As 2011 winds to a close, it's time to look back at the top local stories of the year.
We've picked the candidates, but the rest is up to you. Join other readers in ranking your top stories of the year by rating each story from 1 to 5 stars. Stories are ranked below by average user rating.
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1. Big Sky Little League All-Stars from Billings compete in Little League World Series
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2. Long winter, late snows and heavy rains bring flooding
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3. Multiple bear attacks leave two dead, several more injured during summer and fall months
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4. ExxonMobil pipeline ruptures under Yellowstone River near Laurel, spilling 42,000 gallons of crude oil
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5. Billings home blows up near house destroyed by boulder last year
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6. Barry Beach released from prison after almost 29 years, pending new trial
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7. Twenty drown in Montana as streams and rivers run high
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8. SD2 board terminates contract of Superintendent Beeman
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9. Billings oral surgeon found guilty of cocaine charges
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10. ZooMontana loses its AZA accreditation, gets new director
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11. Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark re-opens with Elton John concert
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12. Billings voters OK a new building for Parmly Billings Library
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13. Suspect in triple homicide on Crow Reservation captured in Spokane
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14. Billings City Council extends moratorium on new medical marijuana businesses
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15. Montana State University Billings College of Technology dedicates 9/11 memorial
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16. Huntley Project High School students start classes in new building
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17. Wilson sentenced to 220 years in prison for shooting at Colstrip bar
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18. Construction begins on $4 million waterpark at Sahara Park in the Heights
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19. In vitro fertilization program begins at Billings Clinic
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20. Yellowstone Art Museum breaks monthly attendance record with Pulitzer photograph exhibit
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21. Billings City Council votes to create special citywide park maintenance district
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22. Southern declares bankruptcy
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23. Billings man dies after being shot by police near Red Lodge
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24. Construction proceeds on new federal courthouse and Stockman Bank building in downtown Billings
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25. Former BPD officer becomes Montana's U.S. marshal
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26. New St. Vincent Healthcare CEO takes over
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27. Rolf Groseth inaugurated as new Montana State University Billings chancellor
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