traffic

With the change of season from a mild Billings winter this year into what has turned out so far to be a pretty wet spring, what will streets in and around Billings be like as we near the first day of summer, June 21st?

Main St. in the Heights has been blocked off by police from Lake Elmo Drive to just past the Albertson's grocery store across the street from Sonic Drive-In as they investigate an "incident" that happened this morning at or near the fast food restaurant.

If I were you I'd figure out an alternative route to using Montana Ave during your commute for the next few days or plan on about an extra 10 minutes to get where you're going.

According to Billings Public Works 6000-7000 vehicles pass along the trail every day when open but at the moment only local residents whose homes are near the lower portion are allowed anywhere near the area. Originally the plan was to reopen Zimmerman Trail on April 1st but more rocks slid of the rims onto the trail on Tuesday and an engineers assessment says that even the rock behind the portion

George Zimmerman -- yes the same Florida neighborhood watchman acquitted in the Trayvon Martin murder trial -- was pulled over for speeding on a highway near Dallas, Texas.