Middle school students in sixth, seventh and eight grade from public, private, charter and home schools across Montana can apply for the 2026 Montana Civics Bee, a nonpartisan competition organized by the Mansfield Center at the University of Montana. The Montana Civics Bee is one of 50 state-level competitions encompassed by the National Civics Bee, created by U.S. Chamber of
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Applications for a permit to float the Smith River will be available Jan. 1 through Feb. 15. The drawing for float permits will tentatively be held Feb. 18. The permits are issued each year through a lottery drawing and are required to float the 59-mile section of river between Camp Baker and Eden Bridge. Parties of up to 15 people
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Steven Wayne Keefe died in prison on Nov. 10. He was convicted and sentenced to life in 1986 for the murders of three people the year prior in Great Falls. He was sentenced to life for each count of deliberate homicide and 10 years for a count of burglary. He was sentenced to additional 10 years per count since the crime
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Gov. Greg Gianforte and Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, joined community members to celebrate the High School House program, a collaboration between NeighborWorks Great Falls and Great Falls Public Schools. The two men toured the 48th High School House, currently under construction at 1314 6th Ave. S., and visited with the construction students. They also signed a wall inside
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking information on three elk that were shot and left to waste on the Sun River Wildlife Management Area near Augusta earlier this week. Wardens were initially contacted by a hunter on an adjacent property who reported spotting a dead elk on Nov. 11. Wardens went to the location in the Shed
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking information on a mule deer buck that was shot and left to waste in Black Eagle Park on the evening of Nov. 9. Wardens responded to the scene after receiving a report of a dead deer in the park. The investigation determined the animal was likely shot in the upper portion of the
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The Department of Public Health and Human Services is advising consumers and health care providers of an urgent recall of two specific lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula due to an outbreak of infant botulism linked to the product. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported at least 13 cases since August of infant botulism across
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Calumet Montana Refining said on Oct. 22 that it had reached a settlement with the Montana Department of Revenue over a multi-year tax dispute. Calumet said it reached an agreement over the “fair market value” of the refinery for tax years 2022-2005 in September. The DOR has not responded to The Electric seeking confirmation and additional details. Cascade County Commissioner
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Jeremiah Gideon appeared in court on Oct. 16 as he was scheduled to go to trial next week, but that’s on hold. Gideon is facing attempted deliberate homicide and assault on a peace officer charges from an Oct. 9, 2024 incident in which he hit a Montana Credit Union employee with his vehicle and during subsequent interviews, threatened investigators. The
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted during their Oct. 13 meeting to approve a 15-foot easement for NorthWestern Energy to run electricity to a new air quality monitoring station. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is installing the new station on a piece of property at the Seibel soccer complex, just east of 52nd Street North and Silverwood Court.
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