Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during their Nov. 28 to finalize a rezoning of about 140 acres off Stuckey Road owned by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Commissioners approved the Little Shell’s request to rezone the property from suburban residential to urban residential. They had approved their intent to change the zoning in October. County approves
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County Commissioners voted 2-1 to change their process for selecting their chair, effective in 30 days. Commissioner Rae Grulkowski currently serves as the chair and opposed the change. The chair runs the meetings and serves on the policy coordinating committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization, which is a regional transportation planning group. The chair does not have any authority or
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The Montana Department of Transportation and Riverside Contracting Inc. have substantially completed the Armington Junction project. The project reconstructed about four miles of U.S. Highway 87. Crews widened the roadway to five lanes starting after the Belt Creek Bridge traveling westbound toward Belt and Great Falls and constructed a new roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 87 and U.S. Highway
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Cascade County Commissioners met for five and a half hours the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to review the Nov. 7 election results. After each commissioner sat quietly doing math for about five hours and another half hour of discussion, Commissioner Joe Briggs moved to table their decisions since he didn’t have enough information to verify the numbers Clerk and Recorder Sandra
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The Cascade County canvass board met Nov. 22 to certify the results of the Nov. 7 general election. The canvass board reviews the election tabulations and certifies the results. Earlier this year, the board was asked not to certify special district elections from May 2 due to issues with the election process and the Great Falls Public Schools board expressed
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The Montana Supreme Court ruled Nov. 22 in favor of the state in a dispute between the Montana Department of Revenue and the counties over state education equalization mills. The Montana Department of Revenue directed counties to collect 95 mills for the statewide tax that supports public education funding. The Montana Association of Counties argued that the state’s mills are
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Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art has completed the first phase of their bat mitigation project with the attic cleanup. Work on the project began in late September. Earlier this year, the museum was awarded $300,979 in a Montana Department of Commerce Montana Historic Preservation Grant toward the rehabilitation, ethical bat mitigation and cleanup of the historic attic space and
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New charges have been filed against three inmates at the Cascade County Adult Detention Center in connection with an October assault at the jail. Tyler Shane O’Brien, Logan Patrick Berkner and Roger Cantrell have been charged with a felony count of tampering with witnesses or informants, or in the alternative, a felony county of intimidation. Both charges carry a maximum
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The Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment approved extensions for three Madison Food Park projects. The county approved permit extensions for Big Sky Cheese to December 2025 Silver Falls Distillery to November 2025 Friesen Nutrition’s vitamin trace minerals blending facility to December 2025 The board voted unanimously to approve all three extensions and there was no public comment on any
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The Great Falls Municipal Band is presenting two free fall concerts at the New Hope Lutheran Church, 3125 5th Ave. S. The Community Jazz Band, under the direction of John Gemberling, performs at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 The one-hour concert is titled, “Big Bands — The Second Tier.” The Community Concert Band, under the direction of Dennis Granlie, performs at
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