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Montana State University-Northern has received $25 million for a new recreation center on campus, the Aurora Complex, a long-time project of Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel and a potential asset for the campus' recruitment efforts. The $25 million comes from Montana House Bill 5, which became law last week, passing through the Legislature with bi-partisan support, a major funding bill also provided $6.8 million to Northern for repairs and upgrades to current buildings. The firs...
Editor's note: This version was updated at 9:50 a.m. to add comment from Amtrak. A freight train derailed outside of Havre Friday afternoon, about three miles east of Pork Chop Hill, but there appear to be no injuries or fatalities, and the cause is still under investigation as the rail line awaits reopening. 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...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted Tuesday evening to allow Havre High School sports teams, excluding football, to recruit eighth graders at the discretion of coaches and the school's athletics director. The board, after much discussion and public comment, most of it in favor of the change, voted 6-1 to approve the change with Board Chair Tim Scheele voting against it and all other present members voting for it. Board Vice-Chair Christin Hileman was not at the...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte made stops around the Golden Triangle Wednesday as part of his 56 County Tour, meeting with local business owners, county and city government officials, tribal councils and residents. After touring the Little River Trading Post in Fort Belknap and later meeting with members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council, he made a stop at Chinook Pharmacy, where he presented the Sprit of Montana award to its former owners, Kelcey and Nancy Diemert, al...
The Great Northern Fair kicked off Wednesday with the carnival opening, food vendors selling and the people of Hill County and beyond having a good time. The fair, one of the biggest yearly events in the area, will run through Sunday at the Great Northern Fairgrounds featuring free and paid entertainment, rides, traditional fair food and a host of events like the tractor pull, the demolition derby and rodeos. Local 4-H participants are also in for a host of animal shows and...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte was in Havre Wednesday to meet with local business owners Justin Aikins and Sarah McKinney of the Hi-Line Motel and with Havre High School students who recently finished decorative paintings in the motel's courtyard. Gianforte, who is in the midst of his "56 County Tour" made a number of stops in this area Wednesday, including in Chinook, Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy, Box Elder, Fort Benton, Chester and Shelby, meeting with tribal councils, veterans...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted 6-1 Tuesday evening to allow eighth graders to participate in Havre High Schools sports, excluding football, at the discretion of the school's coaches and athletics director. Class A schools across the state have been moving to allow eighth graders to participate in High School level sports and some Havre High coaches, particularly for the Havre High wrestling team, have been pushing Havre Public Schools to follow suit to "even...
The City of Havre may be closing in on an infrastructure crisis in the next few years that could cost city residents a lot of money and peace of mind unless serious investment by the town’s government and citizenry are made to avert it. Havre Public Works Director Trevor Mork, who took the position earlier this year, said much of the city’s water infrastructure requires updates and replacements before the city hooks into the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority, possibly in the next four years, or the economic fal...
Appraisers from the Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division came to Havre Thursday and held a presentation at the Hill County Courthouse for people in the area curious about their property taxes and how their properties’ assessments plays into them. Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division Region 2 Manager Jason Boggess said his department’s job is to evaluate what a property’s market value is, which is used to calculate how much the owner will pay in property tax each year. Boggess said...
The Hill County Health Department, along with the Montana Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Environmental Quality, are warning local residents to look out for harmful algal blooms as the summer progresses. Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg said the only harmful blooms in this area they’ve been told about so far are at Bailey Reservoir, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has put up signs to warn people. However, Berg said, as the summer goes on and things get hotter they’re almost certainly...
The 2023 Great Northern Fair looks like it will be another jam-packed event with tons of entertainment, rides shows and 4-H events over the course of next week. The Great Northern Fair is one of the biggest local events of the summer in the area and has been expanding its entertainment offerings in the last few years with some acts returning from last year, along with a number of new ones this year. Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English did not respond to requests for an interview about this year’s fair. I...
Universities across the U.S., including in Montana and Havre, are still grappling with and reacting to the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling, effectively banning affirmative action in college admissions across the U.S. Many universities in Montana have said the ruling will not affect them on a practical level because they almost never have a situation in which they have to limit enrollment in programs, so they are rarely ever in a situation where anything other than if a student qualifies academically i...
This year's first Saturday Market appears to have been a successful one, with bright weather, a slew of local vendors and many happy people perusing the various goods and sundries on offer. The Saturday Markets, organized by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, have been a staple event in the town's various summer celebrations and will run every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon until Sept. 16, with local vendors selling produce, artwork and various handcrafted items. Among the...
