The city is seeking applications for citizens to serve on the following boards and commissions. Great Falls Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. There is one opening for a non-tenant member for a five-year term through June 30, 2024. The GFHA board consists of seven commissioners appointed by the City Commission; two tenant members and five non-tenant members. The tenant applicants
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Beginning with the fall semester, Great Falls College MSU will offer both a certificate of technical studies and an associate of applied science in cybersecurity. The certificate is designed for those already working in the computer field and builds on their knowledge and skills to prepare them to transition to cybersecurity and system analysis, according to a release. The associate
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The City Commission will consider during Tuesday’s meeting a new lease for 316 acres of city-owned property about 3.5 miles north of the Manchester exit for three years. Staff is recommending approval of the lease and leasing city property requires a four-fifths affirmative vote by the commission. The city has owned the land since 1991 as a potential landfill site.
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Staff is recommending that the City Commission approve a $462,000 contract with Detailed Construction for the cattery addition at the Great Falls Animal Shelter. The contract is on Tuesday’s agenda for commission consideration. The project is within the shelter’s budget of donations raised over the years specifically for the shelter improvements and expansion. This spring, the city went back out
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Two neighborhood councils meet next week. Neighborhood Council 6 meets April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Sunnyside School Library. Agenda items include committee reports, neighborhood events, goal setting and neighborhood concerns. Neighborhood Council 3 meets April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Riverview School Music Room. Agenda items include committee reports, goal setting and neighborhood concerns. Monthly agendas are
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The city is using a new company to print and mail utility bills and residents will start seeing a new format in their mailboxes soon. Last fall, the city issued a request for proposals for a new vendor for printing and mailing utility bills. In December, the City Commission approved a three-year contract with DataProse of Texas. The change will
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Downtown Summer Jam is returning to Great Falls this summer. The Mighty Mo Brewing Company, Fat Tuesday’s and Enbär are continuing the summer concert series and launching the Fourth of July Hootenanny with Granger Smith. The Summer Jam series will again be a three-day musical event June through August. During the concert series, the stage is set up at the
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UPDATED 6:30 p.m. March 29 Charges have been filed against a second former employee of the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, Joseph Cik, assistant city attorney acting as special deputy attorney for Cascade County, filed charges in Justice Court against Raymond Hitchcock for a single count of misdemeanor theft by embezzlement. County approves prosecutorial assistance in second CCSO case,
Read moreCalumet Montana Refining has resumed full refinery operations following a fire on March 7. “All units have now been repaired and restarted. Calumet has determined that the fire was the result of a period of unusually prolonged cold weather. The refinery continues to implement winterization practices to ensure safe operations,” according to a Thursday morning release from Calumet. “Safety is
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The Montana Department of Transportation is seeking comments on a proposal to pave about 0.4 miles of Stuckey Road in Great Falls. The project begins on Stuckey Road at the intersection with Northwest Bypass at reference post 0.00 and extends north for 0.42 miles. Proposed work includes raising the existing grade to place new gravel base and asphalt pavement, seal
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