Brig. Gen. Buel Dickson relinquished command of the Montana Air National Guard to Brig. Gen. Trace Thomas this weekend, and retired as about 150 members of the 120th Airlift Wing returned from deployment. Dickson has served as the assistant adjutant general of the Montana National Guard, commanding the air component, since June 2020 and before that served as commander of
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Great Falls City Commissioners approved a $832,995 contract to Vortex Services LLC for the next phase of the sanitary sewer trenchless rehabilitation project during their Sept. 2 meeting. Staff recommended approval of the contract to restore about 11,700 linear feet of 8-,9- and 12-inch diameter sewer main, which is the equivalent to about 30 city blocks. The lines will be
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Codey McDonald deployed to Africa the day after his daughter’s first birthday in May. When he returned on Sept. 6, she was 15 months old. “There’s not really a better feeling,” he said of being home, tearing up holding his daughter. “She couldn’t walk or talk when I left.” It was a “great deployment, a great team and we’re all
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Great Falls Park and Recreation is hosting several events in September. The Pollinator’s Blitz is 4-5 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Gibson Park Flower Garden featuring a horticulturist from the city’s forestry division who will guide attendees in best practices on pollinator gardens. Cuttings and seeds will be passed out to participants. Participants should being questions and a notepad and pen.
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The City of Great Falls is moving forward with its plan to sell the former Community Recreation Center at 801 2nd Ave. N. City Manager Greg Doyon walked commissioners through the sale process during their Sept. 2 work session. He said the city retained McKay-Rowen Associates for $4,200 to perform the appraisal. Using that, Doyon said staff intends to set
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The man who died in the Aug. 30 home invasion at 60 Gibson Flats Road has been identified. Sheriff Leo Dutton of Lewis and Clark County said on Sept. 5 that the deceased was Justin Cody Paul, 51, of Sand Coulee and the manner of death was suicide. Dutton said that Cascade County Jesse Slaughter requested coroner assistance from Lewis
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A streetscape project is beginning on Sept. 8 that will require lane restrictions on 7th Street South between Central Avenue and 1st Avenue South, and the intersection of 1st Avenue South and 7th Street South. The project is scheduled to run through January and during construction, parking on the east side of 7th Street South will be closed but both
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The Electric was asked this week if there was a larger than normal number of house fires and whether there was an arsonist on the loose. The answer is no. Fire Marshal Mike McIntosh told The Electric that it seems weird, but in his experience, structure fires often come in spurts. By the end of August, Great Falls Fire Rescue
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The Downtown Development Partnership voted during their Aug. 27 meeting to recommend the reallocation of existing $183,785 in tax increment financing funds for city parking facilities improvements and another $150,000 for operational funding. The Parking Advisory Commission voted to support those requests during their June 19 meeting. The parking board is also recommending increases to parking fines and certain fees
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Cascade County Commissioners have set a public hearing for 10 a.m. Sept. 15 to establish residential and commercial solid waste rates. The county is “proposing to implement a formal commercial rate system within the solid waste district, assign fees for the commercial rate codes and update the residential fees to maintain operations to meet the capital needs of the district,”
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