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Three finalists for the School District 2 superintendent job will interview this week before trustees make their decision on April 14. In addition to interviews, there will be public meet-and-greets with the candidates, both at the Lincoln Center Board Room.

Head Start is far and away the most stable public preschool program in Montana. Federally funded classrooms enroll students from Lame Deer to Libby, and in most cities in between.

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A brief dusting of snow over Billings Saturday night pushed the seasonal snowfall accumulation total up by only 0.7 inches, leaving a tie with the 2013-14 record — the city's all-time high — just 0.4 inches away.

A Laurel man has been granted bail after the Montana Supreme Court overturned his deliberate homicide conviction for cutting a man's throat during an argument over which branch of the military was the best.

Nuzzles is a puppy found in a dumpster with his littermates when he was about 10 days old, before being rescued and nurtured by Billings Animal Rescue Kare, where he is now available for adoption.

After roughly 30 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway cars carrying grain derailed Saturday morning near Oswego, a BNSF official estimated cold and snowy work conditions could cause car removal and potential track repairs to take at least 24 hours.

A crowd of close to 200 people braved cold temperatures Saturday morning in Billings to proclaim their support for gun rights and the Second Amendment.

There's a s slight chance of rain and snow showers after noon in Billings on Saturday, the National Weather Service says, with patches of fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise the day will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 38,…

A handful of Billings-based businesses are setting up shop at the Rimrock Mall this spring and summer, including Magic City Gymnastics, the group that was denied its request by the Billings City Council to build a studio off of Shiloh…