The Great Falls-Cascade County Historic Preservation Advisory Commission voted during a special meeting on Oct. 26 to spend up to $5,000 on an engineering evaluation of the Boston and Montana Barn. The aging barn is in Black Eagle, owned by the City of Great Falls and is the last remaining building owned by the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and
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Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet this week. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include Council of Councils meeting update, crime mapping report, council updates, and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood Council 3 meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov.
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The sequencing for the downtown drainage construction has changed. During the Oct. 10 City Commission meeting, Chris Gaub, city public works director, said the project would progress on Central Avenue and in mid-November, city staff and the contractor would decide whether to shut down for the winter. On Oct. 28, Gaub told The Electric that the plan had changed. Under
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Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during their Oct. 27 meeting to increase the bulk water rate to $0.0075 per gallon at their three filling stations. The new rate goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027. The water rate was last changed in 2017 and is currently 25 cents per 75 gallons. County staff had previously recommended increasing the rate to a
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City Commissioners approved a new two-year labor agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 8, which includes 64 sworn firefighters at Great Falls Fire Rescue. The new agreement is for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with a six percent wage increase in each year. The next collective bargaining session is set to start again in April
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King’s Bridge on the River’s Edge Trail has reopened after a month-long closure for the deck replacement. The closure began Sept. 14 and the bridge reopened earlier this week. In May, City Commissioners approved a $187,850 contract to WVH Enterprises for the project. Portion of River’s Edge Trail closed for bridge deck replacement The city-owned bridge is on the River’s
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The Great Falls Citizens Council, or Council of Councils, meets at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Gibson Room upstairs at the Civic Center. Each of the city’s nine neighborhood councils are represented, along with two city commissioners. Agenda items include updates from the Great Falls Police Department, Municipal Court, planning and code compliance divisions, an update from Quality Life Concepts
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City Commissioners unanimously approved annexation and zoning for Lifestyle Estates subdivision during their Oct. 20 meeting. The city planning board voted to recommend approval during its September meeting. Staff recommended approval of the project, which would develop 2.65 vacant acres into seven lots of varying sizes for single-family housing at the corner of Central Avenue and 46th Street. City approves
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The City of Great Falls Leaf Pickup Program in the boulevard district begins Oct. 27. The pickup schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure, personnel availability, or unforeseeable emergencies. City crews were testing equipment and training for the leaf pickup Oct. 20-21, collecting leaf piles that were already out in various neighborhoods. Staff is not able
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Emma Albers is opening her marijuana dispensary at 1427 3rd Ave. N. after a years-long dispute with the City of Great Falls. Earlier this year, District Court Judge Elizabeth Best ruled that Albers’ business, Montana Dispensary, was a legal nonconforming use and the city shall approve, through a safety inspection certificate, that Albers may operate the dispensary and the city
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