Jenn Rowell

The 341st Missile Wing held a ribbon cutting ceremony this month for a new tactical response force/helicopter operations alert facility, though construction isn’t fully complete on the $17.4 million facility.

A developmental test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile will take place this week, marking the first test launch on the Western Range since the 30th Space Wing became part of the U.S. Space Force.

Los Angeles is the third largest market at the Great Falls airport. But the airport is also the largest Montana market with no direct service to the West Coast city, according to airport officials.

Members of the 120th Airlift Wing of the Montana Air National Guard have begun a four-month deployment to southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield. About 130 airmen and four of the wing’s C-130s departed last week and are assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Wing.

The Great Falls City Commission has been notified that Malmstrom Air Force Base is being considered for possible use as a temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant children during hurricane season in the southern U.S.

Four-term Democratic legislator Jean Price died Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was a beloved longtime art teacher in Great Falls, remembered statewide for her contributions in the Legislature.

About 65 Montana Army National Guard soldiers with the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returned home this weekend after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

All three of the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile wings, as well as the 341st Maintenance Group at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, posted females to the field in observance of International Women’s Day.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock was reappointed on Thursday by President Donald Trump to the Council of Governors for a two-year term. The council is intended to serve as a mechanism for governors and key federal officials to address matters pertaining to the National Guard and homeland security.

Paul Leach of Venture Property and Leasing LLC has applied for a permit allowing a value-added agricultural commodity processing facility on his nine acre parcel. According to the application, no goods will be sold on-site.