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The Montana Lottery postponed Montana Millionaire ticket sales Sunday after a statewide technical failure left people waiting for hours at Billings retailers; tickets already bought remain valid while the lottery and vendor Bally's Intralot fix the system and set a new sales date.

Montana is building an online talent marketplace to connect students, job seekers, and career changers with job listings, training, and employer pathways; the Department of Labor signed the contract on Oct.

28 and Britebound pledged a $1.5 million, three-year grant to support development.

The Billings school board delayed a vote on a proposed 24% pay increase for Superintendent Garcia that would raise his salary from $217,000 to $270,000 after a contentious public meeting and requests for more review.

A fire-damaged house at 811 N.

23rd has sat with broken windows and charred siding since a July 2025 blaze, and neighbors across from Station 1 say cleanup still hasn't happened. City code opened a nuisance case in March, and the owner has until the end of the month to submit remodel plans or face possible court action.

A rare Nanotyrannus skeleton discovered by rancher Jodi Pierson in 2019 sold for $47 million at a New York auction after a 12 minute bidding battle, making (Jodi) the second most valuable dinosaur fossil sold at auction and one of only three substantial specimens known to science.

A man living north of Canyon Creek received a three-year deferred sentence Thursday after feeding black bears + other wildlife on his property, a practice officials say led to five bears being euthanized.

Governor Greg Gianforte entered Montana into a FAST-41 memorandum with the Federal Permitting Council to speed permitting by running state and federal reviews in parallel, aiming to fast-track projects from critical mineral processing to data centers and broadband, and Contact Mill and Mining Co. (outside Phillipsburg) says it expects new opportunities.

The Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools, Western Security Bank, and City Brew Coffee honored Senior High French teacher Marmee Morin in their One Class at a Time program, awarding her a $500 grant and a $150 City Brew gift card for her inclusive French curriculum.