Box Elder Fire News Today

Box Elder held its 2023 "Water Warz" battle between the Box Elder Fire and Police Departments on Tuesday evening at the City Hall with the Police Department coming out on

Kay Erickson has been working in broadcasting in Billings for more than 20 years. She spent well over a decade as news assignment editor at KTVQ-TV before joining the staff at YPR. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a degree in broadcast journalism. Shortly after graduation she worked in Great Falls where she was one of the first female sports anchor and reporter in Montana.

Box Elder Fire Thirty firefighters are working to protect some 21 structures threatened by the Box Elder Fire burning on private land roughly 20 miles northwest of Broadus in Powder River County.  Mark Jacobsen with the Bureau of Land Management’s Miles City office reports grass, ponderosa pine and juniper are fueling the 1,700-acre fire. Jacobsen says fire crews have dropped retardant on the fire and built containment lines on parts of the fire, but did not know the size of the containment....

Weather Alert ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerously hot temperatures of 96 to 102 degrees are forecast to continue through Saturday. Temperatures will only cool off to around 65 degrees at night. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. * WHEN...Until Midnight MDT Saturday Night. * IMPACTS...The prolonged period of hot temperatures increases the threat of heat related illnesses for those with prolonged exposure. ...