This year’s VETS4VETS Stand Down is Sept. 5-6 at Montana Expo Park. The opening ceremony begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 5 and the guest speaker is Jill Stephenson, Gold Star mother of Cpl. Ben Kopp. Kopp was a rifleman assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga. He was born on Jan. 20, 1988, in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Electric City Water Park closes for the season Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. Hours are 12-6 p.m., weather permitting. The neighborhood spray parks close for the season Aug. 27. Hours are 1-4 p.m., weather and attendance permitting. Water park prices include: Package B: Mitchell Pool, Power Tower Plunge water slides, and the Little Squirts Soak Zone, $5 for adults, $3 for
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Beginning Aug. 26, 5th Street North will be closed from 7th Avenue North to 6th Avenue North for the repair of a sanitary sewer main at the intersection of 5th Street North and 7th Alley North. The city has contracted with Horn Construction and the project is expected to last through Sept. 13. Barricades and detour signs are in the
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Artists converged in Great Falls this weekend to lean and create with Cameron Moberg and other established muralists from around the county. Murals going up in downtown for ArtsFest MONTANA Here’s a look at their work. We’ll be adding more photos throughout the week.
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The Air Force is a step closer to fielding the Boeing MH-139 helicopter that will replace the UH-1N Huey flown at missile bases, including Malmstrom Air Force Base. Test pilots from the 413th Flight Test Squadron became the first Air Force pilots to receive a Type rating on the AW-139 helicopter at the end of July, according to an Air Force
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In the year since internationally known Cameron Moberg painted his first murals in downtown Great Falls, he’s noticed increased foot traffic and vitality. Moberg is back in town this week for the city’s first ArtsFest MONTANA, which includes a workshop with Montana artists, mural installation and walking tours of the murals around town. Great Falls’ first ArtsFest kicks off this
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The Montana Department of Transportation is conducting the annual bridge inspection on the 10th Avenue South/Warden Bridge eastbound beginning Aug. 26 through Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The bridge will have a single lane closure during the duration of the inspection. The public should expect single lane closure, reduced speed limit of 35 mph, inspection vehicles and workers
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The Great Falls Public Schools board of trustees voted 6-0 during their special meeting on Aug. 22 to approve the $92.4 million budget for the current fiscal year. Since school districts levy taxes to hit a certain dollar level, when the value of mills increases, the district typically has to levy fewer mills, according to Brian Patrick, GFPS director of
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City Commissioners approved the tax levy during their Aug. 20 meeting for the current budget year. The total mill levy for the current budget year is 200.78 mills totaling $20,384,444. The projected impact on a home with a taxable market value of $100,000 is: inflationary adjustment: $2.33 permissive medical levy: $6.38 total: $8.71 There was no public comment on the
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City Commissioners voted during their Aug. 20 meeting to deny the resolution of intent to cancel certain races in the November 2019 election. Those races have less candidates running for the available seats and state law allows a local government to cancel the election and declare winners by acclamation. The resolution would have would have provided notice that the city
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