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The NWS weather radar in Glasgow is currently undergoing the last of four major upgrades that are part of a multi-year project known as the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). "Wholesale replacement of weather radars is cost-prohibitive, and as such it was determined that the best way to ensure that the current aggregate of 158 radars across the U.S. (including island sites in the Pacific and Atlantic) are fully functional for another 30 years is to take on these four individual projects to...
Beginning Monday, Oct. 2, the KGGW WSR-88D operated by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Glasgow will be down for approximately two weeks for an important upgrade. Technicians will refurbish and replace the pedestal, one of the most critical components of the radar, which is necessary for antenna rotation and positioning to capture data in all directions. The components are extremely heavy and will require the radome to be removed by crane and replaced when the work is completed. The radar and pedestal were designed to last 25 years, and t...
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...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, in collaboration with Carroll College and Montana State University, has confirmed this season's first signs of West Nile Virus-positive mosquitos in Phillips, Sheridan, Blaine, Cascade, Prairie and Teton counties. In addition, an American White Pelican near the Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Sheridan County tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). No case of human infection has been...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 "The bottom line is, do you want $200,000 in taxes a year or not?" said Valley County Commissioner Dave Reinhardt on Tuesday. At their regular meeting the commissioners were discussing the tax abatement requested by Compass Wind. The proposed wind farm south of Opheim is still in the negotiation stage with several pieces hanging in the air. The commissioners asked themselves if the project needed the abatement. St. Marie residents have been requesting and...
1 Years Ago Wednesday June 26, 2013 In a unanimous decision last week, the Montana Supreme Court overturned a District Court ruling that prevented the movement of Yellowstone bison from the Fort Peck Reservation. This clears the way for about half of the bison to be taken to the Fort Belknap Reservation, which was the original plan when 61 bison were brought north last spring after five years of quarantine and testing for brucellosis. A couple of dry days prevented flash flooding in Valley...
Mother Nature made her presence known in more ways that one over the last week with severe thunderstorms, flooding and a tornado. After many reports of tornado sightings the evening of June 1 on the Valley and Daniels County border, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Glasgow confirmed a landspout tornado occurred near Lustre. A storm survey team from the Weather Service went out to the area and did not see any visible damage to property or fields. There was also no report injuries. As a...
Ten Years Ago June 5, 2013 No bids to repair the roof of Glasgow's south side fire hall were received by the deadline last week. Director of Public Works Bob Kompel said three contractors picked up bid packets. He was following up with two of them to ask why they chose not to bid the project. Derrick Simons graduated from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., on Friday, May 24. Graduates numbering 1,047 marched through the rain to the 163rd commencement exercises that were held at the...
It was another stellar year for Montana at the 2023 National Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference which was held in Anaheim, Calif., on April 25-30. A total of 6,503 individuals from 23 state association and three international countries attended. The Montana's delegation represented 62 secondary chapters, 11 middle level chapters and one collegiate chapter. Included in those numbers are three Valley County students, Glasgow High School's Daniel Berry, and Opheim School's...
The past week brought colder temperatures and snowfall to many areas in the State of Montana, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. According to the National Weather Service Forecast Office, temperatures ranged from 45 degrees to 22 degrees across the State, while there was 0.01 to 2.1 inches of precipitation observed in the State for the week ending April 23. Drought conditions improved slightly in areas experiencing moderate and severe drought. However, overall drought...
As of press time, the Milk River was measuring 31.5 feet and with nowhere for the water to go, visible flooding can be seen from the Fort Peck Highway (MT 42 and MT 24) impacting residents' homes and ranch/farm lands. Sullivan Park has been barricaded off from entry due to the high water and sump pumps are present at the 6th Avenue Bridge as well as Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in addition to visible flooding. The National Weather Service in Glasgow held a briefing on April 13 to key...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 17, 2013 The Keystone XL oil pipeline doesn't have its presidential permit yet, but a lot of preparation work has been done so construction can jump into action when it comes. NorVal Electric Cooperative is preparing to supply power to two pump stations that would be built in Valley County to help push crude oil from the Alberta tar sands some 1,700 miles to refineries in the Gulf Coast of Texas. Jewel Fourstar Ackerman was recently honored as the 2013 MIEA Indian...
For the week of April 3 through April 8 there were 11 motor vehicle stops and two reports of loose dogs. For the week of April 10 through 15, there were eight motor vehicle stops, one report of a loose dog, and two reports of loose livestock. Monday, April 3 1640 – An abandoned vehicle was reported. It is off the road and not a hazard, however there is no one around the vehicle. 2054 – Officer advised he is checking out a vehicle that is blocking the alleyway. There is beer in the center console but no one in the vehicle. The officer will kee...
