Billings mayor talks about population growth, jail overcrowding, and local option sales tax

BILLINGS – Billings Mayor Bill Cole delivered a 15-minute speech on Tuesday morning during the State of the City and County, hosted by the Billings Chamber of Commerce.

“The state of our city has never been better,” Mayor Cole...

Administrative discipline issued in Grand Stand Casino incident

BILLINGS - On May 23, 2022, Officer Matt Frank, a 9 ½ year veteran of the Billings Police Department (BPD) was disciplined for off-duty conduct stemming from an incident that occurred at the Grand Stand Casino on January 15, 2022.  

Upo...

Director of Aviation and Transit announces retirement

BILLINGS - City of Billings Director of Aviation and Transit Kevin Ploehn has announced he will retire this year. 

Ploehn has worked for the city for almost 33 years. He began leading the aviation and transit department in 2015. 

He shared...

City of Billings approved to build road through school trust lands for Inner Belt Loop Project

BILLINGS - The City of Billings now has approval to build a road through school trust parcels for the Inner Belt Loop Project. 

This week, two state school trust lands received unanimous approval for the project by Montana's Land Board and the Sta...

City of Billings to Receive $50,000 Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

BILLINGS - The City of Billings has been approved for a $50,000 Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the “Mobilize the MAGIC (Making Art Grounded In Community) City” project. One of 51 grants approved nationally, projects wil...

Library aims to reopen children’s area for partial access as early as Friday following pipe burst

BILLINGS – Library patrons approaching the children’s area at the Billings Public Library are greeted with the hum of dryers and a sign that reads “The children’s area will be closed indefinitely.”

The sign...

Giving back to their community: Treatment court volunteers clean up property

BILLINGS – The property at the corner of North 16^th Street and 7^th Avenue North in Billings’ North Park Neighborhood remains riddled with piles of wood and metal. But it’s a monumental improvement from the shape it was in whe...

Billings Mayor and Council Members tour county jail, witnessing capacity and employment struggles

BILLINGS – It’s an issue that’s widely discussed in Billings and throughout Yellowstone County, the jail is over capacity and needs more space.

Yellowstone County Commissioner Denis Pitman invited the Billings Mayor and City Council for a tour, allowing th...

Billings Firefighters rescue critically injured person from smoke filled apartment

BILLINGS – One person is in critical condition after being rescued from a smoke-filled apartment by Billings Firefighters Tuesday night.

A call was made to 911 just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, for smoke coming from a third floor apartment at 710 N....

Business owners no longer have to wait 5 days to tow abandoned vehicles off property

BILLINGS – The city’s policy on a waiting period to have vehicles towed from private property was recently revisited by city staff, cutting down the time a business must wait to have a vehicle removed.

Previously, a private business owner had to wait five ...

Billings Police Department 2021 Annual Report

Billings Police Department 2021 Annual Report

The Billings Police Department is committed to improving the quality of life through a customer service, problem solving partnership with the community

As summer draws near, Billings Parks and Rec employees share why they love their job

Summer will be here before we know it, and summer programs hosted by Billings Parks and Recreation are set to kick of on June 6, 2022.

We wanted to know why Parks and Rec employees love their job. 

Find out what they had to say in the video below!&...

Seed library coming to Billings Public Library

Starting April 30, 2022, the Billings Public Library will be partnering with the Billings Community Seed Library to bring access to local varieties of garden and wildflower seeds to the citizens of Yellowstone County.

The seed library will be housed in cab...

2021 Annual Report

The Billings Fire Department is proud to present their performance of 2021. You are invited to browse the outcomes of the hard work of the men and women of the department.

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