Fall officially starts on Sunday and The Electric and Downtown Great Falls have you covered with your guide to Fall in Falls. Celebrate the season Oktoberfest is taking over the 100 block of Central Avenue from 4-11 p.m. on Sept. 27 with German beer, German food, music, games and a street party. Entry is free at the event brought to
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The Montana Department of Transportation will soon begin work to resurface about three 3 miles of roadway in five locations in urban Great Falls. This project will include new pavement markings, signage, sidewalk and curb adjustments, and one Americans with Disabilities Act curb reconstruction. United Materials has been selected as the contractor for this project, which will begin in late
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The Electric received several questions about what was going on at the Armington Junction rest area, so we checked with the Great Falls district office of the Montana Department of Transportation. The rest area is currently closed as MDT’s contractor, United Materials, is rehabilitating the existing facility and parking lots. They’re repaving, updating signage, sidewalks, some ADA accessibility and some
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Cascade County Commissioners are holding a special meeting Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. to consider proposed solid waste fee increases. The county has a contract with Republic Services for solid waste management in the county and under state law, the county can use fees to finance the system. The board hasn’t increased those fees since 2012, “making the current rates
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Great Falls public works staff are continuing to prepare for new federal regulations pertaining to lead levels in public drinking water that are set to go into effect in October 2024. The rules will lower the amount of detectable lead in the water that triggers treatment actions and data reporting, with the potential for significant cost to the City of Great Falls. The new
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The sixth annual mural festival returned to downtown Great Falls Aug. 17-24. This year, the festival has shifted the name to Great Walls, presented by ArtsFest Montana. This year’s festival installed nine new murals. Mural festival sparking conversations, bringing people together The festival is funded by the Great Falls Business Improvement District and curated by Cameron Moberg, a muralist and graffiti
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Painting murals in downtown Great Falls since 2018, Cameron Moberg has noticed the evolution. “What I’ve noticed every year, I feel that it’s gotten slightly safer and cleaner downtown. But the jump from last year to this year, walking the alleys feels much safer,” Moberg said during the sixth annual ArtsFest, now dubbed Great Walls. Moberg, an internationally known muralist
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Dressed as characters from Wicked, Mary Poppins, Grease, Phantom of the Opera, Singing in the Rain and other musicals, the anticipation was palpable among actors and supporters alike as they waited to hear the lineup for the Great Falls Theatre Company‘s 2024-2025 season. “A lot of people ask, why theater. Why theater in Great Falls,” Amber Henning Griffith, company president,
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Rocky Mountain Building The Rocky Mountain building, at the corner of Central Avenue and 6th Street downtown, has been listed for sale for $3.2 million. Alluvion closed on the purchase of the building in February 2019. The building has been vacant since a 2009 fire and is often the ire of locals with its pigeon infestation and state of disrepair.
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Trivia at Giant Springs Giant Springs State Park is continuing trivia Tuesdays in the park. The trivia starts at 6 p.m. and teams can be seven or less for random-category, family-friendly trivia presented by park staff in the grassy area in front of the Giant Springs. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, food and drink to comfortably enjoy four rounds
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