Editor’s note: E-City Beat continues our series on local NPOs, and here we start with some publicly available financial information on a local NPO, Great Falls Development Alliance. Sources include https://www.propublica.org/ and https://www.causeiq.com/. ECB will be regularly publishing similar information on such organizations, large and small, in the interest of public transparency. Great Falls Development…
This is the first in an E-City Beat series on local NPOs. We start with a comparison of the seven most populous Montana counties, ranked by nonprofit‑to‑population ratio, using the following sourced data. Nonprofit Density in Montana’s 7 Most Populous Counties Ranked by NPOs per 1,000 residents 1. Cascade County 2. Yellowstone County 3. Gallatin…
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM earthquake shakes, rattles, and rolls Great Falls, MT area.
As a member of the Growth Policy Steering Committee, I’m pleased to announce the release of the first draft of the new Great Falls Growth Policy. You can find it here and offer your own comments and input in this user friendly, searchable format which allows you to go directly to the parts of the…
Editors note: The ‘bootlicking’ image used here is a screenshot from a video Taylor posted on one of her public Facebook pages in which she attempts to smear Great Falls city commissioner Rick Tryon as a Nazi/racist/fascist. The image is not manipulated or PhotoShopped in any way as Taylor has previously tried to imply. As…
I have been asked several times recently about the new Great Falls fireworks restriction ordinance that voters will be voting on in this municipal election. If a majority votes ‘YES’, then the new restrictions would mean, basically, that “…fireworks designed to leave the ground, such as rockets,shells, cakes, missiles, and roman candles; and 2) fireworksdesigned…
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….