Many of the stories of 2025 were tough: crime, death or injury, destruction, tax increases, or otherwise not particularly cheerful.

So to round out the year, we decided to make a top 10 of the stories that brought us some joy or fun this year.

–Mural festival connecting art, community

–“Theater has always been there to push those bubbles and limits;” Great Falls Theatre Company performing Fiddler on the Roof in July

–Great Falls Theatre Company opens It’s a Wonderful Life on Dec. 11

–Great Falls Greats: 2025 winners

–Children’s Museum has selected new location downtown

–GFFR training rookie, fourth female firefighter; working on training center upgrades

–Community donors replaced stolen GFPS lodges that have yet to be recovered

–120th Airlift Wing airmen return from deployment

–Harville bids farewell to Great Falls Symphony; search for new conductor is underway

–Feasting in the Falls 2025