A planned power outage that will affect some NorthWestern Energy customers in portions of central Great Falls will take place from midnight to 5 a.m. Sept. 16. The planned power outage will affect some customers in the area generally north of 10th Avenue South to 3rd Avenue South and west of 16th Street South to 3rd Street South. Customers affected
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Two have been charged with an early morning shooting on Sept. 10 near Gibson Park. Cole Bush, 22, was charged with felony counts of criminal endangerment by accountability and assault with a weapon by accountability. Shayda Quiver, 18, was charged with felony counts of criminal endangerment and assault with a weapon, and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief. Great Falls
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Jonathan Brogen, 27, has been charged with a felony count of grooming a child for sexual offense. The court issued an arrest warrant for him in mid-August on the charge. He was arrested Sept. 12 and is being held in the Cascade County Adult Detention Center on a $500,000 bond. In December 2025, a Great Falls Police Department detective investigated
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The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office, Cascade County Attorney’s Office and the Great Falls Police Department conducted a two-day undercover prostitution sting operation Sept. 10-11. Law enforcement arrested and charged six who were seeking underage prostitutes after responding to an online ad, in which officers posed as underage girls and boys. They are: Chad Boggess, who traveled from Helena to Great
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The jury trial scheduled for Sept. 21 for Charlotte Andrade’s deliberate homicide case will be rescheduled. During a Sept. 9 status hearing, Judge John Parker said he was drafting a scheduling order and strongly considering a venue change to a neighboring county. He told attorneys during the hearing that the case would not be going to trial on Sept. 21.
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The City of Great Falls is hosting a Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony at 8 a.m. on Sept. 11 on the front steps of the Civic Center. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. “The ceremony will remember those who lost their lives and honor the courage, sacrifice, and service demonstrated in the days and years that followed,”
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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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Cascade County Commissioners approved a $59,900 contract to TD&H Engineering for engineering services for the Evans Riceville Road repair. A significant road slide occurred on June 1 about four miles west of Highway 89, requiring closure of the road due to continued movement and unstable soils beneath the roadway. On Aug. 27, the county reopened the portion of the 1890s
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Cascade County Commissioners adopted their budget during a special meeting on Sept. 3. The full budget is available here. The total budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 and runs through June 30, 2027 is $98,849704. Total budgeted revenues are $85,403,397, an increase of about one percent over the previous fiscal year, according to Trista Besich, county finance
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Tyler Manywhitehorses, 21, and Cruz Glenmore, 19, have each been charged with a felony count of assault with a weapon and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief for a Sept. 3 incident. According to court documents, Great Falls Police officers responded around 3:50 a.m. Sept. 3 to an assault report from the Crown Lounge rear parking lot at 1820 10th
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