After a two-hour hearing, the city planning board voted April 28 to postpone a decision on the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana’s proposed Good Medicine housing development. The Little Shell is requesting annexation of 18.4 acres and a planned unit development zoning classification, with an underlying R-9 zoning, to develop two apartment buildings, each with 25 units,
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Great Falls Public Schools is soliciting bids for its natural gas supply. The district has historically contracted directly with a natural gas company using long-term contracts to keep costs low. The current contract expires June 30 and since NorthWestern Energy acquired EnergyWest, GFPS doesn’t have the option to renew, Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, told the school board during
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The Air Force announced earlier this month that Malmstrom Air Force Base was one of two bases selected for a nuclear microreactor. This week, the Air Force announced, in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, that it has paired Westinghouse Government Services with Malmstrom to potentially develop and operate a microreactor on the base as part of the Advanced Nuclear Power
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to approve a $4,734,600 contract to COP Construction for upgrades to the sedimentation basins at the water treatment plant. The project will replace two of the oldest mechanical settling basin components within two existing sedimentation basins of the plant. Last year, the city hired Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., or
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Great Falls Public Works’ environmental division is partnering again with Veolia North America to host a household hazardous waste collection event on April 25. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., residents can bring in antifreeze, gasoline, lighter fluid, paint thinner, road flares, shellac, fertilizer, pesticides, furniture polish, insect spray, cleaners, disinfectants, hair remover, nail polish and more for disposal to
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Malmstrom Air Force Base is one of two bases selected as potential locations for nuclear microreactors under the federal Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations, or ANPI, program. The Air Force and the Defense Innovation Unit selected Malmstrom and Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado. “By advancing the use of next-generation nuclear energy, the [Air Force] is strengthening the energy security of our
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Paving will disrupt traffic on River Drive North and close the Pacific Steel and Recycling Trailside Dog Park parking lot over the next week. The paving is related to the city’s improvement projects at Lift Station No. 1. Disruptions are expected April 16-17 as crews prepare traffic control and set up for parking lot paving. The entire dog park parking
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Cascade County Public Works is scheduled to conduct street sweeping operations in the Black Eagle area in April 15-16, weather permitting. Sweeping is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents are asked to assist crews by removing vehicles from the street during scheduled sweeping times and not placing debris, garbage, or yard waste in roadways. “Street
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Cascade County Commissioners voted during their March 24 meeting to approve the purchase of three acres that includes the county’s former Belt dump site infrastructure, for $122,854.83 from Rimrock Valley Preserve LLC. The site the county purchased is property it previously leased as its Belt dump site, which had been closed since Dec. 16, 2024, in a dispute over lease
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The River’s Edge Trail on the north and south shores near Black Eagle Dam will be closed intermittently March 17-18. The closures are needed so crews can safely use equipment to install a cable across the Missouri River as part of the Black Eagle Dam spillway project. The project includes installing new support structures and spillway components to strengthen the dam
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