The Montana Department of Health and Human Services released a new report on Sept. 27 with state-specific data from the past eight months that “illustrates the best tool against serious illness from COVID-19 is to get vaccinated.” The report reviewed data from February to September 2021, and found that 89.5 percent of the cases, 88.6 percent of hospitalizations and 83.5
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Happy weekend Great Falls. Jenn skipped last week’s reading list and clearly, had a lot of catching up to do. Enjoy the gorgeous weather! Smithsonian Magazine: The lost history of Yellowstone The Washington Post: For Constitution Day, a sobering new finding on 2021 survey on Americans’ civics knowledge ProPublica: Facebook grew Marketplace to 1 billion users. Now scammers are using it
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A lawsuit has been filed in District Court over a potential Wendy’s restaurant on the west side. The lawsuit filed by Wentana LLC, the Wendy’s franchise that also owns the 10th Avenue South location among others in Montana, against the ownership entities in the West Bank development projects. The names defendants are Skiprock LLC, West Bank LLC, Talcott Properties LLC
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The Great Falls Symphony kicks off its 63rd season on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mansfield Theater, with Rhapsody, featuring accomplished pianist Awadagin Pratt as he performs Gershwin’s smash hit, Rhapsody in Blue. Tickets are available at the Mansfield Box Office at 406-455-8514, or visit gfsymphony.org. Maestro Grant Harville’s will hold his free pre-concert talk, Symphony Preview, at Great
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City Commissioners unanimously approved a contract extension with CourseCo for management of the city’s two golf course through Jan. 31, 2025. The city approved the management agreement with CourseCo in December 2018 that became effective Feb. 1, 2019 through Jan. 31, 2022 for management of Anaconda Hills Golf Course and Eagle Falls Golf Club. The agreement had an option to
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Beginning Sept. 27, masks will be required for all students, staff and visitors at Great Falls Public Schools while in school and at all school events. The mask requirement will remain in place until the local COVID-19 transmission rates drop back to the moderate level and stays low for at least one full week, according to a GFPS release. This
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The Cascade County City-County Health Department confirmed that a bat has tested positive for rabies. CCHD confirmed the rabies on Sept. 17, according to release. The county’s last rabid animal, which was also a bat, was identified in August 2020. Rabies is a fatal disease but preventative treatment for rabies is nearly 100 percent successful. The last identified human death
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Great Falls Public Library staff and the family of Kathy Wight, a former librarian, have proposed the creation of “Kathy’s Corner” in the library’s Kids Place. Wight worked at the library for more than 25 years and “was beloved by patrons and other staff members,” according to the library. Wight died in July and her family encouraged donations to be
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by Alex Sakariassen | Montana Free Press A group of health care providers, individual patients and the Montana Medical Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the state’s new vaccination-discrimination law. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Missoula and lists Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Commissioner of Labor and Industry Laurie Esau as defendants. The plaintiffs say the new law
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During their Sept. 22 work session, County Commissioner Don Ryan said that staff is proposing to disband the ExpoPark Advisory Board. The move comes after a year of tension between commissioners and the board during which one of the primary points of contention was fair financials. During the work session, Ryan said that “after many months of observation and information
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