E-City Beat recently received a photo of Great Falls Mayor candidate Jasmine Taylor holding a half-full weed pipe and lighter – apparently this photo has been making the rounds on social media. That Taylor is a weed user is not too surprising, recreational marijuana use is legal and there are adults in Great Falls who…
It’s no longer surprising to anyone in Great Falls, or America, how far the ‘progressive left’ has devolved into hatred and vile political speech which, as we have all seen recently, incites violence. And it’s especially sad and disappointing to see what the once commonsense, working class local Democrat party has become. I’m talking about…
They say all politics is local, which may not be entirely true because national politics certainly impacts those of us who live in Montana, but when national politics becomes so hateful in local people it becomes more painful and disturbing, because those people commenting on national issues are those we live with and work with…
As I was reading through the meeting minutes from various City of Great Falls advisory and governing boards, I noticed that at its Tuesday, July 22, 2025, meeting, the Great Falls Public Library Board of Trustees voted 4–1 to give Library Director Susie McIntyre a salary raise of $11,809. This action was taken after Ms….
A Great Falls commission/mayor forum hosted by the Great Falls Association of Realtors was attended by all of the candidates – except mayoral hopeful Jasmine Taylor. She claims that she had no clue there was a forum scheduled and never received the email notice because it was sent to the wrong email address. It’s unfortunate…
Great Falls community pools will only remain open through August 17 due to lifeguard shortage, from KRTV.https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/great-falls-pools-are-closing-early-this-season Great Falls city commission votes 4-1 to send fireworks restrictions inside city limits ordinance to the November ballot, from The Electric.https://theelectricgf.com/2025/08/05/city-commission-sends-fireworks-to-november-ballot/ Intensive manhunt for Anaconda murder suspect, Michael Brown, continues as of this writing. From MTPR.https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-08-05/three-dozen-law-enforcement-agencies-search-for-anaconda-murder-suspect
Great Falls mayoral candidate Jasmine Taylor continues her run of wackiness and dumbness in a recent video posted on her candidate Facebook page. Taylor’s economic philosophy in her own words, repeated at least 3 times in the minute-and-a-half video: “Seize the means of production.” The phrase “seize the means of production” originates from Marxist theory,…
In response to a piece published in E-City Beat last month detailing her many calls to defund the police, Great Falls mayoral candidate Jasmine Taylor posted a video on her candidate Facebook page claiming she was only doing what Black Lives Matter told her to do. Here’s what Taylor said in her video about our…
Independence Day in the United States, commonly known as the Fourth of July, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. On that day, the thirteen American colonies formally declared their independence from Great Britain, marking the birth of the United States of America. Colonial Tensions with Britain Move Toward Independence…
A Great Falls woman, Whisper Rayne Hawkbear, admitted killing her two-month old baby, from KRTV: https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/woman-sentenced-for-killing-her-baby-in-great-falls Governor Gianforte signs $16 billion state budget, from MTPR: https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-06-24/gov-gianforte-signs-two-year-state-budget Rural development summit at Mansfield Center in Great Falls this week, from NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/innovative-rural-development-summit-set-for-great-falls/article_19f5a658-3da6-424b-9d5e-6ceff1f92418.html