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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Citing an amicus brief filed by TC Energy, a federal judge on Jan. 6 dismissed as moot a 23-state case filed against President Biden over his decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline cross border permit on his first day in office. In his decision, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote, “...the court takes TC Energy at its word that Keystone XL is dead. And because it is dead, any ruling this court makes on whether President Biden had the authority to revoke the permit would be advisory. Thus, the court has no jurisdiction and the case m...
Biden Intends to Rescind Keystone XL Permit JAN. 20 - In yet another setback to TC Energy and the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, CBC in Canada was first to report on Jan. 17 confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's intent to rescind the KXL pipeline permit. Biden campaigned on canceling the Canadian pipeline project, which will run through Valley County, after having opposed it during his time as Vice President under President Barack Obama. Obama punted the controversial political...
West Nile Virus, "will destroy you," warns former Valley County Sheriff's Deputy William "Bill" J. Soper. Soper nearly died when he was infected by a mosquito bite back in the summer months of 2013. "I was circling the drain," Soper told The Courier over the phone last week from his home in Centralia, Wash. "I had resting Nystagmus in both eyes, which indicated a brain injury. My brain swelled three times [its normal size]." Even though Soper pulled through, he lost his beloved job as a deputy a...
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...
In yet another setback to TC Energy and the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, CBC in Canada was first to report on Jan. 17 confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's intent to rescind the KXL pipeline permit. Biden campaigned on canceling the Canadian pipeline project, which will run through Valley County, after having opposed it during his time as Vice President under President Barack Obama. Obama punted the controversial political decision to his successor, President Donald Trump, who...
On Dec. 8 major news outlets reported that President-elect Joe Biden had selected former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to return to that role, leading the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Earlier rumors and speculation on the position favored former N.D. Senator Heidi Heitkamp and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge. Fudge has since been selected to lead Housing and Urban Development. Reporting had said that Vilsack was backing Heitkamp for the position and Politico Pro reports that Vilsack was reluctant to return to his former role, which he held...
TC Energy has confirmed their plans to move forward with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Phillips and Valley counties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned construction project has brought in 100 workers, and a number of family members, from all over the country who will be living in hotels and recreational vehicles while they begin work on and near the project's border crossing with Canada. Simultaneously on March 28, at 12:01 a.m., the county ordered all new arrivals in Valley...
This story has been updated. The updated story can be found at https://www.glasgowcourier.com/story/2020/04/01/news/kxl-to-go-forward-amid-pandemic/8663.html. TC Energy has confirmed their plans to move forward with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Phillips and Valley Counties during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the coming weeks, the planned construction project will bring in 100 workers from all over the country, all of whom will be living in hotels and recreational vehicles while they... Full story
TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) is putting the past year’s legal battles behind them and is moving ahead with plans to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. On Jan. 21, Terry Cunha, a spokesman for TC Energy, told the Williston Herald that the project reached several key milestones and filed a status report with the U.S. District Court of Montana the week before. The status report stated TC Energy will move heavy equipment to storage yards in Montana and South Dakota in February and would also transport and install worker camp modules in both s...
Dear Editor, Customs & Border Protection has proposed a reduction of hours due to a decline in traffic over the past four years. I attended the Town Hall meetings at Plentywood to discuss hour reduction at the Port of Raymond / Regway of which is a 24 hour commercial port, the proposed hours of operation would be from 6 a.m. to midnight. Canada (Regway) remains 24 hours. CBP had proposed the hour reduction in 2015, we resisted, they reconsidered and it has remained a 24 hour commercial port. We...
Ms. Melissa Hlad's and Ms. Denise Winchester's second-grade reading challenge groups embodied past and present heroes and figures from American history for the Living History Museum at Irle School on March 7. Twenty-seven students picked a famous person to personify, had to research that person and then become that person by dressing the part for the event. Providing presentations at the press of a paper button on their table, each student became the person they selected, speaking in first...
