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The residents of the Glasgow School District delivered a decisive victory to its students, teachers, staff and administration in the vote for the school’s general operating levy on May 5. With a vote margin of 214 votes, the district’s levy passed with 1,049 voting yes and 835 voting no. Seventeen ballots were turned in where the voter did not vote one way or the other for the levy making the total number of ballots cast 1,901. It is the first time since 2015 that the voters in the district approved a general levy. Also on the ballot were two...
Army veteran and Assiniboine-Sioux Tribe member Lance Fourstar's voice was being carried out over the prairie by a stiff westerly wind as he chanted a traditional Native American song accompanied by a drum and flute. The sounds traveled out overtop of the Keystone XL pipeline's border crossing from Canada as diesel engines revved and back up signals beeped in the distance on April 14. As Fourstar sang, an elder woman danced and played the flute, and a youth played the drums while the other...
In a press call on April 17, Governor Steve Bullock said that Montanans were flattening the curve related to the spread of coronavirus in the state. He followed up the announcement by stating that a plan was being considered to begin reopening the economy sometime after April 24—which is when the current statewide orders are set to expire. “We’ve worked to protect our vulnerable populations and removed as many people from the chain of transmission as possible, both to reduce infections but also to save lives,” said the governor. “In short we... Full story
The Montana Department of Commerce last week announced nine Montana communities will be sharing more than $132,000 in planning grants through the Treasure State Endowment Program (TSEP). The town of Nashua will be receiving $12,723 of that money for a water Preliminary Engineering Report. Nashua Clerk and Treasurer Christina Washington told the Department of Commerce, “The Town of Nashua’s infrastructure is outdated, some areas dating back to 1974. We have experienced numerous freezing meters, main lines, and issues with providing service. Thi...
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center, 1009 Sixth Ave. N., Glasgow, is one of many locations serving eastern Montana, providing quality, professional, comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment services to citizens in the areas they serve. As a non-profit private agency, services are provided to the public in need of behavioral health treatment including mental health and substance abuse assessments, outpatient services, case management, medication management,...
While hospitals nationwide are issuing furloughs to their employees in response to the financial deficits from providing limited services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital currently has no plans to lay off staff. To date, our revenue is down 51 percent due to the cancellation of nonessential surgeries and appointments. FMDH has always operated under a strong focus of stewardship and maintaining financial stability, and because of these practices we are able to keep staff employed. FMDH is also participating in the...
With much planning and many precautions in place, the FMDH Glasgow Clinic Primary Care is now open to care for most non-respiratory patients. This is not “back to business as usual,” as staffing is still limited and we continue to monitor conditions daily. We take our responsibility to care for our community members very seriously and are committed to taking care of patients with chronic conditions and those who need regular evaluation in order to address any health concerns and insure early detection and treatment. While we systematically reo... Full story
Valley County's Wokal Field is one of 71 airports in Montana that will be receiving federal funding under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant program, according to press releases from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Montana Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester. The CARES Act is part of the federal government's response to address the economic impacts caused by the global pandemic. Senators Daines and Tester announced that $73.8 million will be d...
The Valley County Friends of Glasgow Pool (Valley County Community Pool Campaign) would like to update everyone on our fundraising progress to date. Unfortunately, our two spring fundraisers planned had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The good news is we are planning on rescheduling the Wine Flight & Charcuterie Night for this fall. To those that have already bought tickets, we thank you. Your tickets are still valid and you will be notified when we have solidified a new date for our event. You are still entered into our grand...
Complying with social distancing and sheltering in place orders makes celebrating birthdays even more unique these days. Building on the local tradition of parades escorting athletes out of town for tournaments, Glasgow is now celebrating children’s birthdays via drive by. Horns honking, waving of posters, cheering, maybe even a blast from a fire truck siren liven up a kid’s special day now. Last week saw two celebrations, with the first one celebrating Kinley Overbey’s fifth birthday, which was April 4, with a drive by party on April 5. Her m...
The Valley County Health Department recently received the Certificate of Achievement – Healthy People 2020 award from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. This award is awarded to clinics throughout the state to recognize those who achieve immunization coverage in their communities. The Certificate of Achievement is presented to clinics with at least 11 records that achieve the Healthy People 2020 goal of 80 percent or higher for the 4 DTap series (to protect against d...
