by Evelyn Pyburn
Naarah N. Hastings was sworn in by Judge Ashley Harada. (Courtesy photo)
Small business owner, Naarah Hastings, was selected by Yellowstone County Commissioners on Tuesday to represent House District 50 in the Montana Legislature, replacing Mallerie Stromwold (R) who resigned the position a couple of weeks ago.
The commissioners interviewed Hastings and two other candidates recommended to them by the Yellowstone County Republican Central Committee on Monday. The committee received ten applications for the position. They interviewed the applicants and then forwarded the names of their nominations of Hastings, Anthony Nicastro and Denis Pitman, to the commissioners.
Commissioner Mark Morse was not present for the commissioners’ weekly meeting when they voted, but he left a proxy in support of Hastings. Commissioner Don Jones first nominated Anthony Nicastro, a Billings attorney, but with no second, John Ostlund nominated Hastings, who then received all three commissioners’ votes. read more