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  • BLM Hosts 'Scoping' Meeting on American Prairie Reserve Request to Remove Fencing

    A.J. Etherington, The Courier|Apr 18, 2018

    The Bureau of Land Management held a “scoping” meeting in Glasgow April 12 to ask for public comment on an environmental assessment being conducted by BLM. The assessment is on a permit request by the American Prairie Foundation Inc. (commonly called the American Prairie Reserve or APR) to remove interior fencing on BLM grazing leases and to permit bison grazing year round. The meeting was well attended by farmers, ranchers, and local government representatives who mostly attempted to express their concerns of the proposal. According to BLM...

  • Peanut Butter Drive to Fight Hunger

    Michelle Bigelbach, The Courier|Apr 18, 2018

    For the third year in a row, Josh Sillerud and Hi-Line Ford are asking the community to come together and buy peanut butter at their next several trips to the grocery store. In coordination with the Ford Focus on Child Hunger campaign, Sillerud has decided to hold a peanut butter drive to help our community's children not go hungry once school is out for the year. Peanut butter is a main staple and unfortunately it can be expensive to those families who have fallen on hard times. Donations of...

  • VCHD Hosts Third Annual Red Thumb Reminder Day

    A.J. Etherington, The Courier|Apr 18, 2018

    The Valley County Health Department, along with law enforcement partners with the Glasgow Police Department, Valley County Sheriff's Office, Montana Highway Patrol and the Glasgow and Long-Run Fire Department, hosted the third annual Red Thumb Reminder Day in Glasgow April 10. According to Leslie Simensen with the Health Department, the event was attended by about 195 people and supported by 88 different students and community volunteers. Designed to raise awareness about texting while driving,...

  • Todd Young Amongst Commissioner Hopefuls

    A.J. Etherington, The Courier|Apr 18, 2018

    Long-time Glasgow native and County Road Department Supervisor Todd Young is one of seven candidates seeking the job of Valley County Commissioner being vacated by Bruce Petersen in November. Young sat down with the Glasgow Courier to discuss his background, his motivation for the job and his intentions if elected to the post. Young has called Glasgow home for 33 of his 35 years. He graduated from Glasgow High School, and says that unlike many of his peers, he did not feel the need to leave...

  • Middle School to Perform 'Into the Woods' this Weekend

    Apr 18, 2018

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  • APR's Request to BLM

    Ron Garwood, Nashua|Apr 18, 2018

    Dear Editor, My name is Ron Garwood, I am a 17 year supervisor of the Valley County Conservation District from Nashua. I am also a member of the FWP’s CAC from region 6. I have been hunting since 1957 on private CMR (Fort Peck Game Range) state lands and BLM lands. I believe the APR’s request to the BLM to allow the APR to be able to take out cross fences on BLM and state lands and to be able to run up to 1,600 bison on the Timber Creek grazing unit in Valley County in one large pasture is ridiculous. This action would be detrimental to hunting...

  • Thank You

    Nicholas Smith, Charlotte, North Carolina|Apr 18, 2018

    Dear Editor, A couple weeks ago, I had a letter to the editor published in your local newspaper. It said that I was doing a state report on Montana and asked for information. Soon I started to get mail from the wonderful people in Montana. Thank you so much for all the wonderful things you sent me. They will already help me with my state report and presentation. For my report, I have to create a trifold poster with all the information I am learning about your state, including things like state symbols, natural resources. tourist attractions...

  • Modification of APR Grazing Permits

    Jacobs, Jacobs Ranch, Inc.|Apr 18, 2018

    Dear Editor, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for the public’s help in determining what it should analyze as it considers proposed changes to several grazing leases. American Prairie Reserve (APR) controls private properties tied to 18 BLM grazing allotments in Fergus, Petroleum, Phillips and Valley counties. They have submitted a proposal asking the BLM to modify their grazing permits. Note that Page 2 of their proposal lists “other terms and conditions of APR proposed action.” Item 2 of this says, “Split BLM East Dry Fork al...

  • Kerosene Lamps

    Gwen Cornwell, Remember When|Apr 18, 2018

    Not many of us remember using kerosene lamps as our evening light. To my knowledge, my family always had electricity, but the very young only remember specific things. It was always a real treat to me, even in my early teen years, to get to spend the night with some older friends that did not have electricity. Evenings were spent around the kitchen table, playing cards or other games. These particular friends had cats in the house, so you could entertain yourself quite awhile watching the cats play with a piece of paper tied on string. Very...

