The Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment approved extensions for three Madison Food Park projects. The county approved permit extensions for Big Sky Cheese to December 2025 Silver Falls Distillery to November 2025 Friesen Nutrition’s vitamin trace minerals blending facility to December 2025 The board voted unanimously to approve all three extensions and there was no public comment on any
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The Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to approve two projects and deny one variance during their Aug. 17 meeting. The board approved a special use permit for the construction of a warehouse on a property at the corner of 57th Street and 3rd Avenue South. The applicant, Admiral Beverage, is planning to build a new warehouse to replace
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John Holtz, 36, has been charged in connection with the threats made against the Great Falls Farmer’s Market on July 15. He’s charged with one felony count of intimidation, five felony counts of assault with a weapon and misdemeanor resisting arrest and criminal endangerment. Officers received reports of a man threatening to shoot people at the farmers market around 11
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Craft Beer Week returns to Great Falls June 5-10. This year’s week include tap takeovers, dinner pairings, a craft beer obstacle course, golf scramble and the largest brew fest featuring only Montana breweries. Registration is open for the ‘build your own kegerator‘ class on June 7 at the Mighty Mo Brew Pub, when you can learn to build your own
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Big Sky Cheese defaulted on their loan with the Great Falls Development Authority this summer. Brett Doney, GFDA’s president, told The Electric in December that the company hadn’t paid interest over the entire fiscal year on their bridge loan. In February, GFDA filed a civil lawsuit in district court over more than $2 million in unpaid loans and placed liens
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Through decades in business downtown, Sandra Thares has seen the evolution. Her father bought the O’Haire Inn in 1968 and it housed a café they rented out. Twenty years ago, they decided to take it over themselves as a restaurant. The downtown was a happening place in the 1970s, okay in the 1980s and died in the 1990s, Thares said.
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The city planning board voted unanimously during their Feb. 28 meeting to recommend approval of a minor subdivision in West Bank for the planned Highway 55 Burgers, Shakes and Fries. The property, owned by Brad Talcott, is located at 17 3rd St. N.W. within the West Bank One development. Business Bites: Emerald City Casino demolition; West Bank Landing permits submitted;
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Cascade County Commissioners approved a contract with Summit Food Services during their Feb. 14 meeting. Commissioners Jim Larson and Rae Grulkowski voted to approve the contract for inmate food services at the Cascade County Adult Detention Center. Commissioner Joe Briggs was absent. In December, commissioners voted to accept the bid from Summit and Tuesday’s action formalizing the contract details. County
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Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease in a mule deer buck found dead within the city limits of Great Falls in January. The adult buck was observed acting abnormally by a property owner, who later found the dead deer inside a building on the property. Biologists collected samples from the deer, and
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