What do bees collect and use to make honey?

“The Entire City Is Suddenly Outside Again” 😄

• grills firing up
• bikes everywhere
• dogs getting walked twice as long as necessary
• someone mowing at 8:47 PM
• people pretending allergies “aren’t that bad this year.”
• patios magically full within 14 minutes of sunshine appearing

Clarity Animal Hospital

Anybody who’s ever owned a pet knows this truth:

They never pick a convenient time for an emergency. 😅

It’s always late at night, over a holiday weekend, or five minutes after your regular vet closes.

That’s why a lot of Billings pet owners are relieved to know about Clarity Animal Hospital — a locally owned emergency and urgent care veterinary hospital here in town offering walk-in care Friday through Monday, including overnight weekend hours.

No appointment needed.

The hospital is led by Billings native Dr. Kayla Erickson, and one thing people really appreciate is the way the team works to make stressful situations feel a little more human.

Pet owners can stay with their animals during parts of the diagnostic process, which can make a difficult moment feel a little less overwhelming.

They also offer flexible payment options through CareCredit and payment plans.

So whether your dog ate something deeply questionable, your cat suddenly starts acting strange, or your pet simply decides weekends are the ideal time for medical drama… Clarity is there to help. 🐾

📍 1475 41st Street West
📞 406-651-5615

Billings, Mont. — A vibrant women’s fitness group is making its long-awaited return to Billings, energizing local women to connect, get active, and forge meaningful friendships.

Originating in Bozeman in 2017, the initiative now spans over 20 cities nationwide, including communities across Montana.

Justin Fuson, a standout pitcher for the Billings Mustangs, has advanced to the Chicago White Sox organization after two impressive seasons.

Fuson’s call-up was an emotional moment shared with his mother, as both have long dreamed of this opportunity

THINGS BILLINGS PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY END UP DOING THIS WEEKEND 📍

🌮 Food Truck Events

Food truck season is quietly becoming one of the best parts of summer in Billings. There’s just something about standing in a parking lot at sunset holding tacos while running into three people you know that feels very “local summer energy.”

🍻 Brewery Patios Reopening

Billings brewery patios are officially back in business — and honestly, half the city seems emotionally prepared to spend the next three months outside. Every patio currently contains at least one group saying: “We should do this more often.”

🎓 Graduation Season Around Town

Graduation season is here, which means proud families, packed restaurants, celebration dinners, and enough graduation yard signs to remind everybody just how fast kids grow up around here.

🎶 Weekend Live Music

Live music season is waking back up across Billings, from downtown patios to local breweries and outdoor events. The city always feels a little more alive when you can hear music drifting down the sidewalk on a warm evening.

⚾⚽🤠 Baseball, Soccer & Rodeo Happenings

Summer sports season is rolling in fast. Between Mustangs baseball at Dehler Park, youth soccer fields packed all weekend long, and rodeo season gearing up around Montana, there’s officially something happening in nearly every direction you look this time of year.

• Reminder that sunscreen season and windburn season overlap here.

• The city smells faintly like cut grass and charcoal right now.

The People Who Quietly Make Summer Happen

“The People Who Make Summer in Billings Feel Like Summer”

You know who deserves more credit this time of year?

The seasonal people.

The farmers market vendors unloading trailers at sunrise.

The parks crews somehow making everything green overnight.

The teenager handing out ice cream cones during a 78-degree rush.

The food truck workers standing beside hot grills while the rest of us complain about being “a little warm.”

The brewery staff carrying patio tables around like summer itself depends on them.

Billings summers feel effortless when you’re enjoying them.

But they actually run on hundreds of people quietly working in the background to make the city feel alive again.

And most of them probably won’t get thanked enough.

So this week’s spotlight goes out to the people helping Billings wake back up for summer.

We see you. 🌿

BILLINGS SUMMER EVENT ENERGY IS ARRIVING 🎡🎶⚾

The next couple weeks around town are starting to stack up in the most Billings way possible.

Alive After 5 is almost back.

The Skyline races hit town this weekend, which means local runners are currently treating hills like personality development.

The Montana Renaissance Festival is coming soon to MetraPark —
which honestly feels like the annual reminder that Montana people will COMMIT to a theme.

And then Billings Fun Con rolls in a few weeks later with cosplay, comics, gaming, and at least one person who definitely spent six months building armor in a garage.

Meanwhile…

Mustangs baseball is back at Dehler Park. ⚾

And maybe that’s one of the most underrated summer feelings in town.

Baseball downtown. 

Evening light over the city. Kids chasing foul balls. That faint stadium noise drifting through downtown while the sky turns pink over the Rimrocks.

You don’t even have to be a huge baseball fan. It still feels like

summer.

Yellowstone County is set to strengthen its power grid as plans move forward for the McFarland Energy Storage Project, a modern battery energy facility proposed near the NorthWestern Energy substation on Shorey Road, northwest of Billings.

NextEra Energy aims to boost electric grid reliability with this 10-acre project, responding to rising demand fueled by local growth.

ONE LAST THING 🌅

One of the nicest things about Billings this time of year isn’t even an event.

It’s the sound of the city outside again.

Kids playing later.

Neighbors talking across fences.

Garage doors opening.

Dogs barking somewhere down the block.

People walking slowly like they’re trying to stretch the evening a little longer.

And after a long Montana winter… maybe we are.

See you out there, Billings. 😄

Nectar.