John Lewton, a Montana resident, was sentenced Oct. 20 in federal court after pleading guilty to violating the federal Lacey Act involving the trafficking of wildlife. Lewton was fined $20,000 and ...

Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during a special Nov. 2 meeting to award a $482,460 contract to Shumaker Trucking for the construction and repair of Evans Riceville Road, a portion of ...

Giovanni Molinaro, 25, has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a Malmstrom airman. On Nov. 1, dispatch received a call from Molinaro, who said he'd accidentally shot someone who was ...

Jeremy Raskiewicz, 46, has been charged with deliberate homicide. According to the Great Falls Police Department, officers were dispatched around 1:30 a.m. Oct. 31  for a welfare check in the 2300 ...

Local agencies have been working for two years to rebuild a local crisis intervention system. That effort is moving forward as abatement work is set to begin within the next few weeks on the second ...

More than two years after an assault in a downtown alley left a man with a severe brain injury, Ethanel Pherigo was sentenced on Oct. 29 to 40 years in Montana State Prison. As Judge John Parker ...

Nathan Ross Harlan is charged with four misdemeanor counts of accountability for deceptive election practices. The charges stem from false signatures submitted on petitions for U.S. House candidate ...

The University of Providence Board of Trustees voted on Oct. 27 to cease operations at the end of the current school year, "after exhausting all viable paths forward." The final day of instruction is ...

City Commissioners approved a new two-year labor agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 8, which includes 64 sworn firefighters at Great Falls Fire Rescue. The new ...

Cascade County commissioners are scheduled to consider increasing the bulk water at their three public water distribution stations during their Oct. 27 meeting. Commissioners tabled the decision from ...

The Great Falls Citizens Council, or Council of Councils, meets at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Gibson Room upstairs at the Civic Center. Each of the city's nine neighborhood councils are represented, along ...

City Commissioners unanimously approved annexation and zoning for Lifestyle Estates subdivision during their Oct. 20 meeting. The city planning board voted to recommend approval during its September ...