Cascade County Commissioners opened the public hearing on the proposed budget during an Aug. 26 meeting. The hearing will remain open for public comments through Sept. 5. The proposed budget is available on the county website and in the commission office at the Courthouse Annex, 325 2nd Ave. N. Room 111, during regular business hours. The public can give comment
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Great Falls Public Schools is opening the CORE School at Morningside Elementary this week. It’s the first reacher prep charter school in the state, according to GFPS, which is hosting a ribbon cutting and meet the teacher event at 11 a.m. Aug. 27. The district is also offering tours of the school. The new CORE School, and all other GFPS
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The city is taking an inventory of the condition of each road it maintains this summer. In July, City Commissioners awarded a $249,810 contract to Roadway Asset Services, of Texas, for the project. RAS is surveying pavement conditions of all city-maintained streets, curbs, gutters and ADA ramps, plus the River’s Edge Trail. The city street division maintains about 393 miles
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Hope everyone had a lovely weekend and got a chance to see the muralists at work last week. Here’s this week’s reading list. The Washington Post: Postal Service considers rural mail slowdown after election The Economist: Israel and Hizbullah play with fire CNN: Google agrees to first-in-the-nation deal to fund California newsrooms, but journalists are calling it a disaster The New
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The Great Falls Metropolitan Planning Organization has released its draft of the 2024 Great Falls Long Range Transportation Plan for public review. The plan focuses on the metropolitan area, which is larger than the city limits, and is used to help guide planning for local agencies related to community transportation infrastructure investment based on system needs and anticipated developments over
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Several downtown businesses are hosting a back to school event Aug. 22-24. Throughout those days, bring three items for Great Falls Public Schools food pantries and be entered to win a downtown gift basket with gift cards and swag. Ten percent of sales at participating stores during the event will be donated to GFPS. Participating businesses are: The Blue Rose
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The City of Great Falls Park and Recreation and Great Falls Animal Shelter are hosting Drool in the Pool at Electric City Water Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 7. The event includes: water activities: dogs can dive in and enjoy the cool water while showing off their best doggy paddles. land-based fun: paw print painting, sniffing games,
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The U.S. Air Force is holding townhall meetings in Great Falls and Lewistown to provide updates about the Sentinel ground based strategic deterrent missile program. The meetings are scheduled for: Sept. 4 at the Fergus County Fairgrounds in Lewistown Sept. 5 at the C.M. Russell High School auditorium Both town hall meetings start at 6 p.m. and are open to
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A North Middle School teacher was arrested Aug. 21 on two felony charges of sexual intercourse without consent out of Lewis and Clark County. The Great Falls Police Department assisted the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office with executing the arrest warrant for Michael Jarrett for crimes that allegedly occurred in Lewis and Clark County several years ago when the
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City Commissioners set the annual tax levy during their Aug. 20 meeting. The voted 4-0 to approve the tax levy and multiple assessments during the meeting. Mayor Cory Reeves was absent. They’d already approved their budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1, and that budget included the tax increases staff proposed during Tuesday’s meeting. Commissioners are required
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