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…
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…
Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Monica Tranel wants to ‘run it back’ vs. Rep. Zinke, from Montana Public Radio:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-07-10/monica-tranel-joins-montanas-western-district-congressional-race Montana Department of Revenue holds public meetings on property valuations, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/neighborhood-news/great-falls-cascade-county/great-falls-forum-provides-information-about-spike-in-property-valuations Man charged in recent standoff with GFPD, from Local ABC…
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…
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…
Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Great Falls officials suspect arson in house fire, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/gffr-house-fire-in-great-falls-was-intentionally-set Tim Sheehy enters Montana Senate race, from the Washington Post:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/27/tim-sheehy-montana-senate-tester/ Homeless Man Murdered, from the Flathead Beacon:https://flatheadbeacon.com/2023/06/27/kalispell-teen-charged-in-homeless-mans-murder-as-nonprofit-leaders-urge-compassion/
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There have been a number of questions from the community about the IRS/ATF raid on a Great Falls gun store. In response, here is some further information concerning the involvement of the Great Falls Police Department in that event. First here is a a screenshot of the email that city commissioners received from GFPD Captain…
Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. “I would say that election day ran smoothly with some minor office adjustments that could be taken under advisement,” Election Monitor Lynn DeRoche said in her final review submitted to District Court. – From the Great…
Editors note: the opinions expressed in “Letters to the Editor” do not necessarily reflect the opinions of E-City Beat, our volunteer staff, or contributors. All letters to the editor are welcome and will be considered for publication. Please include your name and city of residence to ectitybeat@straymoose.com. In regards to all the levies that have been…