Colstrip, MT News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/ Colstrip, MT News Crews work to restore power to 1000s of homes http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/914f6f5b1e18cb7294fc2495c6df2331.html Update 1:45 pm:A series of downed power lines caused major power disruptions across Billings Saturday and today At noon NorthWestern Energy had 13 linemen crews and eight treetrimming crews working to restore power in the Billings area Snow knocks out power triggers call for emergency travel only http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/4d565a191a42d07ef1949982ebc21f3a.html Update 9:45 am: Local officials have declared a civil emergency for the city of Billings Officials ask that travel on city streets be limited to emergency travel only A winter storm watch remains in place for today with wet heavy snow Storm bedevils Billings power supply http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/04e4cde0e06f450e674f2024def7d501.html BILLINGS A winter storm that rolled into Billings Thursday night and brought at least 8 inches of snow with it left thousands of Billings residents without power Saturday Snow leaves thousands without power http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/15c55dd95abe202f85dd7e645af74b85.html A winter storm that rolled into Billings on Thursday night and brought at least 8 inches of snow with it left thousands of Billings residents without power Saturday Debbie Singer community relations manager for NorthWestern Energy in Billings said Senior wins 11th Billings Invitational beating Huntley Project http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/4e6e54cfa902f96e4708b5ff0bd25915.html The Billings Senior Broncs won the Billings Invitational volleyball title Saturday which is of little surprise considering it's the fourth straight tournament championship and 11th overall for the program As for who took second well that could be Fire power crews scramble to restore service repair lines http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/ecd9fee606960aa2879c7731111de4bf.html Update 10:15 am: More than 2000 NorthWestern Energy customers in Billings Heights were without power for several hours this morning NorthWestern spokeswoman Claudia Rapkoch said two separate outages both caused by heavy snowfall and fa PSC hears dispute over plant's value http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/130a9e1855e0d3a2078079af76a924e6.html HELENA If regulators think NorthWestern Energy's Montana customers should buy a longterm chunk of electricity from the Colstrip 4 power plant it should be at a much lower price than that offered by the company a consumer witness testified Friday Debate continues over NorthWestern Energys Colstrip power proposal http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/colstrip/content/7bfdb0166b354f7ac64dd55bb42c06e8.html If regulators think NorthWestern Energys Montana customers should buy a longterm chunk of electricity from the Colstrip 4 power plant it should be at a much lower price than offered by the company a consumer witness testified Friday