Posted 4:46 PM 5/16/2012 by Q2 Newsroom

BILLINGS - A public viewer has forwarded KTVQ photos of straight wind damage that swept through South of Billings city limits on Wednesday evening  in Meadowlark Trailer Park.

The wind struck the area around 4:10 PM and was strong enough to split a tree, damage several sheds and send a trampoline flying. 

Thank you to Shay Conant who was able to provide us with the pictures above.

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Posted 4:20 PM 5/16/2012 by Q2 News

BILLINGS - Try lifting 60,000 pounds of metal up and over tree tops and then over two semi trucks.

That's exactly what happened this morning in downtown Billings.  A crane lifted two train cabooses off the tracks at the Billings Depot this morning making way for the new Trailhead (More) • Videos (2)

Posted 3:53 PM 5/16/2012 by David Sherman (david@krtv.com)

A new documentary series following a Hutterite colony in Montana will soon air on the National Geographic Channel.

Aaron Flint, a radio talk show host on the Northern News Network, says that last month he was staying at The Yogo Inn in Lewistown and learned that there was a documentary (More)

Posted 3:34 PM 5/16/2012 by National Weather Service

AT 323 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE
BILLINGS AREA. THROUGH 430 PM...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE AN
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT MOSTLY LIGHT
RAINFALL. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES.

Posted 3:32 PM 5/16/2012 by CNN

Mary Kennedy, from whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed for divorce in 2010, is dead, an employee of the Westchester County, New York, medical examiner's office said Wednesday.

The employee, who declined to give his name, told CNN he would provide no further details about the manner and cause (More)

Posted 3:12 PM 5/16/2012 by Bob McGuire

Hey everyone Bob McGuire here in the Q2 Weather Center. Doppler Radar is showing a couple of Strong cells near Laurel. Nothing serious at his time just some moderate rain a a few Strong gusts of high wind. We have a Cold front blowing through the region right now. However much of the air here at the surface is very dry so most of these showers will be high based. IE Maybe some dry Lightning.Bob

Posted 3:09 PM 5/16/2012 by Scott Breen - Q2 Sports

Billings, MT - Registration is open for the 27th Annual Big Sky State Games July 20-22 in Billings. This Olympic-style multi-sport festival for amateur athletes of all ages and skill levels draws 10,000 athletes each year. Elite, junior, senior and recreational athletes will compete for coveted (More)

Posted 2:56 PM 5/16/2012 by MT Dept of Labor

The Montana Department of Labor & Industry is hearing from small businesses targeted by aggressive marketing companies who sell labor law posters claiming to be the state agency.

Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly said, "These aggressive marketing tactics are making it difficult and expensive (More)

Posted 2:43 PM 5/16/2012 by David Sherman (david@krtv.com)

The Great Falls Voyagers baseball team announced on Wednesday that they will host a beer festival and summer concert at Centene Stadium on Friday, July 13th, and rocker Eddie Money will be performing.

The event is called Brewfest At The Ballpark, and in addition to Money, Great Falls favorites (More)

Posted 1:51 PM 5/16/2012 by KDVR FOX 31 TV (Denver)

LARIMER COUNTY, CO- Gusty winds and lightning could be a problem Wednesday afternoon for firefighters at the Hewlett wildfire in Larimer County.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service says the fire is human-caused, and it continues to grow. It has scorched almost 1,000 acres of trees and (More)

Posted 12:44 PM 5/16/2012 by David Goldman (CNNMoney)

Smartphones are now more common than "dumb" phones.

For the first time, more than half of all American mobile customers own a smartphone, according to a report released Wednesday by Nielsen. That's up from 38% a year ago.

As smartphones eclipse "feature" phones -- the industry's term (More)

Posted 12:17 PM 5/16/2012 by Ed McIntosh

This high pressure ridge of warm, dry air will hold for one more day. Satellite imagery is showing a few clouds across our area as of midday. A weak upper low over Utah will undercut the ridge today. This will allow for more clouds with slightly better instability around this afternoon and (More)

Posted 12:13 PM 5/16/2012 by CBS News Crime Insider

Groom Arnoldo Jimenez is now being sought in the stabbing death of his young bride just hours after their marriage. The body of his new wife Estrella Carrera was found in a bathtub in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception, police said Tuesday.

Jimenez, 30, is (More)

Posted 11:47 AM 5/16/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center

HAMILTON- Fire officials say that this week's near record warmth across parts of western Montana is increasing the fire danger in the Bitterroot Valley.

"Fire danger indicators are at an all-time high for this time of year due to the unusually warm weather and rapid snowpack melt," said Rick (More)

Posted 11:44 AM 5/16/2012 by Heath Heggem (KRTV Great Falls)

A deal that is expected to increase American exports by more than $1 billion was announced on Tuesday and the Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia should leave its mark on Montana.

The agreement eliminates tariffs on products like wheat and barley, putting U.S. wheat farmers on (More)

Posted 11:17 AM 5/16/2012 by CNN

The City of Fullerton, California, has reached a $1 million settlement with the mother of a mentally ill homeless man who died last year after a beating he received at the hands of police officers.

The settlement comes a week after a California judge ordered that two Fullerton police officers (More)