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The Electric Independent news site dedicated to coverage of Great Falls and Cascade County, Montana, as well as Ma

Independent news site dedicated to coverage of Great Falls and Cascade County, Montana, as well as Malmstrom Air Force Base and the Montana National Guard.

A 17-year-old associated with local juvenile gangs was in court last week faced with the prospect of being sent to Pine ...
12/02/2025

A 17-year-old associated with local juvenile gangs was in court last week faced with the prospect of being sent to Pine Hills, the state's juvenile corrections facility.

Judge John Kutzman gave him a second chance after his pastor, defense attorney and probation officer testified that he hadn't been causing trouble in recent months and appeared to be turning his life around.

https://theelectricgf.com/2025/11/28/facing-prospect-of-pine-hills-judge-gives-second-chance-as-juvenile-improves-behavior/

Lloyde Ogden, Jr., a former Cascade County detention officer, appeared in court last week on additional charges that wer...
12/02/2025

Lloyde Ogden, Jr., a former Cascade County detention officer, appeared in court last week on additional charges that were filed against him earlier this fall in relation to two incidents over the summer.

His brother, James Ogden, was charged in relation to one of those incident and was charged this week with threatening police officers in a separate incident.

https://theelectricgf.com/2025/11/26/former-county-detention-officer-appears-in-court/

https://theelectricgf.com/2025/12/01/brother-of-former-corrections-officer-arrested-in-early-morning-disturbance/

Charges against the 13-year-old involved in the Nov. 3 shooting near the McDonald’s on 10th Avenue South have been amend...
11/18/2025

Charges against the 13-year-old involved in the Nov. 3 shooting near the McDonald’s on 10th Avenue South have been amended to include felony counts of attempted deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence, and a misdemeanor count of assault.

The boy will turn 14 in December, according to court records.

Prosecutors are pursuing a gang enhancement for sentencing in the case. It's the first time it's been attempted in Cascade County, to County Attorney Josh Racki's knowledge.

The boy and the 12-year-old now also facing additional charges in the shooting have been involved in local gang activity with other juveniles they're stealing guns from vehicles to use in their crimes.

Local law enforcement officials are asking the community not to leave weapons in cars and secure them.

https://theelectricgf.com/2025/11/18/great-falls-law-enforcement-asking-community-to-lock-up-weapons-as-they-combat-increased-juvenile-gang-activity/

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The Electric is an independent news website focused on Great Falls and Cascade County, as well as Malmstrom Air Force Base and the Montana National Guard. For now, this is largely a passion project spearheaded by Jenn Rowell, a former Tribune city/military reporter with more than a decade of journalism experience. Others involved will include former journalists in the Great Falls area and across Montana as well as other smart people with a knack for writing and informing the community.

Before the Tribune, Jenn covered the military and other beats for papers in Alabama and Virginia, and did communications work for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

You can find some of Jenn’s previous work here and here.

The kind of stories you can expect to find here: how local government works; things that seem boring, such as taxes, budgets, municipal code and ordinance updates, but actually impact your life; analysis of economic development, downtown revitalization, and the local business climate; food security, the local food network, agriculture and local impact to the bigger food picture in the U.S.; news from the Montana National Guard and Malmstrom Air Force Base, which will often include broader nuclear issues, military and national security stories.