A fire burned down a shed and damaged garage just after midnight Sunday morning, killing a dog and causing significant property damage on 13th Street. No one was available to provide information Monday, and Havre Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage said Wednesday he could not comment until the investigation was complete. Courtnage said this morning the investigation found that Sunday's fire burned a shed and backyard, eventually spreading to a nearby garage, which was also considered...
Hill County Park Board elected officers at its monthly meeting Monday and heard updates on the project to replace the lodge at Beaver Creek Park’s Camp Kiwanis as well as recent park conditions generally, with the superintendent saying the summer is going well so far. Jeff Jensen and Tony Reum were elected chair and vice chair, respectively, but they tabled appointments to their various committees since Jensen said he still wasn’t sure what the board wants to do about potentially restructuring them. Hill County Commissioner a...
At its monthly meeting Monday evening, Havre City Council confirmed new police officers, heard updates on committee discussions and approved road closures for upcoming events . Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich introduced Buck Easley and Sean O’Connell and said both of them had made it through their probation periods and would be assets to the department. Matosich said Easley performed exceptionally well in his time at the department so far and has demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice his personal time when the department n...
A North Dakota woman died in a vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 West Sunday morning and the Montana Highway Patrol is investigating the incident. The woman was 47 years old and was pronounced dead on arrival. Her name had not been released as of printing deadline this morning. Montana Highway Patrol reports the woman was westbound driving a Dodge Caliber when it went off the left side of the road and into the ditch before crossing an approach and hitting a pine tree near the 363 mile marker west of Kremlin. The woman who died...
The 2023 Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic, one of Havre’s centerpiece Independence Day celebrations, is set for Tuesday at noon at Pepin Park with food, a flag ceremony and music for local residents. The ceremony and the national anthem will begin around noon, followed by food at 12:15 p.m. The event’s primary organizer Cassie Denny said the event is prepared to feed 1,000 people. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs. The celebration started in 2001 with a parade down Fifth Avenue and since has exp...
At their weekly business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commissioners heard from a County Roads and Bridges Department employee who was unhappy with union negotiations between the department and commission as well as general communication about complaints. Department Employee Hunter Wicks said the department recently received an email from Commissioner Jake Strissel, in response to the department demands as part of their union negotiations, that he felt was like a personal attack against himself and his fellow operators....
After more than a year without, United Way of Hill County has a new executive director in Danielle Golie, who started early this month. Golie, who was born in Arizona but moved to the Hi-Line when she was 5, was Hill County's public health director for more than a decade until she left in 2015, succeeded by the current director Kim Berg. After that, she said, she moved to Denver where she began learning about traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, but she moved...
Bear Paw Development Corp. just received the largest grant in its history, $10 million, from U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to set up a revolving loan fund for beef and poultry processing startups and business expansions. Bear Paw Development Executive Director Paul Tuss, who is also represents Havre in the Montana Legislature, said this investment is a huge deal for Bear Paw and for the future of local meat processing, not just in their five-county area, but the whole state of Montana. Tuss said Bear Paw...
Editor’s note: This version adds comment from Emily Mayer about proposed talks about the Faber Schoolhouse and Homestead Shack. The Great Northern Fair Board announced at their monthly meeting Tuesday that new bathrooms are being installed on the fairgrounds in front of the grandstand and they are on track to be operational by this year’s fair. The board approved at the meeting a bid to install the foundation for these new bathrooms, with board member Ken Erickson saying they should have the building set up and the bat...
Work is being done on Highway 2 east of Havre, which may delay drivers on that road for the next few weeks. Montana Department of Transportation Havre Area Engineering Project Manager Mike Moore said MDT and Schellinger Construction are milling off the top section of the roadway and placing new pavement. The project starts just west of Pork Chop Hill and runs about 10 miles east. He said they are also performing a chip seal, replacing signs, removing guardrails at the bus...
The Havre City Council's ordinance committee met Tuesday to take public comments on a proposal to allow people to own chickens in city limits, drawing only a handful of attendees, most of them against the proposal. The city considered adopting an ordinance to allow the ownership of chickens in 2015 but it was voted down 5-2. In recent months, Havre resident Al Garver has asked the council to reconsider that decision and asked that they consider a similar ordinance, but one...
Editor’s note: A version of this ran in Monday’s online edition of Havre Daily News. Montana Disaster and Emergency Services has put out a survey for property owners and renters in the area who’ve had flood damage this year, a survey that will hopefully help get them some assistance from the state and from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the survey takes about five minutes and is for anyone with a property that has sustained flooding damage in 2023 that isn’t already...
