Editors note: This is the first of two profiles featuring candidates running for Mayor of Great Falls. I am currently serving my 9th year in City Government in Great Falls. I was a City Commissioner for three years and am now in my sixth year as Mayor. My professional career was in municipal finance. I…
Editors note: This is the fourth in our series of profiles featuring candidates running for the two open seats on the Great Falls City Commission. Recently retired as the CEO/dean of Great Falls College MSU, I came to Great Falls in 2012, continuing a career focused on education as a key driver for economic, workforce…
Editors note: This is the third in our series of profiles featuring candidates running for the two open seats on the Great Falls City Commission. My name is Josh Copeland, and I am running for Great Falls City Commission. I grew up on a small ranch in Arizona and joined the Air Force when I…
Editors note: This is the second in our series of profiles featuring candidates running for the two open seats on the Great Falls City Commission. My name is Paige Turoski, I am a wife, a stay-at-home mother of two, and a candidate for City Commissioner. I am a proud American and a firm supporter of…
Editors note: This is the first in our series of profiles featuring candidates running for the two open seats on the Great Falls City Commission. _______________________________________________________ Hello E-CITY BEAT Readers: I have been fortunate to call Great Falls my home for 40 years. Our community has excellent education opportunities, world class hunting and fishing, the…
Last month we sent the following email to the candidates who will be on the Great Falla municipal election ballot this November: Greetings once again, Great Falls city commission/mayor candidates. Due to the Cascade County Elections Office canceling a September primary election we are moving the deadline and scheduled publication dates for your candidate profiles…
Montanans Opposing Big Sky Country National Heritage Area have paid for three billboards which are now up at highway entrances to the Great Falls community. The purpose of the billboards is to help spread awareness of the proposed Big Sky Country National Heritage Area designation. The proposed National Heritage Area designation would affect all of…
Editors note: The following email was sent by Montanans Opposing Big Sky Country National Heritage Area leader Rae Grulkowski to all five Great Falls City Commissioners and to E-City Beat on Wednesday. Mr. Mayor and Commissioners: Regarding your discussion at the end of meeting of August 3, stating the only reason Montanans oppose a National…
Editor’s note: E-City Beat respects this writer’s request for anonymity, for obvious reasons. We would like to also mention the upcoming appointment of a GFPS School Board member. The GFPS Selection Committee will conduct an interview for the two applicants from 2-4 PM on July 16 at the district office. The interview session is open…
In Geneva this week, Hunter Biden’s dad grew incredibly angry — at a State TV CNN reporter, incredibly. Following the summit with Vladimir Putin, CNN’s Kaitlin Collins asked Biden why he was “confident” that Putin would, after meeting with Biden, suddenly change his behavior. The president lost it, which you can see here (it’s an…