  • On BLM's Decision Making Process

    A.J. Etherington, From the Editor|Apr 18, 2018

    I want to inform all of our readers that it is the intent of the Glasgow Courier to take the Bureau of Land Management to task over their decision making process for the American Prairie Reserve’s request to remove interior fencing and graze bison year-round. The story you see this week will not be the end of our questioning of how the BLM is making its decision. The public comment in this paper and other forums around the Hi-Line speak for themselves that this issue has been charged with fear, polarization and muddied by bureaucratic p...

  • Calendar of Upcoming Events in the Area

    Apr 18, 2018

    The Pioneer Museum will be open every Tuesday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. through April 30. For special appointments or more information call 406-228-4926. THURSDAY – APRIL 19 9:30 a.m. - The Nashua Community is invited to the Ladies’ Coffee Hour every Thursday at the Nashua Senior Center. 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. - Veteran Affairs Officers will be in Malta at the Malta City Hall. If bad weather exists on days of travel, stay tuned to the local radio stations for updated information. 1:45 – 3:40 p.m. - Kindergarten Roundup at Nashua School. This is a chan...

  • Father Tony Schuster

    Apr 18, 2018

    Anthony J. Schuster, Father Tony, and to family and friends, Tony, died on Saturday, April 7, 2018, in Billings, Mont. He had experienced some health issues for a number of years, and was 74 years young at the time of death. He was born in Glasgow, Mont., in 1943, to Delia and Ed Schuster. His siblings were Mae, Peter, Joe, Jerry and Doris. After Mom's early death, Dad decided it was best that the children have a good foundation and education, so he and his siblings went to St. Thomas Home in Gr...

  • James Edwin Strodtbeck

    Apr 18, 2018

    Our father, our grandfather, our brother and our friend, James Edwin Strodtbeck passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Glasgow, Mont. He is now at peace and pain free as an angel high in the mountain tops of Montana. We were blessed to have him in our lives for 85 years and he touched the lives of so many across the Big Sky country. Family, friends and loved ones whose lives Jim touched are invited to visit from 10-11 a.m., at Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home at 525 S Main St. in Kalispell on...

  • Richard Dale Arnold

    Apr 18, 2018

    Richard "Montana Kid" Dale Arnold, 65, of Bonneville, passed away at the Help for Health Hospice Home in Riverton, Wyo., on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. There will be a memorial service held at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, April 18, at the Shoshoni Senior Citizens Center in Shoshoni,Wyo. There will be a second memorial service held in Hinsdale on Saturday, Aug. 25, at a location to be announced later. He was born on Oct. 15, 1952, in Glasgow, Mont., to Maurice Mark and Hattie J. (Hanson) Arnold. He grew...

  • Savola Blanchard

    Apr 18, 2018

    Savola Blanchard born on March 4, 1948, in Glasgow, Mont., passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018, at the age of 70, in Billings, Mont. No services are planned....

  • Glasgow Gets on Track

    Georgie Kulczyk, The Courier|Apr 18, 2018

    Well into the spring sports season, Glasgow hosted its first track meet on April 16, with 23 teams attending. Although the meet is essentially meant to provide an extra opportunity for athletes to qualify for post-season events, this season's event was the first time most of those attending were able to compete at all. The wind blew 21- 37 mph throughout the day, with gusts as strong as 47 mph. Needless to say, the conditions were miserable and made it difficult for any of the competitors to...

  • Area Youth Have Good Showing at State Tournament

    Georgie Kulczyk, The Courier|Apr 18, 2018

    Glasgow is being represented by two separate teams at the 2018 Montana USBC Youth Bowling Championship Tournament in Billings. The first two days of competition were April 14 – 15, and the tournament will continue the next two weekends: April 21 - 22, and April 28 - 29. The teams representing Glasgow are: Team El Cor Del consisting of Gage Anderson, Riley Smith, Rance Rhoads and Justice Meland and Team Pin Hunters consisting of Keigan Ingram, Aiden Hoerster, Dylan Linder and Ashlee Meland. A...

  • Scottie Softball Plays Their First Games of the Season

    Apr 18, 2018

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