Due to an overwhelming support from volunteers and the community, the Valley County Food Bank will be open Tuesday, April 21, from 12 to 4 p.m., though volunteer Pat Hallett told the Courier the organization will stay open later if not all clients have been served. Distribution will be at the Valley County Food Bank, 1020 1st Ave. No., Glasgow. If you have not received food from the Food Bank in the past, but are in need, you are welcome and encouraged to come as volunteers will make sure you are taken care of. Volunteers are also asking... Full story
The Glasgow School Board held their scheduled board meeting on April 8, a week and a half after students, teachers and staff first transitioned to full-time distance learning as a result of the closure of in-person instruction due to coronavirus. Even though there has been growing pains associated with teachers having to modify their teaching plans, parents having to utilize various technologies with some having to remember concepts from their school days, and students learning in a different environment, much praise was provided by...
Looking ahead and self improvement. Before a viral outbreak in China became an epidemic, before that epidemic spread across the world and became a pandemic, and before it was even considered likely that the novel coronavirus, that causes COVID-19, would even appear in Valley County, the County Health Officer Dr. Anne Millard was already preparing for such a scenario. That is because Dr. Millard had seen a need in the community over two years ago and filled her already sparse spare time with... Full story
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital received a shipment of medical personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to help with the hospital’s efforts in detecting, preventing and possibly fighting COVID-19 in Montana. To date, FMDH has received two shipments from the Strategic National Stockpile through the State of Montana Public Health and Safety Division. The shipments arrived separately the week of March 30. The first shipment contained one box of large gloves containing 50 pairs; one box of x-large gloves containing 50 pairs; two boxes of s... Full story
*Editor's Note: Since this story was written and published, Governor Steve Bullock extended his stay-at-home order through April 24.* In a press call with reporters on April 3, Montana Governor Steve Bullock warned that public health orders, such as the statewide stay-at-home order, would be extended past their April 10 expiration date. The announcement came as the state was approaching 300 total reported COVID-19 cases and its sixth death. “Note that the vast majority of directives we have put in place are set to expire next Friday, April 1... Full story
The respect shown by the staff of Frances Mahon Deaconess Stat Ambulance to Valley County Dispatch Supervisor Kim Martens is overwhelming. And seeing that respect for her work, the Montana State Veterans of Foreign Wars honored Martens with their VFW Public Servant Award Citation and, in addition, named her the VFW State of Montana EMS Dispatcher of the Year. "Kim is an instrumental part of our Emergency Medical System. We know that we will always have the most accurate information in order to...
Perhaps it is partly because this is an agricultural-driven region, but locals realize that in order for something to truly grow and thrive, it takes love, nurturing and commitment. And Valley County has a thriving and continuously growing artistic community. A thing like a global pandemic is not about to hinder that growth, as evidenced by Redbyrd Design's Byrdie and Will Larsen. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to curtail the virus necessitating social distancing and the...
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the government’s response to it, appear to have impacted most every aspect of Americans’ daily lives, as well as aspects of life that do not occur daily. Elections often bring to mind the image of polling booths, decked out in red, white and blue bunting. But that image has already been fading in parts of the country instead being replaced by voting-by-mail. Montana may prove to be ahead of the national curve in this aspect of responding to the respiratory illness that has disrupted life across the globe however. Mont... Full story
Barnard Pipeline and TC Energy will require workers arriving to work on a cross-border pipeline in the region to quarantine for 14 days before starting work. The plan is an abridged version that required workers to quarantine for 14 days while allowing them to go to work on the pipeline alongside others who were outside the 14-day quarantine window. Concerns about workers were raised to county health officials and solutions to identify workers past quarantine and those not past quarantine were s...
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital is following the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) clear guidelines for prioritizing COVID-19 testing. This ensures that both state and local testing supplies are used responsibly and in a way that ensures we have them when we need them. It is important that we balance the need to perform tests for purposes of establishing the presence of the disease in our community with the ability to provide diagnostic information to health care providers caring for patients that are very sick. We are committed to tak... Full story