The National Weather Service in Glasgow held a flood briefing earlier today, April 13, to discuss the current weather conditions as well as what to expect from flooding. Today's rain/snow event saw a half to 3/4 inch liquid precip with less than 2 inches of snow in the Valley with chances for over 6 inches in northern Valley County. A rapid warmup over this past weekend caused rivers to rise very quickly with many basis along the Milk River experiencing Major flooding as of April 13. Conditions...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Byron Hallock, Irle School PE teacher, kept his bargain with the students. If they met their goal of selling $6,250 in World's Best Chocolate in the school fundraiser, he would dance in a tutu. The top salesmen, Harlyn Brandt, who sold $700 in chocolate was awarded a five-pound chocolate bar for her efforts. A group of bibliophiles has decided to revive the Valley County Friends of the Library, which went dormant some years ago. Some of the goals of the...
A handful of Glasgow High School students competed in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Conference in Billings that took place March 12 through 14. Winter storms, which resulted in road closures, prevented the students from arriving as scheduled on Saturday, March 11, so unfortunately the group arrived approximately five hours late the following day, only getting two hours to compete in a lot of the competitions. "Our parliamentary procedure team did not even get the chance to...
Local Valley County officials gathered at the National Weather Service in Glasgow on March 17 to learn about the potential of flooding throughout the county. According to meteorologist in charge Patrick Gilchrist, there is now a 98 percent chance of minor flooding on the Milk River at Glasgow, 65 percent chance of moderate flooding and 20 percent chance of major flooding. “A lot has changed since the first of the month. We went from a feeling that we were in pretty good shape overall to deal with any spring melt. There was some potential for m...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Glasgow voters passed a $16.8 million levy to build a new K-5 Irle School and make substantial improvements at East Side and Glasgow High School. The vote was 1,151 to 945. The vote was reversed in the defeat of the second levy requested, $2 million to remodel the entrance of the administration building to ADA standards, upgrade the GHS auditorium seating, improve the high school playing fields and pave the parking lot. U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont.,...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Bob Hanson, the volunteer fire chief for the Long Run Fire Department, is one of the winners of the 2013 Ready Montana Awards. The City of Glasgow is now dealing with its fourth group of architects to get a new roof on the leaky south side fire hall. A new elevator at the Valley Event Center was approved by the state inspector on Wednesday, Feb. 6, just in time for the Squirt State A Hockey Tournament held here on Friday through Sunday. The elevator was...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Montana's unemployment rate continued to drop in December, falling 0.1 percentage points to 5.7 percent. Montana's unemployment rate has been on a downward trend since mid- 2011. There are plenty of good things about Glasgow now and things people would like to see – or avoid- in the future. A public meeting on Jan. 23 drew about 25 people to the Glasgow High School auditorium to share in the formation of community goals for a new growth policy. The N...
Glasgow was below normal for total precipitation and snowfall in 2022, but so far, this winter has been off to a snowy start. In fact, Glasgow’s current snowfall amount is 219.1 percent of normal. Glasgow has seen more snowfall in the 2022 to 2023 season to date than all of the 2021 to 2022 season. Glasgow has seen 34.4’’ of snowfall to date this season. That makes this the fourth snowiest start to winter on record. This is only 4.1” shy of the all-time record set in 2010. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) outlook for January through March c...
This past week was a chilly one for those in Valley County as an Arctic air mass moved into the region, causing havoc on last-minute shopping plans, travel plans and even prevented people from leaving or coming to the area for the holidays as expected. Schools started winter break a day or two earlier, the Amtrak train kept getting delayed, and those who did decide to venture out within the city were advised to drive with caution due to slippery roads and to cover themselves with warm clothing,...
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,...
Old Man Winter made an appearance over the past week, which reminded all of us what cold and snow is after a mild end to fall-like weather. A new record low was broken for Glasgow Airport on Nov. 10, when it hit -15 degrees Fahrenheit. This broke the previous record low of -13 degrees Fahrenheit that was set in 1911. This was the first record low to be broken in over two years. The previous record low was April 13, 2020. There have been 23 record highs broken since then, in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The National Weather Service in Glasgow states a...
According to the latest report to the Governor’s Drought and Water Supply Advisory Committee, recent rainfall across most of Montana has done little to pull the state out of long-term drought conditions. “We saw the third warmest August on record and September saw temperatures more than five degrees above average across much of the state,” said Michael Downey, drought program coordinator with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. “High summer temperatures have depleted streams, and two years of severe to extreme drought...
