The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services began enforcing emergency rules at 1 p.m. Dec. 18 to temporarily restrict the sale of flavored e-cigarette products in Montana. On Dec. 17, a district court judge in Ravalli County dissolved the temporary restraining order for the state’s emergency rules. The restrictions include the sale of all flavored e-cigarette products, including
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Filing opened last week for three seats on the Great Falls Public Schools board. Each of those are three-year terms. Those seats are currently held by Jason Brantley, Jan Cahill and Kim Skornogoski. Filing is open through March 26 and the election is scheduled for May 5, 2020. Three candidates file for three GFPS board seats; no election in May
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Updated Jan. 2 Commissioners voted unanimously during their Dec. 17 meeting to approve a $149,750 contract to Copper Creek Construction for plumbing upgrades at three of the city’s fire stations. Great Falls Fire Rescue Chief Steve Hester said that work would begin in a few weeks at Station 4 at 1800 Fox Farm Rd. Hester said the work will require
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Fox Farm Diner The Fox Farm Diner opened last week. The American restaurant is located in the former Chinatown Restaurant at 1709 Alder Dr. The Chinatown owners are leasing the building to Fox Farm Diner. Fox Farm Diner is planning a grand opening later this month and is working on a finalized menu but always has pancakes, burgers, kids menu,
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UPDATED 10:38 a.m. Dec. 18 The Great Falls Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a triple homicide that occurred in the early morning hours of Dec. 17 in Great Falls. In a Dec. 18 press release, officials named Ricky Lee Gardipee, 41, of Great Falls as the man
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The Great Falls Public School Foundation announced $418,200 in donations for Longfellow Elementary School during the Dec. 16 school board meeting. Several donors contributed for different projects at the school, which is currently under construction. The school at 1100 6th Ave. S. was torn down and a new building is being constructed on the site. In the meantime, students are
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County Commissioners unanimously voted last week to approve a contract with Big Sky Billing and Office Management to handle billing for the Cascade County City-County Health Department. CCHD’s billing was previously handled by Alluvion Health, which split from the county effective Jan. 1 and quit handling billing on Oct. 31. Trisha Gardner named as city-county public health officer The county
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The Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts is showing “The Polar Express” at 2 p.m. Dec. 21 in the Mansfield Theater. The movie is free and open to the public. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and is first come basis until all seats are full. Following the movie, Santa and his elves will pass out a special treat in the
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The city’s planning board/zoning commission voted this week to recommend that the City Commission reduce the board’s membership from nine to seven. During their Dec. 17 meeting, commissioners will consider that recommendation and are scheduled to vote on whether to adopt the change. The board, which is a required step for many major development projects, has struggled with making a
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Avoid the icy sidewalks and roads with some good reading! Happy Sunday everyone and have a great week Great Falls. The Atlantic: Free shipping isn’t really free NPR: America will import more sugar this year than it has in four decades Route Fifty: Cities increasingly enacting bans restricting homeless people, report says CityLab: How locales are filling their expensive new
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