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Editor’s note: This version corrects that U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for part of the repayment for work on Fresno Dam. Representatives of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation held a public meeting Wednesday to discuss plans for repairing and updating the Fresno Dam in which they discussed the specifics of what the project would entail and how it would be repaid. Fresno Dam, a vital part of the Milk River Project including the Fresno Reservoir, is not in immediate danger of failure, but after examining the s...
Montana Sen. Mark Sweeney, D-Philpsburg, is running for one of Montana's two seats in the U.S. House Representatives, and during a trip to the Havre area this week talked about his campaign and political goals recently. Sweeney is running for the seat held by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., who has filed as a candidate for reelection. The race also has three Republican challengers including Kyle Austin of Billings, a Havre native; James Boyette of Bozeman, and Charles...
The Hill County Commission may make a decision at their weekly business meeting Thursday about whether or not to raise county contributions to employee health care plans to cover a 6.5 percent rate increase by the Montana Association of Counties, through which county employees get their health issuance. The commissioners have said this increase from MACo seems like a result of the pandemic and the lack of elective procedures done during that time, as well as the increased demand for them as the pandemic appears to be less...
Editor's note: This version corrects that Montana State University-Northern Professor Kevin Johnson has retired and correct the position of Sunnyside Intermediate School librarian and teacher . At a special meeting Monday, the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted five to three to implement a five-day week with an earlier start time for the upcoming school year despite the overwhelming opposition of attendees to the meeting, nearly all of them teachers. Teachers at...
At their weekly meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission announced the resignation of Hill County Park Board Member Nick Siebrasse’s whose letter to them indicated that he no longer felt comfortable being on the board as he felt he had conflicts of interest with regards to grazing on the park. The board, and its grazing committee, have been the subject of considerable controversy over their handling of a recent request made by members of the Kallenberger family who say the committee and board were not following proper p...
Hill County Democrats introduced seven candidates for local, state and national elections at a meeting Sunday, where the candidates spoke about their goals and qualifications and encouraged attendees to get as many Democrats as possible into office in the upcoming elections. Running on the local level is Hill County Commission Executive Assistant Sheri Williams, who seeks to unseat Republican incumbent Diane McLean on the Hill County Commission. Williams said she’s a fourth generation Havreite whose great-grandparents h...
Eight Box Elder School juniors and seniors will find themselves flying to Baja Mexico in two weeks to participate in a seven-day Marine Science Program where they will assist a pair of local biologist, an opportunity students and teachers are excited to participate in. The trip was organized by Box Elder teachers Connie Reichelt and Kelsey Miller through the Ecology Project International, a field science and conservation organization that partners scientists with local and international students and educators in environments...
Hill County employees may be facing increased health insurance costs as the Hill County Commission considers whether to raise county contribution to cover a recent increase in rates. The Montana Association of Counties informed Hill County recently that health insurance rates for county employees will jump by 6.5 percent, and the county’s insurance committee, in a meeting Wednesday, recommended to the commission that the county cover that increase. Members of the committee said county employees are facing significant d...
County officials discussed updates on the departments’ recent activities at their monthly meeting Wednesday including progress on the long-requested county credit cards officials have been asking for. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said a draft of the credit card policy has been drawn up but the commission hasn’t had a chance to look at it and determine whether or not they agree with it. “It is, in fact, a pretty big jump for us, regardless of what all the rest of you think,” McLean said. She also provided updates on p...
Leadership at the Feed My Sheep Community Soup Kitchen appeared to be in question Monday as the organization’s board held a public forum to gather testimony regarding the direction of the kitchen's operations including the job performance of its new director Evelyn Four Souls, whose possible firing was on the agenda. The board took no action and Four Souls still is the director. The press was allowed to cover the public comment section of the meeting then the board closed the meeting for their discussion and to hear one s...
At their monthly meeting Tuesday evening the Great Northern Fair Board looked at GellyBall as a new regular event at the fairgrounds and discussed progress on their long- and short-term plans for improvements to the grounds. Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said GellyBall, similar to paintball albeit much safer and less energy intensive to set up, will likely be ready around March 25, which is also when the Easter-themed escape room and bounce houses should be getting set up. Kat Horinek of Horinek’s Unique Memory Making sai...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board has tentatively set their move to their new location, at the former Griggs Printing Building on the 10 Block of Fifth Avenue, for April. H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation Board President Elaine Morse said the new location is all but prepared. “It looks nice,” Morse said. She said some work is still being done in the back room and they still need to install motion-activated lights in the bathrooms and the Lions Club is helping them install a ramp for han...
The Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic Planning Committee has lost two key members in Allen "Woody" Woodwick and committee chairperson Sherri Simonson, and the former is looking for members to fill these rolls as soon as possible. Woodwick said he's optimistic that someone will step up to take the reins, but is concerned that the event may not happen this year if no one fills the void left by himself and Simonson. He said he thinks this is a great opportunity for a s...
The Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council discussed setting up new events in May at its monthly meeting Monday, where members also adopted a new model for its regular meetings. During the meeting, LAC Vice-Chair Amber Spring said May is Mental Health Awareness Month and she thinks they should work to set up some roundtables and keynote speakers to talk about the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the mental health of various facets of the community. Spring said she’d be interested in seeing the s...
At the Hill County Commission’s weekly business meeting Thursday county officials and Havre Postmaster Dwayne Tedrick requested that the county return to its old system of mail delivery to various departments, a request the commissioners agreed to have more meetings about. Under current policy, certified and/or registered mail, with the exception of that addressed to the county attorney’s office, which must be hand-delivered, needs to be signed for and picked up at the post office by a commissioner, or a representative of the...
Area recreators attended a public meeting Thursday evening where representatives from Montana Bureau of Reclamation and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shared a status update on Fresno Reservoir the St. Mary Diversion and the various projects going on in the area. At the meeting, Havre-Area Fisheries Biologist Cody Nagel provided update on the Fresno Rservoir Fisheries' 10-year management plan which will run from 2022 through 2031 with the goal of managing the reservoir as,...
The White House and community partners in Montana held a post-State of the Union speaking event that was streamed online at 1 p.m. Wednesday with local and state officials and organizations talking about their issues and what the Biden administration is doing to help. Among the speakers was Montana Farmers’ Union President Walter Schweitzer, who praised the administration and its allies for their efforts to address consolidation in the food industry. As a farmer, Schweitzer said, he’s been dealing with anticompetitive pra...
Band students from Havre High School will be traveling to Missoula to play for their basketball teams at state this year, and everyone is excited to go. Assistant Drum Major Riley Klein said the students will leave Havre Friday and will be playing for both the girls team and, the boys team. The boys team, at its first state tournament in six years, defeated the Frechntown High School Broncs Thursday night. See full coverage of the game on Page A7. "I'm really pumped," Klein...
Havre City Council welcomed a new member in Josh Miller at their monthly meeting Monday evening, where they voted on a number of resolutions pertaining to local issues. Miller was appointed to the council unanimously, filling the Ward 1 seat left by Kimberly Bolta, who won the seat in late 2021, after she moved out of her ward and became ineligible to hold her seat. After seating Miller the council heard a request by Havre resident Jim Treperinas who once again asked the council to allow him to rezone a property of his on...
The Hill County Park Board, after receiving a recommendation to do so by its grazing committee, rejected a request by Ray and Debbie Kallenberger to be granted a portion of grazing land on the park used by them in years past. After discussion between board members and the Kallenbergers, the board voted 5-2 to reject the request with members Diane McLean, also a Hill County Commissioner and grazing committee member, and Shawn Keeley voting against denying the request and all...
Havre native and pharmacist Kyle Austin has filed as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Montana's District 2. Austin will be running against incumbent Matt Rosendale, James Boyette of Bozeman and Mary Todd of Kalispell in the Republican primary for the seat. In his letter announcing his candidacy he says current and preceding elected officials have failed the people of the state which prompted him to step forward and run for the seat, because "Montanans...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will look at options to implement a four-day school week for the coming school year at their board meeting Tuesday, a subject of much discussion among teachers and the public. The proposals, created by HPS' Calendar Committee after months of research and discussion, would extend school-day length while eliminating most or all Fridays for students, though most teachers would use the days for things like lesson planning and...
Havre City Council members interviewed Joshua Miller Thursday evening, an applicant for their vacant Ward 1 seat, left empty after Kimberly Bolta, elected in 2021, moved out of the ward and could no longer represent the area. Miller said he was born and raised in Havre and he feels he would be a consistent and active leader, engaging with council members effectively to make Havre a better place. "I think I'd be a solid leader representing the folks in Ward 1," he said. "... I...
Local fashion designer Rebekah Jarvey, who won a top award in her first year at the Made in Montana trade show last year, has been invited to participate in the Indigenous Community Fashion Show in Phoenix this weekend, where she will show off pieces from this year's collection. The event is sponsored by the the Phoenix Indian Center, now in its 75th year of operation, and is its second big event of the year, featuring four prominent Native American fashion designers...
Havre Public Schools held another strategic planning meeting Monday night, the third in a series of meetings meant to evaluate and update the school's short- and long-term plans, goals and direction. The meeting, delayed from its previous date due to the association limiting travel because of the COVID-19 surge, was led by Montana School Boards Association General Counsel Debra Silk. It focused on determining the areas the school district needs to work on in order to become...
