City Commissioners approved a $187,850 contract to WVH Enterprises during their May 5 meeting for the Kings Bridge deck replacement. The city-owned bridge is on the River’s Edge Trail about 360 feet east of Black Eagle Dam. The project includes removing and replacing about 165 feet of timber bridge decking from the former railroad bridge currently used as a pedestrian
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Charles Jackson, 17, appeared in court on May 5 on charges related to the March 22 downtown shooting and a bond revocation for previous cases. Jackson answered not true to charges of underage drinking and obstructing a peace officer. A not true plea is similar to not guilty in adult court. Jackson was arrested in late March and held in
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The Great Falls Public Schools board was scheduled to vote during their April 27 meeting on an agreement between GFPS, the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office and the Great Falls Police Department. The agreement is for the pilot reserve deputy school resource officer program proposed by Sheriff Jesse Slaughter. During the meeting, the item was pulled from the agenda at the
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The Montana Department of Transportation is developing the Central Montana Transportation Study to guide long-term transportation planning in response to anticipated impacts from planned development and military activities in the region. The study focuses on infrastructure resiliency in the Great Falls and Lewistown areas, as well as MDT routes within nine counties: Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera,
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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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