Updated 12 p.m. Nov. 1 with Halberg’s responses The Electric hosted a city candidate forum on Oct. 26 at the Great Falls Public Library. Jenn Rowell of The Electric, Jason Laird of KMON and Tim McGonigal of KRTV moderated the forum with mayoral, commission and judicial candidates. The forum included candidates for mayor: Joe McKenney, Casey Schreiner, Cory Reeves and
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Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during their Oct. 24 meeting to rezone about 140 acres off Stuckey Road owned by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Commissioners approved the Little Shell’s request to rezone the property from suburban residential to urban residential. The impetus for this rezone was to do a boundary line adjustment between properties owned
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Updated 1:20 p.m. Oct. 31 with additional information on election judges Cascade County Clerk and Recorder said last week that her office was aware of some duplicate ballots that were issued. Ballots were mailed Oct. 23. Merchant said in a release late Oct. 27 that her office had received reports of duplicate ballots from some voters. She said upon investigation,
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The Great Falls Hospital has completed the first two phases of its $58 million expansion. The first two phases of construction included the expansion of the west wing, which was completed in July 2023 and the addition of the hospital tower, which opens to the public Oct. 31. The first phase included building the new hospital tower, which includes a
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Two neighborhood councils meet Oct. 30-Nov. 3. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Sunnyside Elementary School library. Agenda items include Council of Councils recap and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood Council 3 meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Riverview Elementary School music room. The
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Some more cold weather reading for your week, enjoy the sunshine! Associated Press: Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says Bloomberg: Washington D.C. mayor wants to reverse police reforms amid violent crime spike The Economist: Can America handle two wars, and maybe a third? The Washington Post: Faced with abortion bans, doctors
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The Great Falls Public Library board voted during their Oct. 24 meeting to adopt changes to their patron behavior policy. The changes address issues with the transient population leaving their belongings along the front walkway of the library and essentially camping on library property. The patron behavior policy was amended to prohibit leaving any personal items “such as backpacks, suitcases,
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Two more people were arraigned in federal court on Oct. 26 on federal indictments alleging fentanyl trafficking charges in connection with a yearlong multi-agency narcotics investigation. Officers from multiple federal, state and local agencies previously arrested others on warrants as part of a coordinated takedown conducted on Oct. 12 in Great Falls, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Seven charged
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The Great Falls Symphony is hosting a free, family friendly Halloween family matinee at the Mansfield Theater at 11 a.m. Oct. 28. “In a few short years, the Great Falls Symphony’s Halloween matinee has become one of our most anticipated concerts of the year. Families, costumes, and reasonable mischief are welcome and encouraged,” according to Grant Harville, the symphony’s musical
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The Montana Department of Commerce has awarded more than $32 million in federal housing tax credits for developments in five communities, including Great Falls, that will build or rehabilitate more than 150 affordable housing units. This year, developers submitted housing tax credit applications for eight projects, requesting nearly $50 million to build or rehabilitate homes. On Oct. 26, the department
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