The closure of five nightclubs came as the languishing MacArthur Center went up for sale. The city is resetting its approach to balancing nightlife and safety after a series of shootings while seeking a new strategy for the mall’s central footprint covering roughly six to eight blocks. In the atmosphere of change, developers point to the stability of people still wanting to live downtown as a foundation for the area’s business future.
Vitalant to host 11th annual Billings Biggest Blood Drive
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and last updated 2021-07-23 17:47:46-04
Vitalant in Billings will be hosting its 11th annual Billings Biggest Blood Donation event at its 1444 Grand Ave. location from Monday, July 26 through Friday, July 30.
According to Vitalant, there is currently an urgent need for blood donations at this time. Tori Robbins, Vitalant communications manager, said Friday afternoon that the supply for blood is in a better position than what it was just months ago. Vitalant strives to have a four-day blood supply of each blood type on-hand. For us to use that verbiage of critical (last month), we ve got two days and less than two days of certain blood types. We really protect that verbiage of critical to make sure the public knows exactly where we are with our blood supply, said Robbins.