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The Montana Newspaper Association (MNA) held their annual convention the weekend of June 21, in Kalispell, Mont., where a variety of representatives of Montana newspapers gathered, socialized and recognized each other for their work. The convention concluded with the MNA announcing the winners of the 2024 Better Newspaper Contest. This contest is MNA's way of thanking the hardworking professionals in the newspaper industry and highlighting their successes and efforts. The contest recognizes the...
It Happened in December 2023 • •. Governor Gianforte Contributes Salary To Serve Hi-Line Families and Children • Winter Wonderland Kicks Off Holiday Season • Block Of Bucks Donations Down This Year • Law Enforcement Plunges For Special Olympics • Glasgow City Council Discusses Proposed Skate Park At Bundy • Record Breaking Highs For December • Erickson Named Montana Coach Of The Year • Glasgow Places First In Speech Sweeps at Medicine Lake/Froid And Fort Benton Meet • Cottonwood Inn, Sid...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 The Glasgow City Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday held public hearings and passed resolutions levying assessments for street lights and garbage collection. They also had a public hearing and adopted a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2013-2014. Last Friday the Council decided to bill 320 mills. Taxes will go up, Mayor Dan Carney said, but they haven't [been] raised for a long time. For Glasgow Lighting Districts No. 1-29 the total assessment is...
The Montana Newspaper Association (MNA) held their annual convention on June 17 and 18 in Helena, Mont., where a variety of representatives of Montana newspapers gathered, socialized and recognized each other for their work. The convention concluded with the MNA announcing the winners of the 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. This contest is the MNA's way of thanking the hardworking processionals in the newspaper industry and highlighting their successes and efforts. The Glasgow Courier was...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, May 29, 2013 If you were in it like Glasgow was Saturday evening, the hail storm was bad. But only some of the areas were hit while most others escaped. Glasgow was subjected to a heavy downpour that turned into pea-size and larger hail after 7 p.m. Escorted by kilt clad junior honor students, they walked in two by two, the Glasgow High School graduation class of 2013, the white-robed girls carrying red flowers, the boys in red wearing white boutonnieres. The Glasgow...
We Are Not Your Enemy Dear Editor, Public officials talking about hiring hitmen to take out the publisher and reporter of a newspaper seems like something from a tense, blockbuster thriller rather than reality. Yet, in rural Oklahoma, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is currently investigating such a discussion. The McCurtain County Gazette is like most small-town newspapers. It’s family owned and operated, doesn’t have a website or digital version of its newspaper and stands as watchdog for the community. This responsibility, it see...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 Fourteen soldiers from the Montana Army National Guard's 484th Military Police Company, headquartered in Malta, were expected to return to Montana on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The soldiers were scheduled to return to the Billings International Airport on United Airlines Flight 579 at 12:42 p.m. Pat Gunderson, a 23-year veteran of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, is retiring from the agency on Nov. 30. Instead of kicking back and taking it easy,...
The Glasgow Courier welcomed back Michelle Bigelbach on March 7. Bigelbach returns to the Courier to take up the mantle of Publisher/Editor after a hiatus of just over a year from the paper. She first joined the Courier in the summer of 2016 as Copy Editor. She moved into writing after demonstrating an ability for editing without sacrificing the original tone of an article. Bigelbach said she made the move "grudgingly" because as a new resident of the area "I didn't feel I could provide the voic...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." A tale of two states. As I was perusing the website of a newspaper I used to work for in Western Washington, my eye was caught by a headline that made me grateful I no longer live there. It was, "Proof of vaccination required at these businesses and events." That means, for the unvaccinated, entrance is barred. Your money is no good. You are an outcast. I am pretty sure such policies are the definition of discriminatory practices. The...
The Glasgow Courier earned several industry awards during the 2021 Montana Newspaper Association Convention in Big Sky. The Courier is in Division 3. AWARDS - • 1st Place, Best Front Page, A.J. Etherington (Former Publisher) • 1st place, Best Sports Page Layout and Design, A.J. Etherington • 1st Place, Best Feature Photo, A.J. Etherington • 2nd Place, Best Sports Photo, A.J. Etherington • 1st place, Best Portrait Photo, Gwen Honrud • 2nd Place, Best Headline Writing, Gwen Honrud • 3rd Place, Be...
