Billings County News

A crude-bearing cache known as the Birdbear, beneath North Dakota's already booming oil patch, can be tapped using new technology that would expand horizontal drilling to parts of the state that have never seen it, geologists believe.

A second mountain lion has been killed this fall in western North Dakota. State Game and Fish Department biologist Stephanie Tucker says the cat was killed Saturday by a hunter in Billings County who was looking for elk.

From the far west to the far east. This morning the Billings County Historical Society is handing over their hard earned pickings.

Chokecherry wine is on the way. This morning at the state Capitol, the Billings County Historical Society turned over chokecherries collected by its members to the Maple River Winery.

Grazing allotment changes proposed For the first time in 30 years, the way grazing allotments are managed on the Little Missouri National Grasslands will be revised.

An Australian company exploring for uranium in southwestern North Dakota believes it may be able to save millions of dollars by pouring chemicals over piles of lignite to extract the radioactive element and other valuable substances.

Federal and state officials are at odds over listing about 12,000 acres of scenic North Dakota Badlands on the National Register of Historic Places to recognize an area that inspired Theodore Roosevelt.The U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service are pushing for the designation to highlight the significance of the region, where Roosevelt ran ...

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a Minnesota woman killed when a motorcycle crashed on Interstate 94 after its rear tire blew out.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a Minnesota woman killed when a motorcycle crashed on Interstate 94 after its rear tire blew out.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a Minnesota woman killed when a motorcycle crashed on Interstate 94 after its rear tire blew out.

THE NAME OF THE 50-YEAR-OLD VICTIM HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. THE PATROL SAYS THE WOMAN AND THE 46-YEAR-OLD MALE DRIVER WERE THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE WHEN IT CRASHED SHORTLY BEFORE 11 A.M. THURSDAY, IN BILLINGS COUNTY.

The Custer Military Trail Historic Archaeological District in western North Dakota has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Halfwa9 through lunch hour...and time is already wasting "We are losing four hours in a work day, everyday." Some business people in Dickinson struggle with the time change "We have come a long ways in Stark COunt9 and Southwestern NOrth Dakota that I think we need to do this as soon as possible just to be compatible and be more effective and ...

Visitors to Minot's Festival in the Parks celebrated the Fourth of July by rededicating the 85-year-old statue of President Theodore Roosevelt located in his namesake park.

The Highway Patrol says a Minnesota man was killed after he lost control of his vehicle while driving through a storm in Billings County.

The State Historical Society of North Dakota and the Chateau de Mores State Historic Site are introducing a download-ready audio tour of Medora.

GAME WARDEN PAT LOTHSPEICH SAYS MORE THAN 40 DEER AND ANTELOPE AND HUNDREDS OF PORCUPINES, RABBITS AND COYOTES WERE KILLED IN BILLINGS COUNTY IN JULY AND AUGUST OF 2007.

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Game warden Pat Lothspeich said more than 40 mule deer and antelope and hundreds of porcupines, rabbits and coyotes were killed in Billings County in July and August 2007.

Plea agreements are being worked out with five people charged in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is the worst case of illegal animal killings they have ever seen.