BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Up to 360 migrating bison would be shot by Montana hunters, captured for slaughter or shipped elsewhere this winter under a proposal from Yellowstone National Park.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show park officials considering "selective culls" to help reduce the bison population from... more »
Interim Pueblo Police Chief Luis Velez will answer questions from the public at a "meet and greet" this afternoon at the new police department building.
Velez will serve for six months as chief, replacing Jim Billings, who retired yesterday after 36 years on the force.
Velez is a... more »
Pueblo City Manager Jerry Pacheco has put the search for a new police chief on hold.
Finalists were in Pueblo last week to interview for the job, to be made vacant with the retirement of Jim Billings next spring. After interviewing the six finalists, Pacheco met with the City... more »
The City of Pueblo has named six finalists for the police chief job, which will come open early next year with the retirement of Jim Billings.
They are:
Gary Adams, Dallas, TX - Police Chief University Park Texas Police Department
Jay Coons, Houston, TX - Police... more »
Two people were killed and another was injured when a tornado touched down at a ranch in the far northeast corner of Montana.
Sheridan County Coroner David Fulkerson confirmed the deaths and the injury caused by Monday night's storm. He did not have any information on the condition of... more »
Billings city officials have declared an emergency after a tornado peeled the roof off of a sports arena and damaged several other businesses and homes.
Billings Police Sgt. Kevin Iffland says the commission gave verbal approval to the declaration Sunday evening, allowing the Montana Army National Guard to help... more »
A Montana city council has voted for a six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana businesses.
The early Tuesday morning vote came after a long evening of public comment and debate, and followed two arson attempts on two Billings medical marijuana businesses.
Under the moratorium, business licenses won't be... more »