On Sept. 14, downtown storm drain improvement construction will shift. The eastern half of the 200 block of Central Avenue will close on Sept. 14 as Capcon Construction moves equipment for asphalt painting in the area that has been closed. On Sept. 15, the road closure outside Tracy’s Family Diner and Firefly Salon will fully reopen. The intersection of 3rd
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Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet this week. Neighborhood Council 7 meets at 7 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Gibson Room upstairs at the Civic Center. Agenda items include a Calumet discussion from Mariah Mandt, Neighborhood Watch, committee reports and neighborhood concerns. More information, including boundaries and contact information, for NC7 is here. Neighborhood Council 8 meets at 6
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Great Falls Fire Rescue was dispatched at 10:11 p.m. Sept. 7 to a barn fire at 1010 10th Ave. S.W. The barn is considered a total loss and an attached storage building also sustained significant fire damage but may be salvageable, according to GFFR. A dog and her seven puppies and a number of chickens died in the fire. The
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Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet this week. Neighborhood Council 2 meets at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 in the West Elementary School library. Agenda items include neighbor recognition award discussion, planned unit development Sykes Industries at 410 14th St. S.W., Facebook page update, Neighborhood Watch and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC2, including boundaries and contact information, is here
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City Commissioners have changed the time of their regular meetings and work sessions, effective Sept. 1. The work sessions will now start at 4:30 p.m., versus the previous 5:30 p.m. start, and regular meetings will start at 6 p.m., versus 7 p.m. The previous meeting times had been in place since July 7, 1981, according to city records. During several discussions
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City Commissioners approved a $569,263 contract to HDR Engineering Inc. during their Aug. 18 meeting for the Wastewater Treatment Plant primary clarifier rehabilitation project. The city’s wastewater treatment plant operates two primary clarification basins, each more than 60 years old, that are essential to remove solids, grit and a substantial portion of biochemical oxygen demand before secondary treatment. In June,
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Two neighborhood councils meet next week in Great Falls. Neighborhood Council 6 meets Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include: HD23 candidate introductions: Rebecca Boden-Richards (D), Eric Tillman (R); crime mapping report, council updates and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood Council 3
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The F-102 Delta Dagger static display aircraft in Lions Park was recently repainted by airmen of the 120th Airlift Wing, in partnership with Great Falls Park and Recreation. Col. Jason Green told City Commissioners during their Aug. 4 meeting that the airmen had refurbished the aircraft. The city provided the paint, paid through the parks division budget. 120th Airlift Wing
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One neighborhood council meets next week. Neighborhood Council 7 meets at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 in the Gibson Room upstairs at the Civic Center. Agenda items include Indian Family Health Clinic second-floor remodel presentation, ice cream social planning, Neighborhood Watch, committee reports and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC7, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Monthly agendas are posted
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Malmstrom Air Force Base officials and Great Falls city crews responded to a water main leak found near a water valve during ongoing base modernization on Aug. 5. The cause of the leak is unknown as of Aug. 7, according to base officials. On Aug. 5, the base posted via social media that there was a significant water main leak
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