Ryan Villines, an applicant for the county’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, has filed a lawsuit against Cascade County and the County Commission regarding the criteria for the lone remaining vacancy. [View the complaint] The criteria, released in February, violates his rights to individual dignity, the right to participate and access to government, among others, the complaint alleges. Villines is seeking
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George Kynett filed for the Cascade County sheriff’s race on Thursday. Kynett has spent more than 28 years in law enforcement and said he has a “pretty good understanding of the community and how to protect it.” He said he wanted to run to find ways to make the community better, with a particular focus on addictions. If elected, Kynett
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The county treasurer’s office race is now contested. Diane Heikkila filed as a Republican on Wednesday. She’s challenging incumbent Jamie Bailey. Seven races are on the November ballot for Cascade County positions: clerk and recorder, treasurer, sheriff, county attorney, justice of the peace, public administrator and commissioner for District 3. One week left to file in county election, no new candidates
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Next week, Cascade County Commissioners will consider applicants for the lone remaining seat on the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The board is the body that, under state law, has the exclusive authority to grant special use permits like the one requested by the developers of the proposed Madison Food Park. Last month, the county released criteria for applicants for the
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Piles of stuff are threatening to overtake the available space at the Great Falls Police Department. There are thousands of pieces of unclaimed property at GFPD that no longer has evidentiary value or has other legal requirements for disposal. “Ultimately what we’re talking about here is junk,” said Joe Cik, assistant city attorney. The problem has been mounting for years
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There’s just a week left to file for county offices and so far, no new contenders have entered the races as of this afternoon. Seven county positions up for election this year on the November ballot: clerk and recorder, treasurer, sheriff, county attorney, justice of the peace, public administrator and commissioner for District 3. Filing deadline approaching, few have filed for county
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The commander of Air Force Global Strike Command is retiring and his replacement has been nominated. AFGSC is the parent command to Malmstrom Air Force Base and Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray has been nominated for his fourth star and assignment to command AFGSC, which is responsible for the Air Force’s two legs of the nuclear triad: bombers and intercontinental ballistic
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Soil issues complicated plans for Great Falls’ first pocket neighborhood that was planned for the former Kranz property. NeighborWorks Great Falls was planning to build 10 single family homes and two two-unit townhomes on a 1.21 acre parcel at the corner of 3rd Avenue South and 14th Street. Beargrass Village, city’s first pocket neighborhood, up for commission approval Dec. 5 Initial geotechnical
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Due to an error in a base bid, city staff are recommending that the City Commission reject bids and rebid for a contract to replace and reroute the water main around the Great Falls Police Department. Four bids were received for the project and ranged from $138074.50 to $171,333. Geranios Enterprises submitted the low bid, but had an error in
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Calumet Montana Refining protested their 2017 taxable value from the Montana Department of Revenue that set the amount at $538 million. The appeal went to the Cascade County Tax Appeal Board in February and the company asked that their taxable value be set at $190.7 million. The appeals board voted to set the value at $312.5 million. Calumet argued that
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