Great Falls Craft Beer Week 2024 capped off with the Montana BrewFest on June 22. The event included about two dozen breweries, hundreds of attendees and dozens of volunteers, as well as music and food. Matt Ehnes of Jared’s Detours was there to capture some photos of the annual event for The Electric.
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Great Falls Craft Beer Week is back June 17-22. The week includes downtown concerts, tap takeovers, dinner pairings, trivia nights and Montana’s biggest brew fest. The Montana Brew Fest is June 22 downtown and tickets are available here. VIP tickets are $60 and include early access to the event from 4-5 p.m., a Craft Beer Week t-shirt and branded tasting cup.
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Both the City of Great Falls and the Montana Department of Revenue had issued cease and desist letters to Wild West Wellness, which is selling marijuana products in violation of city code and state law. The city hand delivered their letter on April 26 and the DoR served their order on May 3. As of about noon on May 16,
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The fifth annual The Greatest Dam Mimosa Showdown is May 18. To participate, just go place to place to try their mimosas. There’s no tickets or system, just pick which places to go and your route. There are 22 participating establishments this year. Participants get to vote on their favorite mimosas. Find more information here on participating locations, hydration stations
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved a 10 cent increase for student meal prices during their April 22 meeting. The federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires schools to annually review the prices charged for student meals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides a calculator that compares meal prices to the federal reimbursement paid to the GFPS for
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United Way of Cascade County is receiving $22,287 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county through the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Local organizations that provide emergency shelter, food, utilities, supplies and equipment are encouraged to apply for funding through the program. Eligible local agencies must: be private voluntary nonprofits or units of
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The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at 1 p.m. March 16, beginning at the Civic Center, down Central Avenue, ending at 8th Street. The parade is organized by the Ancient Order of Hibernians-Great Falls Division and the Downtown Great Falls Association. John Rummel is the grand master this year, followed by the first family, Sherri and Jerry Schmitz. Sherri Schmitz
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Changes are coming for food trucks and temporary cooking operations in May. The state and city have adopted the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code, which includes new requirements for those operators. The state fire marshal has given those operators until May 1 to comply with the new requirements and the city is requiring all food trucks and temporary
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The fourth annual Feasting in the Falls is March 1-9. It’s Great Falls’ restaurant week that began as a collaboration between The Electric and the Take Down Take Out Facebook page. It has since grown into a larger effort with more to come. Here’s this year’s lineup of participants, restaurants, bars and coffee shops. Pizazz Pizazz will be hosting a wine
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Montalban Oil and Gas Operations has submitted an underground injection control permit application for the conversion of two existing wells. The permit application is reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is accepting public comment on the application through Jan. 24. The application is to convert two existing Class II underground injection control wells in Pondera County to Class
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