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The Box Elder Public Schools Board of Trustees voted to adopt a budget for the coming year that will involve no increase in taxes to local residents, as well as adopting new standards for participation in school athletics. Box Elder Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy MacDonald said this year's budget would see taxes go down slightly, but it would only be by pennies for most people, so it's a pretty negligible difference. During the meeting the board also approved new...
Fort Belknap Indian Community, RezQ Dogs and the U.S. Army Reserve are about halfway through a series of spay and neuter clinics, vaccination and wellness exams for local dogs and cats, with three more clinics coming this week in Hays. RezQ Dogs Executive Director Anita Wilke said between the three clinics conducted this past week at Fort Belknap, the groups have done about 120 surgeries on top of their wellness exams and vaccinations, and they're almost booked up for the...
West Nile virus has been identified in mosquito pools in this area as the Hill County Mosquito Control District struggles to keep up amid a labor shortage. West Nile has been confirmed this month in Hill County and was confirmed last month in Blaine County, although no human or horse cases have been confirmed. "Increased mosquito population leads to increased risk," said Hill County Mosquito Control District Supervisor Terry Turner. Turner said the mosquito-borne illness only...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees discussed enrollment and the coming year’s transportation schedule during their regular meeting Tuesday evening. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Brian Gum said enrollment numbers are currently about the same as they were last year, however the district is still getting new students every day, especially at the kindergarten level, so things are moving in the right direction. Gum also talked about conversations he’s had with Havre Public Schools Facilities and Transportation Dir...
A new facility intended to bring wellness and culture to Rocky Boy by working with its youth took a major step forward last week. The Rocky Boy Health Center broke ground on its new Miyo Pimatisiwinkamik Youth Center in a Thursday-morning ceremony last week with speakers sharing their hopes for the center and how it will help local young people, especially those struggling with addiction. "It's a big day for the tribe, a big day for our people," said Chippewa Cree Business...
The Havre City Council approved a number of resolutions at its monthly meeting Monday evening, including the installation of some new street signs. Havre Public Works Director Trevor Mork said the council's Streets and Sidewalks Committee is recommending the installation of stop or yield signs at the intersection of Ninth Street and 11th Avenue due to a high number of accidents and general public safety. The council also approved the installation of a new four way stop near...
Rocky Boy's 59th Annual Celebration has ended, one that seems to have been well-received this year by attendees from across the U.S. and beyond. The celebration had events for youths and adults, whether they were competitors and spectators, including rodeos, dancing, music, food, vendors and a lot of good feelings all around. Organizations from around Rocky Boy have contributed to organizing the celebration's various events which included a number of competitive dances with...
The Fifth Annual Veterans and First Responders Family BBQ is set for Saturday, Aug. 5, at Pepin Park, an event meant to thank the groups for their service to the community. Havre Elks Lodge Secretary Brandy Kurtz, one of the organizers for the barbecue, said the event is for veterans, police, firefighters, border patrol and any other first responder and their families to celebrate with music, food and games for children. Kurtz said they will have hamburgers, hot dogs, tuna salad, chips and pop for any veterans and first...
Watch for more on the ceremony in an upcoming edition of Havre Daily News. The Rocky Boy Health Center broke ground on its new Youth Wellness Center in a Thursday morning ceremony with speakers sharing their hopes for the center and how it will help local young people, especially those struggling with addiction. Health Center staff and tribal leaders spoke at the event before members of the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation's Tribal Youth Council put shovels in the ground, the...
The Blaine County Fair will return to Chinook Thursday, Aug. 10 through Aug. 13 with a new centerpiece event, a carnival, food and tons of 4-H events throughout. Fair Manager Debra Ramberg said the biggest event this year would be a concert by country music writer and singer Darryl Worley at 7 p.m. that Saturday. The concert will feature an opening act by Cole Kleinert from CK and the Slow Rollers and the Milk River Band will be playing at the afterparty in the fairground’s beer gardens. Ramberg said the fair can’t do their t...
A 700-acre fire is burning in southern Blaine County on Bureau of Land Management-managed land in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. A release from BLM says the now-named Black Butte Fire is about 20 miles west of Landusky, burning timber grass and sagebrush, but is in a remote area of the monument and no structures are at risk for the moment. The wildfire was reported Aug. 1 at 1 p.m. when smoke was spotted in the Ervin Ridge area of the monument, the release said, and BLM’s North Central Montana District wil...
Tensions between the Hill County Commission and Hill County Health Department appear to have arisen over a pair of canceled spring vaccination clinics scheduled at local public schools, with argument ensuing over where responsibility lies for that. Then-superintendents from the districts where clinics were canceled, Havre Public Schools and North Star Public Schools, had not responded to requests for comment by filing deadline for this story. At the end of a meeting of the Hill County Board of Health last week, board member...
