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>> TENNIS NEWS LEADER. THIS IS THE MTN NEWS. >> FOR THIS THURSDAY. I’M HAILEY MONACO. WE BEGIN IN THE TOWN OF DILLON IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY. THE COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A YOUNG CHILD KILLED WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE TUESDAY EVENING. CHANCE MEGAN THOMPSON SPOKE WITH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBER SAYS THEY ASK FOR MORE SAFETY MEASURES AT THE BUSY INTERSECTION. >> HERE AT THE BUSY INTERSECTION AND SELL IN A MEMORIAL IS TAING SHAPE FOR A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED WHILE HE WAS RIDING HIS BIKE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. NOW SOME OF COMMUNITY ARE ASKING WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THIS MORE SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND, YOU KNOW, SCRAM. AND I’M JUST HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THIS WILL BRING OUR COMMUNITY COULD GET THEM. >> AND IT’S SOME OF WHITE >> BAKER AND HER 8 YEAR-OLD GRANDSON MASON ARE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO 7 YAR-OLD ENOCH. HAYWORTH, WHO WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR HIS HOME. >> IT’S JUST NOT FIRST TIME SOMEONE THE PLUS 50 PER. WE JUST >> ACCORDING TO THE BEVERHEAD COUNTY SHERIFF A FEW YEARS AGO, ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED BY A VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF MONTANA HIGHWAY 91 BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, UNOFFICIAL WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL SAYS HE HOPES MORE CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THE INTERSECTION SAFER. I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE AND SOME TIME TO JUST GETTING ALL THE PARTIES THAT ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE BEST INTEREST OF ALL. BUT I’M SURE THERE’S SOME KIND OF SOLUTION THAT WE CAN COME TO. >> TO MAKE THIS INTERSECTION. MOORE SAID >> IN ACT IS DESCRIBED AS AN ADVENTUROUS, BRIGHT AND LOVING CHILD. A GOFUNDME PAGE SET UP FOR THE FAMILY SAYS THE CHILD FILLED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH JOY AND HE LEFT A MARK ON EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM. >> BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE AND THEN AN ICE CREAM SHOP ARE ALSO RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY. IT JUST >> BREAKS OUR HEARTS. SO WELL, A LITTLE OF US. WE CAN HELP. I MEAN, IT WILL HELP THE FAMILY WITH ANYTHING WITH TRAVEL WITH MORE WITH. >> ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED. IT’S A SMALL TOWN. SO WE ALL TRY TO HELP SOMEHOW ACORDING TO A BEAVERHEAD COUNTY PRESS RELEASE, THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN DYLAN, MEGAN THOMPSON MTN NEWS. >> IN BILLINGS, WE CONTINUE FOLLOW AN ARMED ROBBERY AT THE RIMROCK MALL. THE SITUATION LED TO A CHAOTIC SCENE AS THE SUSPECT LED POLICE ON A CHASE THROUGH A GOLF COURSE AND THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW, 30 YEAR-OLD CAMERON WATSON IS BEHIND BARS. CHANCE CHARLIE KLEPPS HAS MORE ON HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT. >> FELT FAR AWAY? WE HEARD THE SIRENS JUST LIKE KIND OF IN A TEST NEARLY ENDED UP ON THE ROLLS DOORSTEP LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW. AND I SAW. >> THIS CAR JUST FLYING THROUGH. NOT SHOCKING VIDEO OF A SUSPECT ATTEMPTING TO EVADE POLICE LEAVING TIRE TRACKS CENTER LINE JUST NARROWLY MISSING HER VEHICLE. I WAS TERRIFIED. SEEN IT ALL JUST HAPPENED IN THE COMING OUT AND SEEING ALL THE COPS. YOU >> THE CARS ALL BANGED UP. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT BY ROLE SECURITY CAMERA WITH SUSPECT CAMERON WATSON BEING APPREHENDED JUST OUTSIDE HER HOME. ALL OF THIS AND SECONDS. COULD A SHOT HEARD SO MANY LIVES, A FRIGHTENING CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THIS QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT ROLE SAYS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WHAT IF MY CHILDREN HAD BEEN OUTSIDE LITERALLY MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH, EERIE FEELING FOR WITNESSES ALL ACROSS THE WEST END OF BILLINGS. >> HE CAME THROUGH THE FENCE AND JUST KIND OF UNDER ROUTED THE THE GROUND, THE