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  • Comment: One more source from a non-YCN publication (like the Billings Gazette or Daily Montanan) and it should be OK to accept. Bkissin (talk) 14:18, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
Main office of Yellowstone County News, located at 130 Northern Avenue in Huntley, Montana. Pictured in August 2022.

Yellowstone County News, or YCN, is a weekly newspaper based in Huntley, Montana which provides hyperlocal news coverage to the Yellowstone County, Montana area, which includes Billings, Laurel, Shepherd, Huntley, Worden, Ballantine, and Pompey's Pillar.[1] It is currently owned and operated by Jonathan and Tana McNiven.[2]

History

1977-1994

The first edition of YCN was published Thursday, October 20, 1977[3] by Dale and Rebecca Oberly of Pioneer Publishing Co., located at 1348 Main Street in the Billings Heights.

During these years, the newspaper regularly employed up to seven correspondents who wrote news stories from their respective areas of the county.[4] The cost of a subscription was $18 per year for customers who resided in the county, $26 from other areas of Montana, and $30 for any other part of the United States.[5]

1994-2014

In June 1994, Pete and Rebecca Tescher-Robison purchased the Yellowstone County News from the Oberlies.[6]

2014-current

In October 2014, former Republican lawmaker Jonathan McNiven resigned his position in the Montana State Legislature two weeks after being re-elected to take over the Yellowstone County News.[7] McNiven and his wife, Tana, continue to run YCN as of May 2023.

Since 2014, the paper has retained two reporters on its staff. Evelyn Pyburn, a long-time journalist who also owns the Big Sky Business Journal, has simultaneously worked at YCN since around 1993. In April 2022, Michael Marino joined the team as a reporter, mainly covering the Huntley, Shepherd, Worden and Ballantine areas.[8]

Lawsuit

In January 2021, Yellowstone County News filed suit against Roundup High School for allegedly denying the publication access to a sporting event while allowing other media outlets to attend and cover the event, which the newspaper claimed violated their First Amendment rights.[9]

Judge Randal Spaulding ruled that same month that the school did not violate the First Amendment rights of YCN. The judge further denied the newspaper's motion for a preliminary injunction.[10]

References

  1. ^ "About | Yellowstone County News". May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Masthead/Staff/Contributors". Yellowstone County News. May 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Front Page". Yellowstone County News. October 20, 1977. p. 1.
  4. ^ "YCN Correspondents". Yellowstone County News. January 7, 1990. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Masthead". Yellowstone County News. January 7, 1990. p. 2.
  6. ^ Staff (June 3, 1994). "Robisons purchase Yellowstone County News". Yellowstone County News. p. 1.
  7. ^ Lutey, Tom (November 20, 2014). "Lawmaker McNiven resigns 2 weeks after re-election to run newspaper". Billings Gazette.
  8. ^ Staff, YCN (April 15, 2022). "Michael Marino Joins YCN Reporting Team". Yellowstone County News. p. 3.
  9. ^ Ehrlick, Darrell (January 6, 2021). "Small media group challenges getting booted from covering rival's sports events". Daily Montanan. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  10. ^ Ehrlick, Darrell (January 6, 2021). "Judge tosses newspaper lawsuit, rules school district didn't violate First Amendment". Daily Montanan.
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