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Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Hundreds attend funeral honoring victims of Billings West End mass shooting (ktvq.com) — Billings residents packed Faith Chapel to honor five members of the Ghekiere and Ireland family killed in the recent West End mass shooting and house fire. Speakers shared memories, while more than 1,000 people also gathered at Veterans Park for a vigil and have raised substantial funds to help surviving family members with funeral and other expenses.
2. NA Now: Billings Cattle Punchers (nahl.com) — Billings is getting a new junior hockey team, the Cattle Punchers, with their inaugural NAHL season starting September 11 and home games in a new local arena. Head coach Steve Haddon says he wants to honor Billings' long hockey history while building excitement for this fresh chapter and giving the community a team to rally around again.
3. Gov. Greg Gianforte calls for stronger measures to protect Montana children from harmful effects of social medi (falloncountyextra.com) — Billings families and students were front and center as Gov. Greg Gianforte visited Skyview High School to hear concerns about kids' social media use and cell phones in classrooms. Local parents, students, and lawmakers from Billings discussed potential statewide limits on addictive app features and new school resources, shaping legislation that could soon change how children here use their phones and social platforms.
4. Active police scene underway after shooting in downtown Billings (ktvq.com) — Police have shut down part of downtown Billings near North 23rd Street and First Avenue North while officers and SWAT respond to a reported shooting Sunday afternoon. Residents are urged to avoid the area as investigators work an active scene, with no suspect information or victim condition released yet and more details promised in a forthcoming police update.
5. Bozeman Schools Now Require App For Student Cell Phones (ksenam.com) — While Bozeman high schools now require a phone-controlling app called The Commons, Billings is mentioned as one of several Montana districts that already restrict student cell phone use. The story explains how Bozeman's system limits social media and web access on campus, highlights parents' privacy questions, and invites readers to weigh in on how strict school phone rules should be.
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