Montana
Yee-Haw Hee-Haw brings country music to Montana Avenue in Billings
The Magic City Blues Festival took up a venue on Montana Avenue for two decades.
On Friday and Saturday, it’s Yee-Haw Hee-Haw, Western Days 2024 on a smaller stage.
A music-loving sponsor, who wants to remain anonymous, bought enough tickets to make this a free event.
The Randall King Hard Livin’ Band bus and trailer were parked on Montana Avenue.
That’s close to where the Magic City Blues Festival entrance would have been.
The same promoters are putting on Yee-Haw Hee-Haw, but it’s a smaller venue North 25th Street between Montana Avenue and 1st Avenue North.
The idea is to bring back some live music as well as some traditional show business.
The sounds of country music will fill the Magic City air at the first ever Yee-Haw Hee-Haw Festival.
“This is like an outdoor nightclub,” said Tim Goodridge, the long-time promoter of the Magic City Blues Festival, which was held on Montana Avenue until just recently moving to MetraPark.
That event is on hiatus as he and his wife have decided to do a smaller show.
“We’re a family operation,” Goodridge said. “It’s me and Pam who are the engine behind it all. Two people and their family and friends. And once a year we come together and blow it out of the water.”
And this year, they’re going from blues and rock to country and comedy.
Three bands will perform on the main stage on North 25th Street on Friday and Saturday nights with three others rocking the stage inside Craft Local, along with a comedian.
“When you think back to the old days you have Don Rickles doing comedy and then out comes Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., which was more of an entertainment gig than just simply music or simply comedy,” Goodridge said.
The Goodridge family put on the Last Best Country Fest in 2015 and expects that music aficionados will enjoy country as much as the blues.
“Most people I don’t think are stuck in one or the other,” Goodridge said.
The crew is getting ready for the Randall King band, which is one of the groups getting set to perform and is first in line for sound checks.
“It’s more camaraderie, man,” said Red Weber, part of the Randall King crew. “We’re all on the same team. We’ve got to make it happen. The show must go on.”
The band has several shows in August, before heading out for a three-week European tour.
“My first gig and I got lucky to be able to travel the world,” said Gavin Alvarez, also part of the Randall King crew.
Goodridge has a passion for putting on these types of shows.
“I love music and I love people,” Goodridge said. “People get to come together and celebrate and that’s the fun thing, to try and do that because there’s an energy that comes from it that you don’t get anywhere else.”
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22-31-52-56-67, Powerball: 15, Power Play: 2
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17-18-28-37-42, Star Ball: 04, ASB: 02
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08-13-39-63-66, Powerball: 02
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02-04-13-17-32
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21-24-29-42-49, Bonus: 01
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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Montana
Public Meeting at Hub on Smith Concerning Montana Water Call Prompting Priority Administration in Tongue Basin
Wyoming State Engineer Brandon Gebhart announced that on May 5, 2026, the State of Montana placed a call under Article V(A) of the Yellowstone River Compact to fill Tongue River Reservoir in Montana. As a result, priority administration is in effect on post-1950 water rights in Wyoming that divert water from the Tongue River and its tributaries and are not excluded from the compact.
A public meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18, in the dining room of The Hub on Smith. Attendees are asked to enter on the north side of the building.
The Tongue River Basin has been experiencing drought conditions over the past year with historically low winter snowpack and streamflow conditions. According to the release, those conditions led to Montana’s interstate call and prompted the administration of the Tongue River Basin in Wyoming.
The priority administration will affect post-1950 water rights within the Tongue River Basin, including reservoir storage, stream diversions and groundwater withdrawals, all of which affect river flows. Post-1950 water rights will be regulated off or prevented from turning on. Wyoming hydrographer-commissioners will continue to administer reservoir storage and post-1950 diversions throughout the spring and work with affected water users until the administration is lifted.
As provided in the compact, domestic uses less than one-half acre in area and livestock uses, including stock reservoirs less than 20 acre-feet in capacity, are excluded from this administration. The release noted these excluded rights could be subject to future regulation to satisfy priority calls by senior Wyoming water rights.
Beginning May 5, 2026, Wyoming hydrographer-commissioners have worked to record the current storage levels of reservoirs with post-1950 water rights. Going forward, those reservoirs can continue to accrue storage so long as post-1950 storage gained after the interstate call on May 5 remains in storage until either the water is released to satisfy the Montana call or Montana lifts the call because Tongue River Reservoir will fill.
Reservoirs with unfulfilled pre-1950 water rights can continue to store water and that storage will not be subject to release to satisfy Montana’s call. However, that storage and other direct flow rights could be subject to regulation to satisfy priority calls by senior Wyoming water rights.
The priority administration will be carried out pursuant to state law by hydrographer-commissioners assigned to various portions of the Tongue River Basin, working under the direction of Division II Superintendent David Schroeder.
The Wyoming State Engineer’s Office can be contacted at:
Jack Morey, deputy state engineer, 307-777-5032, jack.morey2@wyo.gov
David Schroeder, Division II superintendent, 307-674-7012, d.schroeder@wyo.gov
Jeff Cowley, interstate streams administrator, 307-777-1942, jeff.cowley@wyo.gov
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17-32-35-40-47, Mega Ball: 17
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19-21-35-38-53, Bonus: 01
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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