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What to know about the Malmstrom Air Force Base shooting
One person is dead and another is in custody following a shooting at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls last weekend.
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Yellowstone County voters shoot down jail expansion by resounding margin
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Benefis to close clinic in Great Falls, end behavioral health services
University of Providence in Great Falls to close at end of school year
Warrant issued for Great Falls gun shop owner whose raid by the IRS drew national attention
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Five races to watch in Lewis and Clark County
Accessibility improvements in the works for Montana’s new executive residence, state says
What to know about the Montana Capitol’s major makeover
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Missoula County to prohibit sale of kratom in retail food businesses
Four races to watch in Missoula County
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Judge gives state green light to start work on Laurel psychiatric facility
The facility is a key part of the state’s plan to address a backlog at the state hospital and in county jails, where current psychiatric resources can’t meet demand. The proposed facility would serve only people involved in the criminal system, including those awaiting trial.
On the Record: Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter
Slaughter talks about the jail’s revenue model, shares his views on immigration enforcement and describes the limits he places on a school resource officer program that he has advocated for in Great Falls and around Cascade County.
Yellowstone County Attorney Twito resigns, tapped to lead U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana
Longtime Yellowstone County Attorney Scott Twito is stepping down to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana.
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Zolnikov called it “absurd” that some Republicans are supporting Tidswell, a write-in candidate, instead of himself, the Republican nominee. He said it boiled down to his own opposition to certain Republican candidates earlier this year. “Because they have been involved in progressive dollars and supporting primary people against known Republicans,” Zolnikov said. “And I called them out for it. I said Republicans don’t use Democrat dollars.”
Montana lawmakers allege disability discrimination in fight over psychiatric facility
An attorney for the city of Laurel received a draft copy of the letter about an hour and a half before the meeting last week, the city’s mayor said. He and others with the city watched the hearing and sent a five-page response the next day asking the committee to reconsider and to review a packet of city engineering, water study and other records “before making any further finding regarding the City’s motives or legal obligations.”
Great Falls’ downtown revitalization fund losing money with change in property values
It’s not that property values are dropping at an alarming rate across downtown. Rather, the change is largely attributed to NorthWestern Energy’s acquisition of Energy West and to the utility’s historic train depot building that had contributed millions to the downtown tax rolls.
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