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I've told you before. These people are nuts. They're absolutely crazy. They want to call EVERYBODY racist. It's 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 can't 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 Americans take time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy our con...

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 420 Central Avenue. The full resolution can be read at https://greatfallsmt.net/sites/default/files/...

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 a resolution of intention, subsequent to a public hearing, to vacate the following streets around Li...

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.”  “It's going to be a three day process to go through and we'll see where that leads,” Doyon said.  Doyon sai...

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 program from all commissioners, with questions raised about overlap with existing programs and imple...