Recently added articles from The Billings Gazette:
Regents to meet at MSUB, discuss budget, fine-arts degree
Sep 23, 2009; ... The Montana Board of Regents is expected to set budgets for state universities and colleges for this academic year when it meets in Billings today through Friday. The regents will hold public meetings in the Montana State University Billings Student Union ballroom beginning at 12:30 p.m ....
St. V's heart attack death rate low
Sep 23, 2009; ... St. Vincent Healthcare is one of 36 hospitals in the country whose mortality rate for heart attack patients is lower than the national average. It is the only Montana hospital with a better-than-average score, according to an analysis by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
Open-heart patient makes 10,000
Sep 23, 2009; ... Four days after a surgeon pried open his chest and worked on his heart, Michael Robards was sitting up in an armchair and cracking jokes. "You feel like somebody run a RotoRooter through you and cleaned you out," Robards, 62, said of the open-heart surgery that repaired one of his heart ...
GOP fears big tax boost for business
Sep 23, 2009; ... HELENA - Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday night they're worried about higher-than-expected property taxes for small businesses this year because of reappraisal, and that a special session of the Legislature could be needed to fix the problem. "We want to make sure the business ...
Hardin agency's exec put on leave
Sep 17, 2009; ... The executive director of Two Rivers Authority has been placed on paid leave just days after the economic development agency announced a new contract that could fill its empty jail. Greg Smith was placed on leave last Friday, according to TRA board member Al Peterson. Smith has ...