Billings Daily Digest Saturday, August 08, 2026
Ty's Take
A Billings man loading up his motorcycle to ride across the country for hemophilia awareness, neighbors we lost this week, the dairy plant passing inspection, and a shooting trial that's still working through what happened in Bonner back in 2023, these are the stories that sit underneath the bigger fights. The data center dispute, the secession talk up in Missoula County, the traffic headaches in Great Falls, they all matter for what they say about who wants what in this corner of Montana. But there's something worth noticing in the quiet stories too, the ones about a man deciding his rare disease is worth a cross-country ride, or a community stopping to remember its dead. That's where you find what people actually care about when nobody's watching.
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Montana man will motorcycle across America to raise awareness of hemophilia
Richard Williams will embark on a nearly 5,000-mile motorcycle journey from Fort Shaw, Montana, riding his restored 1980 Honda Goldwing to raise awareness about hemophilia. The cross-country trek is inspired by his son Trevor's battle with the blood clotting disorder and his late wife Rita's...
Billings neighbors: Obituaries for August 8
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Meadow Gold Billings in the clear: Facility passes inspection on Friday
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First hearing held in data center signature-gathering deadline dispute
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Billings speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Aug. 7, 2026
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Shooting victim's partner testifies at trial for 2023 Bonner homicide
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Welcome to County 57: Rural Missoula residents eye secession
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Traffic impacts expected during Great Falls gas system work
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