Billings Gazette

billingsgazette.com — Bidder 3, who offered $3.275 million in the online auction of the old James F. Battin Federal Building in downtown Billings, paid 10 percent of the sales price by Monday's deadline as required. Sally Mayberry, a spokeswoman in Denver with the General Services Administration, confirmed the payment on Tuesday.

billingsgazette.com — The 84 veterans who took part in the fourth Big Sky Honor Flight came home Monday night to a hero's welcome. The baggage area of Billings Logan International Airport was packed with hundreds of people cheering and waving small American flags as each veteran descended the stairs or escalator.

billingsgazette.com — A 49-year old man who was charged with his seventh drunken-driving offense after crashing a car into a tree outside City Hall was sentenced Tuesday in Yellowstone County District Court. Robert Luis Cedeno was ordered to spend five years in state custody for felony DUI.

billingsgazette.com — HELENA - A federal appeals court denied a request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison as officials in southwestern Montana wrapped up the annual drive of the animals back into Yellowstone National Park. A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S.

billingsgazette.com — A 69-year-old Billings woman has been charged with beating a 6-year-old boy with a kitchen spoon. Janet Carol Fossceco appeared Monday in Yellowstone County Justice Court by video from the county jail on felony charges of assault on a minor and tampering with evidence.

billingsgazette.com — Operating rooms, once home to a surgeon and his scalpel, have changed dramatically over the past 30 years. They now also have robots with fingers, lasers and sophisticated video and computer technology. At Billings Clinic, the number of surgeons and procedures also has changed dramatically.

billingsgazette.com — The Billings Depot will soon unveil an interactive display that highlights some of the famous people and events associated with the 104-year-old complex of railroad buildings on Montana Avenue. At the same time, the depot is hoping that people all over the region will share their personal memories, reminiscences and photographs of the depot, which will also become part of the permanent display.