A portion of the River’s Edge Trail was closed Jan. 8 to repair an area damaged by a small mudslide. City crews completed the work on Jan. 8, so that section of trail will be open normally on Friday. The closure was between the caboose trailhead and Giant Springs Road and was due to a small mudslide caused by natural
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their Jan. 6 meeting to approve the sale of the former Community Recreation Center to the current lessee of the property. City staff recommended that commissioners approve the sale to the lone bidder for $800,000, which required an affirmative four-fifths vote. Proceeds from the sale will be used to offset the cash deficit in three
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Brenda Woods, 49, was charged with felony counts of criminal endangerment and assault with a weapon, and a misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer, following a large police response to the Highwoods mobile home park on the eastside of Great Falls on Jan. 5. A Great Falls Police officer was dispatched to 4180 Highwood Drive at 8:24 a.m. Jan.
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City Commissioners will consider selling the former Community Recreation Center during their Jan. 6 meeting to the current lessee of the property. City staff are recommending that commissioners approve the sale to the lone bidder for $800,000, which requires an affirmative four-fifths vote Proceeds from the sale will be used to offset the cash deficit in three Park and Recreation
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Great Falls Park and Recreation is surveying the public on their facility usage needs and fees. The second of five mini-polls, this one focused on fees and affordability, is currently open. It’s seven to eight 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
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Cascade County Commissioners interviewed two candidates for public health officer on Dec. 22. They interviewed Mariah Messimer and David Rinderle. Jessica Kennedy didn’t log into Zoom at her scheduled interview time and county officials were unable to reach her, so she was not interviewed. County Commissioner Joe Briggs said that now the city-county health board will need to make a
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Jeremiah Gideon was in court shortly before Christmas on a 2017 case. Gideon has been held in the Cascade County Adult Detention Center on charges of attempted deliberate homicide for hitting and seriously injuring a Montana Credit Union employee with his vehicle in October 2024. The prosecution and defense have been awaiting an order from Judge John Kutzman on issues
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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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Memorial Stadium is getting a new scoreboard, the first since 2009. The new scoreboard, at a cost of $205,591, gives Great Falls Public Schools students “opportunities to advance the gameday experience, provide opportunities for students to create content and learn applicable technology skills, open new revenue streams for advertising and creates new opportunities for school events that are not possible
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved a new 15-year contract with Admiral Beverage during a late November meeting. The district previously had five-year contracts with both Pepsi through Admiral Beverage and Coca-Cola through High Country that expired June 30. The district had negotiated a proposed three-year contract with High County that was tabled over the summer and unanimously rejected
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