The Great Falls Public Schools board unanimously approved staff’s plan to submit an application to the Montana Board of Public Education to create a public charter school under a new state law. The board voted during their Oct. 23 meeting to allow staff to submit the application which is due by Nov. 1. The state has indicated they’ll notify the
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Fifty-nine Great Falls Public Schools students were selected to participate in the Montana High School Association All-State Festival on Oct. 19-20 in Missoula. The students worked under the direction of all-state band conductor Larry Gookin of Central Washington University, emeritus; all-star choir conductor Angela Kaspar of Western Washington University; and all-state orchestra conductor Timothy Dixon of Messiah University. GFPS receives
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Cascade County Commissioners voted during their Oct. 24 meeting to deny a claim from Robert Allery requesting “a check” for violating his right to a speedy trial. In 2017, Allery was charged with assault with a weapon for stabbing a man 27 times. His trial wasn’t until October 2020, when a jury found him guilty. Montana Supreme Court vacates conviction
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Cascade County Commissioners approved a $25,551.50 contract to Big Sky Subsurface to continue geotechnical investigations for the Lower River Road slide area during their Oct. 24 meeting. County public works has been working with local engineers since 2018 to collect data and help determine the cause and fixes for a section of Lower River Road to keep it from continuing
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Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during their Oct. 24 meeting to authorize legal assistance from the Montana Association of Counties in a statewide lawsuit over state education tax mills. The Montana Department of Revenue has directed counties to collect 95 mills for the statewide tax that supports public education funding. County opts to levy fewer education mills, likely setting up
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Driving into Great Falls from the airport, Jeff Siegler didn’t get a great first impression. Siegler, of Revitalize, or Die, was in town to give the keynote presentation at the Montana Main Street Conference on Oct. 18. He noted that there were lots of empty lots and wide streets, a sign of a town that has catered to the car
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Air Force Global Strike Command said on Oct. 23 that initial efforts to clean polychlorinated biphenyls from launch facilities at Malmstrom Air Force Base are ongoing but seeing success. The clean-up effort was ordered earlier this year by AFGSC commander Gen. Thomas Bussiere after PCBs were detected on surfaces in launch facilities at all three of the command’s missile wings during
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City Commissioners voted during their Oct. 17 meeting to approve a labor agreement with the Great Falls Police Protective Association. The agreement covers 84 sworn employees of the city police department. The agreement does not include officers at the rank of captain or the police chief. City approves labor agreement with Great Falls police union [2017] Staff recommended approval of
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During their Oct. 23 meeting, the Great Falls Public Schools board will be asked to set their budget schedule. The board’s budget committee met twice this year and is recommending the following schedule for the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget, which would begin July 1, 2024. The first student enrollment count was held on the first Monday in October and the
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City Commissioners ratified the interlocal agreement with Cascade County during their Oct. 17 meeting for Great Falls Fire Rescue to provide fire protection and emergency medical services. The agreement is retroactive to Oct. 1, 2023 and runs through Sept. 30, 2025 according to the terms. Cascade County Commissioners approved the agreement on Oct. 10. For more than 30 years, Cascade
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