City Commissioners unanimously approved a Community Development Block Grant funding agreement with NeighborWorks Great Falls during their Dec. 2 meeting for the purchase and demolition of a condemned house. Commissioners approved $50,000 for NWGF to purchase and demolish an abandoned and condemned house at 1118 2nd Ave. S. City approves two CDBG projects NWGF is purchasing the property for about
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The joint city-county Historic Preservation Advisory Commission is asking the City Commission to allow it to install fencing around the Boston and Montana Barn and to solicit bids over the winter for its stabilization. Rich Ecke, an HPAC member leading the group’s barn committee, told commissioners during their Nov. 18 work session that they’d raised about $30,000 since the spring
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The city received one bid for the purchase of the former Community Recreation Center at 801 2nd Ave. N. Bids were due by 10 a.m. Nov. 19 when they were opened in the Civic Center and the one received was from the childcare facility currently leasing the building for the minimum bid of $800,000. Laurie O’Leary, the current lessee, attended
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In a 4-1 vote, Great Falls City Commissioners approved up to $425,000 of park maintenance district funds toward repairs at Voyagers Stadium during their Nov. 4 meeting. Commissioner Shannon Wilson voted against the request. The city owns the stadium and has leased it to the Great Falls Baseball Club since 1999. The Enbar ownership group bought the Voyagers last year. The funding
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Polls closed at 8 p.m. Nov. 4 in Cascade County in the 2025 municipal election. As of 8:40 a.m. Nov. 5, all ballots had been processed. As of 7:50 p.m., the Cascade County elections office had issued 31,019 ballots. These are the last batch of preliminary results but won’t be considered official until the county canvass. County elections officials accepted
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During their Nov. 4 meeting, City Commissioners will be asked to approve $425,000 to the Great Falls Baseball Club/Enbar for two infrastructure projects at Voyagers Stadium. The funding is nearly the entirety of available park district funds available for the Park and Recreation Department annually for projects and will require commissioners to approve a budget amendment since it wasn’t included
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Ballots in the Great Falls municipal election are due by 8 p.m. Nov. 4. The Cascade County elections office issued 30,836 ballots by mail on Oct. 20. By end of the day Oct. 29, only 6,945 ballots had been accepted, or 23 percent, according to Terry Thompson, county election administrator. So far, 219 ballots were rejected for the following reasons:
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Great Falls Park and Recreation’s annual leaf pickup starts Oct. 27, with less manning than the city forester can remember in his 35 year career. This year’s program is scheduled to run through Dec. 5. In years past, Park and Rec’s forestry division set a specific schedule for leaf pickup, but with fewer staff, City Forester Todd Seymanski, said that
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Updated Oct. 21 City staff are proposing the creation of a tax increment advisory committee to comply with a new state law that went into effect Oct. 1. They’re also proposing that those who already serve on another city board be able to serve on the TIF board since “many qualified professionals with TIF, land use or similar experience or
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The Electric is partnering with KRTV and KFBB to host a city candidate forum Oct. 22 from 6-8 p.m. at the Great Falls Public Library. All candidates for mayor and commission have confirmed they will participate. Representatives from The Electric, KRTV and KFBB will be moderating the forum. To submit questions for consideration, email them to jenn@theelectricgf.com by 5 p.m.
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