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Montana's sole U.S. Representative, Greg Gianforte (R), spoke to the Courier about his recent trip to China as part of the first Congressional delegation of 2019. Gianforte said he was one of only six legislators in the bipartisan group, working to secure a new trade deal with the nearly 1.4 billion person market. Gianforte explained that his reason for going to China was simple. "Trade is so important to our ranchers and farmers," said Gianforte, "and they need certainty and we were there to...
From his office in Washington, D.C., Senator Jon Tester took time to speak to the Courier in a phone interview on April 2 about national and local issues. including trade and tariffs; the Keystone XL pipeline; and Special Olympics funding. Healthcare: Healthcare was a defining issue in the 2018 midterm elections, in which Senator Tester was reelected, and is predicted to be a core issue in the 2020 campaign. Much has been made of skyrocketing prescription costs, and Tester touts the bills he's...
Glasgow, Fort Peck, Nashua and Opheim are all scheduled to have municipal elections this upcoming election season and starting April 18, members of those towns can file to be placed on the ballot to fill the positions opening this year. In Glasgow, the alderman/woman ward 1 seat, currently held by Nanci Schoenfelder, the alderman/woman ward 2 seat, currently held by Elvon "Butch" Heitman, and the alderman/woman ward 3 seat, currently held by Rod Karst, are available. Each ward seat has a...
The Glasgow City-County Library celebrated National Library Week April 8 through 12 by having a library-themed weekly story time on April 11. Books about a variety of characters experiencing the library were read to children of all ages in attendance. The library hosts story time weekly, every Thursday at 10 a.m. in the library basement....
The City of Glasgow came one step closer to ending a months-long search to find and hire a criminal-focused city attorney. At their regular meeting on Monday, April 15, the council approved a conditional offer to negotiate with Anna Rose Sullivan, currently of Wolf Point, to take on the role of both civil and criminal Glasgow City attorney. Sullivan attended the meeting to advocate for herself and provide a brief background. She said that she is a Butte native, who attended Gonzaga University to study philosophy and psychology before heading...
The House of Representatives, in a vote of 263-158, passed an extension of the Violence Against Women Act on April 4, providing protections for survivors of domestic violence. Provisions in the Act center around the crisis surrounding missing and murdered indigenous women. One provision, drafted by Senator Jon Tester, Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act, directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct a full review of how federal agencies respond to reports of missing and murdered Native Americans. Based on findings,...
The Glasgow High School band and choir students participated in the District 12 Music Festival in Malta on April 12 and 13. Entries with superior ratings include: Honors Choir, Concert Band, Chamber Choir Ensemble, Chamber Choir Girls 1, Chamber Choir Girls 2, Swing Choir Women, Swing Choir Men, Jazz Band, Blake Overvold with his vocal solo, Isabelle Griffin and Colin Jamba with their woodwind duet, Vincent Chappell and Colin Jamba with their jazz duet, Hannah Anderson with her vocal solo,...
The Glasgow School Board met in regular session on April 10. All of the trustees were in attendance as well as school administrative staff. The meeting began with the student representative report given by Merlin McKean, who noted that the popular Mr. Scottie Pageant is scheduled for May 6. Superintendent Bob Connors recognized Micah Tweten, Natosha Sand and Dillon Godwin for their accomplishments in BPA and the Glasgow Ice Dawg Bantams for their recent state championship win. With Connors’ recommendation, the board approved the re-hire of t...
It was just March 13 when the headline on the Glasgow Courier's front page read NWS Flood Projections Look Good for Glasgow, the article stating there was a prediction of less than a five percent chance of major flooding. Less than two weeks later however the Milk at Tampico and Glasgow was climbing slowly towards major flood stage. As of Friday, April 5, the Milk at Glasgow had receded and fallen back below flood stage, leaving a path of washed out roads, torn down fences, ruined implements...
When Josh Thompson received the call that two kayakers were in need of help on the Milk River on March 31, they were in luck. The Search and Rescue airboat was already staged and in place to serve a very different mission. The crew was supposed to go out with the boat to help a local rancher reach his stranded cattle and get them food later that day. So when the call came in that two kayakers were in need of help near Whatley Road that Sunday afternoon, they were already ready to go. According to a report from Sheriff Tom Boyer, as best he...
Nonprofit group Montana's Peer Network has launched a program in Northeast Montana in affiliation with the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center in Glasgow. Taking on the role of peer support specialist / recovery coach will be Glasgow resident Heather Henry. The program is funded by the Montana legislature and is entirely free to participants. Henry sat down with the Courier alongside Montana Peer Networks founder Jim Hajny to discuss the program and the impacts it hopes to have on sub...
