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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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While the Bakken is close by, residents along the Hi-Line might not want to admit or recognize that a growing problem is only a few hundred miles away along our main corridor. Human trafficking has been widely reported around the nation in the last few years, but a hot spot that seems to attract big business sits in and around the Williston area. Only 10 years ago residents may remember a time where Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota were quiet. North Dakota was actually reporting a loss of population. To imagine what could bring such...
Montana is full of rich history, the stuff that movies are made of. That rich history includes cowboys and Indians, vast cattle and horse ranches and citizens flooding to try and tame the wild land that could be claimed. That broad history also includes violence and holds the economic booms that brought money and often crime to the area. One of those time periods brought nearly 10,000 workers to Fort Peck. While it was a needed economic boom in a time where being homeless and jobless was fairly...
An emotional response could be spotted by family, friends and veterans during a short ceremony where three local heroes received one of the highest and most known awards given in France. The local WWII veterans sat at the front of the room while an audience filled the room to see the three become recipients – Lloyd Eide, Gordon Olson and Kenneth Newton – of the French Knight Legion of Honor Award. Laurence Markarian, the honorary consul of France for the state of Montana gave the awards aft...
Negotiations were completed and Glasgow City council members have agreed to give both union and non-union employees a raise this year. Mayor Becky Erickson commented that there hasn't been a raise for employees in several years. The raise adds up to 50 cents an hour, and a $1.50 raise for employees who are on call. Health insurance payments will also increase. City officials did not take a raise this year. The resolution was passed Monday, Oct. 20. Glasgow Police Department employees also saw some changes during negotiations. They will also...
Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) met with a few Glasgow city officials recently to reveal the results and comments from the housing survey that went out. Glasgow beat the usual return of surveys, which is usually around 20 percent, with nearly 44 percent of the 1,225 surveys that went out to residents. On top of the survey questions, 176 written responses came in, some comments had nothing to do with city housing issues, but other issues within the city, while other comments discussed the cost of housing outgrowing the income...
Voters will head to the polls next week. All races and all genders will take their right to vote for the politicians who will hopefully stand up for their beliefs. This year it is a special year, a year that marks when Montana women gained the right to take their stand in the voting polls. The vote passed on Nov. 3, 1914, with 53 percent versus 47 percent of the male voters approving women’s right to vote. While stories of the women’s suffrage movement surround around Washington D.C. and state capitols, even Valley County was touched by the suf...
Halloween – a time for costumes, ghosts, goblins and monsters. It's always so fun to see the children dressed up as their favorite character. For me, Halloween brings back the smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and the Friday night horror movie. Every Friday during my teenage years, I made chocolate chip cookies. All but one dozen of them would be put away. That dozen cookies were put on a plate and covered to keep them fresh and moist. Because they were for me and Dad when he got home from work. My dad worked the second shift in a...
The internet is such a powerful tool in modern life, it’s hard for a lot of people to imagine going through their daily routine without using it in some capacity. But for some people in rural communities, accessing the internet isn’t as easy as just connecting to the wifi network. I recently had the chance to fly to Washington DC along with other rural advocates to talk about net neutrality and broadband access in rural areas. We shared stories that we heard from rural folks across the country with representatives and regulators, and dis...
Dear Editor: I've been raised here in Valley County for the most part of my life and I have always been drawn back to this part of the country. I have made a family here. I would like to think of myself as an honorable man, as has been taught to me early on, and not one to destroy, vandalize or just have total disregard for others. I have family up north resting and would be uneasy if they were disrespected alive or deceased. I had ventured up north to do a thoughtful and selfless act for another and somehow made myself out to look like a...
Dear Valley County Voters: There has been a great deal of articles with ambiguous information and questions regarding a variety of issues that relate to budgets and the administration of Valley County. These statements could be misconstrued and lead someone to believe that the Valley County Commissioners are not doing their job, and that is not the fact. The Valley County Commissioners' office is open to anyone to come in and visit. All financial activity is recorded and available to the public. It is the responsibility of people who look at...
Dear Editor, We as concerned citizens need to vote for ordinance 32014-1 to help stop the introduction of free roaming bison in Valley County. We feel that bison not fenced in could cause safety concerns to our residents, resources and our private lands. We need to remember that free roaming bison are not fenced in and they can go anywhere without restriction. If passed, people or organizations that want to bring bison into Valley County will have to file an acceptable conservation plan to the Valley County Conservation District. No one is...
