The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) articles from January 2004

The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) archives from January 2004

Owners of Former Columbus, Mont., Egg Operation Reminisce.
January 3, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jan. 3--For 30 years, Lydia and Pepper Marten raised and sold eggs from their farm southeast of Columbus. Today, 14 years after their last hen laid its last egg, Lydia still remembers parts of the business...

Montana Egg Producers Get Boost from Out-of-State Chicken Disease.
January 3, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jan. 3--As Mad Cow Disease sends chills down the spine of America's beef industry, a chicken disease has inadvertently given Montana egg producers a boost. "The cost of eggs has gone up dramatically,"...

Hutterite Religious Community Is Primary Local Egg Supplier for Montana.
January 3, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jan. 3--In a barn as long as a football field, located on the Golden Valley Hutterite Colony outside Ryegate, 12,000 chickens lay 800 dozen salable eggs each day, according to Edward J. Kleinsasser, who's...

Coalbed Methane Creates Stir for Some Montana Homeowners.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Mike Stark Jan. 8--HERIDAN, Wyo. -- John Dewey stood on the edge of a snow-covered, plastic-lined pond and watched as water spurted and gurgled out of a pipe. "This I jokingly refer to as my Olympic-size swimming pool," he...

Former Grocery Store in Billings, Mont., to Be Reborn as Resource Office.
January 10, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Jan. 10--Walking by flashlight through the frigid rooms that used to be meat lockers and smokers, Northern Plains Resource Council staff director Teresa Erickson joked that the abandoned building on South 27th Street...

Billings, Mont., Voters to Decide on Bond Issue for Pool, Stadium.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Tom Howard Jan. 13--Dave Brown says $4.5 million is too much to pay for a new Heights aquatics center. Nevertheless, the Ward 2 councilman and Heights resident says Billings voters should decide whether they want a new Heights...

Registered Mares to Be Sold at Billings, Mont., Sale.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Jim Gransbery Jan. 22--At least 175 registered mares, no longer needed to produce urine for human hormone replacement therapy, will be available at the monthly horse sale in Billings Saturday. All the horses are coming from...

Exploration Firms, Montana Residents Differ on Impact of Coalbed Methane Wells.
January 24, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Jan. 24--Despite reassuring statements from developers, Montana rancher Clint McRae said he doesn't believe coalbed methane development is good for the state's precious water resources or his family's ranch. For...

Russian Mining Firm Helps Columbus, Mont., Mine Diversify Its Operations.
January 24, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jan. 24--Stillwater Mining Co. CEO Frank McAllister was the only SMC employee to mix business with pleasure during a recent trip to Russia. Along with five other SMC employees and their spouses,...

Carbon Dioxide Injections May Revitalize Aging Wyoming Oil Wells.
January 24, 2004... Byline: Mike Stark Jan. 24--Wyoming's 34-year slump in crude oil production may end soon -- at least temporarily -- with the advent of a new project that will squeeze more out of a 100-year-old oil field near Casper. In the largest...

Miners, Executives with Columbus, Mont., Mine Visit Russian Mining Firm.
January 24, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jan. 24--When Rollie Morrow broke the news to his wife, she wouldn't hear of it. Morrow, a miner for Stillwater Mining Company at its East Boulder site, learned in November that he had been chosen to go...

Montana Democrats Unveil Outline for Jobs Creating, Business Development.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Jim Gransbery Jan. 27--On the opening day for filing for elective office, Montana Democrats presented a broad outline for creating good-paying jobs and a stable business climate and asked Montanans to join in formulating a...

Montana Will Not Immediately Ban Imports of Wyoming Cattle.
January 29, 2004... Jan. 29--The Montana Department of Livestock will not immediately impose restrictions on importing Wyoming cattle in the wake of news that a second herd of Wyoming cattle tested positive for brucellosis, state officials said Wednesday. The...

Montana Utility Talks to Target Seniors.
January 29, 2004... Jan. 29--HELENA, Mont. -- AARP Montana and Human Resource Councils are sponsoring a consumer energy summit Monday featuring national speakers to discuss how Montana consumers, especially seniors, can save on energy costs and pay rising utility...