Today E-City Beat sent an email to the three GFPS School Board candidates requesting a candidate profile and their reasons for seeking the position of School Board Trustee. We will publish their responses without edits or editorial comment towards the end of April. The three candidates vying for one open seat are Rodney Meyers, Marlee…
Our regular feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Three Great Falls Libertarian state House candidates, Rosales, Leatherbarrow, Sui, disqualified from ballot, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-03-21/12-candidates-disqualified-from-montanas-primary-election-ballot Woman dies from injuries after being hit by car in Great Falls, from ABC/FOX NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/pedestrian-dies-after-hit-by-car-on-10th-ave-s-in-great-falls/article_4279db12-e558-11ee-91fb-6b4cdcd2535a.html Cops nab juvenile suspect, from…
Editors note: the following is a press release sent to E-City Beat from the Cascade County Libertarian Party. Stay tuned to E-City Beat as we begin our coverage of local candidates on the 2024 primary and general election ballots. Four Libertarians File for Office to Represent >50% of Cascade County in State Legislature GREAT FALLS,…
Here’s a excerpt from the article written by Daily Montanan reporter Nicole Girten and posted last week. “Plaintiffs in a case against the Cascade County Elections Office over its handling of a May 2023 election alleged the office knowingly went against state statute – and fault included ousted Clerk and Recorder Rina Moore’s former staff….
Our regular feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. CCSO Deputy wounded, man killed in shoot out west of Great Falls, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/neighborhood-news/great-falls-cascade-county/man-dead-after-shooting-a-cascade-county-sheriffs-deputy Gianforte 52%, Busse 30%, from KULR8:Recent Montana poll shows Gianforte leads Busse in race for Governor | Hometown Election HQ | kulr8.com…
E-City Beat has confirmed that the two largest contributions to the ‘Vote YES for Libraries’ committee, which advocated in favor of the Great Falls Public Library levy in 2023, appear to have come in equal amounts from the spouses/partners of Susan McIntyre, the Library Director, and Whitney Olson, the Chair of the library board. According…
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Our regular feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Gianforte to run for reelection, from MTN News:Gianforte announces run for second term as Montana governor (ktvh.com) School bomb threats across Montana, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/bomb-threats-received-at-many-montana-schools Great Falls Fire Rescue responds in brutal cold, from ABC/FOX Non-Stop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/news/gffr-steps-up-for-the-community-in-the-face-of-arctic-cold-front/article_c3c39998-b4b5-11ee-b615-d7d49b8d4a1e.html
Our regular feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Bomb threat at Cascade County Courthouse, from the Great Falls Tribune:https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2024/01/04/bomb-threat-at-cascade-county-courthouse-in-great-falls/72107533007/ Gallatin County District Court Judge Mike Salvagni issues temporary halt to two zoning bills, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-01-04/new-housing-density-laws-blocked-pending-court-challenge Emergency crews respond to fire in Great Falls Fox…
Editor’s note: as is the case with our ‘letters to the editor’, the following editorial content by Commissioner Grulkowski doesn’t necessarily reflect the views or opinions of E-City Beat, our volunteer staff, or contributors. As we move into a New Year in Cascade County, I will take an opportunity to reflect on 2023, a year…