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After a nationwide search following the retirement of Clay Berger, Northeast Montana (NE MT) Stat Air Ambulance cooperative welcomed Brad Varvil in July as their new executive director. Varvil, with his wife, Melissa, relocated from Tacoma, Wash., and are excited to become a part of the Valley County community. Originally from southern California, Montana is not new territory for Varvil as he had spent a lot of time throughout his life traveling around the state."Between my school and military...
Having a presence within the community since 1958, the local Soroptimist International of the Americas (SIA) group has changed its name to Caring Hands, Inc. However, no changes will be made in how the group gives back to the community nor will the operation of the Glasgow Caring Hands thrift store see any changes. The group branched out on its own at the end of April due to changes SIA was making as a result of concerns brought up due to COVID-19. Soroptimist International changed their guidelines regarding clubs having affiliated business,...
After months of traveling back and forth, residents of Fort Peck now have a little shorter drive for their post office needs. According to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Manager of Customer Relations John Sandness operations of the Fort Peck Post Office have resumed as of Aug. 1. The Fort Peck Post Office closed in March due to issues with the boiler and asbestos within the building, making it unsafe for not only the postal workers but the community as well. Mail was redistributed to the Nashua Post Office, causing residents within...
Dear Editor, Stockwater is one of Montana's oldest water uses and is critical to the continued survival of a Montana livestock industry. Before the Montana Water Use Act of July 1, 1973, livestock water rights belonged to whomever owned and watered livestock on a customary range. The person did not need to own the land or file a claim. The right became private property as soon as the livestock drank water. The right was for exactly as much as the herd needed to drink and no more. Livestock...
Dear Editor, Now that school is back in session again it is time to caution drivers at all intersections! Watch for yield signs and follow right-of-way rules!! Last Wednesday early evening I was traveling from my house down on 5th Avenue North. I go through-several yield signs, a stop sign and then down to the 8th Street intersection which has no cautions marked! Travelers on 8th Street come up from Highway 2 and go towards the Irle School! The speed of drivers traveling across 5th Avenue is an...
Dear Editor, The Montana Cattlemen's Association is disappointed in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) decision to authorize the American Prairie Reserve to use 63,065 acres of public lands in Phillips County for bison. In reaching this decision, a number of important issues have been overlooked or completely ignored. This unprofessional failure on the part of BLM to consider all the implications of allowing bison to graze public lands is disturbing. Among the issues ignored are public...
On Sept. 1, at approximately 11:43 p.m., the Valley County Dispatch Center received a report of an explosion and subsequent fire in the area of the Fort Peck Marina. Deputies and the Fort Peck Fire Department were able to quickly get the fire under control and no one was injured in the blast but a camper and boat did sustain damage. While investigating the area, deputies found a camper had been broken into as well as the cause of the blast was a propane tank being thrown onto an active fire pit. The investigation is currently ongoing. If...
Editor’s Note: The following was submitted from a subscriber: Read about the tornado in Glentana in the Glasgow Courier. While stationed in Opheim Radar Base, before being discharged after four years of service in the USAF, my wife Connie O’rre (Town of Opheim) and I were married (03-02-1957) in the Catholic Church (Holy Name) in Glentana. Connie and Bill Goasevski...
On Friday, Sept. 9, at 5:30 p.m., the Glasgow, MT Skatepark committee, a continuation of the Hi-Line Grind Sk8park Committee, will hold a meeting in Toodie’s Cafe, located in the Elk’s Lodge. The meeting will be an opportunity for parents, young people and interested individuals to discuss new goals for the skatepark and share ideas. After the meeting everyone is invited to go to the skatepark for a community skate night. The Hi-Line Grind Sk8park began in 2004 with a group of young people, their parents and other interested adults. Thr...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deadline for calendar additions is Mondays at noon. Please email your event to [email protected] or submit in person at the Courier office, 531 2nd Ave. S., Glasgow. The Valley County Pioneer Museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Fort Peck Interpretive Center will be open four days over each weekend in September: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The last day of regular open business hours will be Sept. 26. Through the winter, people can coordinate with staff to visit weekdays b...
Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. If you are interested in applying for benefits, please bring a copy of your discharge paperwork (DD214) with you. Service officers will be in Glasgow at the VA Clinic from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14. They will also be in Malta on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., at the Malta City Hall. Veteran service officers will visit nursing homes and assisted living...
The VALCO Pool Campaign received a $200,000 donation from the Flora A. Coghlan Family Trust, in memory of Tom Coghlan, bringing the total raised to $2,797,920 as of July 31. The Flora A. Coghlan Family Trust donated $50,000 in 2021 and so this brings their total donated to $250,000. The VALCO Pool Campaign is grateful for their family's donation and commitment to the project all the way from Washington. Flora and Tom's children, Annie and Jim, wrote some family history down of how their parents...
In the earlier community education article "What is Harm Reduction," which was printed in the Aug. 31 issue of the Glasgow Courier, the harm reduction model was defined as a practice of strategies that reduce drug-related harm to the individual and community through programs to support well-being and lessen infectious disease transmission. Addiction and drug use are understood through the disease model as substance-use disorders. Evidence shows that harm reduction strategies do not encourage...
