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With support from the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), local law enforcement and the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) are increasing patrols and enforcement presence during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday period. Because the holiday falls on a Friday, they expect increased participation in festivities and hosted celebrations, and alcohol consumption beyond what is typical for the holiday. To ensure the safety of communities across Montana and the traveling public, these safety partners are encouraging everyone to make a plan for a sober ri...
Valley County upgraded its website in February. It can still be accessed from the original web link, https://www.valleycountymt.net. Local photographer Sean Heavey provided all the photos for the homepage, depicting Valley County’s beautiful landscapes. The new website is easier to navigate and to update, making it a great tool for both users and County personnel. Its user-friendly format means we will get more information out to our citizens and eventually enable more online services. One of the features we are most excited about is the new f...
There are two positions open for the Glasgow School District Board of Trustees this year. Angie Page’s and Blaine White’s terms are set to expire and both have declared their intent to run again. The annual school election will be held Tuesday, May 2, by mail ballot. For anyone else wishing to run for the Glasgow school board, the Trustee Declaration form is located on the school board page of the district website at www.glasgow.k12.mt.us and is also available at the School Administration Office located at 229 7th Street North. The dea...
Lustre Lions Roar Out Of Divisional Championship For the first time in Lustre Christian High School history, the boys basketball team captured the Eastern C divisional basketball championship with a 51-50 win over Fairview at the Wolf Point High School gym on March 4. This achievement punched their ticket to the state tournament, also a first in school history, in Billings this weekend. 2023 Eastern C Divisional Girls Champions The North Country Mavericks claimed another Eastern C Divisional...
Months of preparation, learning lines and choreography, building a set and making programs, all while balancing school, outside jobs and other extra curricular activities, the whirlwind is coming to an end this weekend for the cast, crew and directors of the Glasgow High School production of Grease. All of the hard work, stress, and often times the feeling of being overwhelmed will all be worth it when everything comes together for Golden Ticket night this Thursday, March 9 and official opening...
Bank of Glasgow hosted their annual Have A Heart Food Drive throughout the month of February, asking customers and the community to provide donations to the Valley Community Emergency Food Bank....
The Children’s Museum of Northeast Montana and the Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture were recipients of the fiscal year 2023 Eastern Montana Initiative Tourism Grant Award. The awards are effective Jan. 25, 2023, and both organizations were notified last week via a letter signed by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte. The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture was awarded $50,850 which will be used for a mobile office and sales trailer with an onboard generator. One of the ways the trailer will be utilized is to upgrade the e...
The UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour visited northeastern Montana high schools last week, with Glasgow High School being the first stop on Feb. 20, followed by Poplar High School, Plentywood High School, Medicine Lake School and Scobey High School. The tour was sponsored through a grant with the Montana Department of Transportation, Governor's Highway Safety Association and in partnership with Nemont, Independence Bank, Pro Coop and Daniels-Sheridan Federal Credit Union. Glasgow High School's Family,...
Michael Hoyer, center, accepts a $500 check for the Damon Heck Memorial Officiating Scholarship Feb. 25 during the MAHA State Hockey Tournament in Bozeman, Mont., from High School Commissioner Carin Barnett, left, and Pete Kamman, MAHA Executive Director, right. Hoyer earned the scholarship for his numerous hockey achievements. The Glasgow Ice Dawgs senior is in the top five percent of his class and plans on attending Montana Tech in Butte to study electrical engineering. He served as the...
The Glasgow City Council met for their regular council meeting on Feb. 21 in the Council Chambers. Regular business was voted on including payment of claims in the amount of $131,839.68; payment of Valley Court Apartment claims in the amount of $1,709.37 and approval of the Feb. 6 regular council meeting minutes. There was a huge crowd in the public sitting area of the council chambers as the Siding 45 Skatepark committee and supporters were in attendance to discuss working with the city in order to find a location for a future city skatepark....
As a part of his continued effort to lower costs for families and businesses, on Feb. 14, U.S. Senator Jon Tester called on the Biden Administration to fully reopen all ports of entry in Montana to pre-pandemic hours and terminate the vaccination requirements for Canadian truck drivers entering the United States through land ports of entry. Tester’s letter comes after meeting with Montana farmers and business owners who rely on trade and travel across the northern border via Ports like Raymond, Opheim, and Morgan. “Too often folks in Was...
Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Montana Cancer Coalition officials are promoting resources to help Montanans find cancer care services available in the state. The DPHHS Montana Cancer Coalition Program (MCCP) offers two interactive maps to support Montanans affected by cancer find available resources. The maps feature information for 214 distinct services from 57 separate providers. “Providing quality customer service comes in many forms, and in this case making it easy to find these life-saving services is so i...
The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) announces the opening of a grant cycle to benefit communities and residents of Valley County. Grants will be made from the Valley County Masonic Endowment Fund, established at MCF by the Nemont Manor Foundation, Inc. Grant applications will be accepted through March 31. Applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or an exempt governmental unit. Grants will be up to $5,000. While grants must be used for projects benefiting communities or residents in Valley County, the grantee organization does...
Glasgow Elks Lodge #1922 was recently the recipient of another grant from the Elks National Foundation (ENF). The Lodge applied for and received a $2,000 Spotlight Grant. With this grant, the Glasgow Lodge purchased diapers and baby supplies to donate to the diaper drive that was started by the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center (EMCMHC), the Montana Assertive Community Treatment (MACT) Team, and our local Glasgow Albertsons. They all saw a need to support those so vulnerable in our...
The Town Pump Charitable Foundation is offering $1,000 grants to public libraries in Montana to help fund summer youth-reading programs. Last year the Town Pump Charitable Foundation awarded 100 of the $1,000 grants statewide as part of its Keep Kids Reading grant program. Grants can be used for books, supplies, snacks, staffing, guest speakers, prizes, and other elements needed for a successful summer reading program. Libraries can apply March 1 through April 15 at www.townpumpfoundation.com using the Keep Kids Reading application, and grants...
Veterans in suicidal crisis are now able to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost – including inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 days. Veterans do not need to be enrolled in the VA system to use this benefit. This expansion of care will help prevent Veteran suicide by guaranteeing no cost, world-class care to Veterans in times of crisis. It will also increase access to acute suicide care for up to nine million Veterans who are not currently enrolled...
Valley View Home’s administrator Wes Thompson has been making trips back and forth to Helena in order to be a part of the current legislative session and express the need to raise Medicaid rates in order to continue to keep the same level of patient care residents deserve and keep Valley View Home’s door open for the community. “Wes is forever going to bat for us. He is going to bat with the state legislature,” stated Staff Development Coordinator Brianna Leader. In initial votes on Feb. 16 by the legislative subcommittee, Medicaid provide...
Since the beginning of December, Kris Toennis has been seeing patients in the Glasgow Clinic as the facility's newest family nurse practitioner (FNP). Though she was born and raised in Miles City, Glasgow and the surrounding area is very familiar to her. "Growing up, Glasgow and Miles City were Class C rivals. I came to the area for sports and loved spending time at Fort Peck during the summer," said Toennis. Prior to coming to Glasgow, Toeness had been a registered nurse for 31 years, working...
The Valley County Courthouse was the setting of a coroner’s inquest on Feb. 14, pertaining to the in-custody death of Darryl Big Leggins, of Hays, Mont., that occurred on Feb. 10, 2022. At the time of his death Big Leggins was being held at the Valley County Detention Center under contract for the Montana Department of Corrections. At the time of death, to ensure transparency and to eliminate any perceived conflict, Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer requested the Phillips County Sheriff/Coroner Jerry Lytle and the Montana Department of Justice t...
As part of his continued effort to support economic growth in rural communities, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $15 million through his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for the Fort Peck – Dry Prairie Rural Water System. The funding, which was awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), will be used to support substantial completion of the project. “Montanans sent me to the Senate to deliver for our communities,” said Tester. “This funding to build out top-notch water infrastructure will help support busines...
Montana State University Extension has partnered with the Montana Alzheimer’s Work Group, the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Alzheimer’s Association-Montana Chapter and AARP Montana to offer Montana-specific information for caregivers and others concerned about memory loss. The Work Group has a revised website with vital information on Alzheimer’s in Montana, including resources for health care professionals and caregivers; a list of support agencies; and online education videos. Visit mtalzplan.org for more information. “Many...
Hinsdale senior Codi Donniaquo has a full plate as she counts down the days until graduation. From working at Elle Boutique in Glasgow, preparing her audition for the Fort Peck Summer Theatre, filling out scholarship applications, performing in the Pep Band in a co-op with the North Country Mavericks band while also playing one of the lead roles in the student-led production at Glasgow High School's production of "Grease," on top of her school responsibilities such as homework, each day is...
