This week's wrap up of local news from the last week. As a reminder, you can sign up for The Electric's email newsletter to get the headlines delivered to your inbox at 4 a.m. just about daily.

Jeremy Carpenter entered a guilty plea as part of a plea agreement on Jan. 29 to a felony count of vehicular homicide. On July 11, 2024, Carpenter was driving the wrong way on Interstate 15, traveling ...

Cascade County Commissioners approved three contracts during their Jan. 28 meeting for the booking area remodel at the Cascade County Adult Detention Center. Commissioners had previously set aside ...

Great Falls Public Schools is projecting budget shortfalls for the coming years and looking for options. The district is trying a consensus building process that began in the fall and will continue ...

The Great Falls Public Schools board approved estimated permissive levies for the upcoming budget year. State law requires that school boards adopt a resolution whenever they intend to impose an ...

The city is in the process of updating its growth policy. An online survey is now available and the city is hosting in-person workshops this week. The survey takes about 15-20 minutes and asks ...

The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their Jan. 27 meeting to authorize the community-led fundraising effort to field high school baseball teams in 2026. n August, the school ...

The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously to advertise for bids for the partial roof replacement at Great Falls High. The project will be advertised this winter with a bid opening ...

Get Fit Great Falls, with the U.S. Forest Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and the City of Great Falls is hosting Winter Trails Day on Feb. 1 at Silver Crest Winter Recreation Area. The free ...

Worries about the malicious use of AI in government work have sparked the drafting of two bills at the Montana Legislature that aim to limit its use and promote transparency, but both quickly drew ...

Calumet Montana Refining and BNSF Railway approached the city in December about a proposal to expand the railroad from one to three tracks from Calumet to about the Stockman Bank area, at West Bank ...

Montana lawmakers now have three bills to debate that would either extend or shut down Medicaid expansion after hearing hours of testimony Wednesday evening from healthcare providers, hospitals, ...