There has been a changing of the guard here at The Courier. Former Publisher Anthony "A.J." Etherington has accepted a new posting with a newspaper out of county. His last official day here was Friday. The sceptre of responsiblity has been passed on to Chris McDaniel, who arrived in the area in early April to take on the role of news reporter. The Courier Staff wishes A.J. the best of luck at his new posting, and is confident he will be successful in his ongoing journalism career. Etherington accepted the post as publisher at The Courier in Apr...
Chris McDaniel has taken up the mantle of news reporter for the Glasgow Courier. This long time newspaper veteran has previously reported for four newspapers in four counties in three states. His most recent gig was as arts editor for the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader in Washington State. At the Courier, McDaniel will cover most hard news beats, focusing mainly on government and education news. McDaniel has earned several accolades for his journalism, including best news article...
The Montana Newspaper Association (MNA) held their 134th annual convention on June 7 and 8 in Big Sky, Mont. The Glasgow Courier was recognized in a variety of categories in the Better Newspaper Contest, including Best Breaking News, Best Sports Photo and Best Feature Photo, bringing home a total of 13 awards. In addition to these 13 awards, office manager Terry Trang also came home with the Dick Crockford Distinguished Service Award for her 36 years of dedication to the Courier. The Dick...
Robert "Bob" Gilluly passed away of natural causes in Anaconda, Mont. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 at the age of 84. A celebration of life will be held for Bob in late of June of 2018 in the Bitterroot Valley. For more details, please email [email protected]. Born in Glasgow in 1933, Bob graduated from Glasgow High School in 1951. He then attended the University of Montana from 1951-1952 before he was drafted in the United States Army in February of 1953. He served at Ft. Lewis, in...
The Courier brought home six awards from the annual Montana Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest in Lewistown this weekend, including three firsts: Sports Editor Georgie Kulczyk won first place for Best Headline Writing and second place for Best Sports Feature Writing. Sean R. Heavey won another first place this year for Best Lifestyles Photo (see image above) and third place for Best News Photo. Courier regular Carlos Valle placed second and third in the Best Feature Photo category. Congratulations to our winners! And thanks for...
It was a good weekend in Whitefish for the Courier and an even better one for visiting dearly-missed relatives on both sides of the state for me. In the former category, Sean R. Heavey hefted three awards at the 2016 Montana Newspaper Association convention for Best News Photo (first place), Best Feature Photo (first) and Best Lifestyles Photo (third), while I carried away first place for Best Editorial. There were publications with more awards to collect (get over yourselves, Flathead Beacon), but our little broadsheet was warmly received and...
Our controversial contributor Virgil Vaupel is well known for his curmudgeonly tales spiced with vitriolic viewpoints. I've been here less than a month and there is much we disagree about already. You'll read plenty about that in columns to come. Since he sounds off this week on a subject about which we largely agree (shocker!), I'm taking the opportunity to talk about how much I admire the guy. During a recent lunch at the Cottonwood, Mr. Vaupel raised the bar on my estimation of his talents. For starters, he introduced me to a journalism...
January • Has Glasgow really been sucked into some vortex that's dropped the temperatures below zero? The easy answer is no. Tanja Fransen, warning coordination meteorologist at National Weather Service Glasgow, explains that this is actually a low pressure system that came down from the North Pole and brought cold weather with it. The Arctic cold front pushed down farther south than usual, which brought colder than average temperatures to much of the nation. • Resigning one city council sea...
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...
BUTTE – The Glasgow Courier continues its award-winning tradition. The Courier won four awards in the 2013 Montana Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest at Butte last weekend, including publisher Jim Orr's first place showing for best headline writing in Division 2. Also winning for The Courier were retired editor Samar Fay with second place for best feature story, news reporter Bonnie Davidson with third place for best feature story, and Orr with third place for best sports story. Orr's awards were all about returning to his sports w...
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...
MISSOULA – The Glasgow Courier won two statewide awards for first place and three for second during the Montana Newspaper Association’s 2013 convention last week in Missoula. The Courier’s big winners in the MNA’s annual Better Newspaper Contest were Nashua correspondent Sandy Laumeyer for Best Column Writing and sports editor J. Levi Burnfin for Best Sports Column. The Courier’s second place winners included editor Samar Fay for Best Long Feature Story, Virgil Vaupel for Best Column Writing, and office manager Terry Trang, publisher Jim Orr an...
