Great Falls Fire Rescue is launching a hands-on, interactive GFFR Citizens Academy beginning Sept. 2. The course will run through Oct. 21 and cover a variety of topics including auto extrication, technical rope rescue, hazardous materials mitigation, Advanced Life Support skills and EMS, search and rescue, and multiple live-fire evolutions. “After years of watching Great Falls MT Police Department successfully
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As the July 4 holiday approaches, Great Falls Fire Rescue is reminding the public to be aware of the city’s fireworks rules and regulations, plus safety tips. Primary rules and regulations include: The selling and discharging of fireworks within the incorporated limits of Great Falls can only take place on July 2, 3, and 4 from 8 a.m. to midnight.
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Beginning July 1, Great Falls Fire Rescue will no longer respond to minor medical calls due to limited resources and an increasing call volume. “Something had to give,” GFFR Chief Jeremy Jones told City Commissioners during their June 15 work session. Those types of calls include minor injuries like broken fingers and toes, minor cuts with controlled bleeding, fever/cough, headaches,
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The city’s newly established crime task force met for the first time June 7 to go over basics of public meetings and get an initial briefing from Great Falls Police Department Chief Jeff Newton. During the meeting, City Commissioner Rick Tryon said that the city is looking for specific recommendations on addressing crime issues in the community. Crime task force
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Lloyd Duane Bogle,18, and Patricia Kalitzke,16, were last seen at Pete’s Drive-In on Jan. 2, 1956. The next day, Bogle’s body was found next to his car on what was a lover’s lane then and is now Wadsworth Park, according to news reports at the time. Kalitzke’s body was found several miles away on Vinyard Road on Jan. 4. Both
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The city’s new crime task force meets for the first time at 4 p.m. June 7 in the Commission Chambers at the Civic Center. The task force membership is comprised of: Mary Lynne Billy – Indian Family Health Clinic Shawna Jarvey – transition consultant, Benefis Health Nicole Griffith– Victim Witness Program Sandra Guynn – chair of Neighborhood Council of Councils
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Gov. Greg Gianforte is seeking public comment on applicants to the vacancy in the Eighth Judicial District in Cascade County. Members of the public can provide letters of support or other comments regarding the applicants through 5 p.m. June 30. Gianforte creates panel to help fill District Court vacancy The governor has received applications from the following attorneys whose applications
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Gov. Greg Gianforte has created an advisory council to assist in finding the next district court judge for the vacancy on the Eighth Judicial District. The vacancy was created last month when the Montana Senate did not confirm Michelle Levine to the bench after former Gov. Steve Bullock appointed her to the seat last fall to fill the vacancy created
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During their May 18 meeting, City Commissioners will consider adding two more members to the crime task force, making it a 9-member panel. Commissioners established the task force in April and City Manager Greg Doyon had recommended that the police chief and city attorney serve on the panel. City still working on membership for new crime task force There was
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The Montana Legislature passed a bill this session, now signed by the governor, that decouples the compensation for deputy sheriff’s from that of other elected officials and makes an automatic 1 percent longevity increase for deputies annually. The longevity increase for deputies was previously only granted when the base pay for county elected officials was increased. The compensation for deputies,
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