FENCE EARLIER IN THE CHASE SAID PETER JAGAN GOLF COURSE. WATSON RIPPED THROUGH THIS FENCE VEERING ONTO THE DRIVING RANGE. IT’S NOT SHOCKING, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK HAPPEN. BUT IT IS LIKE A LITTLE DANGEROUS IN THE I SPEED CHASE FROM AROUND SYSTEM. PRO AUSTIN SHOT SAYS HE WAS GLAD IT DIDN’T HAPPEN AT A BUSIER TIME. IF IT’S MIDDAY ON SATURDAY >> AND HE ROLLS THROUGH KIND OF ANYWHERE. YOU’RE GOING TO GET SO PUBLIC INVOLVED. SO WHILE BOTH THE COURSE AND NEARBY HOMES OF WEIGHTED SERIOUS DAMAGE, THE STARTING POINT IS WHAT’S GOT MANY ON EDGE WHERE POLICE SAY SUSPECT CAMERON WATSON. >> ALLEGEDLY STOLE FROM ONE OF THE STORES USING A KNIFE AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FIREARM. HIS RECKLESS BEHAVIOR ENDANGERS OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THEN IT WAS BROUGHT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT’S WHY MANY LIKE ROLE ARE STILL REELING. KNOWING CRIME CAN HAPPEN RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN BILLINGS, THERE’S DANGER OUT THERE AND DOING CHARLIE KLEPPS MTN NEWS. >> ONE DAY WE HAD THE FALL EQUINOX TODAY. IT’S THE EQUAL LOCKS. THAT’S THE POINT WHERE WE START LOOKING AT THE CLOSEST BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET AT EXACTLY 12 HOURS DOWN. WE’LL START TO SEE THOSE DAYS GET SHORTER OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS RIGHT UP THE WINTER SOLSTICE. WELL, WE HAVE THE SHORTEST PERIOD BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET REGIONALLY. THIS IS KIND HOW IT STACKS UP FOR JUST A COUPLE OF SAMPLE LOCATIONS. SUNRISE HAPPENING ANYWHERE FROM AROUND 07:15AM, IN THE MORNING. AND THEN SUNSET HAPPENING DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION. ALMOST EXACTLY 12 HOURS LATER. AND JUST IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING, WILL SHIFT FROM DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AS WE GET INTO FIRST SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER. BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE GOT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET WILL SHOW YOU THAT NEXT. >> NOW, TIME TODAY’S LEADING LOOK, AS WE FOLLOW SOME OF THE OTHER STORIES MAKING HEADLINES. THE BODY OF THE MAN WHO WENT MISSING ON FLATHEAD LAKE THIS SUMMER. IT’S BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RECOVERED YESTERDAY, ACCORDING TO LAKE COUNTY, SHERIFF DON BELL. 58 YEAR-OLD JAMES TO MENDEZ FROM CHEYENNE. WYOMING WENT MISSING ON JULY 15TH AFTER HIS ROW BOAT CAPSIZED IN A MAJOR STORM. THE BODY BELIEVED TO BE DIMMING AS IS BEING TAKEN TO THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE FOR AN AUTOPSY. THE FLATHEAD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OF A PLANE CRASH LAST FRIDAY NEAR FERNDALE AIRFIELD. A 63 YEAR-OLD BRADLEY YOUNG OF KALISPELL. DEPUTIES SAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS BADLY DAMAGED FROM THE CRASH AND WAS ON FIRE WHEN THE FERNDALE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRST ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS INVESTIGATING THE CRASH. THE MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN PROFESSOR IS ON LEAVE FOR COMMENTS SHE MADE FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK IN UTAH. THE REMARKS CAME FROM THE DOCTOR. SAMANTHA BROWNLEE AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THE POST ON X QUICKLY, FIELD OUTRAGE FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE COMMENTS BY BROWNLEY ARE HERS AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF MSU. NORTHERN OR REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE INSTITUTION. IT’S A MEDICINE. MOST FAMILIES HAVE BEEN THEIR CABINETS. