During their Feb. 24 meeting the Great Falls Public School board voted unanimously to approve the reduction in force process should it become necessary. The board budget committee meets in March to ...

Sharing sexually explicit deepfakes created by artificial intelligence could become a crime if a bill in the Montana Senate passes, an effort the bill’s sponsor says was spurred by an increasing trend ...

An effort to protect Montana agriculture from pesticide lawsuits passed the House Agriculture Committee on Feb. 26. House Bil 522 would shield manufacturers, marketers, dealers, distributors, ...

Looking for a different way to share the fiber arts, Candice English, owner of Farmer's Daughter Fibers, launched the Craft Collective. They'd been offering knit nights for a long time, but English ...

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. County ...

The city is seeking public participation in a survey of community needs as staff completes the five-year consolidated plan for its Community Development Block Grant program. [Take the survey here] ...

Montana’s minimum wage could be increased to $12.06 an hour if a bill introduced to the House passes. Rep. Kelly Kortum, D-Bozeman, introduced House Bill 484 to the House Business and Labor Committee ...

Enjoy the warmer weather Great Falls, here’s this week’s reading list.

There's been some chatter on social media recently about the legality of chickens in the city limits and whether that should be changed. This comes up every other year or so, so The Electric is ...

The Electric HELENA — Montana towns and cities could have the option of a local, tourism-economy-based sales tax if a bill in the Legislature can gain traction. It’s a different and at times unpopular ...

Joann is closing all stores, including the Great Falls location, as part of its bankruptcy. The company announced Feb. 23 that GA Group was selected as the winning bidder to acquire substantially all ...