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  • MIOSM Dinner Concert

    Cascade Public School|Feb 23, 2023

    March is almost here and you all know what that means? It's time for the annual Music In Our Schools Month Concert and Turkey Dinner presented by the Cascade Music Department! The concert and turkey dinner will be Thursday, March 2, 2023. The concert, involving the music students in grades 5-12, will be at 7:00 pm in the north gym. The annual turkey dinner will be held in the school cafeteria from 5:00 - 6:30 pm. The dinner will be cooked by Angela Johnson and her crew and you won't want to... Full story

  • Lady Badgers Battle For The Championship

    Feb 23, 2023

    The Championship Battle for the girls 10C District Basketball crown was literally that, a Battle! If you think the boys played rough, you should have been at the girls championship match. Girl teams don't reach this level by playing "lady-like". And both, the Lady Badgers and the Lady Tigers deserved to be in that final match, as evidenced by the intensity with which both teams played. Girls were literally being knocked down hard all throughout the game, only to "suck it up", pick themselves up...

  • Great Falls Public Library Mill Levy Vote at City Commission Meeting

    Feb 23, 2023

    On Tuesday evening, the City Commission is expected to place a Great Falls Public Library Mill Levy before the City of Great Falls voters in June 2023. The Vote Yes for Libraries Committee and supporters will be available for interviews before and after the City Commission meeting. When: Tuesday, February 21st Time: 7 pm Where: Civic Center Commission Chambers, 2 Park Drive S, Great Falls, MT About the Great Falls Library Mill Levy After extensive research and consideration, the Great Falls Publ...

  • On to Divisionals!

    Ray Castellanos|Feb 23, 2023

    It was a thrilling finish to the semifinal game against the Simms Tigers at the 2023 10C District Basketball Tournament at CMR High School Thursday night! Trailing at the half by a score of 34-23, the Badgers could not seem to put their game plan together as they were missing their shots and victims of steals by an on-fire Tigers team. But during the halftime break, Coach Moore must have worked his magic, because it was a different team that came out for the third quarter. The Badgers came back...

  • Invention of the Holter Heart Monitor and Remembering Bill Glasscock

    Feb 23, 2023

    Jeff Holter established the Holter Research Laboratory in Helena in 1948 and developed the Holter Heart Monitor through the 1950s. It is now used worldwide to detect cardiac problems. What is not widely appreciated is that the work could not have proceeded without the electronics expertise of Holter's co-inventor Bill Glasscock. Dr Liz Gundersen, retired Helena pediatrician, will share the research she conducted in the MTHS archives and photograph collections on the Holter Lab and both Holter...

  • VICTOR TO HOST INTERNATIONAL FLY FISHING FILM FESTIVAL

    Feb 23, 2023

    VICTOR, MT – The 2023 International Fly Fishing Film Festival is coming to Victor on Feb. 24 featuring 10 short and feature-length films. The two hour presentation, screening at Mary Stuart Rogers Performing Arts Center at Victor Schools, 425 4th Ave., will showcase fly fishing films from all corners of the globe. The film presentation is at 7; theatre doors open at 6:30 p.m. General admission is $15. The event is hosted by the Bitter Root Water Forum. Each $20 raffle ticket purchased will p...

  • Upcoming Trainings: Business Startup, Remote Work, Skill Building and more!

    Great Falls Economic Development|Feb 23, 2023

    Business Pitch is a fun, informal way to share your business or project idea. Learn about valuable tools and resources to bring your business idea to life including: How to refine your business plan; Get feedback by others taking the same journey; Learn steps to take your business idea to the next level! Contact Tony with questions at (406) 750- 2099....

  • Celtic Crusade Wine and Tapas Dinner, March 2

    Feb 23, 2023

    Join us March 2nd at 6:30 PM for a Celtic Crusade, an evening tour through France and Italy with 6 courses of Mediterranean tapas-style wine pairings. Only 25 seats available. (What we don't pour will be sold that night...They'll make great cellar builders!) Six Wines, seven tapas. Tapas Menu 1. Arancini de Mozzarella - Sicilian street food - Fried risotto and Mozzarella balls with roasted tomato compote 2. Tenderloin Carpaccio - Locally raised beef seared and shaved thin, arugula and crostini...

  • Hunting for all mountain lions to close in Lion Management Unit 130

    Montana FWP|Feb 23, 2023

    Hunting for all mountain lions to close in Lion Management Unit 130 HELENA – By order of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission, the hunting of all mountain lions will close in Lion Management Unit (LMU) 130, except for Limited Special License holders, one-half hour after sunset today, Monday, Feb. 27. The mountain lion quota in this LMU has been met. For more information, visit FWP’s website at fwp.mt.gov/hunt/by-species to check the current quota status. -fwp-...

  • FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE: 2/27/2023

    Cascade County Sheriff|Feb 23, 2023

    On 2/16/2023, at approximately 0804 hours, CCSO Deputies, Emergency Services from Great Falls, and Volunteer EMS Units were dispatched to 100 Truman Avenue (Sun Prairie) for a reported injury crash involving a vehicle hitting a pedestrian. The female victim pedestrian, identified as Marjorie Thomas (86 YOA of Sun Prairie MT), was declared deceased. The crash investigation is being conducted by the Montana Highway Patrol. Cause of Death was determined to be Blunt Force Trauma, with a manner of...

  • Commission approves fishing regulation change for paddlefish in the lower Yellowstone River

    Montana FWP|Feb 23, 2023

    New regulation prohibits snagging in the intake fish bypass channel HELENA – During its meeting on Feb. 22, the Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted a new regulation that prohibits snagging of paddlefish within the intake fish bypass channel on the Yellowstone River. The intake fish bypass channel is part of a Yellowstone River intake diversion dam project. The project’s objectives are to improve upstream and downstream fish passage for pallid sturgeon and other native species, including pad...