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🌱 Patch AM: How a new Billings class is helping save the Crow language

Also check out Zoom-delivered Japanese Classes on the Billings Patch calendar

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Good morning to you Billings! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a new Billings class is helping save the Crow language
  • Riding an e-bike in Billings? These local rules could surprise you
  • When Styx will rock MetraPark in Billings this December

Also on today's calendar: Zoom-delivered Japanese Classes and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Peeks of sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 77, low: 47.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 71 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Billings schools offer Crow language class for the first time (ktvq.com) — Billings Public Schools are offering a Crow language class for the first time, giving local Indigenous and non-Indigenous students a chance to learn the language and culture in a Billings classroom. Students and teacher Velma Pretty On Top describe how lessons on vocabulary, powwows, regalia, and traditional dancing help preserve an endangered language while strengthening cultural identity for about 2,000 Indigenous students in the district.
   

• Montana E-Bike Laws: 20 MPH Rule, Helmets, Sidewalks, Trails, Cities, and Schools (electricbikeexplorer.com) — If you ride an e-bike in Billings, you'll need to follow city rules that ban biking on business-district sidewalks and require helmets for riders under 16, alongside possible local licensing and impoundment provisions. This in-depth guide explains how Montana's 20 mph e-bike definition works, then breaks down Billings-specific sidewalk, helmet, and registration rules so you can avoid tickets and ride confidently on streets, paths, and nearby public lands.
   

• '70s Rock Legends Announce Another Round of Shows Following Their 'Windy Cities Tour' (parade.com) — Styx is bringing its latest headlining tour to Billings, wrapping up the 2026 run with a Dec. 4 show at First Interstate Arena at MetraPark. The classic rock band, known for hits like "Come Sail Away" and "Renegade," is launching new North American dates next month, with tickets and full details available on the band's website for fans planning ahead locally.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The 4th annual All Hallows Medieval Fantasy Faire is in North Park in Billings Oct 3rd and 4th!
    This is a fund raiser for North Park as the North Park Task Force works on improvements to this beautiful park. It is hosted by MRF Events, the same… (Nextdoor Lake Elmo Drive)
  • Saw a brown and white sheep dog running down Main Street dragging a leash or rope.
    Tried catch it and so did another person, dog ran off and was somewhere near Shipton's in the Heights. Looked for them but couldn't locate them… (Nextdoor Antelope Estates)
  • Town Pump posted a job opening for Store Cooler Stocker Part Time $15/hr 2775 Old Hardin Rd in Billings. Apply here.
  • Phillips 66 Company posted a job opening for Supervisor II, Shift Team, Billings Refinery in Billings. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Billings here.

🗞 Nearby News

Laurel

  • Q2 AOW: Lockwood's Isaiah Greer returns to football after years away (ktvq.com)
  • Water use examined, as Laurel facility dispute continues (ypradio.org)
  • Robert 'Butch' Nies, 86 (falloncountytimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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