Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Search and rescue workers have been looking through rugged Idaho terrain for a lost plane just outside of Cascade, Idaho. The plane was carrying two residents of Glasgow and three members of their family. Sheree Chalmers Smith, of Glasgow, and her husband Daniel Smith took off from Baker City, Ore., in the airplane piloted by Daniel Smith’s father, Dale Smith. Dale’s daughter, Amber Smith, and her fiancee, Jonathon Norton, were also on board the airplane. The single-engine BE-36 Beech Bonanza, a smaller aircraft, reported an engine failure nea... Full story
It's hard to imagine life as it was 100 years ago. The main mode of transportation was still the horse. Running water and electricity in homes was rarely heard of and only a luxury the rich seemed to enjoy. But 100 years ago three residents in the area were just starting out in life. Exactly a century ago today Bernice Nybakken Herman and Stella Hallett were being welcomed into the world, they were born only a few hours apart. Another local resident, Walter Romo, was just turning 2 years old....
Wooden poles for streetlights and phone lines were a common practice in the years past. Today new poles made of fiberglass and steel stand through the weather and winds and are used more frequently. NorthWestern Energy has begun to replace 74 streetlight poles in Glasgow. Butch Larcombe, the media contact for the company, explained that the project to replace old poles in poor condition is statewide, but Glasgow is now the next in line to have replacements take place. “We’re trying to get ahead of problems and work correctively on poles tha...
Protecting the local community comes with risks and dangers. A grant the city of Glasgow received will help pay for extra protection for law enforcement. The City Council adopted a resolution on Monday, Nov. 18, that allowed them to accept a grant, just more than $700 that will be used to buy new bullet proof vests. Glasgow City Clerk and Treasurer Stacey Amundson explained that the grant wasn’t in the current budget for the year. The city spent more than $2,000 previously for five new bullet proof vests, averaging around $400 per vest. With t...
Editor's note: See the bottom of this story and read to kids what Santa had to say about his work at the North Pole. This reporter got a one-on-one interview with the man who does it all in one night. Special thanks to Becky and Art for the special interview. As the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce held its holiday season kickoff downtown, one very popular person visited the nursing homes and the children of Glasgow. Eyes lit up and smiles appeared on many faces that saw the red and white hat and... Full story
Sunday night went out with a bang for the Valley County Sheriff’s Office. What started as a vehicle doing donuts in a yard turned into a 45-minute high speed chase. Nicholas Davis and Austine Beil, both of Hinsdale, were both arrested on multiple charges. The call came into dispatch around 9:49 p.m. The caller, Tom Sunford of Saco, said a white extended cab Ford Ranger pulled into his yard. The truck’s occupants reportedly had been visiting other neighbors in a winter wheat field. Sunford said he tried to get the plate numbers off the veh...
One of the hottest topics at the Glasgow City Council meeting had council members and the mayor trying to figure out how to handle higher waters. With flood being a common problem in the Glasgow area, the city council tried to discuss taking action at the meeting on Monday, Nov. 18. A letter of intent that was signed in July 2012 gave the city two years to complete a list of items to keep the levee in conditions that met the Army Corp of Engineers standards. Keeping those standards means being able to accept funds from FEMA to rebuild...
The outcome of the November election left some tension and a vacancy open at the Glasgow City Council meeting that took place on Monday, Nov. 18. The city council had to seek a new position left vacant by Becky Erickson, who will take the mayor’s seat in January. Nanci Schoenfelder brought her application in to fill the seat at the meeting. The council thought to motion for her to fill that position, but after some discussion they decided to allow applicants 30 days to show interest. Schoenfelder came in second in the last election, losing t...
It seems the Hi-Line is a mixed box of chocolates. Our trip to Glasgow has begun with one big adventure. We started out breaking down near Big Sandy and being stranded in Havre, and have found that kindness in strangers here is much more than we ever expected. As I have been visiting with people in Glasgow, and from the surrounding towns, I have been finding people who were originally from somewhere else and found their way up to this northeast corner of the state in Glasgow. New Jersey, New Hampshire, Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, California, Wyo... Full story
A painful but important reminder was placed at Sullivan Park this week. The National Weather Service in Glasgow worked with the Glasgow Reds baseball team to place a high water mark on the concessions stand. Valley County and the city of Glasgow will never forget a flash flood that took everyone by surprise on June 8, 2011. Tanja Fransen, a local meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said they placed the water line mark in a place where more people would see it. "The marker is for... Full story
At least half a dozen burglaries have taken place in Valley County and Glasgow over the last few weeks. At Monday’s City Council meeting ,Lt. Trint Gamas said that investigators had one possible suspect in custody – but there may be another. “We just need to remind people to lock their doors on their car doors and their houses,” Gamas said during the council meeting. Later Gamas said in an interview that a female suspect was taken into custody at the county jail last week. She was not identified. One burglary still remains unsolved in Glasgow...
Giving thanks is part of the season. Sharing a meal on Thanksgiving day is a tradition for families all across the nation. Sharing a meal with the community has been a tradition in Glasgow for 22 years and going onto its 23 year. Ruth Ann Hutcheson said that the local tradition actually started just a few years prior to the community Thanksgiving. She said at the time there was discussion about bringing in the food bank, and she invited others from her church to come share a meal. A few years went by and she said that it expanded into the...