Bradley Crisman appealed his sentence to the Sentence Review Division of the Montana Supreme Court. The division denied his appeal earlier this year on his sentence for his role in a 2024 incident in which he and another Montana State Prison inmate pushed a corrections officer into a cell while she was doing door checks and attempting to rape her.
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David Peterson, a self-described weather nerd since he was a kid, is leading a multi-year national research project into wildfire-generated thunderstorms, with a component based out of Great Falls. Peterson studied meteorology in college and when new satellites came online around 2005 that gave a good view if wildfires from space, he came across what’s known as pyrocumulonumbus storms, or
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In August, the city is set to begin its new corrosion control enhanced water treatment technique in response to new rules from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Residents shouldn’t notice any change to the taste or feel of the finished water, according to city staff, who told The Electric that the new corrosion
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The owner of Gyst House, Gyst House 2 and Enlightening Minds has been charged with two felony counts of Medicaid fraud, two felony counts of false claims to a public agency and a felony count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. If convicted, the maximum penalty for Medicaid fraud is a fine of up to $50,000 or 10 times
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The Air Force announced earlier this month that Malmstrom Air Force Base was one of two bases selected for a nuclear microreactor. This week, the Air Force announced, in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, that it has paired Westinghouse Government Services with Malmstrom to potentially develop and operate a microreactor on the base as part of the Advanced Nuclear Power
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The 120th Airlift Wing of the Montana Air National Guard made its first cargo drop on its new drop zone near Power on April 6. It’s a “long time coming,” said Brig. Gen. Trace Thomas, commander of the Montana Air National Guard, who previously commanded the 120th. He was a fighter pilot who transitioned to cargo pilots when the 120th
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The Montana Supreme Court upheld another local district court order related to jury selection issues. Felicia Hinkle appealed her sentencing order and judgment from Judge Elizabeth Best after a jury found her guilty of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and paraphernalia. In her appeal, she challenged Best’s denial of her motion to discharge the jury panel without a hearing. The
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously not to participate at this time in Bridged Health Alliance, established by the 2023 Montana Legislature as a health and wellness benefits trust for public school systems. Bridged Health Alliance is the formal name of the trust that was established by the Montana Schools Insurance Alliance. The GFPS board took the recommendation of
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The Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa Indians submitted an application to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for a fee-to-trust transfer of about 136-acres for their proposed entertainment complex that would include: a casino 200-room hotel indoor waterpark bowling alley and arcade 8,200-seat arena restaurants and bars associated parking and utilities The BIA issued a notice of intent for
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The Great Falls Public Schools board budget committee voted during their Feb. 17 meeting to recommend that the district forgo a levy this year. The district is hosting a budget town hall on March 5 and the full board will consider the budget committee’s recommendation at its Feb. 23 meeting. But, the committee members, Paige Turoski, Bill Bronson and Kim
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