Charles Jackson, 17, appeared in court on March 31 on charges related to the March 22 downtown shooting. Appearing before Judge John Kutzman via Zoom from the Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center, Jackson entered a plea of not true. He’s been charged for underage drinking and obstructing a peace officer. Jackson was released from the JCD on March 24 with
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The city has rescheduled the annual waterfowl release at Gibson Pond to April 6 at 10:30 a.m. due to the forecasted spring snow. The Public Library will be hosting story time at 9:30 a.m. before the duck release. Great Falls Park and Recreation staff takes care of the waterfowl over the winter at the Honker Hilton, their indoor location at
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Cascade County Commissioners have scheduled interviews for April 2 for the community installation liaison position for which they received a federal grant for last fall. Commissioners are scheduled to interview five candidates. The interviews may be conducted in closed session, under state law, since the Cascade County Attorney’s Office determined these interviews could be done privately if the applicants asserted
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Great Falls Fire Rescue responded to two structure fires over the last 24-hours, bringing the city up to 28 fire incidents for the year so far. The first was a warehouse fire at Hickory Swing Golf Course, which was reported around 8:08 p.m. March 30. GFFR crews arrived on scene at 1100 American Avenue to find the building fully involved
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The city’s new tax increment financing advisory board is scheduled to meet for the first time at 2 p.m. April 7. No agenda has yet been posted on the city website. City Commissioners appointed the fifth member, Don Ryan, during a February meeting as the county representative, which is required under a 2025 state law change. Ryan is a former
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Rodney Gladue, 37, entered no contest pleas during a March 30 hearing for his role in an August 2025 crash and police pursuit. Gladue was initially charged with seven counts from the chase: two criminal endangerment one reckless driving one speeding one driving while suspended one fleeing or eluding law enforcement one stop sign violation He also had a criminal
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One Great Falls neighborhood council meets next week. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. April 1 in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include a NeighborWorks Great Falls update, crime mapping report, council updates and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Monthly agendas are posted on the Neighborhood Council meeting
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The annual waterfowl release at Gibson Pond is 10:30 a.m. April 3. Great Falls Park and Recreation staff takes care of the waterfowl over the winter at the Honker Hilton, their indoor location at the north end of Gibson Park, where they have an indoor pond and are fed daily. Park and Rec staff also feed the birds daily once
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Geronimo Standinghorn, 14, appeared in court on March 26 on charges from the Nov. 3 gang-related shooting near McDonald’s and the Phoenix Apartments on 10th Avenue South. Appearing in person in court, Standinghorn answered not true to charges of felony counts of attempted deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence, and a misdemeanor count of assault. In youth court, defendants answer
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Updated March 26 at 10 a.m. Charles Jackson, 17, has been charged for underage drinking and obstructing a peace officer in connection with the early morning March 22 shooting downtown. Jackson was released from the Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center on March 24 with GPS monitoring. The Cascade County Attorney’s Office has filed a petition to revoke his probation for
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