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Transgender Bathroom Bill, Great Falls Attempted Murder, And More

Posted on January 16, 2025 by ECB Staff

Montana House of Representatives passes bill aimed at protecting women’s privacy and safety, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-01-16/house-republicans-approve-transgender-bathroom-bill Mitchell Development & Investments plans $500-$700 million development on Great Falls East end, from ABC/FOX NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/great-falls-sees-new-developments-and-business-openings/article_3c397aa0-d2c9-11ef-bdf3-7774efe74165.html David Martel charged with attempted homicide in Great Falls shooting, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/great-falls-shooting-suspect-due-in-court-on-wednesday-afternoon

Preserve Your Holiday Memories Digitally

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by ECB Staff

Isn’t it time to preserve those treasured family video and audio memories you have on old formats like 16mm, cassette, and VHS by transferring them to modern digital formats like DVD, CD, and thumb drives? Stray Moose Productions is a local one-stop audio-visual production, duplicating and transfer specialist. “Why send your memories out of town…

State Legislature Convenes, GF Tattoo Scam Accusation, And More

Posted on January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 by ECB Staff

The 69th Montana State Legislature is now underway in Helena, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-01-07/new-lawmakers-are-sworn-in-as-legislative-session-begins Great Falls tattoo shop, Level Up Tattoo, is accused of ripping off clients, from ABC/FOX NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/victim-shares-their-story-about-great-falls-tattoo-shop-accused-of-scamming-customers/article_7b511868-ced9-11ef-82e2-ef87e9645296.html Judge-Elect Cotter resigns to face felony cocaine charges, from Montana Free Press:

Changes And Upgrades For Great Falls

Posted on January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 by Rick Tryon

As we move into 2025 I want to take the opportunity to highlight a few of the changes, improvements, and opportunities coming to Great Falls in the coming year and on the near horizon. Thanks in large part to COVID relief and ARPA funding, both of which were one-time funding sources, the City of Great…

Is OpenAI A Liberal?

Posted on December 23, 2024December 23, 2024 by Rick Tryon

I saw an interesting comment on ‘X’ recently referring back to a 2023 article in Forbes citing research showing that ChatGPT has a left leaning bias. I use ChatGPT sometimes but never really paid much attention to its political/ideological tilt, but I think the following personal example of how AI can be skewed to one…

Climate Alarmists Affirmed, Great Falls Fentanyl Bust, And Happy Hanukkah

Posted on December 19, 2024 by ECB Staff

Great Falls Jewish community getting set for Hanukkah, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/preparing-to-celebrate-hanukkah-in-great-falls Montana Supreme Court legally affirms climate alarmist action, from MTPRhttps://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-12-18/montana-supreme-court-backs-youth-plaintiffs-in-groundbreaking-climate-trial Major fentanyl bust in Great Falls, Operation Tacoma Sunrise, from NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/authorities-dismantle-major-fentanyl-trafficking-ring-in-great-falls/article_cb13ef0e-bcca-11ef-999a-67136444ff48.html

Local Landfill Is Searched For Remains, Shelter In Place For GF Schools, And More

Posted on December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 by ECB Staff

Authorities search a landfill near Great Falls for missing woman’s remains, from NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/authorities-search-cascade-county-landfill-for-missing-womans-remains/article_73e661aa-b287-11ef-aeb9-6b501c40aa41.html Due to potential threat Great Falls Public Schools ordered to shelter in place Thursday morning, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/great-falls-one-of-several-montana-communities-hit-by-hoax-school-threat GFPL board okays new library management agreement, from The Electric:https://theelectricgf.com/2024/11/27/library-board-approves-new-management-agreement-with-city/

Gov. Gianforte Is New Vice Chair, Electricity Rates Lowered, And More

Posted on November 27, 2024November 27, 2024 by ECB Staff

Montana’s Governor Greg Gianforte is new vice chair of the national Republican Governors Association, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-11-25/briefs-gianforte-appointment-republicans-back-trump-nominees Montana Public Service Commission lowers electricity rates, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/psc-votes-to-lower-northwestern-energys-electricity-rates Chronic wasting disease detected in deer near Great Falls, from ABC/FOX NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/cwd-detected-in-mule-deer-north-of-great-falls-for-first-time/article_6099b438-a901-11ef-8972-27745bbf9c99.html

GFPD Public Safety Update: “…¼ pound of fentanyl powder, 37,370 fentanyl pills” Seized

Posted on November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 by ECB Staff

Editors note: following is the text of a Great Falls public safety update given by GFPD Chief Newton at Tuesday night’s Great Falls city Commission meeting, 11/19/2024 During fall of 2023, the voters of Great Falls chose not to approve the Public Safety Mill levy and bond request. Since then, the members of the Great…

Will Great Falls Dems Learn Or Continue To Lose?

Posted on November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 by Rick Tryon

On October 10th I posted my predications for Election Day 2024 on my personal Facebook page, which you can read here. Here is a summary of those predictions with some added after-the-fact comments: “Montana remains ruby red with all statewide offices being won by the GOP, including Gianforte winning by a lot over Busse.” Both…