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A man who deserted from the Afghanistan army has been arrested in Havre. U.S. Border Patrol officers from the Havre station arrested Mustafa Tanin as he was on a westbound Amtrak train on Tuesday. Agents said Tanin, an officer in the Afghan military, entered the United States for military training. He was sent to Lackland Air Force in San Antonio, Texas. He was in Washington, D.C., on a training exercise on Sept. 29, when he deserted, By leaving his assignment, he was declared absent without leave by the Afghan military....
Candidates for Havre City Council will introduce themselves to the public tonight at a candidate forum sponsored by the Havre Daily News. The candidates in the two contested races will answer questions submitted by the public and by the Havre Daily News staff. The two candidates for uncontested races will have five minutes to explain their positions on the issues. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium at Montana State University-Northern. Havre Daily News reporter Alex Ross will moderate in place of Havre High...
Havre firefighters — hoping to beat the Hi-Line subzero weather — will hold their Everybody Loves Firefighters food drive early this year. Firefighters will take their fire trucks, lights flashing and sirens blaring, through the east end of Havre next Wednesday, then they will go through the west end Thursday. They will go door to door collecting nonperishable food items for donations to the Havre Food Bank. The drive is the largest effort the food bank undertakes to collect food. Cody McLean of the International Ass...
Havre Public Schools has received no takers on its Mat Corner building at 2nd Street and 2nd Avenue. The district closed down operations at the building and moved wrestling practice to the newly enlarged athletic facilities at Havre High School. Six months ago, it listed the building for sale with an asking price of $185,000. School Superintendent Andy Carlson said no one has been interested. He is hopeful that the lower price might attract some bites. If that doesn’t work after two or three months, the district will e...
A Havre man, Charles Anthony Combs, 20, is in the Hill County Detention Center, charged with felony assault and misdemeanor assault, resulting from a fracas in Morgan Hall at Montana State University-Northern this morning. Police were still piecing together the particulars of the incident this morning, but it appeared that the incident began when Combs assaulted his girlfriend, Police Chief Gabe Matosich said. Others in the dorm rushed to her defense, he said. Combs had a knife in his possession, but it appeared the only...
Great Northern Fair Manager Mike Sharp has been fired. Hill County Personnel Manager Emily Meyer confirmed that Sharp’s employment was terminated last week by the Great Northern Fair Board. She said she could comment no further. Alma Seidel, chair of the fair board, said she could say nothing about what happened. She said she would have to consult with County Attorney Gina Dahl to determine if she was allowed to say anything at a later date. “I really, really would like to say something,” she said. “But I have to check w...
FBI officials are investigating the death of 58-year-old Shawn Snow of Hays. Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said an autopsy was performed last weekend that determined Snow died Oct. 3 of multiple stab wounds that are believed to be from a screwdriver. The sheriff’s office got involved, he said, because his office is responsible for overseeing autopsies. The autopsy was performed last weekend by the state crime lab in Missoula. Because Hays is located on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, the Salt Lake City office of the F...
Some City Council members who have supported the proposed $30 million streets program were asked questions about how the proposal will work. There is no organized opposition. Comments from those opposed to the plan are welcome at news@havredailynews.com. Here is what supporters had to say: Q. How come this wasn't done a long time ago? A little could have been done every year. How did the streets get so bad? Why did the city let the problem get so out of hand? A. City Council...
Everyone complains about the condition of Havre streets, but no one has done anything about them. That's been a common refrain around Havre for decades. Well, now Havre City Council has made it clear what it wants done to fix Havre streets. On Nov. 4, city residents will give notice if they are willing to swallow the bitter pill City Council says is needed to solve the nagging street problems. Council has passed a $30 million proposal to reconstruct city streets gradually...
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for the Hi-line from midnight Sunday to 6 p.m. Sunday. The affected area includes Chester to Chinook and south as far as Great Falls. Winds will start at midnight,, strengthen in the morning and die down in the afternoon, the weather service said in its advisory. There will be sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph and gusts up to 65 mph, the weather service warned. Winds will be severe enough that it may cause damage to buildings and power lines, the weather service...
The Havre Daily News will sponsor a forum for City Council candidates at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hensler Auditorium at Montana State University-Northern. Questions from the newspaper staff and those solicited through the newspaper’s Facebook page will be asked of: • Douglas Vance and Ed Matter, candidates in Ward 1. • J.D. Cass and Caleb Hutchins, candidates in Ward 3. • Andrew Brekke and Brian Barrows, incumbents and unopposed candidates in Wards 4 and 2 respectively, have been invited to speak for five minutes on their qualifi...
Lindsey Haney has lived in several subsidized apartment complexes in her life. "I've always been ashamed to say I lived there," she told a crowd Wednesday at Hillview Apartments in Havre. But in 2014, she moved into Hillview just as a massive renovation project was beginning. People were temporarily moved out of their apartments as massive renovations were made, the first major improvement in 43 years. The buildings were painted. The grounds were refurbished. New rules were...
