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The winners of the Valley County Courthouse Beautification Art Contest have been announced. After sorting through and judging 27 entries from Valley County youth, the commissioners decided on two winners. The decision to select two winners rather than one, came as the commissioners were unable to eliminate either of the two winners. As a result, the commissioners chose to undertake two separate sculptors to grace the grounds. The winners are Abigail Olfert and Cassidy Greene. The contest...
Over 40 veterans and nearly 120 family, friends and citizens gathered at the Glasgow Civic Center on Memorial Day morning to honor those U.S. service members who gave their lives for this nation. The American Legion Post 41 hosted the event with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3107 assisting. Joe Yeomen was the master of ceremonies. Guest speaking this year was Pam Ost – who grew up as the child of an Air Force airman during the Cold War. Ost highlighted her sometimes harrowing experiences w...
Congressman Greg Gianforte recognized Tanja Fransen with his Spirit of Montana commendation for her scientific accomplishments, dedication to the public, and 18 years of service to Montanans on May 17. Fransen has worked as a meteorologist in Glasgow since 2001, most recently as the chief meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Glasgow. Fransen has collectively worked for the NWS for 25 years. According to a press release, Gianforte recognized Fransen for her, "innovation,...
In a slight softening of their initial proposal, Customs and Border Protection has decided to reduce the hours of operation at ports in Scobey, Morgan and Opheim starting June 1. Originally CBP had sought to eliminate the extended summer hours at the port and go to a year-round 9 a.m to 6 p.m. operation. Citing feedback from the community and elected officials, CBP has decided to amend the hours to go from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. year-round. The decision to amend the hours follows closely on a separate CBP reversal where the agency backtracked on...
Constant reminders to not text and drive, to arrive alive, to be safe and to not risk your life or others were strewn across downtown sidewalks, on t-shirts and signs, and present in grim displays of wrecked cars and red thumbs throughout Glasgow last week. The occasion was Red Thumb Day, a day dedicated to educating and reminding people about the risks of texting and driving and distracted driving, which has become a nation-wide epidemic over the last decade. According to the Centers for...
The Glasgow Police Department has hired a new officer to fill a long-standing vacancy following the retirement of former Chief Bruce Barstad. As the Glasgow Courier reported in an April 15 story, the city police department has hired Zachary Johnson, formerly of Elkton, Md., to fill the vacancy. Johnson is originally from Delaware. He was born in New Castle and graduated high school – ironically enough - from Glasgow High School in Newark, Del. After graduation, he volunteered as a first r...
The Montana Department of Health and Human Services Senior and Long-Term Care Division held a legal documents clinic at the Senior Citizens Center in Glasgow on May 16. The clinic serves a number of purposes – according to Katy Lovell who organizes the clinics for DPHHS – not least of which is to screen for elder abuse and financial scamming of senior citizens. During the clinic, seniors received assistance from volunteer professionals, such as lawyers and notary publics, in creating wills, han...
The Special Olympics Torch made its way through Valley County May 8 and 9. Each year the torch traverses the state carried by local law enforcement officials on its way to the State Games in Great Falls. This year the flame left Wolf Point on May 8 via bicycle and was transported the entire 49 miles by Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Mitch Willet. After arriving in Glasgow, the torch was handed off to Chief of Glasgow Police Brien Gault and Sheriff Tom Boyer by Jaki Harata – the daughter of W...
Veterans of Foreign Wars Fort Peck Post 3107 honored local area first responders, law enforcement and area youth at their yearly Mayday awards banquet. The event held at the local VFW hall featured a prime rib dinner to honor those receiving awards. The awards included Eagle Scout of the Year, Fireman of the Year, EMT of the Year, Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, K-5 Teacher of the Year, Voices of Democracy Essay contest winner, and Patriots Pen Essay award winner. This year Garrett Lloyd received the Eagle Scout of the Year for his...
The Northeast Montana Area Games for Special Olympics Montana took place at the Glasgow High School track last week, May 2. With community support from GHS students and faculty, local law enforcement and community members, the games welcomed just over 20 athletes from Glasgow and the surrounding area. Throughout the day those athletes participated in events such as the softball throw, standing long jump and assisted and unassisted foot races, all of which would decide which of those...
The Valley County Sheriff's Office has launched a sobriety program aimed at preventing impaired driving in Northeast Montana. The program, referred to as "24/7 Sobriety," aims to provide another tool for law enforcement to enforce conditions of release imposed by the court and to verify those conditions are being met. In the long run, the intent of the program is to reduce recidivism and prevent DUI related crimes from participants already in the judicial system for those crimes. "It's to keep...
The Glasgow Middle School walls are a lot brighter and far more colorful than the white cinder block paint job they had before. That is thanks to Mrs. Libby Weber's exploratory art classes who painted seven large murals on the walls throughout the school. According to Mrs. Weber, the idea got its start when Principal Mike Zoanni and other teachers decided that the white walls needed some paint jobs to brighten the halls and relax the students. Weber then put the task to her just over 70 art...
When Pat Trotter was sitting at the Law Enforcement Academy to become an emergency communicator for Valley County, he had a personal reaction to a class on human trafficking and its prevalence in Montana. Determined to do something to educate Northeast Montana on the dangers, warning signs and prevention of such a heinous crime, he began to facilitate bringing the training and the specialist to the region. Trotter began working with MSU Extension Agent Roubie Younkin to bring the presentation to the area, and on Thursday, April 25, Natali...
