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The Valley County Health Department announced on March 29 that the county is down to five active cases of COVID-19. A mere three new cases have been recorded since the previous update from the department on March 22. Two of those cases were in the 30-39 age range, one male and one female, and one male in the 60-69 bracket. To date, Valley County has registered 874 total coronavirus cases. The county has recorded 11 deaths from the virus while 858 persons are considered recovered. Per the Valley County Health Department, 64 cases required... Full story
Hinsdale has been without natural gas services since March 19 after multiple leaks were reported and detected in the community raising concerns that the problem was widespread and required the company to halt services. According to Montana-Dakota Utilities spokesman Mark Hanson, the decision to halt services was made on Friday and the community was notified of the interruption and a plan to fix the pipes was initiated. Hanson told the Courier that the company received a call early last week...
Sixty-four teams and untold numbers of basketball coaches and fans descended on Glasgow this past weekend for the 2021 Jeff Jurgens Memorial Tournament. Hoopsters were spread out over four locations and five courts around Glasgow as fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders hit the hardwood in an effort to claim the top spot. Organizer Ryan Fast told the Courier players were lined up outside the Civic Center Saturday morning, anxious and ready to play ball. For two days nine girls...
As of March 22, 2021, Valley County had 13 active COVID-19 cases with 871 recovered persons. The county reported 10 new cases between March 9 and 17. Seven of the new cases were in the 60-69 age range with one each in age less than 10, 40-49 and 70-79. Cases were split evenly between males and females. The Valley County Health Department reported seven new cases in the period between March 17 and 22. Two cases were aged 10 or under, two were in the 20-29 age range, two in the 30-39 range, and one in the 60-69 age bracket. Six of the cases were... Full story
The US Department of Veteran Affairs vaccinated 94 area veterans on March 11 adding to the hundreds of county residents who have received the vaccine through various programs. The effort is being funded and led by the VA to assist with the vaccination effort across the country. As of the March 11 clinic in Glasgow, more than 6,800 doses of the three types of vaccines to vets across the Big Sky accounting for over 14 percent of the Montana VA’s 47,000 enrolled veterans. The clinic in Glasgow was also the first time the Montana Veterans Health S...
Valley View Home will reopen their doors to the public on March 22 after more than a year of excluding open visitation to non-residents. According to Valley View Home administrator, Wes Thompson, the home is calling it a soft open and it comes with some caveats. Mainly, unscheduled visitation can only occur during business hours on weekdays, and even then, the visitors must check in with the office secretary before they can visit their resident. Visitors will be screened for symptoms, must wear a mask, must wash hands and can opt to be rapid te...
District Judge Yvonne Laird either affirmed or modified four key findings from the Human Rights Commission’s decision in the sexual harassment case of Shalaine Lawson Vs. NorVal Electric Cooperative in late February. In the Feb. 24 decision, Laird affirmed or reinforced every challenged aspect of the HRC’s findings that NorVal Electric and General Manager Craig Herbert sexually harassed Lawson, created a hostile work environment and retaliated against her once she filed a complaint with the HRC. Laird also affirmed the findings of emo...
The Glasgow School Board held their regular board meeting March 10. A brief deviation from the agenda was made so that the board could recognize the Glasgow Wrestling squad on their state championship before returning to scheduled business. The news most stressed by school faculty was the decision to not ask for additional monies this year, i.e. the school board opted not to raise taxes during the coronavirus pandemic. The board also opted to move to a four-day school week next year, with the option to return to a five-day week if negotiations...
The Glasgow Scottie Wrestlers claimed their 14th State Championship Title in Shelby on March 5 and 6. The Class B/C State Wrestling Tournament followed a different format this year due to COVID-19 and, as a result, the Class B/C portion was moved from the Metra in Billings and held in Shelby, Mont. The tournament was also split into sessions on March 5 with the morning running through the lighter weight divisions and the afternoon-into evening-session running through the heavier weight...
The word of the day was "disappointed" as community and business leaders from Northeast Montana sat down with Montana's newly minted governor, Greg Gianforte, to discuss the effects and emotions surrounding President Biden's decision to rescind a key permit needed to go forward with TC Energy's construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. "Our first response to the president's action was disappointment and really a sadness over the work that has gone into trying to make this pipeline a reality...