The Blaine County area saw golfball- to tennis ball-sized hail Sunday evening causing damage to crops and property. National Weather Service Meteorologist Austin McDowell said reports of hail were submitted to the service between 8:20 p.m. and 9:19 p.m. that evening, and based on his reading of the radar activity it seems like the hail may have fallen throughout the whole hour, or close to it. McDowell said they received reports from Chinook and the surrounding areas, including Fort Belknap, of hail between 1.25 inches in...
Hill County will move into Stage 1 fire restrictions Friday after seeing five fires in the past week. During a regional fire call this morning Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel said all five fires were human caused and affected 25 acres of land since the fire call last week, so the county will be implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions. These restrictions prohibit building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire unless noted in the exemptions below or as designated in the specific closure order. Smoking is...
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., discussed in a telephonic press conference Thursday the National Defense Authorization Act, what the act contains and what he would like to see added to it before it is passed. The Senate was working on the authorization Thursday. Daines said the bill is not an appropriation, but an authorization for funding the nation's military and how that money can and cannot be used. He said much of the details of the bill need to be hashed out within and...
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester held a press call Thursday in which he answered a number of questions about the National Defense Authorization Act and announced a pair of bills designed to increase transparency and curb the influence of money in Washington. The NDAA, which authorizes how the military can and cannot use the funds that will be appropriated, was the biggest subject of discussion on the call with Tester touting the bill's importance. He said China is looking to...
The Hill County Board of Health Wednesday discussed its ongoing search for a county sanitarian as the situation in Hill County is quickly becoming dire with inspections remain undone. At the meeting, Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said a tremendous amount of work in the county isn’t getting done, including food inspections, which is a duty of the county laid out in Montana Code Annotated. Berg said the situation is becoming a serious public health issue and is putting her department in d...
Fire season is ramping up as Montana increasingly faces dry hot weather, and while no counties in the area have yet moved into Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 fire restrictions, some, including Hill and Blaine counties, are implementing burn bans. See a related story on this page. In a weekly regional fire call Tuesday morning with counties and agencies across much of Montana, National Weather Service Glasgow said red flag warnings are being issued for fire weather across the state and it’s looking like the fire season is going t...
A prominent Havre businessman was arrested on felony charges Friday at a derailment site, where his own company had equipment, for allegedly pointing a rifle at BNSF workers and subcontractors as they attempted to remove debris from nearby land that he owned. Tom Patrick, owner of Patrick Construction, which was one of the contractors working on clearing the site Friday, was arrested Friday night on felony charges of assault by coercion, intimidation or threat, criminal...
Amtrak had a minor derailment on the tracks west of Havre Monday afternoon, but no one was seriously injured and the track has already been reopened. A release from Amtrak said Empire Builder Train 8, traveling eastbound from Seattle and Portland to Chicago, was delayed by three-and-a-half hours after one set of wheels on one of its 10 cars lost contact with the track as it approached the station in Havre. An ambulance and fire engine responded to the derailment treating two people with minor injuries, who decided to stay on...
Editor's note: this version corrects that the derailment was west of Havre. Amtrak had a minor derailment on the tracks west of Havre near Patrick Construction this afternoon, but no one was injured and the damage was minimal. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel said only a couple wheels on one car came off the track and repairs are underway already. She said about 2:15 p.m. that the damage should be repaired in a few hours and the track should be operational again soon. Amtrak was not...
A freight train derailed outside of Havre Friday afternoon, about six miles east of Havre, but there were no injuries or fatalities, and the cause is still under investigation. BNSF General Director of Public Affairs Lena Kent said the derailment occurred at 4:39 p.m. Friday with 11 cars derailing. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel said 25 cars were involved, all of them freight. Frickel said one car contained paint thinner, a hazardous...
At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday Hill County will implement a burn ban, prohibiting people in Hill County from open burning until the ban is rescinded, and the City of Havre is implementing water restrictions. Under the burn ban no campfires will be allowed and no burn permits will be issued, but barbecuing is allowed provided all safety regulations are followed. Blaine County recently implemented a similar ban. Chouteau County has issued a red flag warning for fires to its own...
Another Great Northern Fair has wrapped up in Havre after five days of rides, food, shows, music and tons of 4-H events. The fair ran from Wednesday of last week to this Sunday with the last big events, the 4-H Market Sale and Jaycees Demolition Derby wrapping up Sunday. 2023's fair got pretty good reviews despite the heat of its closing days with many fairgoers commenting on the wealth of rides this year, particularly for children. "It seems like they have quite a few more...
Hill County Council on Aging Director Bill Lanier has announced his resignation in a letter to the Hill County Commission which was read at their weekly business meeting Thursday. Lanier’s letter said there is no one thing that has led to his resignation and he does so with mixed emotions, but he’s been given an opportunity to take back his old position at the Havre Job Center as a workforce consultant. “I appreciate the opportunity you have given me as director of the Hill County Council on Aging,” his letter read. “I wish...
