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Everyone in Montana real estate knows what happened to Bozeman. What fewer people have tracked is what’s been happening in...
As Montana State University’s annual Celebrate Ag event approaches, the MSU College of Agriculture has named Cyndi Johnson, a wheat farmer from Conrad and president of the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, as the recipient of the university’s highest agricultural honor. Johnson is the 2026 recipient of the college’s...
For more than 20 years, a Great Falls-based agricultural equipment company has been giving every first grader in the Great Falls District and the surrounding area a free pumpkin.
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You might recognize his name from Malmstrom. Now he's helping lead operations at one of Great Falls' biggest business projects.
A familiar face in the community will help lead Janicki Industries Montana campus. Daniel Voorhies is stepping into the role as construction progresses and the company works to expand its presence in Montana
GREAT FALLS—Janicki Industries has named retired Air Force Col. Daniel J. Voorhies senior director of operations for its new Great Falls manufacturing campus as the aerospace and defense company prepares to expand production in Montana. Voorhies retired earlier this year after 25 years in the U.S. Air Force. He...
NorthWestern Energy has two projects the public should be aware of. NorthWestern Energy will be purging natural gas from a pipeline in the 900 block of 9th Street between 2nd Avenue North and 4th Avenue South on Oct. 14. As part of the planned work, natural gas will be safely...
Grocery inflation may be slowing, but many shoppers say they still feel the strain every time they head to the checkout line.
Have you ever had a moment where you reach for the light switch or plug something into the wall and think to yourself "man, I'm sure glad I have electricity". Yeah, me either. But when you reach for it and there isn't a light, well, that changes quickly. Being without...
The city of Great Falls paused some funding programs that benefit the downtown area after seeing a sharp reduction in the taxable values in the district. 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 last year of Energy West and to that utility’s historic train depot building that had contributed millions to the downtown tax rolls.
Sign up for the free Great Falls This Week newsletter and stay in the loop on Great Falls city government, public school meetings, business news and upcoming entertainment and events. Good Monday morning. In this week’s newsletter, I try to explain a tax matter that impacts the city’s ability to...
When ice and snow brought down power lines around Great Falls last weekend, Northwestern Energy mobilized its four-stage restoration process to get heat and electricity back to homes.
