Great Falls

Suspicious Great Falls Death, Former MT Governor Dies, And More

Posted on October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 by ECB Staff

Our regular feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Former Montana Governor Schwinden passes away, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-10-10/ted-schwinden-former-montana-governor-dies-at-98 Recent rash of Great Falls fires, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/gffr-releases-details-about-three-recent-fires Suspicious death in Great Falls, from ABC/FOX NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/great-falls-police-investigate-suspicious-death-saturday/article_0bdcec3c-66e3-11ee-99ba-6f07ef5c605a.html

Columbus Day Is Here To Stay, And So Is E-City Beat✓

Posted on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 by Philip M. Faccenda

Editors note – Today, October 9, 2023 is Columbus Day. Here is a re-post of a piece I wrote last year which contains my commentary on Columbus Day from 2021. E-City Beat✓ will neither cease nor desist from exercising our First Amendment rights no matter how hard the clowns at WTF406 (Democrat Jasmine Taylor and…

GF Dem Drops Out Of Race, Citing ‘Authoritarian Bigots’ And State Dem Party Leadership

Posted on September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 by ECB Staff

Great Falls Democrat Barbara Bessette recently posted on her Twitter page that she was dropping out of the 2024 race for state legislature in HD 20, a seat she previously held, losing reelection in 2020 then failing to win back the seat again in 2022. Here are some excerpts from Bessette’s full statement which can…

Great Falls Mayoral Candidates Political Party Affiliations

Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 by ECB Staff

A question that is frequently asked of local candidates running for non-partisan seats for mayor and city commission is, “What political party do you belong to?”. Party designation is not required for commission/mayor candidates and there will be no ‘D’ or ‘R’ by their names on the upcoming November ballot. Nevertheless, many voters consider party…

National Website Slams GF Crime Rate, New Traffic Measures On Westside, Local Woman Stealing Mail

Posted on August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 by ECB Staff

Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. New traffic control in Northwest Great Falls, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/traffic-change-on-16th-avenue-nw-in-great-falls National website says Great Falls crime rate “…42% higher than the national average…Violent crime 25% higher than the national average”, from KMON:Any Surprise This Montana City Is…

Great Falls Homeless Camp Garbage Dump

Posted on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by Rick Tryon

On Sunday I received the following message and picture from a Great Falls resident: “Hey Rick we went to watch 50 Watt Sun (at the Beacon) last night and under the train bridge this is what we saw! Who need to clean this mess up? I hate that this is happening in the city I…

City Property Tax Increase By $2.63 Per Month For $300,000 Home

Posted on July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 by Rick Tryon

Last week the Great Falls City Commission voted 4-0 (Mayor Kelly was not present) to accept the City Manager’s FY24 budget which includes adopting the proposed total allowable property tax increase of 4.38%. The approved proposal includes the 1.92% permissive medical levy and the 2.46% inflationary factor increases. Those increases would equate to the following…

Great Falls In Top 3 MT Cities For Fentanyl Trafficking According To U.S. Attorney

Posted on July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 by ECB Staff

From KTVQ in Billings last week: “Billings, Helena and Great Falls are top hotspots for drug trafficking of fentanyl, while Missoula falls in fourth, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana Jesse Laslovich said Monday at a public forum.”U.S. Attorney: Billings, Helena, Great Falls top cities for fentanyl (ktvq.com) Great Falls appears to be the…

Who Likes Paying Taxes? Raise Your Hand.

Posted on July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 by Rick Tryon

No one likes paying taxes. I certainly don’t. I don’t like handing over my hard earned money to pay for billions in foreign aid to countries that hate us and billions and billions for wars in which we have no business. I especially don’t like handing over my hard earned money to pay debt service…

Raided Gun Shop Holds Rally Saturday

Posted on June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 by ECB Staff

Highwood Creek Outfitters is hosting a rally to show support for Second Amendment rights this Saturday, July 1st at 10:00 AM. The gun shop has attracted a lot of local and even national news coverage over the past week or so due to a warrant served and store records confiscated by armed IRS/ATF agents in…