The Electric

09/14/2026

The Cascade County Sheriff/Coroner's Office, Cascade County Attorney's Office and Great Falls MT Police Department conducted an undercover juvenile prostitution sting operation Sept. 10-11.

Six were arrested and charged, according to court documents.

The Cascade County Sheriff's Office, Cascade County Attorney's Office and the Great Falls Police Department conducted a two-day undercover prostitution sting operation Sept. 10-11. Law enforcement arrested and charged six who were seeking underage prostitutes after responding to an online ad, in whi...

08/25/2026

Great Falls Park and Recreation is advising locals to stay out of Wadsworth Pond and also keep pets out of the water due to the potential for blue-green algae, which can be toxic to animals.

Other recreational activities remain available in the park.

Wadsworth Park was temporarily closed Aug. 20-21 due to signs of algae in the pond. The park reopened Aug. 22, but caution signs advised of the potential for blue-green algae, which can be toxic to pets and cause a variety of skin issues for humans, as well as other problems…

08/25/2026

The latest round of business bites:

-St. Patrick's Academy High School, also known as Central Catholic High School, will not open this school year
-Great Falls Hospital has a new CEO
-Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art and Alliance for Youth are seeking vendors for upcoming arts events
-Great Falls Public Schools Music and Art Department is hosting an opening reception for the faculty art show
- is preparing to open
-Feather Your Nest is reopening in the mall as Nest
-Dahl House is reopening in Marketplace
-fall hours starting at Missouri River Breaks
-Metal on the Missouri upcoming at Lewis and Clark Foundation at the Interpretive Center
-and more

Updated at 4:50 p.m. Aug. 24 with a response from Bishop Jeffrey Fleming about the Catholic high school closure Catholic high school closing St. Patrick's Academy High School, also known as Central Catholic High School, is not opening for this school year, which was scheduled to begin Aug. 26. In…

08/23/2026

And the winners are....

The Electric is celebrating what makes Great Falls Great and unique with its local businesses and places. The focus is on local businesses, but we know some have locally owned franchises. It’s the seventh annual contest and The Electric is turning nine this summer. We’ve kept most of the same…

08/22/2026

Gingers of Great Falls!

Tomorrow is your day!

It's Ginger Day 2026, here's the list of specials for you to go have a little fun with Crooked Tree Coffee, Cassiopeia Books, The Station District, Annie’s Tap House and Homestead 1909, Hometana, The Blue Rose, GRAE + CO and KellerGeist Pub Theater!

Enjoy my fiery friends!

Ginger Day is back to celebrate those fiery redheads in our lives. Created by local redheads for their birthdays, including this reporter, it’s just a fun time to celebrate all things ginger. Of course, a huge thank you to all these businesses that support my Ginger Day shenanigans year after year...

08/21/2026

Last call for votes in this year's Great Falls Greats contest!

Give your favorite local shops, boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants and more some love.

Winners will be announced tomorrow for Ginger Day 2026!

https://forms.gle/h45pPGrcj1oSVdft7

08/20/2026

The block party for Great Walls starts in about 30 minutes and is a great time to meet this year's muralists, who will also be painting on canvases tonight for pieces that will be auctioned off.

The downtown mural festival is back this week, bringing a burst of activity, color and vibrancy. It's the eighth annual Great Walls, formerly ArtsFest Montana, festival curated by Cameron Moberg, an internationally known muralist based in California who started painting in Great Falls on the invitat...

08/20/2026

This morning, Geronimo Standinghorn entered the youth court equivalent of a guilty plea to charges related the Nov. 3, 2025 alleged gang-related shooting near McDonald's.

Geronimo Standinghorn, 14, signed a plea agreement and entered a plea of true before Judge Elizabeth Best on Aug. 20 to charges that he shot another teenager last fall near the McDonald's and Phoenix Apartments on 10th Avenue South. Standinghorn was 13 at the time and was initially charged with…

08/20/2026

The deadline is nearing in this year's Great Falls Greats contest.

Get your vote, one per email, in by noon on Friday for your favorite local spots.

Winners will be announced on Saturday, which is also Ginger Day 2026!

https://forms.gle/EfqpGgLjn1bGcyEj9

08/20/2026

Reese Riggin’s probation officer filed an addendum to his earlier report of violation in district court on Aug. 19.

Tim Hides, the probation officer, filed the report based on a follow-up report completed by the Great Falls Police Department on reports that Riggin had been supervising two female teenagers at two local businesses he owned with his wife.

A condition of his suspended sentence from a 2016 sexual in*******se without consent conviction was that he not hold direct supervisory control over any non-family female employees, but he was allowed to interact in public places with patrons of the businesses.

Reese Riggin's probation officer filed an addendum to his earlier report of violation in district court on Aug. 19. Tim Hides, the probation officer, filed the report based on a follow-up report completed by the Great Falls Police Department on reports that Riggin had been supervising two female tee...