Montana State University-Northern has been awarded a five-year $1.9 million grant from the Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions program. The program, administered by the Department of Education, provides grants and other assistance to non-Native institutions that serve Native Americans in order to enable the institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native Americans and low-income people. The funds from this grant will be used to improve retention and increase the American Indian students'...
Rhonda Doney had apprehensions when she moved into Hillview Apartments last year. The place had a reputation for unkempt grounds, poorly kept apartments and a playground not especially appealing to young people. But she knew that things were changing at Hillview. Little by little, people were moved out of their apartments into temporary housing while apartments were totally refurbished. The outside of the buildings were repainted, repaired and improved. The grounds were...
The city of Havre has many streets that are 50 to 70 years old, and the water and sewer lines beneath the streets are even older. Many of the streets are in such bad shape that they will soon be better off being gravel roads. The average life of a city street is 20 years. Because they have been well maintained, many Havre streets have lasted 50 years, but they are closing in on the end of their lifetime. Those were comments made by city officials at a City Council public information session Monday night on a referendum that...
Frank Leeds Construction Co. of Havre was the low bidder to construct improvements to the slow-pitch softball fields near the U.S. Border Patrol headqarters south of Havre. The company bid 63,439 for the project which will be funded by a state grant funneled through the city. Havre City Council approved the low bid Monday night. The state has to approve the bid as well. Mayor Tim Solomon said the money will be made to improve the field’s condition and build sidewalks that comply with laws guaranteeing that disabled people w...
People jammed into the dining room at the Beaver Creek Golf Course Saturday night for a Crab Boil dinner. It was the first event put on by Jennifer Nebel, the new executive director of the United Way of Hill County, which funds several nonprofits in the county. There was not an empty seat in the place as the wine auction began. Some fine Montana wines were auctioned off, and a variety of other top-notch wines were sold, but the biggest laughter came when auctioneer Greg...
The second in a series of information sessions on the proposed $30 million, 20-year proposal to refurbish Havre streets will be held at city hall after tonight’s City Council meeting. The plan calls for spending $1.5 million a year for the next 20 years to gradually bring the streets up to snuff. City Council members who voted for the project say they have no trouble convincing people that the streets need repairs, but there is tremendous concern over the cost. Council members who support the plan will explain the program, h...
A new building will be added to the Rudyard Depot Museum complex to house a collection antique farm equipment farm. Gov. Steve Bullock announced that the museum will get $30,000 from a fund aimed at enhancing tourism in the state. Lila Redding, an official with the museum, said volunteers will build the building, and the money will be used to buy materials. The antique equipment has been on storage at the site for a long time, Redding said. The equipment was donated to the museum by its seven founders many years ago, she...
Members of the Hi-Line Dance team have once again been invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl, which will be held in Orlando, Florida, Dec. 28 this year. The team will hold a benefit spaghetti feed Saturday night, 4-7 p.m. at Havre Eagles Club. There will be a silent auction of items donated by area residents and merchants. Dancers from throughout the country will perform during halftime at the game. This will be the biggest fundraiser to help the team meet the expenses that will pile up from their trip. Dancers from the...
Finnley Grace Foster is now 8 months old. She had a normal birth and the first few months of her life were relatively uneventful. But then her parents, Pat Foster and Katie Whitmore, noticed a rash on her body. At first, doctors said there was nothing to worry about, but the rash grew more pronounced. She began to vomit. Her white blood cell count went out of kilter. The next few weeks have resulted in a terrifying and exasperating series of trips to hospitals in Havre, Great...
The Nez Perce Indians and the National Park Service this weekend will commemorate the warriors — native and U.S. government — who died at the Battle of the Bear Paws in 1879. The battlefield, off Montana Highway 240, 15 miles south of Chinook, was the location of the battle that ended with the Nez Perce defeat Oct. 5, 1877. It is today a national historic park. The battle marked the end of a 1,000-mile journey for the Nez Perce who had hoped to get 40 miles farther into Canada. After that battle, Chief Joseph gave his spe...
For years in the 1960s and ’70s, there was an Indian Center in Havre that served the Native population in Havre and the surrounding area. William Main of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation said members took advantage of the services when he was young. But in the 1980, the center folded. That’s too bad, he said, because sometimes off-reservation Natives need help in accessing services guaranteed to reservation residents. So he is holding a meeting at 6 p.m. at the TownHouse Inn on 1st Street to try to create a new Indian Cen...
Havre city officials have unveiled a PowerPoint presentation they hope will enlighten voters on the proposed 20-year, $30 million program to improve the city's streets. The plan will be on the Nov. 3 ballot that will be mailed out to voters on Oct. 14. The streets proposal, a measure to abandon several unused city parks and City Council races in wards 1 and 3 are the only contested matters on the city ballot. The PowerPoint presentation was shown at a public information...
Nearly three years ago, Corey Lloyd-Knowlton began looking for an idea for his Eagle Scout badge. He decided he wanted to attain the Boy Scout's highest position, an honor only roughly 10 percent of Scouts reach. A friend suggested that he look at an abandoned campground at Beaver Creek Park, a park where Corey and his family spend a lot of time. Years of neglect and two severe floods left the place a shambles. While many of the campgrounds are sponsored by area civic groups,...
