Laurel

Residents of Laurel say they feel ignored in the state’s decision to site a forensic psychiatric facility in their community.

Laurel residents formed Laurel CARED when they learned Montana had chosen a site just outside city limits. Now, they're suing.

An upcoming meeting before the Yellowstone County Commissioners will allow the state to build its new psychiatric facility contrary to zoning.

Dozens of Laurel residents attended a tense public hearing at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center on election day to weigh in on a forensic behavioral health facility proposed just outside Laurel city limits.

Riverside Park, south of Laurel, is the site of a former prisoner of war camp and Depression-era barracks.

Laurel residents and environmental groups challenged the zoning of the property where NorthWestern Energy is building a natural gas plant.

Laurel Emergency Services is asking for the community’s financial support through the approval of a mill levy to pay for addition staffing for the ambulance service.

NorthWestern Energy says it plans to appeal the decision.

Representatives from Yellowstone County, Billings and Laurel signed a memorandum of understanding last month to establish a Local Governing Authority made up of council and commission members from each of the three communities.

Conservationists and residents this week protested a planned 175-megawatt natural gas plant in Laurel, just southwest of Billings.