Malmstrom Air Force Base News

Business Week recently named Great Falls the best place in Montana to raise kids, which is flattering to local residents.

Volunteers are looking for donations to help continue a tradition of sending holiday packages to Montana troops stationed overseas.

A maintenance team from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., works on an ICBM.

A Senate Appropriations bill passed Tuesday contains $17.2 million for two projects on Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana; the bill now must be reconciled with the version passed by the U.S. House before it moves on to the president for action.

Local Boy and Girl Scouts of Malmstrom Air Force Base are working together to make this Thanksgiving holiday a blessed one for those less fortunate.

There were several events held in Great Falls to mark Veterans Day, including a ceremony at the Montana Veterans Memorial, speeches at the University of Great Falls, and free food at Procraft.

Harry Patrick 'Pat' Horton, 78, of Great Falls, a retired chief master sergeant, died of natural causes Sunday at his cabin at Horton's Mountain near Helmville.

Brian Kunkel is in the minority at VFW Post 1087 in Great Falls, a member who is younger than 30 - heck, even 40.

If you are still looking for a way to have fun in Great Falls this Halloween night, there's plenty to do.

Capt. Jennifer Rhea Wynn, 33, of Marcy, N.Y., who was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, died of cancer Oct.

Kristi Ries will graduate next summer from Montana State University-College of Technology with an associate degree and is impressed with the job possibilities across the country she will have as a physical therapy assistant.

The undead are surprisingly limber. Footsteps echo and a door creeks open. A massacre of bodies is heaped on the floor.

Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press KALISPELL, Mont. Arraignments will be held Monday morning at the Flathead County Courthouse for state Sen.

Ghosts and goblins, ghouls and gremlins - it's that time of year when everything seems to go bump in the night.

The full deactivation of the 50 missile launch facilities of Malmstrom Air Force Base's 564th Missile Squadron was completed in late August after nearly two years of work, Malmstrom officials said.

Military personnel from across Central Montana traded their uniforms for work gloves Friday.

Approximately 75 volunteers spent Friday morning raking leaves and cleaning for their fellow community members in Great Falls as part of the annual Day of Caring.

Tech. Sgt. Barry Love looks over an engine during the 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron's winter vehicle inspections Oct.

A cold wintry day did little to cool the spirits of hundreds of families welcoming home loved ones as nearly 250 Malmstrom Airmen returned back to Great Falls.

By John Andrew Prime * jprime@gannett.com * October 12, 2009 The Eighth Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base has trimmed down in anticipation of shifting to the new Air Force Global Strike Command in February.