Timothy Mark Allen, "Big Uncle Tim," 58, died at his home in Saco on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Memorial services will be at a later date. Cremation has taken place. He was born Oct. 14, 1956, in Yakima, Wash., and raised in Shelton, Wash. He had a very successful college career, starting out with a scholarship for wrestling and ending in owning his very own forestry services called Allen Forestry Service. He was a hard-working, dedicated, loyal, kind-hearted, amazing man who will never be forgott...
Rose (Beauchman) Gay, 82, died from natural causes at her home in Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Funeral services will be held Friday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, with Pastor Scott Hedegaard officiating, followed by interment in the Glasgow Highland Cemetery, resting together with her husband, Don. Cremation has taken place. She was born in Wolf Point, Mont., on Oct. 10, 1932, to Thomas and Victoria (LaRoque) Beauchman where she attended school. She...
Janis Carol (Koski) McInerney, 65, passed away peacefully while receiving treatment for lung cancer in Billings, Mont., on Oct. 9, 2014. She was born on Oct. 17, 1948, in Glasgow, the fourth of four kids. Growing up on the farm saw her intensely love animals and detest the taste of lamb. After graduating from Hinsdale High School, she left for new experiences in Washington, D.C., working at the FBI in the 31st year of J. Edgar Hoover as FBI director. With her fill of political intrigue, she...
Rachel Irene (Manning) Crossan, 97, formerly of Glasgow and recently of Great Falls, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, of natural causes. She was born in Illinois to Zina and Edith Manning. She graduated from Nashua High School in 1934. She married Merle Spaulding that year and moved to South Dakota. After his death she and her three children moved back to Glasgow where she began her secretarial career. She worked in Fort Peck at the Farmers Stockgrowers Bank and the Mental Health Clinic...
Brent Magill, 80, died of natural causes on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary will follow later....
A nine-day break ends and the postseason begins Thursday for the Scotties at the MHSA District 2B Volleyball Tournament at Plentywood. Glasgow, which last played Oct. 21 in a three-game victory at Harlem, is seeded third and opens with a 3:30 p.m. match against No. 6 Poplar. The tournament continues through Saturday. GHS coach Lori Dailey told The Courier that the Scotties' time off has given them "a nice buffer to fine-tune their skills." Glasgow finished 6-4 in 2B after beating Harlem 25-15,...
Glasgow XC fell short of its team goals at State last Saturday in Helena, but they returned home with some individual accomplishments to celebrate and build upon. Seniors Josie Braaten and Amanda Wolff turned in All-State times for the girls, Braaten placing eighth in 19:52 and Wolff 13th in 20:24 over the 3 miles at Bill Roberts Golf Course. Junior Walker Allen clocked his season best time, 17:49, to lead the boys and place 30th. Scottie coach Rod Karst also noted that five underclassmen turned in their second best times of the year on the...
Montana's top-ranked Class B football Scotties are sitting at 9 and 0 with four to go in their pursuit of the championship. The Big Dawgs, No. 1 in the statewide MaxPreps standings, begin their post season gold rush this Saturday with a 1 p.m. game at Scottie Field against visiting Eureka (Lincoln County). GHS is the first-place 2B team, Eureka the second place 7B team with a 3-6 record. "It will be up to us to play up to our potential, to be sharp and execute," Glasgow coach Greg Liebelt told...
HiLine Youth Hockey invites boys and girls to Valley Event Center on Saturday, Nov. 8, for a “Try Hockey For Free” clinic as part of Come Play Hockey Month. From 4-6 p.m. children ages 4 to 10 are encouraged to experience ice hockey for the first time and learn the basic skills in a fun, safe environment. “We look forward to welcoming families to the Valley Event Center to try our great sport of ice hockey,” HLYH president Tim Volk said. “Our goal is for these families to enjoy watching their kids learn new skills with big smiles on their fac...
The Montana Department of Transportation proposes antelope signing for a number of segments of U.S. 2 and U.S. 191 in Valley and Phillips counties. Proposed work includes developing wildlife cautionary zones for wintering pronghorn antelope. This will be achieved by utilizing folding signs that will be opened when antelope are wintering in the area and closed when antelope are not present. In the case of Nashua and Bowdoin, cautionary zone the addition of a blinking yellow light to notify motorists of lingering or crossing antelope will be...
