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Billings housing project pairs new homes with mortgage assistance
BILLINGS — An affordable housing development off King Avenue East is putting a statewide homeownership program into practice by addressing two challenges at once: the cost of buying a home and the shortage of homes working families can afford. South Hills Commons, at 4317 King Avenue East, includes 35...
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Libertarian Senate candidate’s ‘pet of society’ remark draws backlash
Libertarian Senate candidate Kyle Austin’s comments at an Oct. 23 forum have sparked controversy, prompting a political attack and drawing criticism from the forum’s host and tribal community members. Austin appeared alongside independent candidate Seth Bodnar and Democrat Alani Bankhead at the candidate forum at Eagle Seeker Community...
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Clark Avenue residents in Billings ready to welcome thousands of trick-or-treaters on Halloween
BILLINGS, Mont. — While trunk-or-treats and organized Halloween events give families across Montana more ways to celebrate, one Billings neighborhood is keeping the traditional door-to-door experience alive. Clark Avenue is once again preparing to welcome thousands of trick-or-treaters Saturday night. For the residents who live there, making the night happen takes months of planning, thousands of pieces of candy and hundreds of dollars. Ross and Kari Davidson are among the many families preparing for the crowds. Their goal every Halloween is to have about 5,000 pieces of candy ready for trick-or-treaters. But with candy prices climbing nationwide, they’ve had to make a few adjustments this year. According to federal inflation data, the cost of candy and chewing gum increased 7.7% in September compared to the same time last year. “I aim for 5,000 pieces of candy. And this year I did a little more non-chocolate just because chocolate was a lot more expensive,” Ross Davidson said. “So, the kids don’t seem to care one way or the other, but that seems to last the whole, like, three, three and a half hours.” The Davidsons start shopping as soon as Halloween candy hits store shelves, spreading out their purchases over a
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Licensed counselor in Billings sentenced for Medicaid fraud
HELENA, Mont. – A licensed professional counselor in Billings was sentenced to spend three years in prison and repay $600,000 for years of fraudulent Medicaid bills related to sessions that “did not occur,” the Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. A judge found her guilty on October 22 and sentenced her for “Medicaid fraud” and “making a false claim to a public agency.” Her crimes were connected to actions between January 2022 and September 2025, when she billed Medicaid for sessions with “patients she never treated and for sessions that did not occur,” Knudsen wrote in a press release about her sentencing. She was sentenced to pay the state $603,719.66 in restitution and serve a 10-year suspended sentence after completing her three-year prison term at the Montana Women’s Prison. She is also excluded from billing any federal health insurance program for the length of the sentence.