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The restrictions on admissions to the Cascade County Adult Detention Center have been cautiously lifted. The restrictions were lifted as of 2 p.m. March 8, but in an email to local law enforcement agencies, Sheriff Jesse Slaughter that they “please encourage everyone to still be selective with who they bring to the facility but we will no longer have the restrictions
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The City Commission awarded a $14,411 professional services contract to Falls Mechanical Services last week for the rehabilitation of sewer lines and three of the city’s four fire stations. In December, commissioners awarded a contract to Falls Mechanical to evaluate the condition of the sewer lines at all four stations. Mikaela Schultz in the city’s engineering office said the company
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City Commissioners voted 5-0 on Tuesday to deny annexation of 21.1 acres on the eastern edge of the city for the proposed Wheat Ridge residential subdivision. The annexation request was initially submitted to the city last spring and had support from Neighborhood Council 5 and the city planning board. Wheat Ridge annexation back on city agenda this week But city
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After several structural collapses around our region due to snow and ice loading of roofs, Great Falls Fire Rescue has received numerous calls this morning from concerned citizens regarding the potential of snow loads causing damage to their homes and business. With more cold weather and snow coming our way this weekend, this concern is both warranted and understood. Knowing
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The constitutional challenge to the city’s cell phone ordinance is dead for now since city prosecutors moved to dismiss the underlying charges in the case. In mid-February, Neil Anthon, the city’s chief prosecutor, wrote that “by dismissing this matter the City of Great Falls is not conceding the issues raised in Azure’s motion to dismiss. In this matter the City
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Cascade County Commissioners made a handful of budget updates during Tuesday’s meeting. The first budget amendment moved funds from the county’s Capital Building Reserve Fund to the Adult Detention Center Capital Improvement Fund. The adjustment accounted for a $ 14,689 rebate from Northwestern Energy that was mistakenly deposited into the wrong county account since the jail fund paid for an
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Update: March 1 at 3:15 p.m. As of Friday afternoon, the situation in the Dearborn has improved and evacuations are not needed. On March 1, Capt. Scott Van Dyken said he was contacted by John Kernaghan, Dearborn Fire Chief, who said a Dearborn resident was able to get to D3 bulldozer and drive it down the mountain, clearing the road
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A memorial service for firefighter Jason Baker is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Mansfield Theater at the Great Falls Civic Center. Baker was a firefighter with Great Falls Fire Rescue for 17.5 years before cancer forced his retirement. He was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in October 2016 and retired from GFFR in 2017. He continued
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The city is considering donating fire engines to the Vaughn Volunteer Fire Department. Jason McAllister, Vaugh VFD chief, told the city that his department had a critical need for a fire engine but the volunteer department didn’t the means of purchasing a new or used vehicle. City approves tax abatement, Civic Center contract, TIF funding, fire engine donation and more
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On Feb. 12, the Cascade County Public Works Department closed a section of Sheep Creek Road outside of Cascade. Barricades have been placed at the cattle guard and fishing access about a quarter of a mile south of 719 Sheep Creek Road. An ice jam on the Missouri River has caused the water and ice to come over the road
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