Columbus News

Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Friday he wants the Obama administration to force General Motors Corp.

Local Harley enthusiasts rode to get rid of cancer Sunday. About 100 riders participated in the 4th annual "Ride for Relay" poker run, raising money for Relay for Life.

RAPELJE - A decade ago, Rapelje was dying. In 1997, the privately owned bar and cafe in the small town, 25 miles north of Columbus, closed its doors.

As their school year comes to a close, Columbus teens are concluding the year with a new outlook on music, and plans to share their passion with others across the country.

ANACONDA - The Stillwater Renegades won their third straight state Class B-C softball championship here Saturday afternoon.

From The K-B-L-G News Center... COLUMBUS/ABSAROKEE/PARK CITY IS THE TOP SEED OUT OF THE EAST AND THEY'LL OPEN UP AGAINST DEER LODGE, WHILE EAST 2ND SEED SHEPHERD FACES ST.

MILES CITY - Patients of a Miles City obstetrician-gynecologist picketed a branch of the Billings Clinic Monday, complaining that they were not told their doctor had been placed on administrative leave.

The suspect in a seven year-old murder case made his first appearance in a Montana courtroom on Monday.

All the highways in and out of Browning were closed toda9 after a spring snowstorm dumped up to 2 2 2 feet of sno7 in the area.

COLUMBUS - A man has been arrested in Texas in connection with a 2002 murder in Rapelje.

From The K-B-L-G News Center... BIG CHANGES ARE GOING INTO EFFECT TODAY AT THE DRIVERS LICENSING OFFICES IN BILLINGS, COLUMBUS, HARDIN, AND RED LODGE.

Granted: You usually don't find the terms 'customer friendly' and 'department of motor vehicles' in the same sentence.

There were extreme winter-like travel conditions throughout the region Monday morning, with all area roads are iced over and covered with snowfall.

From The K-B-L-G News Center... THE 82-YEAR-OLD BILLINGS MAN WHO WAS KILLED TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR COLUMBUS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS RAYMOND NORTON.

An 82-year-old Billings man is dead following a one-vehicle accident near Columbus.

BILLINGS - A Montana man has pleaded guilty to federal robbery and gun charges for his role in the robbery of a Columbus convenience store as part of a multistate crime spree.

RED LODGE - A Red Lodge judge appeared in his own courtroom in front of a visiting judge Friday to plead no contest to a drunken-driving charge stemming from a one-vehicle rollover accident in April.

Well-known Billings pilot Gerhart Blain died Wednesday morning, according to his family.

A Stillwater Mine van used to transport workers rolled Monday morning, injuring three people.

A trio of groups in the Billings community came together Saturday night to help chip in with a fundraiser.