Billings Gazette

A round of powerful thunderstorms is expected to blow through pretty much all of Montana east of the Continental Divide early Thursday evening, with damaging winds, large hail, torrential rain and frequent lightning strikes possible.

It’s difficult to measure how much crime Cuff, Dutch, Kooko and Susan — the Billings Police Department’s K-9 complement — have prevented or thwarted.

A heavily trafficked stretch of Old Hardin Road in Lockwood — in terms of vehicles and pedestrians — will finally get a sidewalk this summer.

Here are the results of contested races in Yellowstone county as of 8:10 p.m.:

The woman accused of hitting a 20-year-old Billings man while driving drunk now faces homicide charges in Yellowstone County District Court.

A 19-year-old man was arrested last week on murder charges stemming from an incident in Crow Agency one year ago.

School District 2 has announced several staffing changes as the school year winds down. The district typically shifts elementary principals between schools after several years, and turnover is common among other administrative positions.

Outside the 17-Mile Shooting Range near Roundup in early November, witnesses told the Montana Highway Patrol that an SUV hit a passenger car from behind and sent it end-over-end off the road and into a ditch.

The face of 24th Street West between Central Avenue and Monad Road has been slowly changing over the last few years.

Saturday in Billings will be sunny, with a high near 76 and west wind around 14 mph, according to the National Weather Service.