Students returned to Great Falls Public Schools on Aug. 26. The school resource officer team looks a little different this year and there's no assigned reserve deputy through the Cascade County ...

Four defendants involved in a methamphetamine trafficking operation were sentenced to federal prison this week, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said. The four were linked to an organization run ...

One candidate will appear on the November ballot for Cascade County clerk and recorder. Rina Fontana Moore withdrew as the Democratic candidate for the seat on Aug. 10, the deadline to withdraw. Terry ...

Two neighborhood councils meet next week in Great Falls. Neighborhood Council 6 meets Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include: HD23 candidate ...

In response to moderating temperatures, hoot-owl fishing restrictions will be lifted on the Smith and Sun rivers in Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 4, effective Aug. 29. Water temperatures ...

The portion of the 1890s alternative Evans Riceville Road that was previously closed by the landowner has been reopened, according to Cascade County Public Works. The county intends to use the 1980s ...

Geronimo Standinghorn, 14, was sentenced in district court on Aug. 27 after he pleaded guilty to shooting another teenager last fall near the McDonald’s and Phoenix Apartments on 10th Avenue South.

Timothy Paul Whittles, 59, was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 24 to three years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Whittles pleaded guilty in March to a count ...

Cascade County public health officials have confirmed the state's first case of West Nile Virus in a human, the first in the county since 2018. The virus is primarily spread to people by mosquito ...

The Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center resumed admitting juveniles on Aug. 26. The state put the facility on a restricted license earlier this month. The JDC was not allowed to accept new youth ...

Great Falls City Commissioners unanimously approved annexation of a single-family home at 305 21st Ave. S. during their Aug. 4 meeting. Commissioners also approved assigning R-2 single-family ...

Wadsworth Park was temporarily closed Aug. 20-21 due to signs of algae in the pond. The park reopened Aug. 22, but caution signs advised of the potential for blue-green algae, which can be toxic to ...