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Hi Helena! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How 65 handmade quilts are comforting Helena's youngest students.
  • What work happens inside Helena's new Labor & Industry facility?
  • How will this pipeline upgrade affect gas reliability near Helena?

Also on today's calendar: Maps Media Institute - Lewis & Clark Meet & Greet Week and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 65 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Warmer with increasing clouds, temps: high: 76, low: 50.
  • Friday: A heavy thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Stitched with care: Quilters give Helena area students extra comfort (ktvh.com) — If you have a child in a Helena or East Helena elementary school, they may soon find extra comfort in the nurse's office thanks to 65 handmade quilts from the Friendship Quilters. The group started with Warren Elementary's needs and now invites fabric donations through Echo Church to keep providing cozy, caring blankets for local students.
   

2. Department of Labor and Industry, Helena, Montana (e-architect.com) — Helena residents now host the Montana Department of Labor & Industry's new Weights & Measures and Building Codes facility, a 5,500-square-foot complex designed for trucks, labs, and public services. The purpose-built building improves long-term efficiency for inspections that protect fair commerce and safe construction, with design touches inspired by the nearby Sleeping Giant.
   

3. NorthWestern Energy replacing aging pipeline to strengthen Montana's natural gas system (ktvh.com) — Natural gas customers around Helena should know that NorthWestern Energy is replacing a five-and-a-half-mile transmission pipeline between Silver City and the Helena junction, a key backbone of Montana's gas system. The $9 million project, running through mid-October, is designed to boost long-term reliability and safety while restoring disturbed land in cooperation with local property owners.
   

4. Why Montana's New Heritage Center Has A Smudge Room (560kmon.com) — Visitors from Helena and beyond will find a unique smudge room inside the new $107 million Montana Heritage Center, purpose-built for Indigenous cleansing and blessing ceremonies. The space, championed by Northern Cheyenne architect Major Robinson, includes special ventilation and design elements that weave Indigenous culture into how the museum functions every day.
   

5. Montana's new law expands access to experimental drugs (diyatvusa.com) — From Helena, state health officials are rolling out a new law that lets Montanans seek certain experimental treatments through licensed centers once they've passed early safety trials. For Helena patients and providers, the program could eventually open access to options like an investigational hearing-impairment therapy, though no treatment centers have been licensed yet and strict review-board oversight is required.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Well this misdelivery takes the cake.
    We've had packages delivered to the wrong address multiple times and we've received packages that went to other addresses multiple times, but here is… (Nextdoor North Hills East)
  • Another pet-related sale, this time at the Lewis & Clark Humane Society.
    They'll have stuff like cat trees, dog houses, fencing pieces and panels, plastic and wire kennels in a variety of sizes, outdoor heated cat houses,… (Nextdoor Pebble Gardens)
  • SPECTRUM posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist - Part-Time in Helena. Apply here.
  • Brinker International posted a job opening for Bartender - Helena Chili's in Helena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Helena here.

Ok Helena! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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