Articles from the August 26, 2015 edition
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Probing the Project
A representative from the American Prairie Reserve has responded to questions from the Courier regarding local frustrations about large-scale bison release efforts. APR Communications & Outreach... Full story
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Locals Say 'No Action' to Bison
Over 300 people gathered at Malta High School last Wednesday night during a public hearing hosted by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for... Full story
STAT Air's New Plane Takes to the Sky
With her maiden voyage on Aug. 24, from Malta to Great Falls, the newest addition to Northeast Montana STAT Air Co-Op's fleet takes off to the delight of her pilots and flight crew. The Pilatus PC-12...
Accidents Highlight Need for Vigilance
Two separate highway accidents inflicted injurious damages on vehicles and occupants alike last week in Valley County. The first occurred on Aug. 19 at 8:05 p.m. A 54-year-old Glasgow resident was piloting his 1997 Harley-Davidson northbound on...
Attendance and Graduation Matter
Montana’s students have one of the most important jobs in the state: showing up to school each day. Students who attend class every day are more likely to succeed academically and later on in life. These students will perform better in reading and...
Open Letter on PRMP/FEIS
Dear Governor Bullock: I, David Pippin, a lifelong resident of Valley County (political subdivision of the State of Montanan), do here by protest the “HiLine Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS)" on... Full story
Fire Truck Levy
“Fire Truck Levy” To Glasgow Residents, The proposed city resolution to create a special improvement district to fund a portion of a used fire truck has raised the question of how long the levy will be in place. The intent of this levy is for...
What's In a Name?
“What's in a Name” How did that line go? What’s in a name? A rose would smell as sweet . . . It seems MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is following Shakespeare’s musings. We no longer hear about ‘wild, free-ranging’ bison. Now they are...
It's Time to Free Barry Beach
“It [is] more a duty [of an Attorney General] to save an innocent than to convict a guilty man.” We know we do not live in a perfect world where only the guilty are convicted and the wrongly accused go free, but prosecutors can sometimes seem...
Lloyd Humphries
Lloyd Humphries, 59, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 6, 1956, in Glasgow, Mont., to William and Frances Humphries. He attended Glasgow schools,...
June Corrine Ziemke Farr
June Corrine (Leach) Ziemke Farr will be interred at the Greybull Cemetery in Greybull, Wyo., at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at a family service. Anyone who knew her is welcome to share memories,...
Lawrence 'Larry' Hughes Benson
Lawrence “Larry” Hughes Benson, 74, died on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at Valley View Home after a long battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 3, 1941, in Glasgow, Mont., to Eugene and Mildred (Yandell) Benson. He attended high school in Glasgow...
William 'Bill' Luther Schultz
William "Bill" Luther Schultz, age 85, passed away with his family by his side on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at the Big Sandy nursing home. Visitation was held on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Kirkwood Memorial...
Green Spaces in Rural Places
Last week I talked about harvest interfering with my gardening. On top of that, I managed to catch pneumonia, which I know nobody wants to hear about. Even medical professionals only listen to one's...
Book Review: Andy Weir's The Martian
“Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. Eventually it flung them out into space, into the colorless, tasteless, weightless sea of outwardness without end. It flung them like stones.” ― Kurt Vonnegut As a teenager, my...
Versatile Athletes Brave Elements to Compete in Fort Peck Triathlon
It didn't feel like a mid-August Saturday morning at the Fort Peck Dredge Cuts last weekend – winds whipped upwards of 50 miles per hour, chilling the already-cold clime to its deepest bone. But the...
Scottie Football's Red & White Scrimmage Ushers in New Season
As Saturday's late afternoon sun dipped lazily towards the western horizon, the Glasgow Scotties stormed onto the manicured sod of Scottie Field for the annual Red-White Scrimmage. "It's what we call...
Glasgow Girls' Volleyball Bounds Towards Season
Prior to the football team's hour-long intersquad scrimmage on Scottie Field, the Glasgow High girls' volleyball team hosted its own Red & White Day in the school's gymnasium. A dense crowd...
Upland Game Hunting Forecasts
For wild upland birds—grouse and pheasants and such—it’s all about the hatch and chick survival. Well, almost all. A really bad winter can knock things back for a year or two but generally, if there is a good hatch and good survival among the...
Upland Game Bird-Hunting Season Dates
Opening day for most of Montana’s upland game bird hunting seasons occur on the same day every year—Sept. 1. The exception is for pheasants. The 2015 general pheasant season opens Oct. 10. Here are the statewide hunting-season dates for upland... Full story
Bow Hunters: Gear Up for Archery Season
Montana’s archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, wolf, mountain lion and black bear begins Sept. 5. The bighorn sheep archery season also begins Sept. 5. A $10 bow and arrow license, plus the proper hunting license, is required... Full story
Free Youth Outdoor Skills Event Set for Sept. 2 at Glasgow Trap Club
A free youth outdoor skills event is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Glasgow Trap Club. The event is organized and funded by donations and volunteers from the National Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited, The Glasgow Trap Club, and... Full story
Resident Juvenile, Non-Resident Charged for Poached Bull Elk Near Big Sandy
Zachary Morgan (29) of Prineville, Ore., and a juvenile (17) of Harlem were separately charged in an incident involving a poached elk in Choteau County. On Sept. 28, 2014, the juvenile illegally shot...
