City Commissioners gave City Manager Greg Doyon a favorable review and a raise during a June 21 meeting. Commissioners conducted the review in closed session, but returned to open session to give an overview and vote on the raise. Commissioners renewed Doyon’s contract in 2020 for three years, expiring in March 2023. In 2020, his base salary was $161,500. Doyon

Updated 4:20 p.m. Jan. 27 On Jan. 27, the Great Falls Police Department was made aware of a potential threat to C.M. Russell High School, according to a GFPD release. The threat was specific to CMR and  stated the action would take place the morning of Jan. 28th. By the 4 p.m. update, GFPD arrested Henry Douglas Lenning, 56, and

Great Falls Public Schools is again proposing additional pay for substitute teachers in an effort to recruit more and the encourage them to work more consistently, in part due to COVID. For the first six days back to school since the holiday break, the average daily substitute county is 41 for a fill rate of 65 percent, according to GFPS

During their Dec. 28 meeting, the city planning board will consider a conditional use permit to allow a community center in the R-3 single family high density zoning district for a property south of an existing church at 3400 Flood Road. Foothills Community Christian School submitted the application with a plan to build a 16,100 square foot indoor athletic facility

During their Dec. 21 meeting, the City Commission will consider awarding a contract to Prospect Construction for $4,880,587 for improvements to the water treatment plant filtration. The filtration improvements project began in response to a 2011 technical filtration process evaluation. City finalizes water treatment plant improvement project “The original evaluation was completed when water treatment plant staff noticed a decline in

Updated 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11 with information on the federal team at Benefis. Cascade County added 448 new COVID cases over the last week, bringing the cumulative total to 15,985 cases, according to the weekly update from the City-County Health Department. This week’s case rate, or average of daily new cases over seven days, is 78.7 per 100,000, according to

Cascade County Commissioners approved a $480,000 contract with TD&H Engineering during their Oct. 12 meeting for engineering and design services to replace the Armington Bridge. The county also received a bid from Engineering Associates of Great Falls. Staff recommended TD&H, which scored the highest based on criteria in the request for qualifications. request for qualifications for an engineering firm to provide professional

Great Falls is teeming with activities for the next six weeks and there are lots of ways for locals to get involved, plus tourism is rebounding, especially with visitors looking to escape the crowds. The third annual ArtsFest Montana kicks off Aug. 8 and runs through Aug. 13. An artists reception and fundraiser will be Aug.12 in the alley behind