City officials spent the last few years discussing public safety needs and challenges in the community. In 2021, they created a crime task force to look at those needs and develop recommendations. That task force met for months and among their recommendations were to ask for a public safety levy. City staff and commissioners then spent months developing the details
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City Commissioners told Great Falls Fire Rescue officials that they were comfortable moving forward offering a new ambulance transport performance contract to Great Falls Emergency Services. GFFR officials again reviewed contract details with commissions during their Nov. 21 meeting. After the discussion, Mayor Bob Kelly asked GFFR Chief Jeremy Jones what he needed from commissioners. Jones said staff was looking
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Great Falls Fire Rescue responded to a fire at the Great Falls Rescue Mission at 3:24 p.m. Nov. 27. The fire was in the women’s shelter. Crews arrived at 3:27 p.m. to find that the building occupants had evacuated and light smoke was coming from the basement, according to GFFR. Morgan Bourbeau, the Mission’s womens director, and her staff, “responded
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New charges have been filed against three inmates at the Cascade County Adult Detention Center in connection with an October assault at the jail. Tyler Shane O’Brien, Logan Patrick Berkner and Roger Cantrell have been charged with a felony count of tampering with witnesses or informants, or in the alternative, a felony county of intimidation. Both charges carry a maximum
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City Commissioners unanimously approved the new labor agreement with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 8 during their Nov. 7 meeting. The union includes 63 sworn employees at Great Falls Fire Rescue. The new agreement runs from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The new agreement increased firefighter base wages with: a one percent market adjustment and five percent
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Polls closed at 8 p.m. in Cascade County for several municipal elections. As of about 1:30 a.m., 15,173 ballots had been processed. Preliminary results are below. Results are not finalized until the county has canvased and certified results, which is typically about two weeks after the election. Merchant said her staff started processing ballots fairly early in the day. She
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Updated 8 a.m. Nov. 7 Ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Nov. 7. They can be returned by mail, but must be received by that deadline, or in the elections office or the drop box at the county annex. Ballots will be counted at the Expo Park as they have been in years past. Sandra Merchant, Cascade County clerk
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City Commissioners will consider the new labor agreement with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 8 during their Nov. 7 meeting. The union includes 64 sworn employees at Great Falls Fire Rescue. The new agreement runs from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The new agreement increased firefighter base wages with: a one percent market adjustment and five percent
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Emergency dispatchers received a report around 10:50 p.m. Nov. 1 that someone had been shot at a residence in the 3000 block of Lower River Road. Great Falls Police responded and found a 36-year-old male Great Falls resident with two gunshot wounds, according to GFPD. Officers administered trauma medical care until Great Falls Fire Rescue and Great Falls Emergency Services
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Santana Cruz Ledeau, 27, was sentenced in federal court to 11 years and two months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for a 2022 crime spree that included carjackings. Ledeau pleaded guilty in May 2023 to attempted carjacking and to using, carrying and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He was
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