Cascade County News

Eds: APNewsNow. UPDATES with victim found. GREAT FALLS, Mont. Searchers late Friday afternoon recovered the body of a 24-year old man from the Missouri River between Cascade and Dearborn.

A Great Falls man has been charged with negligent homicide in connection with a June death caused by a prescription drug overdose.

The Montana Highway Patrol and the Cascade County Sheriff's Department say it's just a matter of time until they have identified the driver and made an arrest after a hit and run accident that left a 21-year-old woman dead in Wednesday's early hours.

Ten suspects were arrested during a major marijuana bust in Teton and Pondera Counties.

After a brief absence, the scales of justice were returned to Cascade County today.

In his fourth month on the job, Cascade County Attorney John Parker received a call that there had been a homicide.

City government will pay a hefty price tag for this year's city elections. The city of Great Falls paid about $40,000 for its 2007 general election costs, after budgeting about $20,000 initially.

Yeah, it's windy here. Just look at the trees in the boulevard district of Great Falls and you'll notice that they all lean to the northeast - you don't even have to squint to see it.

For the next 10 days, it will be getting progressively louder in Cascade County, as fireworks went on sale in the county today ahead of next week's Independence Day celebration.

One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.

The arrival of summer means more boaters on rivers and lakes - but they won't be the only ones: Cascade County Sheriff Deputies will be patrolling the Missouri River by boat.

Police say a man accused of drunken driving said he was 'drunk as hell,' during a field sobriety test and told a Great Falls Police officer to take him to jail.

Bail was set at $100,000 Friday for a Vaughn man accused of murder. Clay Dunbar, 48, asked that bail be set at $25,000 during his initial appearance in Cascade County District Court, but was denied.

A man who accidently shot a friend when the two were playing with guns received a deferred sentence in Cascade County District Court on Thursday.

Malmstrom Air Force Base is responsible for hundreds of miles of roads around North Central Montana, and officials now say that not enough money has been spent on the upkeep of those roads - but that is changing.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting death outside Vaughn last week.

A suspect in a shooting death outside Vaughn last week was charged Thursday with deliberate homicide.

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a 24-year-old Cascade County woman who was arrested after the overdose death of her boyfriend.

A former Cascade County jailer charged with having sexual intercourse with a minor without consent is entering into a plea agreement on a lesser charge.

The fire departments at Malmstrom Air Force Base and the Montana Air National Guard were honored Monday for the aid they provide for local rural fire departments during emergencies.