Montana State Parks and SkyWindWorld Inc. will hold the 9th annual Buffalo Kite Festival at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park near Ulm on July 9-10. The festival is free and held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Visitors will learn about the buffalo art featured on the kites, have an opportunity create their own kite and fly
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During a June 14 meeting, County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a request from Touro University for up to $60 million in revenue bonds. The bonds would be used to reimburse, finance or refinance the acquisition of land the the construction of the planned medical school on the south end of the city, behind Benefis Health System and across the
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Durbin Watson has been selected as the new principal at Sunnyside Elementary School. Great Falls Public Schools said that on May 17, a panel of district leadership, parents and teachers interviewed two qualified candidates and selected Watson. She’ll begin the new position on July 1, pending approval by the school board, replacing Brian Held when he retires at the end
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The Great Falls Public Schools board of trustees voted unanimously during their May 9 meeting to approved essential worker stipend for many employees. The board voted to use some of its federal COVID relief funds for the stipends. The stipend will be $750 for staff who are regularly scheduled to work 21 hours or more per week. For those who
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By Alex Sakariassen | Montana Free Press The Montana Federation of Public Employees and nonprofit news publication the Daily Montanan filed a lawsuit on April 8 against the Board of Public Education challenging action taken during a meeting March 10. Read the lawsuit In a complaint filed in Lewis and Clark County District Court, the plaintiffs allege that the seven-member
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Ricci Lea Castellanos, 34, of Great Falls, appeared in federal court on April 12 and pleaded not guilty to a 14-count indictment changing her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and student financial aid fraud. Castellanos is accused of fraudulently obtaining federal student financial aid by using the names of unwitting family members and others
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The Electric is hosting a candidate forum on April 14 with the candidates for the Great Falls Public Schools board of trustees. The forum will be 6-8 p.m. in Room B101 at Great Falls College-MSU. More candidates file for May school board election The forum will also be live streamed on The Electric’s Facebook page. There are four seats are
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved contracts in March for several construction projects. The district received three bids for the Loy Elementary School ventilation and window replacement project and staff recommended approving the contract to Guy Tabacco Construction for $1,195,400. The project is being funded with American Recovery Plan Act dollars, which are federal COVID relief funds, and bond
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 28 meeting to forego an operational levy this year. The board’s budget committee had recommended foregoing the levy and the full board approved that recommendation. GFPS budget committee recommends no levy this year That means there will be no levy on the May 3 school ballot, but there will
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The Great Falls Public Schools board budget committee unanimously voted during their March 16 meeting to recommend to the full school board that the district forgo an operational levy this year. The committee will make the recommendation at the March 28 full school board meeting. The district is projecting, for the first time in roughly a decade, to have a
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