At 15, Daniel Black convinced his band director to let him conduct the high school band. Leading his classmates, he never felt more comfortable. “I knew that’s what I wanted to do, and here I am,” he said. The sixth and final candidate for music director/conductor will take the stage to conduct the May 9 concert in the Great Falls
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The National Mural Awards were announced May 2 and the winners include several artists who’ve painted murals in Great Falls. The awards were created in 2023 to “recognize the best examples of mural art all over the nation.” For the national awards, two past ArtsFest participants are among the winners: 1st place: Miles Toland and Joseph Toney (Toney was a
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Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet next week. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. May 6 in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include a sheriff candidate introduction, crime mapping report, council updates and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood Council 3 meets at 6:30 p.m. May 7
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Two people charged in connection with a September 2024 downtown alley assault that left a man with a brain injury appeared in court this week. Jesse Edwards Jr. and Ethanel Pherigo both appeared in court as their cases have been plagued with delays. Edwards was 14 at the time of the assault. He was initially charged with felony aggravated assault
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After a two-hour hearing, the city planning board voted April 28 to postpone a decision on the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana’s proposed Good Medicine housing development. The Little Shell is requesting annexation of 18.4 acres and a planned unit development zoning classification, with an underlying R-9 zoning, to develop two apartment buildings, each with 25 units,
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Dustin Steele appeared in court on April 29, asking for a reduction in bail due to his medical needs related to having been shot by police on March 16 in the 600 block of 17th Avenue South. His bail was $250,000, which he requested be reduced to $50,000. He also asked that he be allowed to have contact with the
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The Great Falls Public Schools board unanimously approved a $154,300 contract to AT Klemens during their April 27 meeting to replace the fire alarm system at Valley View Elementary School. Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, said the district has been working in recent years to upgrade emergency alarm systems across the district. The fire alarm system at Valley View
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City Commissioners approved $50,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to NeighborWorks Great Falls for the purchase and demolition of 816 3rd Ave. S. City Commissioners declared the property a nuisance in January. NWGF has been in contact with the property owner and offered to purchase it for about $20,000 upon approval of the CDBG funds and use the
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to declare 1915 6th Ave. N. a nuisance. The city has been receiving complaints about the property since 2020 and the house was deemed a total loss after a January 2021 fire. City Commissioners declared the property a nuisance in September 2021 and the city planning department used $22,850 of hazard
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Updated April 28 to correct TIF district expiration and add GFPS information City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to set a public hearing for May 12 on a tax abatement request from Janicki Industries for a site in AgriTech Park, on the east side of Great Falls, with about 185.5 acres within the city limits. Janicki is considering
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