BVD makes respectable showing in 2018 Better Newspaper Contest

The Blackfoot Valley Dispatch scored six awards in this year's annual Montana Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The BVD, a Division 1 publication with a circulation of less than 1250, picked up awards for news coverage, writing, page design and photography.

Hope Quay earned the top honor for the paper with the papers only first place award. Her piece, "Swan Renaissance," detailing...