Air Force Global Strike Command has scheduled an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile between 12:01 and 6:01 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The tests, conducted roughly four times annually, are to validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system, according to AFGSC.
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While the Business Improvement District and other groups are working to beautify and market downtown Great Falls, the downtown Safety Alliance has been working with the Great Falls Police Department to make the area less inviting to troublesome activity. Adam Hunt is the Business Residential Involving Community, or BRIC, officer for the Great Falls Police Department. “There’s a lot of
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Some aspects of downtown Great Falls are getting a bit of a facelift this year and you’ll start seeing the results as soon as this week. The first update will be new banners affixed to light fixtures downtown. Those are expected to unveiled in the next week or so. Restored vintage holiday decor will also be making its debut downtown
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Airmen of the 819th RED HORSE Squadron were told earlier this week that they were deploying to Syria in 72 hours. After a few hours, unit leaders told them they were actually going to an airfield near Augusta, but the misdirect served a purpose in shocking troops a bit and making them think about what they’d pack and how they’d
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service holding a meeting tonight to discuss opportunities for grazing relief on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in response to the fire emergency in the Lodgepole Complex. On July 24, 2017, soon after the Lodgepole Complex fire in Montana began, FWS began identifying opportunities to help local ranchers impacted by fire. Refuge Manager,
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Local law enforcement agencies are grappling with a number of law changes, limited resources and increasing demands on those existing resources. One of those law changes is HB 133, which eliminates the possibility of jail time for several misdemeanor offenses and institutes mandatory minimums for sex offenses against children aged 12 or older. The bill was designed to lighten the
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City staff notified Calumet Montana Refinery just before 3 p.m. on Thursday of a sheen on the river south of the refinery. Upon examination of the city storm water outfall, oily liquid was found among the rip raff under the drain, according to Calumet. Employees from Calumet collected a sample and are testing it to identify the material, according to
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While thousands are enjoying the flying acts and static displays at the Flight Over the Falls airshow, others were standing by to handle the small stuff like lost credit cards and cuts and bruises but they’re also ready in case of any major emergency. At an airshow, that major event could be a downed aircraft, a vehicle ramming through the
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Montana Specialty Mills, LLC, broke ground Tuesday on what will be a $20 million, 20-acre processing facility at the Great Falls Montana Development Authority’s AgriTech Park, along River Drive near Malmstrom Air Force Base. The facility is expected to be completed by next fall, will add about 10 new employees and help the company expand into the non-GMO and organic
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The process to replace the UH-1N Huey helicopters used for security at nuclear missile sites, including Malmstrom Air Force Base, is now open for bids. The final request for proposals was released earlier this month, after several delays and drafts. Potential bidders have until the August to submit their proposals. The Air Force plans to award the contract for the
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