Kathleen Biggs has been charged with a felony count of theft/embezzlement for allegedly taking $10,151 from a local Catholic school. Biggs appeared in district court in Great Falls on June 11 for an initial appearance, as coordinated with lawyers and a bail bonds company, since she recently moved to Minnesota. She was booked into the Cascade County Adult Detention Center
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Spark! Children’s Museum of Montana opens for members on June 13 at its new location at 201 2nd Ave. S. From June 13 through the end of June, the museum will operate Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm exclusively for members as it launches operations in the new space. The museum will open to the general public
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Touro University is planning to add a law school to its Great Falls campus. The American Bar Association approved Touro Law Center to establish the Great Falls location, the university said on June 1. The proposed program will offer a hybrid learning model, combining in-person instruction with online coursework, making legal education accessible to working professionals, rural residents, and career
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The STARS Act was signed into law in May 2025 aimed at boosting Montana’s K-12 education system by incentivizing districts to increase base salaries for starting teachers. The bill increased state funding for districts that increased base salaries for starting teachers to 62 percent of the average teacher pay by 2026 and to 70 percent by 2030. GFPS officials opted
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to purchase new math textbooks and resources. The district selected Savvas enVision for middle and high school. The new math materials focus on “an integrated approach to mathematics learning,” according to GFPS staff, following the same methodology adopted in the elementary grades. “An integrated design helps focus
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Great Falls Public Schools officials hope to begin Lincoln Elementary School roof repairs by next month. Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, said during the March 23 board meeting that four qualified roofing contractors visited Lincoln on March 19. He said all four were providing bids for the roof repairs by March 27 and so the district scheduled a March
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously not to participate at this time in Bridged Health Alliance, established by the 2023 Montana Legislature as a health and wellness benefits trust for public school systems. Bridged Health Alliance is the formal name of the trust that was established by the Montana Schools Insurance Alliance. The GFPS board took the recommendation of
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Great Falls Public Schools secondary teachers have been piloting new math materials in preparation for selecting new resources. Last summer, the district adopted the new state math standards for elementary and secondary levels. At the time, the elementary level adopted Amplify Desmos Math as their resources and materials. Secondary teachers opted to pilot the enVision products from Savvas. After piloting
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The Great Falls Public Schools board unanimously approved a $1,299,400 contract with Jimmy’s Roofing during their Feb. 23 meeting for a roof replacement at Lewis and Clark Elementary. CTA Architects has completed a study of all the building roofs in the district, according to Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, and the district has been working with Brady Gauer, CTA
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March is Youth Art Month and Great Falls Public Schools students are celebrating music, art and theater with a packed schedule of events. Dusty Molyneaux, GFPS’ fine arts supervisor, told the school board during their Feb. 23 meeting that the district has a robust arts curriculum and full theaters with stagecraft programs. That’s not the case in all districts statewide,
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