Last summer, Great Falls Fire Rescue told the City Commission that a change was needed to the fee structure for repeated fire code violations. During their Jan. 18 meeting, commissioners will consider a proposed change to add a fee for continued violations of the fire code. The meeting will include a public hearing on the proposed changes. Under the current
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The Great Falls Police Department has been investigating incidents of assault on homeless people in the downtown area. The assaults reportedly occurred in September and October 2021. Det. Will Fleming of the GFPD has been investigating the cases and is now asking for the public’s help to find one of the people wanted in relation to the assaults. GFPD seeking
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Updated 11 a.m. Jan. 6 Great Falls Police officers and medical personnel responded to a medical call on the 600 block of 13th Street South around 9:30 a.m. Jan. 3. The call was for an unresponsive 8-year-old child. “Tragically, the child was pronounced deceased at the scene,” according to a GFPD release. On Jan. 6, Sheriff Jesse Slaughter identified the
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The city is receiving $19.47 million in American Rescue Plan funds and for months, staff has been discussing how to use those funds with the City Commission. In multiple public meetings, staff asked commissioners for their priorities on how to use the funds and during their Jan. 4 work session, staff will be presenting their proposed priority list of potential
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Galvinn Munson; Brandon Bennett and Jevin McLean appeared in court on Dec. 30 to enter pleas to the charges against them for the Dec. 1 fire in the Gibson Flats area that destroyed 13 homes, 16 outbuildings and numerous vehicles and other property items. All three appeared in Judge Dave Grubich’s court from the Adult Detention Center. Munson, 19, is
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The Great Falls Police Department is reminding the public of the fireworks rules for New Year’s Eve. Primary rules and regulations include: The selling and discharging of fireworks within the incorporated limits of Great Falls can only take place from 10 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. Children under 10 years old must have a supervising adult
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The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office received additional funding from the state for their working dogs. The county was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Montana Marijuana K9 Replacement Program in October and in December was awarded an additional $3,303 through the Montana Department of Justice. CCSO has purchased a new drug dog, Kilo, a German Shepard, which is currently being
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Updated 10:30 a.m. Dec. 29 Cascade County has rescinded Stage 1 fire restrictions as of Dec. 28. The restrictions were put in place on Dec. 3 after a fire destroyed more than a dozen homes in the Gibson Flats area on Dec. 1, plus high winds, low moisture and high temperatures that were continuing earlier in the month. According to
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On Dec. 27 an off-duty Great Falls Police Department officer was involved in a shooting. At about 4:24 a.m. Dec. 27, a male attempted to unlawfully break into the home of an off-duty officer and the “incident evolved to the point the officer fired a gun and the male was shot. The male was transported to the hospital and was
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Hopper and Ro Paint and Design, and the business owners, are being sued in District Court for the 2019 Christmas Eve fire at their old location st 900 9th St. S. The property owners, Scott and Tamara Dimke and the Thomas R. Dimke Bypass Trust, are suing the paint store and its owners for negligence and breach of contract related
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