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

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

Railway Closes Shelby, Mont., Transfer Center.
June 5, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Jun. 5--Montana is fast becoming a state where the trains run through it. On May 28, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway officially closed its Intermodal centers in Shelby and Sacramento, Calif. These are...

Billings Gazette, Mont., Jan Falstad Column.
June 6, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Jun. 6--Billings retired speech professor Bob Lyon has been doing combat with AT&T for months now trying to get false charges off his bill. He isn't even an AT&T customer, but they keep charging him for phantom...

Yellowstone County, Mont., Election Coordinator Likens Job to Concert 'Roadie'.
June 12, 2004... Byline: Jim Gransbery Jun. 12--Misti Norris sees herself as a roadie. But she doesn't set up concerts for a touring rock band. Her job is bigger than that. She orchestrates elections for Yellowstone County by overseeing 650...

New Owners of Restaurants in Montana's Beartooth Mountains Continue Traditions.
June 12, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jun. 12--Take a mountain backdrop, throw in a good steak, add a pinch of down-home hospitality and you've got a winning combination. At least that's what the new owners of Roscoe's Grizzly Bar and Dean's...

Billings Gazette, Mont., Entrepreneurs Column.
June 14, 2004... Jun. 14--For Curt White, living the American dream is being his own boss. Just don't get the idea that being your own boss means you get to go home when you want. "You can never fully get away from it in the first few years," said...

New Environmental Director of Yellowstone Park Resort Looks to Make Changes.
June 17, 2004... Byline: Mike Stark Jun. 17--It shows in the coffee, the salmon, the laundry, the cars and the gifts. Nearly every part of Xanterra Parks and Resorts' operations in Yellowstone is infused with an ethic to be gentler on the environment....

Billings, Mont., chamber sponsors tour of area agricultural businesses.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Jim Gransbery Jun. 24--The next time the doctor pokes a swab down your throat to check for strep, remember Wiley Micks' sheep. They bleed for you. "This is a unique business for Montana," said Scott Degnan, an agriculture...

Montana palladium mine hires mint to produce commemorative coin.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jun. 24--It shines. It feels cool to the touch. And it carries a weight that suggests something substantial. The Lewis and Clark commemorative palladium coin represents a piece of history molded from a rare...

Columbus, Mont., Resident turns interest in tea into home-based business.
June 25, 2004... Byline: Linda Halstead-Acharya Jun. 25--Their exotic names conjure up far-off places. Their varied aromas carry the senses to another time and place. That's the magic of tea, explained Constance Smith of Columbus, who has become a...

Developer, homeowners at odds over Billings, Mont., subdivision restrictions.
June 30, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Jun. 30--Rather than buying an upscale Western-style home on a former Montana cattle ranch, some residents of the Rehberg Ranch Estates in Billings are finding they have invested in a herd of rules and regulations. ...

Experts discuss the vagaries of Medicare at Billings, Mont., forum.
June 30, 2004... Byline: Susan Olp Jun. 30--When it comes to Medicare funding, one size does not fit all. That's the message health care providers delivered Tuesday to members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission -- MedPAC -- at a meeting at...