Valley County Farm Bureau President John Walker presented Trey Johnson, Blake Lloyd and Emma Page with Valley County Farm Bureau Scholarships in the amount of $500 each before they headed off to school this fall. Johnson is majoring in anthrozoology at Carroll College in Helena and playing football for the Fighting Saints. Lloyd is at Gallatin College in Bozeman studying HVAC. Page is studying animal science at South Dakota State University. Valley County Farm Bureau will be holding their...
In addition to Attorney General Knudsen and the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) filing appeals, Governor Greg Gianforte has also appealed the Biden administration’s approval of the American Prairie Reserve’s (APR) bison grazing proposal for 63,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in northeast Montana. The federal decision comes despite significant opposition from impacted communities and elected officials in Montana. In an appeal to the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the governor outlined reasons the BLM’s decis...
The market report for the Glasgow Stockyards of of Sept. 1, show 359 cattle sold with cows lower compared to the Aug. 18 auction. Bulls were steady compared to the Aug. 18 auction and light test of open yearling heifers are selling very strong. There will be no auction on Sept. 8. Thursday, Sept. 15, will be the 29th Big Fall Yearling Classic and All Class Cattle Auction. Over 1,500 fancy northeast Montana steers, spayed and open heifers are expected. Tentative consignments include 250 Angus Bred Heifers. Also selling one youth ranch saddle....
You probably won’t see it on your calendar, but September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. And it is indeed important to be aware of the importance of life insurance. Are you adequately insured? Many people aren’t. About 40 percent of Americans face some type of life insurance gap, either because they’re uninsured or underinsured, according to a 2021 survey by the research and advocacy groups LIMRA and Life Happens. The need for life insurance is pretty straightforward: If something were to happen to you, would your family be able to conti...
For the week of Aug. 8 through 14, there were 38 motor vehicle stops, four reports of missing/loose dogs, five reports of loose livestock, two reports of barking dogs and one report of a VIN inspection request. For the week of Aug. 15 through 21, there were 21 motor vehicle stops, six reports of loose livestock, one report of loose goats and two VIN inspection requests. For the week of Aug. 22 through 28, there were 19 motor vehicle stops, five reports of loose/lost dogs, two VIN inspection requests and two reports of loose livestock. Sunday, A...
The Scottie boys won the Poplar Invitational cross country meet Sept. 3, finishing three points ahead of their hosts with 37 points to Poplar's 40. Glasgow was led by Reed Larsen, Kyler Holinde and KJ Ingram who all finished in the top ten. Glasgow's girls team scored 73 points, finishing behind Poplar's 45-point first place finish. Tanae Baker led the squad with a second place finish. The Scottie cross country teams will compete at the Havre Invitational Saturday, Sept. 10, with races beginning...
Huntley Project established their lead over Glasgow in the first quarter and never relinquished it, winning over the Scotties 42-14. "Not the outcome we wanted, but overall a blessing to see this high powered of an offense this early in the year," said assistant coach Sam Tedrow. "This Huntley game has given us a glimpse of the defense we can be, now we need to go back to work at practice this week and learn from our mistakes." Fellow assistant coach Dylan Hughes also found the game to be a...
Glasgow’s volleyball squad attended the Chinook Invitational Sept. 3 where they posted a 2-3 record. Head coach Brooke Martin told the Courier her scotties played hard 50-minute games in triple digit heat, only missing out on the Championship by a point as time ran out. “[I] saw progress on the things we worked on this week like out middle blocking and serving,” she added. “That’s the biggest thing with a young team is watching to see if they are improving where I am asking them and they did.” Glasgow defeated Shelby 25-21,10-8 in pool play b...
The junior Scotties ran a great race in Poplar this past weekend. Running in 90-degree weather is no small feat, but our runners powered through. Boys finished in first, girls followed one point behind Scobey to take the fourth-place spot. Being still quite early in the season, everyone is already running pretty well. We're starting to find our groove and running at a comfortable pace. Our team is looking pretty strong so far, we've had some minor injuries and run of the mill soreness but...
Sept. 1 Fairview 25 25 25 Nashua 20 12 14 Team totals Kills-10 Assists-8 Digs-28 Aces -2 Blocks-1 Team leaders Kills: Tia Dees 8 Assists: Kyleigh Garsjo and Kaitlyn Miller- 4 each Digs: Alexis Murdock- 9 Aces: Tia Dees and Guinevere Abern - 1 each Sept. 2 Plentywood 25 25 25 Nashua 15 15 10 Team leaders Kills: Tia Dees 4 Assists: Kaitlyn Miller 3 Digs: Tia Dees 7, Kaitlyn Miller 4 Aces: Tia Dees and Leah Morgan – 1 each Blocks: Tia Dees 2 Nashua travels to Culbertson Thursday, Sept. 8 for junior high, junior varsity and varsity games with a s...
Frazer v. MonDak, Sept. 1 MonDak won the match 7-25, 14-25, 17-25. Frazer v. Culbertson, Sept. 2 Culbertson defeated Frazer 6-25, 9-25, 11-25. The Bearcubs will be in Nashua Friday, Sept. 9, with game time at 6 p.m....
The Scottie JV and c-quads hosted the Lustre Christian Lions Sept. 2. The Glasgow JV won 25-21, 24-21, 12-25, 25-13 while the Scottie c-squad won theirs 25-18, 25-12, 15-5....