Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Sorted by date Results 494 - 518 of 3850
Irle School students had a special presentation on April 20 when three animal ambassadors from ZooMontana, based out of Billings, came to visit along with two zoo staff members. The students were able to see up close a snake, a cockroach, which was named Emma by the first group of students, and a turtle. While the animal was passed around the group of students, zoo staff Fernanda Mora and Brooke Tucker provided information on the ambassadors. When asked which animal was their favorite, Mrs....
Girl Scout Troop 2077 (and one scout from Glasgow Troop 2280) spent a fantastic day outside for Earth Day. With the help of Ranger Lak Kloker, the girls spent the day checking on bird boxes around the Downstream Campground. We walked around the walking trail and the Winter Harbor area, checking to be sure the boxes were cleaned out and available for use for spring birds to come make a home. Kloker gave the girls some basic instruction on using power tools, and they were able to remove damaged...
The Election Team at the Clerk and Recorder’s office will be running mail-ballot elections for four school districts, Glasgow, Hinsdale, Lustre, and Nashua, and one Special District, St. Marie Rural Fire District. All ballots were mailed on April 14. Glasgow School District’s trustee election has been canceled; Angie Page and Blaine White filed to retain their seats on the school board. Glasgow School District’s ballot includes one proposition. The District is asking to increase local taxes in the amount of $32,714.81 to support the gener...
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...
The Nashua School has six candidates running for two positions on the school board. The candidates are, in no particular order, Sheila Toavs Miller, Tyler Skolrud, Teresa Kennedy, Patricia Sibley, Joe Laumeyer and William Philippi. The two open seats are now held by Toavs Miller and Matt Garsjo. In addition to voting for school board members, the Nashua ballot will also include a Building Fund Reserve levy proposition in the amount of $400,000 per year for five years for a total of $2,000,000. The vote will be a mail-ballot election and all...
Valley County native Andrew Brandt and Alabama native Dylan Ford are the newest deputies of the Valley County Sheriff's Department. Though they come from different areas of the country, their small town backgrounds allow them to quickly acclimate to the area while also looking forward to making the county a better place for the present and future. Brandt officially started as a deputy on March 21, however has been working for Valley County since August as a detention officer. A graduate of...
The Recovery Destination Event Grant application cycle, which is part of Montana’s Tourism Grant Program, launched on Jan. 4. The program aims to support destination events and new events that attract out-of-area visitors and increase local revenue. In the second round of Recovery Destination Event Grants, 16 event-based activities throughout Montana are being funded: The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture ($20,000): 36th Annual Montana Governor’s Cup Walleye Tournament Livingston CVB/DMO ($19,000): Yellowstone Harvest Festival The...
Spring finally made it's appearance to the area this past weekend and it couldn't have arrived at a more perfect time. Families were able to enjoy the Easter weekend with spring like temperatures and area kids got outside for the annual Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt at Hoyt Park, near the Glasgow Civic Center, on April 8. Though the ground was still partly frozen in spots and covered with snow and ice in others, that did not deter participating children from gathering up as many eggs as they coul...
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...
Valley View Home administrator Wes Thompson has been spending a lot of time in Helena during this legislative session fighting for not only Valley View Home in Glasgow, but also nursing homes across Montana that are struggling to stay open and care for loved ones. Thompson was one of four speakers at a virtual press conference on March 30, moderated by Margie MacDonald, a lobbyist for Big Sky 55+. The topic of the press conference was to talk about how the Montana Legislature has, so far, failed to meet the state-funded Guidehouse study’s r...
The Hinsdale Ambulance volunteer emergency medical technicians (EMTs) strive to improve patient care by participating in state of the art training to recently certified and veteran EMTs as well as students. On March, 22, the crew, which included two EMT students, took part in a simulation training event facilitated by Simulation in Motion Montana, a 501c3 non-profit simulation healthcare training organization, based out of Helena, at the Hinsdale Ambulance barn. During the training, the EMTs...
The public should monitor local news media and Emergency Alert System (EAS), especially people in flood plain areas (everyone south of Highway 2). Now is the time for people to prepare their homes, gather supplies, review their plans, and prepare for any possible evacuation. Forecasters are saying that the river will reach major flood stage in the coming week. As a precautionary measure in anticipation of probable flooding, City of Glasgow has instituted levee patrols and other proactive measures. Please stay away and off of the levee for...
