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For the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, lining up artists is an artform

2 months ago | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

Steve Earle, with his three Grammy Awards and Americana standards like “Guitar Town” and “Copperhead Road,” doesn’t just show up to perform in a cow pasture in tiny White Sulphur Springs. There’s an art to getting him there. Festivals like Red Ants Pants rely on big name headliners to both sell tickets and boost the festival’s reputation, and a lot must come together to land someone like Earle — timing, money, negotiation skills, patience and persistence.
Fugitive teen murder suspect arrested Sunday following chaotic police chase

Mar 16, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

A fugitive teenager who has been on the lam for more than a year following a double homicide on the north side of Billings was arrested Sunday after a police chase. Godfrey Brokenrope, 19, was in a car Billings Police attempted to pull over near Midland and South Billings Boulevard. The car took off and police followed. In the area of King Avenue East and Hallowell, a police car was able to bump the suspect’s car causing it to lose control, police said in a statement early Sunday afternoon.
Fed's expansion of Spring Creek Coal Mine will extend the mine's life by 16 years

Mar 13, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

The Spring Creek Coal Mine is already the largest in Montana and will get the expansion it has been seeking for more than 20 years. On Thursday, the Department of the Interior announced that the mine near Decker in Eastern Montana’s Big Horn County can expand into an area holding nearly 40 million tons of coal. The expansion extends the life of the mine, which employs as many as 280 full-time workers, by up to 16 years, the Interior department said in a statement.
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Feb 28, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

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FROM THE EDITOR: Changes at the Gazette will allow more time for in-depth reporting

Feb 28, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

I grew up in a family that read the local newspaper every morning at the breakfast table. The newspaper came in four sections — national news, local news, sports and features — and each family member would snatch their favorite section and then pass it around. The Billings Gazette started hitting doorsteps in 1885, and sometime later it too was organized into sections.
Property tax cut could save Montanans millions, but leave cities scrambling

Feb 25, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

A bill to cut the amount of tax on Montana properties got a big push from Gov. Greg Gianforte during a town hall meeting in Billings on Tuesday. The governor is backing the so-called Path to Security and Prosperity bill, which last week passed out of the Legislature’s House Appropriations Committee. The proposal would lower property taxes for Montana primary homeowners by 15% and small businesses by 18%.
Continued thanks to all of you ... and an important message for our readers

Feb 19, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

Most newspaper readers have a can't-miss feature or section they start with each morning. Some people turn to the sports section to see the latest scores and analysis. Others look forward to the crossword puzzle. And, we’ve heard from a lot of readers who spend part of their morning with the daily business page. When that favorite feature is missing from the paper, it’s frustrating. We understand that frustration, and we want you to know that we're diligently working to fit it. When a Feb.
FROM THE EDITOR: Thanks for your patience as we fix our technical problems

Feb 6, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

Nearly every morning of my long life, a newspaper has landed on my front porch. Even as a child, I remember my parents trading sections of the local paper at our breakfast table, both of them exclaiming or harrumphing at something they read. When I’ve lived in big cities with two or three papers, I’ve subscribed to them all. I can't start the day without a newspaper.
Grizzly bears and the Yellowstone Supervolcano, that's what got readers' attention in 2024

Dec 29, 2024 | billingsgazette.com | Chris Jorgensen

The Billings Gazette had a big year in 2024, with more readers logging in than ever before. And, we have grizzly bears to thank for that, and the vague threat of the Yellowstone Supervolcano going apocalyptic. While breaking news like natural disasters, crimes and government issues tend to be the most important stories, they are not always the most well read. Stories about bears, wolves, bison and elk, and their home on the range, Yellowstone Park, paid the bills at the Gazette this year.
Montana Highway Patrol dog killed while mauling neighbor 'freed himself from his kennel'

Dec 6, 2024 | bozemandailychronicle.com | Chris Jorgensen

BILLINGS — The Laurel man attacked by a loose Montana Highway Patrol canine while working in his yard on Thanksgiving said the 3-year-old Belgian Malinois came at him like a missile. “It came out of nowhere. I had no time at all,” said Mike Raty, the 51-year-old victim. The dog “had freed himself from his kennel” just before the attack, MHP said in a Tuesday statement. First responders killed the dog with several blows to the head to halt the attack.