Former President of the United States Barack Obama, once said, “Our collective futures depend on the willingness to uphold your duties as a citizen to vote.” Obama was stressing the importance of voting as an opportunity to take responsibility and be an influence. Many people don’t stop and think about the true significance of voting. Many people don’t appreciate why voting matters. Many people don’t know why voting matters. I sometimes wonder if my vote matters. Simply put, my vote matters because it is my right, my voice, and my legacy. My vo...
Dear Voters, Montana is special. That's why my wife, Susan, and I raised our four kids here. It's why we started a business here in our home – one that created hundreds of high-paying, Montana jobs. And it's why I ran for Congress – to protect our Montana way of life. I'm honored to serve as your lone voice in the U.S. House of Representatives. It's a responsibility I take very seriously. The only way I know to do this job is stay connected with Montanans where we live, work and recreate. In my...
President Donald Trump signed an executive action to move forward with the Keystone XL pipeline on Jan 24. He also indicated movement on the Dakota Access oil pipeline, though timelines and other details remain unclear at press time. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the moves on the pipelines will be subject to the terms and conditions currently being renegotiated by the government. Senator Steve Daines praised Trump: “The Keystone XL pipeline will create good-paying Montana union and tribal jobs,” he said, adding, “After years of t... Full story
Looking at the bane of social media i.e. Facebook, I am bewildered on how polarized we have become. I see the posts stating so and so will leave America if Trump is elected. No they won’t. No one will. If a conservative like myself can survive eight years of President Obama, two of those under Democrat control of the entire Legislative Branch and the gift that just keeps on giving, the Affordable Healthcare Act (guess what Max Baucus, my rates did go up just as I predicted!! Thanks for the rabbit punch!!!), the left leaning entertainment i...
Over 100 Phillips County residents showed up at the Malta High School Auditorium last Wednesday in Malta to hear U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., speak, before he was asked a handful of questions, most pertaining to a recent decision by the Bureau of Land Management to allow the American Prairie Reserve to graze bison on the Flat Creek Allotment in Phillips County. "Today we are here about the BLM and I'm sure about bison," Zinke told the crowd after a 10-minute introduction. "The local BLM is...
True to his word, President Barack Obama vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline bill that passed both the House and the Senate in the last month. Those votes were not enough to overcome a veto. He released a veto message to Americans. “The presidential power to veto legislation is one I take seriously,” he said. “But I also take seriously my responsibility to the American people. And because this act of Congress conflicts with established executive branch procedures and cuts short through consideration of issues that could bear on our national inter...
Here's a sampling of releases to The Courier on the appointment of former Lt. Gov. John Walsh to replace Max Baucus, the new ambassador to China, in the U.S. Senate. Sen. John Walsh Friend – I’ve answered many calls in my life and today I proudly answer one more. In 2004, I was asked to lead more than 700 of Montana’s finest men and women into combat in Iraq as the Commander of the 1-163rd Infantry Battalion. It was a tremendous responsibility. It took incredible courage for those men and women to do what our nation asked of them. They put s... Full story
Montana’s three elected federal representatives – Sen. Max Baucus, Rep. Steve Daines and Sen. Jon Tester – on Aug. 31 released statements with their still-evolving positions on whether the United States should take military action in Syria. Here are those statements. SEN. BAUCUS Bozeman – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus released the following statement today in response to President Obama saying the United States should take military action against Syrian targets and he will seek Cong... Full story
Montana’s U.S. senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced that FEMA has responded to their calls to quickly provide federal disaster assistance to Montanans – including those in Valley County – affected by historic flooding in May and June. In response to Baucus and Tester’s July 2 letter to FEMA, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration Monday for the state of Montana, the senators said. The announcement triggers the release of federal disaster funds to help rebuild and repair infrastructure damaged or destroyed by floodin...
Derrick Simons graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., on Friday, May 24. Graduates numbering 1,047 marched through the rain to the 163rd commencement exercises that were held at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium to be sworn in as the newest members of the Navy. President Barack Obama gave the commencement address, challenging the men and women to hold on to their values they have been taught through this difficult and trying time. The graduating class consisted of 80 percent men...