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The local veterans court program will soon be able to provide more assistance for the homeless female veterans participants. On Tuesday, the court was presented with a $107,044 donation that will go through Veterans Mentoring Veterans, the nonprofit created by the program mentors to support court activities and participants. The funds will be used to provide safe, clean housing for
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Dave Belcher served in the Army and returned from a combat tour with a traumatic brain injury. “We put our boots on and we leave the ones we love behind to go fight…for your safety. That’s what we do,” Belcher said. Two veterans take their life back in Cascade County Veterans Court graduation When he came home, he was angry
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The City of Great Falls offices, including the animal shelter, will be closed Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans Day. The Great Falls Public Library will be closed Nov. 10 in observance of the holiday. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation collection schedule next week. On Veterans Day, the Community Recreation Center and Natatorium will
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The Downtown Chicks, a committee of the Downtown Great Falls Association, is hosting Military Appreciation Days in downtown Great Falls in recognition of Veterans Day. Active duty and retired military, and their family members, are encouraged to look for the flyer (example below), posted in windows throughout stores and restaurants downtown beginning on Nov. 8 through Nov. 11. The following
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Finding purpose after military service can be difficult for some veterans and the nearly finished shop at the Grace Home is helping fill that void. Organizers had hoped to repurpose the existing garage at the Grace Home, a transitional housing facility for homeless veterans, but it ended up needing to be torn down and rebuilt. The shop is nearly finished
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Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a funding bill that includes provisions for Malmstrom Air Force Base. The bill next goes to the Senate floor for a vote. Both Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines sit on the Appropriations Committee. According to Tester’s office, the Democrat added a provision that would prohibit the Air Force from relocating
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The annual Memorial Day ceremony is 2 p.m. Monday at the Montana Veterans Memorial, located next to Voyagers stadium in Great Falls. Eric Newhouse, an Army veteran and winner of the Pulitzer Prize when he worked for the Great Falls Tribune, is the keynote speaker. During the ceremony, a new worn flag receiving container will be dedicated. The container was
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There’s a new game in town. It’s men’s club rugby with the Electric City Shockerz. Their first home game is this Saturday at 1 p.m. at West Kiwanis Park. The Shockerz are playing the Bozeman Cutthroats. Over the years, there have been several unsuccessful attempts to establish a men’s rugby team in Great Falls. At one point, there was a
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Christmas Eve for many members of the Montana Air National Guard, means an early morning at the base dining hall preparing turkeys, gravy and stuffing. This year was no different and about 45 airmen and their families volunteered throughout the morning to put 50 turkeys in the over, chop onions and celery for stuffing and stir all the lumps out
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A wood shop for veterans to refresh, hone or learn new skills has always been a part of the plan for the old garage at the Grace Home, a transitional housing facility for homeless veterans. Now that the home has been open a little more than a year, the plan for that wood shop is getting some additional community support.
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