CM Russell High School will honor 29 “Legendary Rustlers” into enshrinement into a new hall of fame at the school during Homecoming. The inductees will be honored for their contributions to CMR while students and their post-graduate careers for athletics and contributions, according to GFPS. To be honored in athletics, inductees must have accomplished something at a national or international
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Several people were charged following an assault on an inmate in the Cascade County Adult Detention Center on Sept. 13. Cascade County deputies were dispatched to the jail around 5 p.m. Sept. 13 for a report that inmates had entered a cell and assaulted the resident of that cell. The suspects were identified as Duncan James Archibald, Philip Friscia and
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A former Great Falls Public Schools art teacher has been charged with six felony counts of sexual abuse of children. A warrant was issued in late August for William James Harning in connection with an incident first reported in December 2021. According to the charging documents filed in district court in Cascade County, on Dec. 14, 2021, the Great Falls
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Updated 2:30 p.m. Sept. 19 On Sept. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and authorized for emergency use Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech monovalent COVID-19 immunization formulations that more closely target the currently circulating variants and provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19. On Sept. 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommended administration of the newly
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Cascade County Commissioners included the new civilian coroner position in the sheriff’s office budget. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter proposed the option in 2020 and renewed that idea this year. The position is about $70,000 in the sheriff’s office budget and to fund it, the office reduced the coroner stipend for deputies by six. They’ll also use some funds from opioid settlements
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A change in the process for juror questionnaires and summons caused problems for the justice system in Cascade County. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said during a Sept. 13 press conference that a high number of people were not responding to the notices, requiring his office to contact those people, slowing the process to empanel juries and slowing trials, extending a defendant’s
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Over the last month, the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office has rolled out body cameras for deputies on patrol. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said they have enough body cameras for every sworn officer in the department but detectives and administrative staff won’t typically wear them while they’re working in the office. In May 2022, the County Commission voted to accept a $225,909
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The Golden Triangle Chapter of Pheasants Forever and the Golden Triangle Sporting Dog Club are hosting a free youth pheasant hunt on Sept. 23, at a private upland shooting preserve near Great Falls. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will be at the event with hunting and access information and giveaways. The event is open to youth hunters who have completed a
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County Commissioners approved construction of a storage facility and the final plat for a subdivision during their Sept. 12 meeting. A and R Construction is planning to build a storage facility that will include four 30-foot by 170-foot buildings containing 45 storage units per building and one 15-foot by 220-foot building with 40 units. The property will be accessed from
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The Great Falls International Airport board gave the airport a director a favorable review this summer. John Faulkner has been the airport director since 2010. In late June, the board voted unanimously to increase Faulkner’s base wage by 3.78 percent to $191,993.15 and gave him five additional personal days. Casey Lalonde, airport board chair, told The Electric in August that
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