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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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It was a slow and tedious process as the newly found Tyrannosaurus rex was pulled from the ground around 25 years ago. The skeleton was discovered near the Fort Peck Reservoir by Kathy Wankel, of Angela, in 1988. The skeleton was found on federal land and took until 1990 to finish pulling the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered from the ground. Field crews led by Jack Horner, now a regents professor of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, finished the work and sent...
The goal of honoring local veterans is becoming a reality. As Memorial Day creeps closer on the calendar, the Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park in Fort Peck is nearing its financial goals. Steven Page, part of the Northeastern Montana Veteran Memorial organization, explained that the group is nearing the $400,000 mark. They started with a goal of $300,000 to be raised before the Memorial Day groundbreaking, but he said they’ve been progressively raising the bar. The group starting raising funds in November, only five months ago. ...
An airport can be an economic hub for small communities, often bringing in extra business and employment. With that backdrop, the Glasgow airport saw a change in management at the end of last year along with the welcome of Cape Air. With changes still taking place as Valley County takes over airport management, a new airport manager has been added to the staff. Other ideas for upcoming projects, such as an additional hanger and perhaps a future fly-in, have been thrown around to help bring revenue and continue to bring support for the local...
With the changing of voter district lines, some legislative positions have shifted and some office holders have stepped down to take other positions appointed to them. It's an active campaigning season for the state legislature this year. From ballot issues to potential candidates on the ballots, it's a good idea for voters to get educated on the issues and understand who they might be voting for. Much of the information here comes from the Montana Secretary of State office. Montana State House...
An oil company that hoped to store radioactive waste in Glasgow a year ago is now facing more legal problems. Daniel McNair and his son Daniel Ross McNair are facing 14 felony charges in an indictment filed in Anchorage,on March 28. According to a report in the Great Fall Tribune, prosecutors from the Alaska Attorney General’s Office claim that DMC Technologies filed falsified lab data to the state and to an Alaskan oil company. They reported that the site was cleaned, but further investigation revealed that the site remained contaminated. M...
A few days ago, a friend of mine was talking about how their calving season was going. Instantly, some of my experiences when our cows started calving came to mind. One of the most memorable was the very first time my husband asked me to help him with a cow who was having trouble delivering her calf. I had never witnessed a cow having a calf, let alone help with the birth. But I was about to learn. My husband said to me after our supper guests had left, “Let’s go take a look and see if that cow in the barn has had her calf.” No sooner had we lo...
Montana outdoor enthusiasts have it pretty good. With over 32 million acres of state and federal land open to all sorts of recreational opportunities, we truly are an outdoors mecca. Most of that public property has ample access, but some is landlocked and accessible only by obtaining permission from an adjoining landowner, or in some cases by flying or boating in. The Montana legislature, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Bureau of Land Management, and other agencies have all been challenged with finding new ways to increase access to landlocked...
Looking out the window, and cautiously waiting for the moment when his father gets home, the fear begins to set in. Many reoccurring questions start to develop in his head; “What will he do this time? Was it my fault? Will it hurt?” Fear and anticipation begin to take over while his dad’s car starts pulling into the driveway. After noticing the angry look on his father’s face, the fear takes over. The boy jolts for the best hiding place before the father gets to the front door. The boys slides under his bed as the door begins to open, and the...
Dear Editor: Erin’s Hope Project is a non-profit organization started in March of 2011, in memory of our daughter, Erin. She passed away in March 2010, due to a brain tumor. The love and support we received was amazing, and we always knew that we wanted to make a difference in someone else’s life traveling the same journey, even if it was only for a day. Erin’s Hope Project offers outdoor adventures to Montana children (ages 5-25) with life-threatening illnesses. Our motto is, “If it happens outdoors, we will help you and your family experie...
What’s your drug of choice? It's a saying that some of us might not really put a lot of thought into. When I think about all the different vices we all have, from chocolate to fishing, there’s plenty of ways to blow off steam and deal with life’s stresses. The problem is a lot of us learn bad habits early on, and a lot of us learn those habits from friends, family and peers. Over the past few months I’ve done a lot of research and spent a lot of time interviewing local authorities on substance abuse. While I was able to fit a lot into six seg...
Harold David Buen, 74, passed away at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He and Lila, his wife of 47½ years, were living in Billings, and his family was with him at home to give him love and care as he lost a short battle with a very aggressive and deadly cancer. A funeral service celebrating Harold's life will be held at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua on Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m. He was born in Glasgow,...
