The 42nd Annual Ice Breaker Road Race is set for April 24. It’s the first regular Ice Breaker event since 2019 due to COVID restrictions. Registration is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Park and Recreation office at 1700 River Drive N. or online. Special registration will be at Scheels in Holiday Village Mall from 10 a.m.
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Cascade County added 67 new COVID cases over the last week, bringing the cumulative total to 25,063. The new case rate is 11.8 per 100,000, continuing the downward trend of the last few weeks, according to the weekly update from the City-County Health Department. The case rate is the average of daily new cases over a seven day period and
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Several city funds lost revenue due to COVID and city staff are recommending to use some of the city’s federal relief dollars to replenish those funds. The funds that lost revenue are enterprise funds, meaning they rely primarily on fees from services, and the services and programs they offer were cut during the pandemic. City conducts quarterly budget review; plans
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Cascade County is in the process of hiring a new health officer to replace Trisha Gardner, who left in December for a job at Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Matt Martin, a local dentist, told the health board during their March 2 meeting that the county had received five applications for the position. Health board selects officers;
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved two contracts for ventilation and window projects last month. The board approved a contract to WVH Enterprises LLC as the lowest qualified bidder for the ventilation and window replacement project at Valley View Elementary School. The contract is for$1,333,600. GFPS gets state approval for planned use of COVID relief funds for facility improvements
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Cascade County added 85 new COVID cases over the last week, a significant drop from previous weeks, according to the weekly update from the City-County Health Department. That brings the county’s total cases to 25,004 since the start of the pandemic. The new case rate is down to 14.9 per 100,000, a drop from last week’s 166.1 per 100,000 rate.
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Cascade County added 946 new COVID cases over the last week, according to the weekly update from the City-County Health Department. The new case number is higher than current infections, according to CCHD. “With a significant decrease in infections this week, our staff had more time to open and immediately close a backlog of January-February cases from the omicron outbreak.
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City Commissioners voted unanimously to increase golf fees during their March 1 meeting for the city’s two public courses. The city contracts out management to CourseCo and the company also gave it’s annual update on golf operations during the commission’s work session. The contract began in 2019 and last fall, commissioners approved a three year extension through 2025. City considering
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The city is accepting applications for sub-awards funded by the city’s allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds, which are federal COVID relief funds. The city has been allocated $19.47 million in ARPA funds. City officials have been discussing how to use their federal COVID funds in public meetings since May 2021. The federal rules and guidance on the use
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Cascade County added 677 new COVID-19 cases over the last week, bringing the cumulative total to 23,869. The new case rate is 118.9 per 100,000, continuing the decline over the last few weeks, but is still a high rate of community transmission, according to the City-County Health Department. The case rate is the average of daily new cases over the
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