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David Dennis was announced as the new deputy city attorney, and fines for long-term RV parking passed at the city commission meeting on Tuesday.

“Interested stakeholders" asked to comment on $1,026,477 to provide services and shelter to people experiencing homelessness.

City commissioners heard presentations on everything from housing to crime from nearly a dozen city officials during a “State of the City” special work session.

View Comments Several concerned citizens discussed their worries surrounding the potential federal designation of the Big Sky Country National Heritage Area during the petitions and communications portion of Tuesday’s city commission meeting.   The speakers lined up to express their worries to the commission about the potential for private property rights being infringed upon. Donna Anderson said she’s had a ranch in Cascade County for a “contiguous 128 years.” She said it’s been her...

City commissioners held a lengthy debate over reappointments to the Historic Preservation Advisory Commission during their meeting Tuesday evening.

Ive told you before. These people are nuts. Theyre absolutely crazy. They want to call EVERYBODY racist. Its like that song from The Lego Movie- "Everything is Awesome." Except for with these folks on the Left, the song is- "Everything is racist." You cant make this one up. So Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen (R-MT) shared a very nice photo of her and her granddaughters. She also shared a nice message for a Memorial Day post on Facebook: Today is a special day, when Am...

View Comments Great Falls City Commissioners moved to approve Downtown Urban Renewal District tax increment financing (TIF) funds for construction surrounding the Newberry Event & Concert Hall on Central Avenue during their Tuesday night meeting.  The commission approved Resolution 10398, which approved $9,100 in TIF funds for the purpose of paying for the construction of temporary sidewalk and reconstruction of a public sidewalk and curb along Central Avenue bordering the subject property at ...

City Commission moves to hold public hearing regarding aquatics center conditional use permit May 18 Nicole Girten, Great Falls Tribune © Courtesy of the City of Great Falls Rendering of the proposed Aim High Big Sky aquatics center. Great Falls City Commissioners moved unanimously to set a public hearing for May 18 for discussion surrounding the conditional use permit for the Aim High Big Sky recreation center proposed to be built in Lions Park.  Commissioners also adopted ...

City Manager Greg Doyon announced Capt. Jeff Newton, Lt. Doug Otto and interim Police Chief Rob Moccasin as the final candidates being considered for the Great Falls Police Chief position during the City Commission meeting Tuesday evening.  Doyon said he interviewed each of the candidates last week and that the initial interviews went really well. He said these three candidates will advance to the next round of the process that will take place in “about a week and a half.”  “Its going...

City Commissioners heard a presentation from Alluvion Health CEO Trista Besich on the proposed Crisis Intervention Program that would coordinate services for mental health services across stakeholders in law enforcement and the judicial system at the commission’s work session Tuesday night.  Besich made the presentation as a first step in requesting the city join the project charter as a stakeholder, as the Cascade County Commission moved to do last week. There was general interest in the p...