Leona "Mae" Garten, 78, the third oldest daughter of Charles and Bodil (Pedersen) Nagel, was a mother, grandmother, sister and friend. An amazing woman went home peacefully to be with her Lord on April 4, 2014, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow after a short battle with cancer. Services will be held on Saturday, April 12, at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with Pastor Scott Hedegaard officiating, followed by burial in the Highland Cemetery. She was born on May 20, 1935,...
Evan Joseph Granrud, 85, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014, due to natural causes. A celebration of Evan's life was on April 8, at Bell Tower Funeral Home in Post Falls, Idaho, with Pastor David Ophus officiating. A memorial service at Opheim Lutheran Church with interment at Opheim Cemetery will be 1 p.m. May 17. He was born in Portal, N.D., on Dec. 25, 1928, to Elmer and Clara (Lee) Granrud. He was the oldest of six children and attended school in Portal. He married Muriel Nygaard on Sept....
Nolan Scott Hughes, 64, died Sunday, March 30, 2014, at his home south of Glasgow. He was born Nov. 25, 1949, in Miles City, son of Scott and Grace (Dokter) Hughes. His education included first and second grades taught by his mother at home, third grade at Lincoln School in Miles City, fourth through eighth grades at the Monte school south of Miles City, and then four years at Custer County High School in Miles City. He graduated in 1967, and entered Custer County Junior College that same fall....
President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Fort Peck on his first visit on Aug. 6, 1934. Coming up this summer, that would be 80 years ago. He spoke to a crowd of 20,000 people from the rear platform of his special train that was brought to Fort Peck, via Wiota, and it was parked in the Fort Peck depot. He came back for a second visit in 1937 for an inspection of the completed work. The project brought nearly 11,000 jobs to Montana....
The Bozeman Tier II Ice Dogs rode a wave of success to Wayne, N.J. After muscling their way through a handful of tournaments that started back in late December. The dream ride was derailed in the National Tournament however as the Bozeman finished in third place in the tournament. The Ice Dogs continued their dominance in pool play of the tournament, winning their first three games. The first game saw the Bozeman squad go up against South Carolina on April 2. Bozeman skated to a 4-2 victory in t...
It was a clear, nearly windless day for the opening meet of the 2014 track and field season for the Hinsdale Raiders. Something that was missed for the better part of last season. First up for the Hinsdale girls was Bethany Lacock with a near repeat performance from last year, winning the 100-meter, 100 hurdles, pole vault and the triple jump. She finished in third place in the high jump. Courtney Capdeville placed second behind Lacock in the pole vault adding points to the team total. For the...
Glasgow Taekwondo had three members compete at the 21st annual Lone Wolf Taekwondo Championships in Powell Wyoming held on March 29th. All three members; Tommi Prewett, Donny Brabeck and Sam Knierim competed in both the Sparring and Poomse divisions. There were approximately 190 competitors at the Lone Wolf Championships, from Montana, North and South Dakota and Wyoming. This tournament was Tommi Prewett's second tournament. Tommi is currently an orange belt. She fought two very competitive spar...
The most-recent aerial surveys of elk populations in the Region 6 portions of the Missouri River Breaks and the Bears Paw Mountains south of Havre indicate a sizeable increase in animals in both areas over survey numbers that were last gathered. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 Wildlife Program Manager Mark Sullivan, biologists flew the surveys in Breaks Hunting Districts 621 and 622 and then in HDs 631 and 632. A total of 1,950 elk were counted in HD 621 and 622, and a total of 646 elk were observed this winter in HDs 631 a...
Shed-antler hunters and other recreationists planning to visit a Montana Wildlife Management Area are reminded that while many popular WMAs open at noon on May 15, several do not open until June 1. It is illegal to enter a state WMA prior to its formal opening day. Buck deer and bull elk and moose grow antlers each year, some to magnificent size, which drop off to regrow each spring. Hunting for and collecting these “shed” antlers in spring has become a popular activity on more than 30 WMAs managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Many of...
Montana’s verified wolf population remained stable last year while livestock depredations by wolves continued to decline, dropping about 27 percent from 2012. A total of 627 wolves were counted in Montana at the end of 2013, compared to 625 last year, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ federally required annual wolf conservation and management report released today. “Among the best news is that confirmed wolf depredations on livestock took a significant drop in 2013,” said FWP Director Jeff Hagener. “And that comes on top of fewer...
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