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BILLINGS — Residents at Golden Meadows Trailer Court in Billings are running out of options as lot rent increases have created challenges with three property auctions scheduled for Wednesday. The property auctions are for three homes that are thousands of dollars past due. Two of the properties are just less than $8,000 past due, while the third property belongs to Mindy Baker, who owes more than $4,200.

GREAT FALLS — The Maclean-Cameron Animal Adoption Center is getting ready for one of its biggest fundraisers of the year. The 21st annual Fur Ball is set for Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Great Falls International Airport. The annual event raises money to support the adoption center and the animals it serves. Funds help cover day-to-day operations as well as food, housing, vaccinations and medical care.

A high-stakes legal showdown is underway in California Tuesday, with potential to change the face of social media. Opening arguments began in the U.S. District Court in Oakland, where 29 states are part of a federal lawsuit filed against Meta, claiming Facebook and Instagram are engineered to deliberately addict children and teens while hiding the known mental heath risks. The lawsuit also accuses Meta of harvesting data from users under 13, without parental permission.

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HELENA — At the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's aviation hangar, pilots are taking flight as a part of the aerial supervision program, aiming to strengthen wildfire response across the state. Watch the full story here: Montana DNRC takes wildfire response to new heights with aerial supervision program “Helping the state of Montana, helping save property and lives, that's really our big job,” said Montana DNRC pilot Dave Bebich.

Patricia Ann (Thorn) Rash, 72, passed peacefully on August 10, 2026, in Great Falls, Montana. Patricia was born on March 5, 1954, at Josephine General Hospital in Grants Pass, Oregon. Her parents were Mack Hobart and Aiko (Ruby) Ikeda Thorn. In her youth, Pat had a passion for riding horses. On her 12th Christmas, Grandpa Mack Thorn drove up in his big Ford truck and horse trailer in her parent’s driveway and unloaded “Big Red”. Her face glowed with excitement and surprise. Pat was thrilled.

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GREAT FALLS — A Great Falls youth choir is entering its second year — and after a successful inaugural season, the group is setting its sights on something bigger. WATCH FULL VIDEO HERE: Great Falls youth choir The Electric City Youth Chorus, part of the Electric City Choral Union, is expecting to double its membership this year — growing from around 15 students to approximately 30.

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A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was sentenced on Tuesday to just over six years in prison. Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman, said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs when she drove to Washington in January 2025 and told Capitol police that she was there to kill Bessent on the day of his Senate confirmation.