Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet Jan. 7-8. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include a crime update from the Great Falls Police Department, election of council officers, crime,mapping report, council updates and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood
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Great Falls Park and Recreation is surveying the public on their facility usage needs and fees. The first of five mini-polls, this one focused on facility usage and preferences, is currently open. It’s five questions and only takes a few minutes to complete. The five mini-polls will be released at different times in December through January, according to Park and
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The city is accepting applications for a new municipal court judge to fill the vacancy created by Judge Steve Bolstand’s retirement on Jan. 1. Applications and resumes are due to the city clerk’s office by 5 p.m. Jan. 8. City Commissioners will interview the top candidates during a public meeting. Since it’s an elected position, state law requires that commissioners
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Municipal Court Judge Steve Bolstad is retiring on Jan. 1 after 11 years on the bench. Bolstad was appointed to the Great Falls Municipal Court in 2014 by the City Commission after Judge Nancy Luth retired. For the next nine years, Bolstad as the city’s sole judge at Municipal Court, which is a court of limited jurisdiction under state law,
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Winter months mean furnaces, heaters, candles and fireplaces, which can sometimes lead to unexpected disasters – house fires. So far this month, Great Falls Fire Rescue has responded to one house fire in Black Eagle, after seven in November. The total for 2025 so far is 38 structure fires in Great Falls. That’s on par with last year, when GFFR
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Three neighborhood councils meet Dec. 8-10 in Great Falls. Neighborhood Council 7 meets at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Gibson Room at the Civic Center. Agenda items include a bike park proposal from Brian Thompson, Neighborhood Watch, committee reports and neighborhood concerns. Business Bites: JBs closed; Craft Beer Week; Lewis and Clark Festival; Chase Your Dreams closing; Big Sky
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City Commissioners voted 4-1 during their Dec. 2 meeting to annex about 24 acres and assign R-10 mobile home park zoning for the IX Blessings development on the east side of the city. Commissioner Shannon Wilson voted against the project citing concerns about the financial model of the developer owning the land under the manufactured homes and leasing it to
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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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Great Falls Fire Rescue responded to multiple fires in November and provided mutual aid for a Dec. 1 fire in Black Eagle, for a total of 38 structure fires this year so far. There were seven structure fires in November, remaining on par with 2024 when there were six in November and seven in December, for a total of 41
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Great Falls Park and Recreation is encouraging residents to gift trees for Giving Tuesday on Dec. 2. The Roots Revival committee is collecting donations to plant the last seven trees in Gibson Park that had to be removed last year due to age, disease and storm damage. The committee has worked with the city forester and parks manager to select
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