Opinion by Jeni Dodd A policy change enacted last fall at the Great Falls Public Library thathas implications for the parental rights of minor library patrons seems tohave flown under the radar for many Great Falls parents. The library evidently had a policy in place until September 2022 thatthose under the age of 18 required…
Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. Livingston District Court Judge Brenda Gilbert appoints monitor for Great Falls library levy election, from The Electric:Court appoints monitor for June 6 library levy election | The Electric (theelectricgf.com) Great Falls drug dealer gets 5 years…
Great Falls City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Joe McKenney posted a video on Facebook over the weekend showing homeless camp next to a large mound of garbage under the Sun River bridge in Great Falls. The situation was brought to the attention of the Great Falls city commission at their May 2 work session by…
The Election Protection Committee, headed up by former Cascade CountyCommissioner Jane Weber and Pete Fontana, brother to former Cascade CountyClerk and Recorder Rina Fontana-Moore, has created a media maelstrom over theirclaims against the Cascade County Elections Office. The office is currently run byrepublican Sandra Merchant who took over this year after winning againstFontana-Moore in the…
There has been a near frantic effort in Great Falls by a small group of locals to not only delegitimatize the upcoming Great Falls Public Library mil levy election but to smear the duly elected Cascade County Elections administrator, Sandra Merchant. There are a few facts which some local media outlets don’t seem to be…
Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting local and national news items from various sources. A deceased 29 year old man found outside in downtown Great Falls, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/mans-body-found-in-downtown-great-falls Man arrested for Great Falls stabbing last week, from FOX NonStop Local:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/man-in-stable-condition-after-stabbing-wednesday-night-in-great-falls/article_dc325e0c-e53e-11ed-8a2b-f3072cfe9c91.html Great Falls Public Library threatens to take legal action against…
Sheriff Jesse Slaughter released a video statement concerning a ‘shots fired’ incident and arrest in Belt at approximately 12:30 PM Thursday. You can view the video statement here.
Breaking news from Montana Talks and Aaron Flint. “In the order by District Judge Mike Menahan, the judge shot down several claims made by Zephyr and the ACLU: Plaintiffs have asked this Court to issue injunctions prohibiting Defendants from enforcing their censure of Rep. Zephyr and from refusing to recognize her on the House floor….
After a failed attempt by Cascade County Democrat officials, Jasmine Taylor (former/current precinct chair) and Helena Lovick (Vice Chair of the Cascade County Democratic Central Committee) to silence free speech in Great Falls, a local group opposed to the upcoming mil levy for the Great Falls Public Library, ‘Liberty and Values MT’, successfully amended their…
The cover photo for this post was sent to E-City Beat earlier today. As of this afternoon the ‘Liberty & Values MT’ group responsible for the Great Falls billboard was not found on the campaign electronic reporting search page. ‘Vote Yes For Libraries’, a Great Falls ballot issue committee campaigning in favor of a Great…