The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) articles from August 2006

The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) archives from August 2006

Homegrown doctors hope to give back to community.
August 10, 2006... Byline: Diane Cochran Aug. 10--Come back. Give back. That's how Kris Cunningham describes what he and some of his classmates in the Montana Family Practice Residency want to do. Cunningham, a member of the Crow Indian Tribe from...

Lockwood to pitch sewer plan to council.
August 14, 2006... Byline: Tom Howard Aug. 14--Members of the Lockwood Water and Sewer District Board of Directors will be on hand tonight as the Billings City Council considers a new contract in which the city would treat the effluent from the proposed $16...

Workers' appeal rejected.
August 24, 2006... Byline: Greg Tuttle Aug. 24--A long-running legal tussle between Yellowstone County and two of its employees may be over after the Montana Supreme Court refused to reverse a District Court decision to dismiss the case. A panel of five...

Signs point to successful fair.
August 24, 2006... Byline: Tom Howard Aug. 24--Record carnival revenues, increased attendance and popular night shows all contributed to a successful MontanaFair, says MetraPark General Manager Bill Dutcher. "At the outset, we said our goal this year was...

Laurel voters consider vet cemetery.
August 24, 2006... Aug. 24--By The Gazette Staff A 1-mill property tax levy to help pay for a proposed veterans cemetery near Laurel goes before Yellowstone County voters during the Nov. 7 general election. The county commissioners on Tuesday approved a...

New Billings, Mont., hotel to aim for comfort, charm, convenience.
August 27, 2006... Byline: Olivia Koernig Aug. 27--What's the difference between a hotel and a motel? "I'm not the expert," said Brenda Schmidt, CEO of Kelly Inns Limited, based in Sioux Falls, S.D. "I think hotel is just the term everyone's using these...

Wild West End.
August 27, 2006... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 27--Developers like to talk big. But Matt Brosovich isn't bragging much when he outlines the first building boom off Billings' Shiloh interchange. By early next year, the biggest pad of wet dirt off Interstate...