Great Falls Public Schools is the third-largest local employer with 1,842 employees supporting 21 schools and 10,000 students. Personnel makes up about 85 percent of the district's annual budget.

Great Falls Public Schools is sending 72 students to the 2026 MHSA All-State Music Festival. The students will travel to Bozeman for the festival Oct. 14-16, participating in all-state band, choir and ...

Ryan Nguyen formally entered a guilty plea during a Sept. 16 hearing before Judge John Parker. Nguyen appeared by Zoom for the hearing but must appear in person for sentencing, which Parker said may ...

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 ...

The River's Edge Trail will be closed temporarily from the caboose to Giant Springs Road while the Kings Bridge deck is replaced. The closure started Sept. 14 and will last until the project is ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city and Veolia North America are hosting another household hazardous waste collection event on Sept. 19. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., residents can bring in antifreeze, gasoline, lighter fluid, paint ...

The Montana Department of Transportation and Jeffery Contracting Inc. will close the Interstate 15 Spring Creek Interchange, Exit 219, from Sept. 14-16, weather and other unforeseen factors permitting ...

On Sept. 14, downtown storm drain improvement construction will shift. The eastern half of the 200 block of Central Avenue will close on Sept. 14 as Capcon Construction moves equipment for asphalt ...

Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet this week. Neighborhood Council 7 meets at 7 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Gibson Room upstairs at the Civic Center. Agenda items include a Calumet discussion from ...