving and asphalt company was sentenced for his role in a conspiracy scheme to monopolize the market for highway crack-sealing services in Montana and Wyoming. Nathan Nephi Zito, 44, of Billings, is charged with violating the Sherman Act, after the government alleged he attempted to bypass contract … Read more
HELENA, Mont. – Pursuant to President Joe Biden’s proclamation, Governor Greg Gianforte has ordered all flags in the State of Montana be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday, March 31, 2023, as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. -0-
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – In light of recent crime activity in Great Falls, Great Falls Police (GFPD) are encouraging residents to take advantage of it’s Security Camera Registry and Mapping Program, or SCRAM for short. They want to partner with the community and businesses and that’s where this program comes into play. SCRAM lets people … Read more