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW WARNING PREGNANT WOMEN AGAINST TAKING TYLENOL MTN’S. MEGHAN ELAINE SPOKE WITH SOME PARENTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS AND HEARD FROM BOZEMAN HEALTH. >> IF YOU’RE PREGNANT, DON’T TAKE TYLENOL MONDAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION NOW BELIEVES ACETAMINOPHEN. THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN TYLENOL, MANY COLD AND FLU MEDICATIONS MAY BE LINKED TO AN INCREASED RISK OF AUTISM. INTERESTING THAT HE WOULD SAY SOMETHING SO BOLD. I MET UP WITH SEVERAL MOTHERS OF THE DINOSAUR PARK HERE IN BOZEMAN. WELL, OKAY, JAY WARD CALLED THE PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT INTERESTING, VERY HOPE. CHRISTENSEN TOLD ME THE ANNOUNCEMENT FELT LIKE VALIDATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. TRUMP TOOK THE TIME TO VALIDATE THOSE PEOPLE STORIES. THE PRESIDENT ALSO WEIGHED IN ON VACCINATIONS SUGGESTING PARENTS ADMINISTER SMALLER DOSES OVER LONGER TIME FRAMES. YOU TAKE IT IN SMALLER DOSES AND IDEA. HOPE SAYS MATCHES HER OWN BELIEFS. >> AND LIKE HASN’T BEEN MAINSTREAM, YOU KNOW, TALK UNTIL NOW SIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT’S DIFFICULT TO APPROACH THAT WITH PEOPLE. THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT AND THEY THINK YOU’RE CRAZY AND THEY SAY THE SCIENCE DOESN’T LEAD TO DIE. AND WHATEVER ONLY PAY PHONE. >> THE MAKER OF TYLENOL RESPONDED TO THE CLAIMS ON ITS WEBSITE STATING PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO CREDIBLE SCIENCE THAT SHOWS TAKING ACETAMINOPHEN CAUSES AUTISM SEARCHING THAT MEDICINE MAY BE SUITABLE FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. THE COMPANY ADDS IT’S BEEN RELIED ON BY PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS. I REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE OBGYN PRACTICES IN THE VALLEY, MOST OF KLEIN COMMENT, BUT BOZEMAN HEALTH ISSUED THIS STATEMENT SAYING THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE, ACETAMINOPHEN CAUSES AUTISM. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE USE OF ACETAMINOPHEN IN PREGNANCY WHEN TAKEN AS NEEDED, QUOTE IN BOZEMAN, HEALTH URGES PATIENTS TO TALK WITH THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THEM. WARD SAYS SHE TOOK MORE OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH DURING PREGNANCY, BUT UNDERSTANDS THE BALANCE OF ALL SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN TRY FIRST. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU’RE STILL >> IN PAIN, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR RESEARCH AND MAKE YOUR DECISION FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS. THE FDA SHARED AN OPEN LETTER ENCOURAGING DOCTORS TO LIMIT ACETAMINOPHEN USE IN PREGNANT PATIENTS FOR A LOW GRADE FEVERS. CHRISTENSEN SAYS THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY IS PARENTS HAVE A CHOICE. >> THE RISKS ARE ALL IN YOUR HANDS. NOT FINE. LIKE I’M WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU’RE ENTITLED TO THAT. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS. >> IN BOZEMAN, MEGHAN, ELAINE MTN NEWS. >> IN NORTHEASTERN MONTANA, THERE’S A NEW TYPE OF VENDING MACHINE INSTEAD OF SNACKS. IT STOCKED WITH LIFESAVING RESOURCES CSK T TRIBAL HEALTH IS USING REMOTE DISPENSING TO REACH MORE PEOPLE IN NEED ROBIN IRON SHOWS US HOW THIS APPROACH ALREADY IS MAKING AN IMPACT. >> ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY, YOU CAN NOW FIND LIFESAVING RESOURCES. JUST THE PRESS OF A BUTTON. >> NO ONE NEVER REALLY KNOWS WHEN THEY MIGHT BE PRESENTED WITH AN OVERDOSE SITUATION. SEE SKT TRIBAL HEALTH WORKERS LIKE JESSE CAHOON. ALL IN NEED TO OFFER LIFESAVING MEDICATION LIKE NARCAN. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING IS HOW DO WE GET OUR CAN YOU KNOW, TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT SO THAT WE LOOKED AT, HOW COULD BE POTENTIALLY DO THESE AS REMOTE DISPENSING? DISPENSING IS FAIRLY NEW TO HEALTH CARE. THE FREE SERVICE HAS ALREADY PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFER MORE THAN JUST MEDICATION, LIKE GREAT CONTROL, HIDING KIDS AND EVEN THOSE KINDS ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE IN HERE. EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, THINGS THAT KIND OF SOMETIMES OF A STIGMA INVOLVED IN COST MACHINE FUNDED BY TRIBAL HEALTH. DOESN’T ONLY DISPENSE RESOURCES BUT EDUCATIONAL TUTORIALS AS WELL. SO ANYONE THAT’S ACCESSING ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THE MACHINE HAS ACCESS EDUCATION, INCLUDING OUR COUNT AND WITH A GREAT RESPONSE, THEY HOPE TO EXPAND TO MORE RURAL LOCATIONS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM. THESE WERE PILOT AND SO THE BIG PUSHES TO MAYBE HAVE THEM AND SOME OF THEM ARE DISTINCT COMMUNITIES SUCH ELMO OR HOT SPRINGS. YOU CAN FIND A SELF HARM REDUCTION MACHINE AND PAVEL SAINT IGNATIUS AND POLSON TRI