Heavy rains and flooding so far this year in Cascade County are causing the county to do double to triple the amount of mosquito treatment. During a special meeting on Thursday, County Commissioners approved an additional $45,000 for additional chemicals for mosquito treatment. Mary Embleton, county budget officer, said the funds are covered by the existing cash reserves in the
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President Trump is scheduled to hold a rally at Four Seasons Arena at Montana Expo park at 4 p.m. July 5. Doors open at 1 p.m. according to Trump’s campaign website and the event is now featured on the site’s landing page. You can reserve tickets here. Local law enforcement was alerted of the potential visit and city department heads
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The Community Health Care Center’s new and expanded dental clinic opened this week. The new clinic doubled the operatories, from three in the old space to six in the new space upstairs in the Machinery Row building at 202 2nd Ave. S. The CHCC has a long-term lease for the space. Dental clinic expanding at Community Health Care Center They have
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Utility work associated with the Great Falls High School addition requires the closure of 20th Street South from 4th Avenue South to 2nd Avenue South and the closure of 2nd Avenue South from 18th Street South to 20th Street South. Design Review Board approves Great Falls High plan; stop work order lifted The road closures began June 27 and will
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The Jaycee and Water Tower pools are open for the season, through Aug. 17. At each complex, there is a double flumed slide and a spray park. The pools are open 1-5:45 p.m. daily. Fees for the pools/spray park are $2.50 for youth 3-17 and $3.50 for adults. Children two and under are free when accompanied by a paying adult
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The Natatorium will close by the end of the year unless the City Commission make major changes to the budget presented by city staff Wednesday morning. The $117.9 million budget also eliminates the emergency manager position within Great Falls Fire Rescue and does not fund the six new police officers, including an additional school resources officer that were requested by
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President Trump may be visiting Great Falls next week. Several sources in Great Falls have heard rumblings of the visit but few details are available. The White House has talked to officials at the Expo Park about availability for July 4-5, but has not executed a contract, according to county officials. The Great Falls Police Department and Cascade County Sheriff’s
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The bulk of Tuesday morning’s Cascade County Commission meeting was related to subdivisions. After going page by page through the proposed subdivision regulation changes, commissions decided to table their vote to July 10. Planning staff had recommended a number of changes, primarily related to law changes from the 2017 Montana Legislature session. County planning board recommends approval of subdivision regulation
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Linda Caricaburu and Brad Talcott were named today as the recipients of the Paris Gibson Award for embodying the vision and excellence of city founder Paris Gibson. Both were born and raised in Great Falls and graduated from Great Falls High School. Caricaburu attended the University of Montana School of Journalism and worked as a reporter and assistant managing editor of the
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The stop work order has been lifted at Great Falls High School as of Tuesday afternoon. “We think the issues have been resolved,” said Tom Micuda, deputy city planning director. City approves lot aggregation for Great Falls High; work continuing on site plans for GFPS construction projects The stop work order was issued on June 12 when contractors for Great
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