As of 3/01/2021 at 6:15 p.m. the following was Valley County’s COVID-19 status. A good faith effort to protect individuals from the spread of coronavirus is expected of all Montanans. This is accomplished by following clear public health guidelines and these prevention measures: *Wearing a mask or two layer face covering in public at all times. *Remaining 6 feet away from persons who are not members of your household to socially distance. *Frequently using hand sanitizer and sanitizing surfaces. Please do your part to protect each other! A... Full story
The evenings of Feb. 14 and 15 were filled with a message of love, of hardship and of despair that came in the form of Love Letters-an epistolary play that takes place within the letters between a man and a woman over 50 years and chronicles a tumultuous relationship punctuated by ups and downs and accented by comedy. But the real message of the night was one of charity and love directed at Chayten Pippin and his family from the event's main cast, FPST veterans and the shows immediate sponsors,...
The Montana Senate voted on party lines to reject the appointment of Andrew McKean of Valley County to the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission on Feb. 19. The vote to reject McKean passed 31 to 18 with the entire Republican caucus voting against and the entire Democratic Caucus voting in favor of McKean. In November of 2020, then-Governor Steve Bullock appointed McKean to serve out the remainder of former commissioner Logan Brower's term, who moved from Scobey to Helena that same year. McKean's...
A Valley County Sheriff’s Deputy was promptly fired in late January after an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office determined he misused a sensitive government database known as the Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN). According to Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer, the deputy was placed on administrative leave as soon as the incident was reported and then fired immediately after the investigation determined wrongdoing had occurred. The Courier requested a statement from Sheriff Boyer regarding the investigation details and the ide...
As of Feb. 22, the Montana map tracking the coronavirus in the state showed Valley County with nine confirmed active cases, 792 recovered, 11 deaths for a cumulative case number of 812. Three new confirmed cases were reported in the county on Tuesday: a female aged 0-9, a male aged 10-19, and a male aged 60-69. The state map reflects only confirmed cases and health officials caution the true number of active cases is likely significantly higher. The state map showed the total doses of vaccines administered in Valley County at 1,249, with 335...
An Arctic Air Mass moved in from the north and settled over much of the United States during the last week and a half bringing with it dangerously low temperatures and wind chills across all of Montana. The bitter cold arriving in early February seemed especially harsh in northeast Montana and snapped Valley County out of a relatively warm and mild January and into more than a week's worth of continuous sub-zero temperatures giving the region its first prolonged taste of Winter so far in 2021....
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte issued an executive order on Feb. 12 allowing the statewide mask mandate to expire following his signing of a law protecting businesses from COVID-related liabilities. The news was not a surprise. Gianforte had said he intended to lift the mandate once businesses were shielded from liability by the Montana state legislature and a significant number of vulnerable residents had been vaccinated. “Since January 5th, I have provided a clear, consistent path to rescinding the mask mandate,” Governor Gianforte sai... Full story
"Valley County, we are headed in the wrong direction." Those were the opening words to a letter from Valley County Health Department Director, Lynn Miller, on Feb. 4 to the entire county. In the letter Miller highlighted a number of issues with the county's rising COVID-19 numbers, a disregard for social distancing, the still-in-effect mask mandate and the slow pace of vaccinations. "On one hand we have our older residents who are very concerned for their health, concerned about contracting... Full story
US Representative for Montana, Matt Rosendale, and Montana US Senator Steve Daines have introduced legislation to attempt to reverse President Joe Biden’s revocation of a key permit issued to TC Energy for the Keystone XL pipeline to cross into the United States from Canada at the border in Phillips County. The decision made on President Biden’s first day in office had been long forecast. Biden had campaigned on the promise that he would make revoking Keystone XL a first-day event—a promise he ultimately kept. Nonetheless, the decision has gene...
Valley County is revamping the way they will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to the Phase 1B qualified persons in February. According to the Valley County Health Department, the new method of selecting persons to be vaccinated will transition to a first-come-first-serve basis. The rollout in January had been by a lottery selection of those who had signed up for the initial wave of vaccines to those most at risk of the virus. In essence, the system will transition from a random selection of... Full story