Glasgow Elks Lodge 1922 has made several improvements recently. First, and foremost, was the initiation of seven new members. On Wednesday, April 3, current members gathered to welcome Darryl Birkland, Dan Humbert, Carl Fuhrman, Dillon Koski, Norm Braaten, Paul Wetz and Kari Prewett to the fraternal order. Behind a curtain blocking off remodeling work, the new members went through the secret initiation process. At the dinner that followed, Prewett told a small group about how she had picked up...
Kathleen Williams made a campaign stop in Glasgow on April 8 at Soma Dis Deli. The former Montana legislator and prior candidate is running for Montana’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She ran and lost by less than five percent against incumbent Republican Greg Gianforte in 2018. With a couple dozen people in attendance, the Congressional hopeful stumped on issues such as bipartisanship, her Montana roots, her priorities, which she labeled affordable health care, fostering o...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a town hall on April 2 at the Glasgow Senior Citizens Center to discuss the removal of extended summer hours at the Opheim, Morgan and Scobey ports of entry and the reduction of hours at the Raymond Port. Around 20 members of the public attended the meeting from across northeastern Montana with many of them there to represent government officials and even a representative from the Saskatchewan Parliament was in attendance. CBP hosted the informational meeting to make their case for the reduction of...
In an interview with the Glasgow Courier to discuss trade negotiations in China on April 12, Congressman Greg Gianforte said he was "seriously considering" a run for Governor in 2020. This marks the first public comment made by the two-term Congressman and one-time gubernatorial hopeful on his plans for 2020. "I'm talking to people all over the state," said Gianforte. I'm being encouraged to consider a run for Governor and I am seriously considering that but have not made a final decision." If...
President Trump signed a new order March 29, issuing a new permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. The permit would allow construction work in northeastern Montana even while the case on whether or not construction will continue is pending in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The new permit replaces the previous permit issued March 2017 to TransCanada Corp., the developer of the Keystone XL Project, and grants permission to “construct, connect, operate and maintain” the pipeline in U.S. territory, specifically providing permission to build a pip...
Attorney General Tim Fox encourages anyone who has a Shopko gift card to use it as soon as possible, as Shopko will only be accepting gift cards as a method of payment until April 20. Shopko announced on March 18 the company will be closing all remaining stores after Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings failed to restructure the company’s debt and save the retailer’s remaining locations. Among the stores to close were 11 in Montana. Since the announcement, the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection has been communicating with bankr...
In front of a packed house, Six Appeal brought new meaning to schoolhouse rock last Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27. The vocal group captivated the crowd from their opening note, to an impromptu encore prompted by adoring cheers. However, the six-member band was not just there to perform. As part of the Northeastern Arts Network program, the group was also in town for the Artist In Performance (AIP) portion of their tour, which included stops with Saco, Hinsdale, Nashua, Frazer and Gla...
On Saturday March 30, the Montana House passed House Bill 658 with a vote of 61 in favor to 37 opposed. The bill, if passed in the Senate, will continue Montana’s Medicaid Expansion program that features a 9 to 1 match in funds from the Federal Government and provides health care to over 96,000 Montanans according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That number equals roughly 9.4 percent of the state’s population. Both Montana House Representatives for Valley County, Casey Knudsen (R) and Rhonda Knudsen (R), voted against advancing...
Update: As of 3:15 p.m. Wade Simonson has been located and was found safe. Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer is asking the public for help in locating a missing Valley County man. Wade Thomas Simonson was last seen by his wife at their home in Saint Marie last Thursday, April 4. He had driven away in a gray 2003 Corvette, Simonson's wife had thought he was on his way to visit his parents. Since Thursday, the only sign of Simonson was in Havre where he is thought to have withdrawn money from his... Full story
After 18 years of teaching in Glasgow, Dr. Brad Persinger is retiring this spring. Originally from Kansas, Persinger moved to Glasgow in 2001. He has taught band for 18 years, and for 12 of those years, he has also taught choir. From recorder to guitar, Persinger has done it all. I went to the GHS band room to interview him on Monday, March 18, just as the school day ended. I waded through a sea of dismissed concert band students while Persinger straightened up his classroom. We settled in at th...
Lustre Christian High School hosted their annual fundraiser known as Schmeckfest March 22. This was the 54th year for the school's only major fundraiser. According to Susan Fast, one of the organizers, this year's totals have not been fully realized, but in the past she said they bring in around $80,000 just from the evening of food and vendor sales. As a private Christian school, Lustre Christian uses the annual fundraiser to help keep tuition fees low. Fast explained that Schmeckfest is the...
