The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) articles from February 2007

The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) archives from February 2007

Doctor known for fighting infertility.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Diane Cochran Feb. 1--Staci and Cote Mangel had given up trying to conceive and decided to adopt. April and Cole Greer were reeling from a miscarriage and unsure whether to try again. Lori Gilbert Lee and Dennis Lee had...

New Laurel school taking shape.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Laura Tode Feb. 1--On his way to school every day, Laurel School District Superintendent Josh Middleton drives down Washington Avenue to look at the middle school under construction. His fifth- and eighth-grade daughters ride...

Partners lay out hospital plans.
February 2, 2007... Byline: Diane Cochran Feb. 2--A medical campus to be built north of Red Lodge by 2009 will house a hospital, a clinic and three types of long-term care in what officials are calling a "never been done before" partnership among a trio of...

Northern Hotel sells at public auction.
February 2, 2007... Byline: Jan Falstad Feb. 2--In a public auction lasting less than 10 minutes this morning, investors from northwestern Montana paid $2,263,457 to buy the historic Northern Hotel in downtown Billings. The investors, who originally had...

$1 million deal for MetraPark naming rights.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Tom Howard Feb. 12--Billings-based Rimrock Auto Group will pay Yellowstone County $100,000 a year for 10 years for naming rights to the MetraPark Arena as part of a marketing plan that combines high-definition video technology and...

Cabela's in Billings? No answer yet.
February 14, 2007... Byline: Jan Falstad Feb. 14--Like tracks from a herd of elk, the rumors are hot and fresh and all over town. Outdoors fans are jumping for joy at talk that the king of outdoor retail stores -- Cabela's -- may build on 84 acres at Zoo...

Designer brings distinctive style to bear on projects in Billings, Mont.
February 18, 2007... Byline: Dave Burgess Feb. 18--In a 4,000-square-foot studio, Troy Evans and Coila of Blockhorse Designs Inc. create distinctive wood and metal furniture, fixtures and cabinetry and one-of-a-kind sculptured furniture pieces. They are a pair...

'Nonprofit plus' program boosts communities while easing burden on taxpayers.
February 18, 2007... Byline: Jan Falstad Feb. 18--Butte native Larry Noonan sees nonprofits and not-for-profit organizations like his as too eager to push for deeply discounted or donated land so they can build what they need. While these service...

Airbrush artist paints on any surface.
February 19, 2007... Byline: Jim Gransbery Feb. 19--"I always 'aced' art," Kyle Labert says. "As far back as I remember, I was good at it. I always knew I wanted to be, would be, an artist." In a chilly warehouse in the industrial area on the east...

GIS specialist translates data into 'big picture'.
February 23, 2007... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Feb. 23--Jim Larson is not The Decider. But he likes to think his work is essential to those who do make the decisions for Stillwater County. As an employee of Stillwater County himself, Larson wears many...

Pioneering surgery implants stent in patient's brain.
February 23, 2007... Byline: Diane Cochran Feb. 23--Thanks to a tiny piece of crosshatched metal, Johnny Lewis is seeing things a lot more clearly. Shorter than a paperclip and more slender than a No. 2 pencil, the neurovascular stent tripled the blood...

Road projects on council agenda.
February 26, 2007... Byline: Tom Howard Feb. 26--Billings drivers had better get used to construction delays over the next 18 years. A proposed amendment to the community's long-range transportation plan estimates that $274 million in road projects will be...

Bull Mountain lays off 50 as it awaits sale.
February 28, 2007... Byline: Jan Falstad Feb. 28--ROUNDUP -- Anticipating the sale of Bull Mountain Coal Mining Inc. by the end of April, developers of the mine near Roundup laid off 50 of its 62 workers Tuesday morning. The mine, 16 miles south of...