Anjol Tajuan Lewis was sentenced to a 15-year Montana Department of Corrections commitment with all time suspended by Judge John Kutzman on March 6. Lewis entered a guilty plea on a felony count of assault with a weapon causing bodily injury in October in connection with the Nov. 6, 2022 shooting at The Do Bar. Lewis was 21 and an
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Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test re-entry vehicles at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time on March 3 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This launch, designated GT 255, was scheduled years ago, and is not in response to world events. The Air Force typically conducts
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The local 911 dispatch system went down for several hours in the early hours of March 3. The outage was due to maintenance on a fiber optic line that apparently caused a multi-county outage for cell coverage, affecting the 911 dispatch system from about 12:30-3 a.m. on March 3, according to multiple local officials. A reader contacted The Electric on
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Air Force Global Strike Command is conducting a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile next week. The test launch is scheduled between 11:01 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on March 3 and 5:01 a.m. PST on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It’s a routine test launch that was scheduled years in advance. First
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Corrected 3:30 p.m. Feb. 12 to correct that WET was a Northrop Grumman subcontractor, not Air Force contract Work on the Air Force’s Sentinel missile system that will replace the existing Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system is continuing and construction for on-base infrastructure will begin this summer. The Air Force has scheduled a round of town halls for the
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Updated 10:20 p.m. Jan. 29 A 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Great Falls region around 12:41 p.m. Jan. 29. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was about eight kilometers northeast of Black Eagle at a depth of 22.5 kilometers. A 2.7 magnitude aftershock was recorded at 5:46 p.m. about five kilometers north-northwest of Malmstrom Air Force Base at
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The Montana Department of Transportation has made updates to the proposed pavement preservation project on 57th Street on the east side of Great Falls. The project begins at the intersection with 2nd Avenue North, and extends south, ending near the intersection with 10th Avenue South. MDT seeking public comment on regional transportation plan related to Sentinel ICBM activities Proposed work
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The Great Falls Public Schools board unanimously approved $5,000 for the installation of a Raiders Course at Paris Gibson Education Center for JROTC. A Raiders Course is “a physically demanding and team-oriented event that emphasizes leadership, teamwork, endurance, and problem-solving under pressure. It is similar to a military-style obstacle or adventure race and is one of the most popular competitive
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U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 5. The test evaluated the reliability, operational readiness, and accuracy of the ICBM system, according to AFGSC. AFGSC airmen from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron used the Airborne Launch Control System from aboard
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Malmstrom Air Force Base missileers were recognized in September at the ninth annual missileer gathering at the 2025 Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md. The Air Force Association’s Gen. Charles A. Gabriel Chapter hosted the gathering, which was established in 2017 for missileers to gather and recognize the Gen. Thomas Power Missile Crew of the Year, according
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