School board members voted unanimously during their Oct. 21 meeting to keep using the same evaluation process for the superintendent as the board has used for nearly a decade. The process includes public participation. Moore selected as next GFPS superintendent Jan Cahill, board chair, said he discussed the process with current superintendent Tom Moore, who didn’t suggest any changes to
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The adult breakfast and lunch meals provided through Great Falls Public Schools are getting a 15 cent price increase this year. The school board voted unanimously during their Oct. 21 meeting to increase the price of the adult breakfast from $1.85 to $2 and the price of lunch from $3.60 to $3.75. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires that
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The entrance to Gibson Park had long been identified as a safety concern for park users since it was a skewed intersection with an extremely wide entrance to the park and has a high number of pedestrian crossings. This summer, the Montana Department of Transportation, in partnership with the City of Great Falls, completed a $577,000 project to make the
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The Business Improvement District in cooperation with the Downtown Development Partnership and the City of Great Falls, has released a request for proposals for a wayfinding plan for the city. The DDP is planning to pursue a planning grant from the Montana Department of Commerce’s Montana Main Street Program for the development of a wayfinding plan. The city will provide
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Ballots are in the mail Monday for the city election. The mayor, two commissioner seats and municipal judge are on the ballot, as well as all nine neighborhood councils, for the Nov. 5 election. Lynn Deroche, county elections supervisor, told The Electric that about 28,000 ballots were being mailed but eligible voters can still register up until the polls close
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The Pacific Steel and Recycling Trailside Dog Park will be closed from 6:30 a.m. to noon on Oct. 21 as part of the fertilization care program. It will be the fourth and final fertilization for the season, according to the Great Falls Park and Recreation Department. The park opened in July 2009 and has become a popular destination for dog
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Three Great Falls police officers and three firefighters were injured in three separate incidents overnight, according to an Oct. 19 post from Great Falls Police and Great Falls Fire Rescue. Three firefighters and one police officer were struck by a vehicle while responding to a domestic disturbance on the east end of town. During a press conference Saturday afternoon, GFPD
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A portion of the River’s Edge Trail is closed temporarily for a construction project. Montana State Parks is closing the trail beginning Oct. 17 until construction is complete to improve storm water drainage issues on the portion of trail that often floods and becomes impassable. The closed section of trail is located on the east side of Giant Springs Road
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Enjoy live music, a holiday open house and a presentation by local author John Stephenson-Love on Nov. 9 and The History Museum. Melissa Smith who will be playing the museum’s restored 1925 Chickering grand piano in the Ozark Club. Smith is an accomplished pianist who will be performing popular holiday music beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the museum’s third and
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The 341st Missile Wing will be conducting training exercises over the next two weeks on and around Malmstrom Air Force Base. The community can expect an increased presence of emergency vehicles, convoys and helicopters Oct.18-29, according to a Malmstrom release. Installation gate access may be affected as enhanced security procedures are performed on inbound traffic. “The exercise involves extensive planning and
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