After hitting a roadblock earlier this year when a lone construction bid for a new pool, bathhouse and parking loop came in millions over the engineer estimate from July 2022, the Valley County Community Pool Campaign committee has been meeting, working and discussing with key stakeholders what the next steps will look like in order to get a new pool for Valley County. When the lone bid was reviewed in January, the bid came in at $4,693,422 with the breakdown of $2,288,695 for the swimming pool, $2,146,651 for the pool house structure and...
The Scottie Field Recharged committee invites the community to attend a community meeting on Thursday, April 13, 7 p.m., at the Glasgow High School Auditorium. All community members are encouraged to join the Scottie Field Recharged Committee, Glasgow Public Schools Administration, GSD Board of Trustees, and coaching staff for this important informational meeting on this project. Jared Petrino with FieldTurf – Calhoun Manufacturing and U.S. Installation out of Wyoming will also be present to d...
The Glasgow High School Student Council recently dedicated their display of Glasgow High School graduates deployed overseas to the memory of Staff Sgt. Aaron N. Holleyman Staff Sgt. Holleyman was a Special Forces medical sergeant assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, who passed away Aug. 30, 2004, near Khutayiah, Iraq. A 1996 graduate of Glasgow High School, Holleyman was a quiet student with a soft southern accent who participated on both the football and baseball teams. His...
At approximately 2:35 p.m., on March 29, an incident occurred at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) involving a Valley County detention officer, sheriff deputies, a hospital employee and an inmate from the Valley County detention center, later identified as 47-year-old Jonathan Ryan Hamilton. Hamilton was originally arrested on a Blaine County arrest warrant in another state and was returned to Montana to face several criminal charges pertaining to child sexual assault. According to Valley...
The Valley County Commissioners held a meeting on March 31 inside the Board of County Commissioners to discuss a personnel issue associated with the County Road Supervisor Todd Young. The Commissioners stated the reason for the meeting was due to an allegation, that if substantiated, could implicate a violation of the county personnel policy. Though information on the allegation was not provided, Commissioner Mary Armstrong indicated it was her opinion that until the allegation can be substantiated and investigated Young be placed on...
A Senate Committee has advanced a legislative fix to resolve the debate over how the State spends recreational cannabis tax revenue by meeting multiple funding needs. Senate Bill 442 was amended and unanimously passed out of the Senate Finance and Claims Committee on March 30. The revised bill provides stable funding for county roads, supports veterans and drug treatment services, and establishes a new Habitat Legacy Account to conserve habitat and restore more of Montana’s land and waterways. For months, citizens, lawmakers, and others have w...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has announced more than $24 million from the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act for states, Tribes, and territories through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) in the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The funding will help communities upgrade essential wastewater and stormwater systems to protect public health and treasured water bodies across the nation. “Too many communities across the country are facing challenges with water infrastruct...
In order to keep detention officers and inmates safer, the Valley County Detention Center has recently installed a body scanner that will allow a visual on any potential weapons and /or contraband on the person entering the facility. The staff of the Detention Center is expected to be trained on the machine March 28, and once fully trained, the scanner will be implemented for any and all inmates entering the facility. According to Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer, it was standard practice in the...
Delegates from the Fort Peck Rural County Water District (FPRCWD) put their water to the taste test at the Montana Rural Water Systems’ s (MRWS) annual conference held March 22 through 24, in Great Falls and walked away with the Best Tasting Water in Montana award! As the winner of the water competition, an FPRCWD delegate receives an MRWS all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C., to attend the National Rural Water Association Rally on February 6 through 8, 2024, and enter their water in the Great American Water Taste Test sponsored by Aquastor...
Glasgow Public Works would like to notify City of Glasgow residents and businesses that a new Environmental Protection Agency regulation requires the City Public Water Supply to develop an inventory of all water service line types in the City of Glasgow. The inventory efforts are intended to identify lead service lines. On Jan. 18, the City Water Department mailed each water customer a service line test form with instructions on how to conduct the test and respond. The City asks that you take 15 minutes to conduct the test and return the...
Montana’s unemployment rate set a new all-time low in February, declining 0.1 percent to 2.4 percent according to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry. The February rate of 2.4 percent is the lowest level of unemployment in Montana since record keeping began in 1976. Montana’s unemployment rate is the fourth lowest in the nation. While Montana’s unemployment rate dropped to an all-time low of 2.4 percent in February, the unemployment rate for the U.S. rose to 3.6 percent. “Whil...