In a much expected press release, Customs and Border Protection announced that they would be reducing their hours of operation at POE Raymond in northeastern Montana from 24 to 18 hours a day. Less than a week later CBP reversed that decision and reinstated 24-hour operations. A spokeswoman for CBP at Sweetgrass, Port of Entry on the Montana/Canadian border, Lynn Hurst said the decision came after receiving feedback both in person and in writing from community members, businesses and elected officials on the impacts of the hours change. “The f...
HB 658, likely the most contested bill in the 2019 Montana Legislative Session – referred to commonly as the Medicaid Expansion Bill - passed the Senate on a vote of 26-24. The Senate bill included a number of amendments that were then sent back to the House, who confirmed it by the same 61-35 vote tally. The primary difference between the House and Senate versions was the addition of a sunset clause. Originally, HB 658, carried by Rep. Ed Buttrey (R) of Great Falls, was titled “An act generally revising healthcare laws and permanently exp...
Montana's sole U.S. Representative, Greg Gianforte (R), spoke to the Courier about his recent trip to China as part of the first Congressional delegation of 2019. Gianforte said he was one of only six legislators in the bipartisan group, working to secure a new trade deal with the nearly 1.4 billion person market. Gianforte explained that his reason for going to China was simple. "Trade is so important to our ranchers and farmers," said Gianforte, "and they need certainty and we were there to...
The City of Glasgow came one step closer to ending a months-long search to find and hire a criminal-focused city attorney. At their regular meeting on Monday, April 15, the council approved a conditional offer to negotiate with Anna Rose Sullivan, currently of Wolf Point, to take on the role of both civil and criminal Glasgow City attorney. Sullivan attended the meeting to advocate for herself and provide a brief background. She said that she is a Butte native, who attended Gonzaga University to study philosophy and psychology before heading...
It was just March 13 when the headline on the Glasgow Courier's front page read NWS Flood Projections Look Good for Glasgow, the article stating there was a prediction of less than a five percent chance of major flooding. Less than two weeks later however the Milk at Tampico and Glasgow was climbing slowly towards major flood stage. As of Friday, April 5, the Milk at Glasgow had receded and fallen back below flood stage, leaving a path of washed out roads, torn down fences, ruined implements...
When Josh Thompson received the call that two kayakers were in need of help on the Milk River on March 31, they were in luck. The Search and Rescue airboat was already staged and in place to serve a very different mission. The crew was supposed to go out with the boat to help a local rancher reach his stranded cattle and get them food later that day. So when the call came in that two kayakers were in need of help near Whatley Road that Sunday afternoon, they were already ready to go. According to a report from Sheriff Tom Boyer, as best he...
Nonprofit group Montana's Peer Network has launched a program in Northeast Montana in affiliation with the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center in Glasgow. Taking on the role of peer support specialist / recovery coach will be Glasgow resident Heather Henry. The program is funded by the Montana legislature and is entirely free to participants. Henry sat down with the Courier alongside Montana Peer Networks founder Jim Hajny to discuss the program and the impacts it hopes to have on sub...
Kathleen Williams made a campaign stop in Glasgow on April 8 at Soma Dis Deli. The former Montana legislator and prior candidate is running for Montana’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She ran and lost by less than five percent against incumbent Republican Greg Gianforte in 2018. With a couple dozen people in attendance, the Congressional hopeful stumped on issues such as bipartisanship, her Montana roots, her priorities, which she labeled affordable health care, fostering o...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a town hall on April 2 at the Glasgow Senior Citizens Center to discuss the removal of extended summer hours at the Opheim, Morgan and Scobey ports of entry and the reduction of hours at the Raymond Port. Around 20 members of the public attended the meeting from across northeastern Montana with many of them there to represent government officials and even a representative from the Saskatchewan Parliament was in attendance. CBP hosted the informational meeting to make their case for the reduction of...
In an interview with the Glasgow Courier to discuss trade negotiations in China on April 12, Congressman Greg Gianforte said he was "seriously considering" a run for Governor in 2020. This marks the first public comment made by the two-term Congressman and one-time gubernatorial hopeful on his plans for 2020. "I'm talking to people all over the state," said Gianforte. I'm being encouraged to consider a run for Governor and I am seriously considering that but have not made a final decision." If...
On Saturday March 30, the Montana House passed House Bill 658 with a vote of 61 in favor to 37 opposed. The bill, if passed in the Senate, will continue Montana’s Medicaid Expansion program that features a 9 to 1 match in funds from the Federal Government and provides health care to over 96,000 Montanans according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That number equals roughly 9.4 percent of the state’s population. Both Montana House Representatives for Valley County, Casey Knudsen (R) and Rhonda Knudsen (R), voted against advancing...
Lustre Christian High School hosted their annual fundraiser known as Schmeckfest March 22. This was the 54th year for the school's only major fundraiser. According to Susan Fast, one of the organizers, this year's totals have not been fully realized, but in the past she said they bring in around $80,000 just from the evening of food and vendor sales. As a private Christian school, Lustre Christian uses the annual fundraiser to help keep tuition fees low. Fast explained that Schmeckfest is the...
