It’s closing time at Bert and Ernie’s restaurant for the last time. After 48 years of business, the Helena institution turned off its lights Dec. 1.

Author Archives: Jill Van Alstyne
Jill Van Alstyne is a former eastern Montana reporter for the Billings Gazette and city government reporter for the Helena Independent Record. A graduate of St. Olaf College, MSU-Billings, and South Dakota State University, she taught English on the Crow Reservation and in Japan before joining the English department at Helena High School.
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