School Election There are currently three, three-year term seats on the District School Board that are 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. This… Read More ›
March 15th, 2023 Spend the afternoon in Cascade, Montana It’s Mary Fields Day! Mary Fields chose March 15th for her birthday. The Mary Fields Statue Committee will hold a fundraiser March 15th, 2023 to honor Mary. She was a prominent… Read More ›
Housed Great Falls (HGF) is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to provide missing scaffolding in Great Falls to unhoused and unsheltered community members. Their long term goal is a transitional housing community, with the Cold Weather Drop In Center… Read More ›
Montana NOW had a very successful Public Forum on What’s at Stake last Saturday, October 8th, at the Helena Public Library and wanted to share the recording because of its significance and powerful, informative non-partisan presentations!! You’ll learn from stellar Forum… Read More ›
Ask candidates where they stand on these matters before casting votes for them in the forthcoming 2022 Elections. What policies would you enact in Helena 2023 to ensure the safety from gun violence of all Montanans, from school children to… Read More ›
Great Falls Rising thanks our convention speakers and know that we are all much richer for the stories we have heard. Let’s keep up the work of preserving this piece of history and continuing the role of our 1972 constitution…. Read More ›
There are few events in the history of the state of Montana that can equal what happened in the early and mid 1970s to involve and include the citizens of our great state. Great Falls Rising welcomes you to join us for recap and celebration with the folks who made… Read More ›
For current requirements to vote in Montana, click here. School Board Trustee Election There are currently three seats for three-year terms on the District School Board that are expiring, and one seat for a one-year term for someone who will… Read More ›
Our Great Falls Rising January virtual program with Tom Moore, Superintendent of GFPS, and Jamie Marshall, chairperson of Kids Education YES (KEY), was outstanding. They spoke about the trials experienced in our schools due to the COVID pandemic and the… Read More ›
On Thursday, January 20 at 6 pm, please join our Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent, Tom Moore, and Kids Education Yes (KEY) Chair, Jamie Marshall, for a virtual presentation on public education in our local community. Information on challenges and opportunities resulting… Read More ›
On January 12th, the League of Women Voters (LWV) from the Helena area and the Lewis and Clark Library hosted their first installment in the series which featured retired Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Nelson and how the Montana Constitution… Read More ›
For those of you who are interested in the connection between our Great Falls Public Schools and the Office of Public Instruction, the attached file is an interesting letter from the superintendents of all eight AA schools to Ms. Arntzen.
Many of our youth are not doing well and are suffering from COVID-induced mental distress and loneliness, compounded by poverty, abuse and food insecurity. We’ll have a panel representing Alliance for Youth, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, and… Read More ›
From The Montana Standard, see the op-ed here. In its 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder and in its July 1, 2021 decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the United States Supreme Court made clear that it will not… Read More ›
Cascade County Clerk & Recorder Rina Fontana Moore discussed changes to voting access and processing on Tuesday evening at the Great Falls Rising gathering. Rina wanted to make folks aware at the start of the evening that when a new… Read More ›
Rina Fontana Moore will be our speaker at our July 20th gathering. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Darkhorse Hall at the Celtic Cowboy. In her words: “Rina Fontana Moore was elected to the seat of Cascade County… Read More ›
Defending Montana’s Constitution from Attack – Great Falls Rising (greatfallsrisingmt.org) Great Falls Crime Task Force – Great Falls Rising (greatfallsrisingmt.org) Slow the Slaughterhouse: Protect the Falls – Great Falls Rising (greatfallsrisingmt.org) Shots in Arms: Slow the Spread of COVID-19 in… Read More ›
Great Falls Rising recently adopted a two mile section of Interstate 15, Milepost 260 to 262, just north of Cascade. This is the area where Stagecoach Mary Fields did her work over a century ago. We have dedicated that portion… Read More ›
Fourteen people met at Milepost 262 on I-15 on Sunday, June 20th, to begin the clean up process on the Stagecoach Mary Memorial Highway between Milepost 262 and 260.
‘A step in the right direction’: Great Falls hosts inaugural Juneteenth celebration on Saturday Nora Mabie Great Falls Tribune June 19th More than 150 people gathered at Gibson Park in Great Falls on Saturday to celebrate the city’s inaugural Juneteenth… Read More ›
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 ›
***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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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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