The Augusta Breeze

02/20/2024

FINAL UPDATE 9:20AM - Officers have cleared the residence in question. Simultaneously, a person of interest was taken into custody at another location. Officers will remain on scene at 9th Ave S for a while longer, as they wrap up. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this early morning interruption.

UPDATE - Officers are still on scene working to secure a residence in the 1600 block of 9th Ave S. Community members may hear loud bangs as members of the HRU deploy distraction devices and other commonly used SWAT tactics or techniques.

POLICE ACTIVITY! Community members will see a large police presence, including members of our High Risk Unit, in the 1600 block of 9th Ave S.

They are responding to an incident that started at approximately 1am, at a separate location.

Please avoid the area, and follow instructions of emergency personnel at the scene. We will update this post as information is available. Cascade County Sheriff/Coroner's Office

11/07/2023

https://gfgazette.com/2023/11/planned-power-outage-for-north-of-augusta/

Sun River Electric will be having a planned power outage on Wednesday Nov 8th from 9am - 2pm."We're doing some power line work for the GID project," explained Scott from Sun River Electric. "We're having to just cut some wire over from existing line to another line, basically. Hopefully we can get t...

08/01/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/fwp-woman-killed-in-bear-encounter/

WEST YELLOWSTONE – A woman was killed in an encounter with a bear Saturday on the Buttermilk Trail near the town of West Yellowstone. About 8 a.m. Saturday, game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks were notified that a hiker had found a woman deceased on the trail, about 8

08/01/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/eighteen-individuals-arrested-in-bozeman-during-dci-human-trafficking-operation/

HELENA – Eighteen individuals were arrested in Bozeman over the weekend during a human trafficking operation conducted by the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and Bozeman Police Department, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. The individuals have ...

08/01/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/ups-teamsters-reach-labor-deal-to-avoid-strike/

UPS and Teamsters, the union representing approximately 340,000 UPS workers, have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor contract. This contract could potentially avoid a strike, which could have started as soon as next week. “Together we reached a win-win-win agreement on the issu...

08/01/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/latigo-lace-artist-showcase-charles-geary/

This issue’s artist is Charles Geary from Ovando, Montana. Charles is a blacksmith who really enjoys working with metal and stone. “My dad had a blacksmith shop and I started blacksmithing when I was 16. I did that for five years, then I went off to Walla Walla University

07/25/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/rocking-k9-companions/

Prairie Krause grew up on Meadows Ranch, outside of Choteau, MT. She learned early on the importance of border collies to their cattle operation. Prairie took her border collie, Mesa, to Bozeman in 2007 and they began puppy classes as soon as possible. Mesa and Prairie were educated in puppy

07/25/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/latigo-lace-artist-showcase-20/

This issue's artist is Vonnie Gardner. Vonnie was born and raised in Kalispell, and lives just outside of Kalispell in Creston, Montana. Vonnie is known for painted vases she did years ago which some of them can still be found today. These were glass vases that she painted the interior

07/25/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/great-falls-gazette/

Foxy's Publishing Co (Foxy's) is branching out once again. We are proud to announce we are starting a new paper for the Great Falls area called The Great Falls Gazette which will mean an even larger audience. Foxy's produces 2 newspapers, The Augusta Breeze and The Great Falls Gazette, which

07/25/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/fire-season/

Four new large fires were reported as of July 17th, one each in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon. Nationally, 24 large fires have burned 136,061 acres in seven states. Since January, 27,303 wildfires have burned 777,732 acres across the United States. These numbers are below the

07/20/2023

https://augustabreeze.com/24th-annual-sun-river-valley-fun-day/

Come out and enjoy the 24th Annual Sun River Valley Fun Day in Simms on August 12. On the docket is a fun run, breakfast, parade, vendors, food trucks, music, auction, co****le and horseshoe tournaments along with kid friendly activities. See the Fun Day poster for specific activities and times.