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Great Falls Rising Adopts I-15 Highway Section in Memory of Stagecoach Mary
Many folks were disappointed when Rep. Jessica Karjala’s (D-HD 48) bill, HB 662, Establish the Mary Fields Memorial Highway, was heard in the House Transportation Committee during the 2021 Montana legislative session, and was promptly tabled. The Board of Great Falls Rising… Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Loy and Longfellow Elementary Schools
***Every week since February, Great Falls Rising has sent out a message honoring two public schools in Great Falls for their dedication and concern for our students and community during this horrific pandemic. Today we send our last, and our… Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Lewis & Clark Elementary School and the Great Falls Career and College Readiness Center
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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ACTION NEEDED: Four Things You Can Do NOW
For your information and involvement: The end of the session is nigh, and last week was a veritable roller coaster. We joyously said goodbye to SB 379, only to have it resurrected in HB 695. We were also blindsided by an anti-environmentalist amendment to HB… Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Morningside and Chief Joseph Elementary Schools
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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ACTION NEEDED NOW: SB379 Welfare Bill for NorthWestern Energy Hurts Ratepayers
From the Billings Gazette Editorial Board, reprinted in the Montana Standard There’s a horror movie being made right now for NorthWestern Energy customers. Unfortunately, it’s not a fictitious screenplay, but a documentary of impending disaster. Scene 1: A conference room… Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Lincoln and Valley View Elementary Schools
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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KGPR Public Radio: Keeping It Local – Keeping You Informed
In January 2021, KGPR 89.9 FM started our journey as an all volunteer listener supported radio station, and we are off to an amazing start! Many of your old favorites, like Front Range Outdoors, On Point: Veterans’ Talk Radio and Letters… Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Giant Springs and Mountain View Elementary Schools
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Women Have Protested Nuclear Weapons Throughout History
While many festivities celebrating Women’s History Month have been rightly canceled out of concern for the safety of our communities, we can still acknowledge and commend work that women have done to make this world a safer place. For generations, American… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Elouise Pepion Cobell
Elouise Pepion Cobell, also known as Yellow Bird Woman was a tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar (2009). This challenged the United States’ mismanagement of trust funds belonging to more than 500,000 individual Native… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Alice Paul, Iron Jawed Angel
Alice Paul (1885 – 1977) was an American Quaker campaigner for women’s suffrage. She was born in New Jersey, USA, to a Quaker family, and was educated at Swarthmore College. While in Britain in 1908, she became a member of the suffrage organisation,… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Mary Fields, Montana Legend
Mary Fields (circa 1832–1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star-route (contract) mail carrier in the United States. She was not an employee of the United States Post Office Department, which did not… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin: Suffragist, Congresswoman, Pacifist
Jeannette Rankin of Missoula, Montana, was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Unsurprisingly, her election made headlines across the country. People wanted to know who this western upstart was and what this radical change might portend…. Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: West and Riverview Elementary Schools
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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FYI: Mansfield Metcalf Celebration this Saturday, March 27th
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: MANSFIELD METCALF CELEBRATION Join your virtual friends, grab a special snack and drink, and listen to fun music and entertaining/informative talks by our progressive friends and policymakers. Get tickets for the event here for Saturday, March 27th,… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Mahalia Jackson Prompts Martin Luther King, Jr. to Improvise ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
If the legendary gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson had been somewhere other than the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, her place in history would still have been assured purely on the basis of her musical legacy. But… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Two Great Women from Great Falls
In Honor of Women’s History Month, Ken Robison will present “A Dynamic Duo: Two Great Women in Our Great City” at 6 pm Thursday March 25th at Cassiopeia Books. Ken has selected two amazing women who cut a wide swath… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race
If you aren’t aware of women’s contributions to science, I suggest you read the latest book by Walter Issacson: CODE BREAKERS: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race. Jennifer Doudna and her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier are… Read More ›
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Elections in Great Falls for 2021: Everything You Need to Know
School Board Trustee Election There is currently one, three-year term on the District School Board that is expiring. Individuals who are interested in running must file a DECLARATION OF INTENT AND OATH OF CANDIDACY FOR TRUSTEE CANDIDATES with the County Elections Office…. Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: East Middle School and Sunnyside Elementary
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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Women’s History Month: Efforts by Women Scientists
March is Women’s History Month Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March… Read More ›
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GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Great Falls HS and Meadow Lark Elementary
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
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‘Voices and Views’ Relaunch on KGPR Public Radio this Wednesday, March 10th
The new, relaunched ‘Voices and Views’ will be broadcast this coming Wednesday, March 10th, at 2:00 pm. Host Thomas Risberg will be interviewing Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent Tom Moore on 89.9 FM and it will be podcast in the… Read More ›
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Join Senator Tester for Facebook Townhall this Wednesday, March 10th
Join me Wednesday, March 10th for a live Q&A. This weekend, the Senate passed a much-needed COVID relief bill that will help get more Montanans vaccinated, get our kids back in school full-time, and help us revive our economy as soon as possible…. Read More ›
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