Billings Daily Digest Sunday, May 03, 2026

Ty's Take

Spring in Billings moves fast—one week you're watching the snow melt off the rims, the next you've got graduates walking across the stage at MetraPark and neighbors you've known for fifty years showing up in the obituaries. MSU Billings turned out another class yesterday, the kind of ceremony that reminds you this town's been raising people for nearly a century, sending them out to run ranches and hospitals and drill sites across the region. The ones we lost this week were woven into that same fabric—the volunteer, the teacher, the person who showed up. That's what a place like Billings runs on: the ones who stay and build it, and the memory of the ones who did.

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Billings Gazette

Billings neighbors: Obituaries for May 3

This collection features obituaries of community members from the Billings area who passed away around May 3rd. The Billings Gazette publishes these notices to honor local residents and inform the community of recent losses.

Photos: MSU Billings 99th annual commencement ceremony

Montana State University Billings held its 99th commencement ceremony, celebrating the graduation of its latest class of students. The Billings Gazette documented the milestone event with photos from the campus celebration.

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