Updated July 30 with additional information from Extension and an additional statement from Commissioner Eric Hinebauch During their July 14 meeting, Commissioner Joe Briggs pulled consideration of the lease from the consent agenda to be discussed as a stand-alone item on their regular agenda. Commissioners approved the lease by a 2-1 vote with Briggs opposed. For at least the last
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The roughly 3,000 acres of land off U.S. Highway 89, previously planned for the Madison Food Park, are for sale. The listing comes after the Great Falls Development Alliance moved forward with foreclosure in court since the MFP owners hadn’t made payment on their overdue loans. Big Sky Cheese defaulted on their loan with the Great Falls Development Authority in
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CHS Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of seven tons of sheep feed produced at its Great Falls facility due to potentially elevated levels of copper, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The recall is for Payback Champion Lamb Text B30 with Power Booster that was manufactured in Great Falls and distributed to dealers in Montana, North Dakota
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By Clayton Murphy | UM Legislative News Service HELENA — Montana Legislators are pitching a tightrope of a bill in hopes of closing a loophole for large “unqualified” landowners who benefit from the lower agricultural property tax rate. But to do that, House Bill 27 would also create more hoops for farmers and ranchers to jump through to sort out who’s
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The county Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to approve special use permit application from Friesen Nutrition during its June 16 meeting for a blending facility in Madison Food Park, off U.S. Highway 89. The agenda materials are here. Friesen is proposing to build a blending facility to manufacture vitamin, trace mineral and other mixes to supplement on-farm feeds for
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The Sun River Watershed Group and Cascade Conservation District will host a rain barrel workshop on July 24 at the Beacon Icehouse. New this year, Cascade County MS4 coordinator Kevin May will be on hand to talk about how stormwater capture benefits our community and natural resources. The rain barrel workshop is family-friendly and will be hosted on the back
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Cascade County is appealing the temporary injunction regarding a marijuana operation that was issued by a District Court judge in November. The county is appealing the injunction to the Montana Supreme Court and has asked that the judge on the case, Judge Amy Eddy, be disqualified and removed from the case. The case stems from an August civil suit filed
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A district court judge has granted an injunction against Cascade County in relation to a medical marijuana operation in an agricultural zoning district. In August, Dale and Janelle Yatsko, doing business as Green Creek Dispensary, filed a civil lawsuit against the county arguing that they had been operating their medical marijuana growing facility and dispensary at 55 and 57 Gibson
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Ballots are out in Cascade County and chickens are one, but not in the City of Great Falls. This summer, the Town of Cascade council voted to put the question of whether chickens should be allowed within the town limits. Currently, chickens and other fowl are banned in the town limits. There are no rules for chickens included in the
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City Commissioners voted unanimously to amend a conditional use permit for Helena Agri-Enterprises, formally Helena Chemical, to allow the use of anhydrous ammonia at their facility in Agri-Tech Park, an industrial park near Malmstrom Air Force Base. Commissioners had approved the initial CUP in 2015 and specifically prohibited anhydrous ammonia and ammonium nitrate from being brought into the facility. At
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