Today E-City Beat is introducing a new weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting news items about our state ad community from area news sources. 68th Session of the Montana Legislature kicks off in Helena, from MTPR Montana Legislature convenes Jan. 2 for the 2023 session | Montana Public Radio (mtpr.org)…
Preserve Your Holiday Family Memories With A Local Company
Isn’t it time to preserve those treasured family video and audio memories you have on old formats like 16mm, cassette, and VHS by transferring them to modern digital formats like DVD, CD, and thumb drives? Stray Moose Productions is a local one-stop audio-visual production, duplicating and transfer specialist. “Why send your memories out of town…
Great Falls Dem, Jasmine Taylor, Reported For Hateful Online Behavior
Cascade County Democratic Central Committee official Jasmine Taylor (representative for precinct 22A) was reported and apparently suspended from Twitter for violating their hateful conduct rule. E-City Beat received an email with the following message and screenshot: “Have had the misfortune to encounter a hateful and disgusting person on Twitter: Jasmine Taylor from Great Falls. I…
Great Falls Welcomes New American Citizens
On Thursday, December 15 I had the honor and privilege to represent the City of Great Falls and the citizens of Great Falls in welcoming 21 newly minted American citizens to our country, state, and community. The naturalization swearing-in and ceremony was held at the federal courthouse here in Great Falls with the Honorable Brian…
Debunking The Bunk: No, GF Taxes Aren’t Going Up 191%
This is the first in what will be a regular column on E-City Beat in which I will attempt to debunk some of the rumors, urban myths, misinformation, and flat-out bunk making the rounds in Great Falls on social media, information/news outlets, and ‘word on the street’. We’ll start with the recent local rumor that…
Marijuana Tax Revenue For Great Falls – Commissioner Rick Tryon
On Election Day a few weeks ago Cascade County voters voted to approve a 3% local option tax on recreational adult use marijuana sales countywide. On the same ballot, Great Falls voters approved commercial marijuana activities, weed shops etc., within Great Falls city limits. In light of those decisions by local voters I will be…
Cascade County Dems Crushed Again
On Election Day in November of 2020 Cascade County Republican candidates for the state legislature defeated every one of their Democrat opponents on the ballot, including several incumbent legislators. It was an unprecedented red wave in Great Falls/Cascade County. This year it was even worse for local Dems. It was a red tsunami. Democrats lost…
Holiday Gift Idea – Family VHS Videos On DVD
With Christmas right around the corner why not give the gift of treasured family memories on video transferred from old 16mm or VHS to DVD? Stray Moose Productions is a local one-stop audio-visual production, duplicating and transfer specialist. “Why send your memories out of town when we can do it all right here in the…
Great Falls Listed In Top 4 Cities In MT To Move To
This week I read an article titled “WHY IN THE FUNK DOES GREAT FALLS GET DISSED SO MUCH” posted on KMON’s website and written by Tammie Toren, a KMON DJ. While I agree with Tammie that my hometown Great Falls is an awesome and wonderful place to live I have to scratch my head a…
Trick Or Treat: 15 Fentanyl Deaths In Great Falls In 2022
Heads up, Great Falls, Halloween is this coming Monday. ‘Candy’ that looks like Skittles or Sweet Tarts could actually contain fentanyl. If you think this poison, or other harmful stuff, could never get into YOUR kids’ trick or treat candy you’re whistling past the graveyard. At our 10/18/22 regular meeting the Great Falls City Commission…