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Jenn Rowell is founder and editor of local news organization The Electric in Great Falls, focusing on local government, military and economic development. She has previously worked for newspapers in Montana, Alabama and Virginia.

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Marijuana Leaf
Posted inBusiness

Great Falls’ dispensary owners challenge city’s prohibition of marijuana sales

Avatar photo by Jenn Rowell 06.28.202212.20.2022

The city enacted the prohibition of marijuana, both medical and recreational, in 2010, and the rule has not been challenged since, including in the years that medical marijuana was legalized in Montana and Cascade County, but not within the city limits.

Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test
Posted inMilitary

Air Force unfazed by Russian saber-rattling

Avatar photo by Jenn Rowell 03.11.202203.24.2022
Posted inCoronavirus, News, Public Health

Coronavirus report: Great Falls

Avatar photo by Jenn Rowell 03.14.202005.12.2020
Posted inEnergy, Environment, News, State Government

Federal judge in Great Falls hears Keystone XL arguments

Avatar photo by Jenn Rowell 09.13.201905.12.2020
Posted inCampaign Spending, News, Politics, State Government

Federal judge hears arguments in Bullock’s donor identification lawsuit against IRS

Avatar photo by Jenn Rowell 06.05.201905.12.2020

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