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City, county discussing health department funding

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

During their April 1 meeting, the city-county health board discussed the city’s response to their request for additional funding toward health department operations. Cascade County’s City-County Health Department is a joint city-county operation providing public health services, including, but not limited to, vaccinations, restaurant inspections, rabies investigations, septic reviews, communicable disease prevention and family services. County Commission selects Gardner as

County interviewing for grant-funded Sentinel position

Posted on March 31, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

Cascade County Commissioners have scheduled interviews for April 2 for the community installation liaison position for which they received a federal grant for last fall. Commissioners are scheduled to interview five candidates. The interviews may be conducted in closed session, under state law, since the Cascade County Attorney’s Office determined these interviews could be done privately if the applicants asserted

City’s new TIF advisory board to meet for first time

Posted on March 31, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

The city’s new tax increment financing advisory board is scheduled to meet for the first time at 2 p.m. April 7. No agenda has yet been posted on the city website. City Commissioners appointed the fifth member, Don Ryan, during a February meeting as the county representative, which is required under a 2025 state law change. Ryan is a former

Gladue changes plea in August 2025 crash, police pursuit

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

Rodney Gladue, 37, entered no contest pleas during a March 30 hearing for his role in an August 2025 crash and police pursuit. Gladue was initially charged with seven counts from the chase: two criminal endangerment one reckless driving one speeding one driving while suspended one fleeing or eluding law enforcement one stop sign violation He also had a criminal

County purchases former Belt dump site

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

Cascade County Commissioners voted during their March 24 meeting to approve the purchase of three acres that includes the county’s former Belt dump site infrastructure, for $122,854.83 from Rimrock Valley Preserve LLC. The site the county purchased is property it previously leased as its Belt dump site, which had been closed since Dec. 16, 2024, in a dispute over lease

Juvenile charged in connection with March 22 shooting after being given second chance in November

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

Updated March 26 at 10 a.m. Charles Jackson, 17, has been charged for underage drinking and obstructing a peace officer in connection with the early morning March 22 shooting downtown. Jackson was released from the Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center on March 24 with GPS monitoring. The Cascade County Attorney’s Office has filed a petition to revoke his probation for

GFPS board formally cancels May election

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to cancel this year’s election and declare the three filed candidates winners by acclamation. State law allows school board trustees to declare election by acclamation if the number of candidates is equal to or less than the number of open positions. Since the school board voted in

County Commission selects Gardner as health officer, for second time

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during a special March 20 meeting to offer conditional employment as county health officer to Trisha Gardner, with a starting annual salary of $103,000. The city-county health board met March 18 in a special meeting and unanimously recommended Gardner. Commissioners interviewed Gardner and Joseph Monehin on March 11. A third candidate withdrew from interviews. The

Health board votes to recommend Gardner, former county officer, to return to CCHD

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

The city-county health board is recommending that the Cascade County Commission hire Trisha Gardner as public health officer. During a March 18 special meeting, the health board unanimously voted to recommend Gardner for the health officer position, one she held from late 2019 to late 2021, during the COVID pandemic. Commissioners are scheduled to hold a special meeting on March

County considering options for leaky courthouse roof

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Jenn Rowell

Cascade County officials are reviewing options related to problems with the courthouse’s copper roof. During a March 9 discussion with County Commissioners, Les Payne, county public works director, said he had a $56,000 estimate from a local architect for a report on what’s wrong with the roof. The $4.3 million project replaced a 100-year-old roof with Revere Copper, which included

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