Alluvion Health has notified Cascade County officials that it is terminating its contract with the county to provide medical services at the Adult Detention Center. Alluvion gave officials 120 days notice of terminating the contract on April 21, about a week shy of the day the four-year contract was approved in 2021. County approves medical services contract for jail The
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Cascade County is accepting applications for its allocation of American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA, funds. The county will receive $15.8 million in direct federal ARPA funds, as well as $1.7 million through the state for water and sewer projects, according to the county. The application and other materials are available here: American Rescue Plan Act Guidance & Application Package ARPA
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By Katheryn Houghton | Kaiser Health News A year after a new Montana law stripped local health boards of their rulemaking authority, confusion and power struggles are creating a patchwork oversight system that may change how public health is administered long after the pandemic is over. The law, which took effect last April amid criticism of mask mandates and other covid
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Since COVID-19 cases have decreased in Cascade County, Alluvion Health is closing its drive-through COVID testing site on April 30. The drive-through testing site is at Montana Expo Park and will maintain the same hours through April 30, which are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 2-6 p.m. Beginning May 1,
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Updated 2 p.m. April 8 The city is moving forward with about $10 million worth of projects using a portion of its allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds. The city received $19.47 million of the federal COVID relief funds and has been discussing how to use those funds since last May and during their April 5 work session, City
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Cascade County’s COVID numbers have dropped to their lowest since last summer with only 17 new cases over the last week, bringing the cumulative today to 25,106. There were no new COVID-related deaths over the last week, leaving the total death toll of county residents at 321, according to the weekly update from the City-County Health Department. The new case
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved contracts in March for several construction projects. The district received three bids for the Loy Elementary School ventilation and window replacement project and staff recommended approving the contract to Guy Tabacco Construction for $1,195,400. The project is being funded with American Recovery Plan Act dollars, which are federal COVID relief funds, and bond
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The county’s COVID numbers remained low this week and the community transmission level has been downgraded to low, according to the weekly update from the Cascade County City-County Health Department. The county added 31 new cases over the last week, bringing the cumulative total to 25,091. There were two new COVID-related deaths over the last week, bringing the total to
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City Commissioners unanimously approved a new fine structure for violations of the new rules for parking recreational vehicles, utility tractors or boats in residential areas. The new rules and fees went into effect March 15. There was no public comment on the fees. In October, the commission voted 4-1 to approve a new ordinance that prohibits the parking of those
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The Great Falls Public Schools board budget committee unanimously voted during their March 16 meeting to recommend to the full school board that the district forgo an operational levy this year. The committee will make the recommendation at the March 28 full school board meeting. The district is projecting, for the first time in roughly a decade, to have a
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