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By Bonnie Davidson The Courier Crunching numbers is part of the annual tradition of audits for city and counties nationwide. It's part of the process to keep governments in check and to ensure that tax dollars are being used properly. While it might not be the most sexy topic, it a very important part of the checks and balances in the country. Both Valley County and the city of Glasgow audits were completed and the findings received in the last month. Documents and financial statements from the...
Some of the credit could go to the hard work and dedication of one Glasgowite. Those who remember her years in the local schools seem to remember a student who was extremely gifted and talented, and perhaps a student who had a passion for learning. Cami Starr Collins recently finished her Ph.D. in plasma physics. She obtained that degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December. Plasma physics might not ring a bell for anyone on the street, but many science fiction movies and televis...
This is Part 5 of a series of articles focusing on educating the community about drug use in Valley County. An African proverb states that it takes a village to raise a child. More than just the parents participate in the growth of the child, and an entire community will keep after their young. You could say that the entire village is vigilant when it comes to the raising of a child. That philosophy is something to keep in mind when tackling problems that can become much bigger. With drugs in th...
By Bonnie Davidson For those in attendance it was a hot topic that was discussed with concern. With several changes in the healthcare industry, community members showed their concern with possible changes at the Valley County Health Department. The public meeting took place on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Valley County Courthouse in the conference room. Over a dozen attended, including County Commissioners Bruce Peterson and David Reinhardt, and Jane Smilie, administrator for the state public...
With the deadline for levee plans looming in the next five months, the Glasgow levee committee that was set up in December has been working to take action and set plans in order to prevent consequences. The city must have plans to take care of several deficiencies by July to bring it up to Army Corps of Engineers standards. Keeping those standards means being able to accept funds from FEMA to rebuild infrastructures and damage caused by a sever flood. If the list of items isn't taken care of it...
Barbara Marsh, 54, co-owner of Sam’s Supper Club, was killed early Sunday, Jan. 12, after her pickup went into a ditch west of Glasgow. At 1:51 a.m., BNSF reported that a train crew had seen a van in the ditch near the Liberty Road crossing off Highway 246. The crew reported seeing the vehicle on its side with the headlights still on, but they couldn’t see anyone inside. Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier said the accident may have happened only 20 minutes prior to the call. He said investigators were still looking into the cause, but the veh...
July • The airline that provides Essential Air Service to Glasgow and other small cities in Montana has decided to leave the state. Silver Airways notified the U.S. Department of Transportation that it will not bid for another two-year contract and will stop flying scheduled service in Montana on Sept. 27. Part of the reason for Silver's departure is the upcoming termination of EAS subsidies to Lewistown and Miles City on July 15, leaving only five cities in the program: Glasgow, Wolf Point, G...
January • The winter storm that hit northeast Montana on Thursday night, Jan. 10, wasn't a surprise. It had been making its way across the state, heralded by the forecasters. But its intensity on Friday brought on the winter grumbles. The storm deserved the term blizzard, with heavy snow that was blown by winds up to 41 mph, causing white-out conditions and drifts reported up to 9 feet deep. The low temperature of 1 degree above zero Friday night translated to about 29 below wind chill. A r...
City, county and state officials received a 25-page “memorandum of law” from a St. Marie man on Monday that painstakingly outlined legal reasons why the government has no right to require that he have a driver’s license. Terry-Lee, as he styles himself, quoted scores of legal opinions that he said established his unfettered right to travel on public roads as long as he was not using the road for gain (engaged in business for profit). He concluded that applying for a license is forfeiting the basic right to travel. Along the way his memor...
The Glasgow City Council agenda Monday night included a new building for the Long Run Fire Department and two water issues. Long Run firefighters have been shuttling between the City Council and the Valley County commissioners, trying to get permission to add a new building at their current location on Lasar Drive. Long Run is a county fire department, but it has a long-standing agreement to maintain its fire hall on this piece of city land. According to Mayor Dan Carney, Long Run was formed in 1988. Dan Taylor acquired a 40-by-100-foot buildin...
The Nashua Civic Center was the site for a Sept. 24 meeting between Nashua area residents, representatives from HDR Engineering of Billings and the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) concerning the proposed construction of a railroad overpass in Nashua. Paul Grant, the public involvement and meetings representative of MDT, introduced project engineer Tim Erickson of HDR Engineering, who gave a presentation of four options for the overpass. Jeremy Miles, Lisa Fischer and Chris Kelley of HDR Engineering were also at the meeting....
A dangerous chokepoint that migrating antelope encountered each year just west of Nashua now has one less hazard the animals will have to contend with. Old woven-wire and barbed wire fencing strung for about a mile along U.S. Highway 2 has long served as a potential barrier for pronghorn and other wildlife trying to cross the busy road and get over an adjacent set of Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train tracks. In fact, ground on both sides of the old fence – which was removed by a Montana F...
My main comment on this Resource Management Plan is the integrity of this document and what it should be. Will the taxpayer and residents of the affected counties be confident with this document? Upon further examination, I find that many things were not completely done in regard to the fairness for the people who live in the Valley County area. A comparative analysis should be done to insure that this document does not infringe upon anyone’s individual civil rights, and that it preserves the cultural identity, heritage and well being of the V...
The Milk River at Glasgow jumped ahead of predictions and rose to 25.6 feet late Tuesday night. Flood stage is 25 feet, so there is minor flooding in low-lying areas. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service office in Glasgow (1:30 a.m. on Wednesday) is that the river will hold near 26 feet from Wednesday through Friday, and be at 27.5 feet early on Sunday. The situation changed quickly from the middle of the afternoon on Tuesday, when the river was at 23.15 feet and a height of 27...
I would like to compliment the Valley County Road Department Supervisor and his crew on their fine job of constructing the new storage shed in the county yard. As taxpayers, we appreciate the accomplishment of this project in your spare time, using largely salvaged materials (bridge timbers) and no doubt saving the community a lot of money. We also recognize that you didn’t allow a little cold weather to send you back to the warm shop on a few those nasty days. For anyone unfamiliar with this new structure, it is worth taking a look – very impr...
The Road Department was kept running from one end of Valley County to the other this weekend, repairing potentially dangerous damage to two roads. A Glentana resident reported Friday night that the Glentana Road (Highway 438) just south of Glentana was rapidly washing away around a culvert. He said the road was very soft. Snow lying deep in the coulees in the north part of the county was melting in the warmer weather and pouring from the head of Spring Coulee, said road superintendent Wayne Waar...
