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The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group had a meeting Friday to discuss the collapse that occurred last Sunday of a drop structure in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Facilities that supply much of the water in the Milk River each year. “We need to get something done in the summer so that we’re not saddled with this in the winter with winter costs or heaven forbid start up in the spring without having really made any gains,” St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group Co-Chair and Montana State University Phillips Count...
Sen. Steve Daines R-Mont., held a town hall Friday to answer questions or concerns Montanans have about COVID-19. He said he is doing everything he can as a senator to help all Montanans and people in need get through this tough time. Four hundred and seventy-nine Montanans have been diagnosed with COVID-19, he said, Friday, adding that 16 have died and currently there are three active hospitalizations. Gov. Steve Bullock offered his condolences this morning on the 17th death from COVID-19, which he said was confirmed by the...
Havre’s American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 and other groups are hosting their annual Memorial Day events this weekend and Monday in honoring the memory of U.S. veterans. VFW Post 497 Quartermaster Scott Prindeville said the public is welcome to join himself and others Sunday, at 9 a.m. at the Hill County Cemetery to put American flags on each veteran headstone. He said someone at the cemetery will be giving out the flags, along with the tool to be able to poke a hole in the ground and further i...
After three years of competition, the fourth and final Cody Four Colors Memorial Bull Riding will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cody's brother Justin Four Colors said he will miss the crowds and having a good time. "I will probably miss seeing all the comaraderie, all the bull riding and all the other things," he said. He said he enjoyed being able to put something on in memory of his brother. "For me, as his mother, I was really hurt at first, because th...
Gov. Steve Bullock and Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont., held a joint Facebook live event Wednesday to provide updates both on the state and federal efforts relating to COVID-19. “Big kudos to the governor because of the early and decisive actions that were based on science and advice of public health experts, not politics Montana has the lowest number of cases per capita in the country of coronavirus,” Tester said. “... Montana was well in position to combat the coronavirus due to Gov. Bullock’s work with folks from both sides o...
Members of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group are having a meeting Friday about the collapse Sunday of a drop structure in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Facilities that supply much of the water in the Milk River each year. “If we don’t start addressing this disaster immediately, the water rationing for irrigators and municipalities will be much worse next year,” St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group Co-Chair and Montana State University Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian said. He said winter time...
As Milk River water users have been warning for decades will happen, the 100-year-old system that supplies much of the water in the river has suffered a catastrophic failure. A concrete drop structure on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance work washed out and collapsed Sunday. St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group Co-Chair and Montana State University Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian said Drop 5, which is one of five drops on the St. Mary's project up near...
Montana State University-Northern plans on having classes for its fall semester back in the classroom. "We've decided that we are going to have students back face-to-face on this campus," Chancellor Greg Kegel said Tuesday. "We've decided that the start date will remain the same as what we've scheduled, and we are trying to figure out the safest way that we can bring those kids back, for them and for everybody involved like all the faculty and staff." The first day of the fall...
Havre Public Schools Education Foundation presented scholarship awards to Havre High seniors Monday, and some of the recipients talked about how it made them feel. Rhoda Peterson, who received three scholarships, said she appreciates the awards. "It feels great," she said. She said her plan after graduation is to attend Paul Smith College in New York to study ecological restoration. She will be playing hockey and soccer up there too, she added. See a full list of scholarship r...
A Havre woman decided to do something to help people deal with the social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sherry Chevalier donated Monday gift baskets she made to Northern Montana Care Center for its residents. "I wanted to do something with all of this virus, and I felt extremely bad for all of those in hospitals or care centers, especially the care centers where they couldn't see their families," she said. She said she took care of her father as he grew older, and...
Gov. Steve Bullock and other state officials visited Fort Belknap Indian Community during its drive-through testing Friday. A testing site was also set up in Hays, and the total number of people tested during the weekend was 1,015 between the two days and two locations. "Five hundred people have been tested so far today, and that's 500 more individuals across this region when we're trying to keep our overall state safe," Bullock said at 2 p.m. Friday. "We're trying to make...
Havre elementary schools have scheduled slots when students can pick up their belongings this week, starting today. Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted this month to continue distanced learning through the end of this year, continuing the directive ordered by Gov. Steve Bullock starting March 15. Under the Phase One re-opening, schools had the option to re-open May 7, but Havre, which announced March 15 it would to go to distanced learning before Bullock issued his directive, declined to do so, saying it could not...
The fourth annual Back to School Bash is approaching and its organizers are holding two raffles, with one starting today, to raise money to pay for students’ school supplies, haircuts and shoes. The raffles are the only way to raise money this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic putting a hold on their usual fundraisers, Back to School Bash Chairperson Christy Edmonds. The first raffle is the Gift Basket Raffle which has already begun, she said. “We’re raffling them off, it is $1 a ticket,” she said. People interested in purchas...
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Special Olympics Montana is celebrating its 50th anniversary virtually. The State Summer Games are beginning virtually Monday. “We’re simply excited to be able to offer an online virtual opportunity for our athletes especially since it is our 50th year,” Special Olympics Montana Sports Director Scott Held said. “These virtual opportunities are something that never existed anywhere in the world for Special Olympics athletes to participate in, so we’re excited for that and to be able to continue...
Physical Therapy Down Under and Fitness Center is opening its gym today under the requirements and allowances of Phase One of the state re-opening plan. Hours of operation of the gym are Monday through Friday 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Co-owner Kristi Parrotte said under Phase One directions from Gov. Steve Bullock the facility's maximum capacity is 75 at all times. She said because of Phase One the gym is not allowed to be open for 24 hours. "We have...
Editor's note: This version corrects an editing error to Havre High and Box Elder High schools' graduations are May 24. It also gives updated information provided by the Rocky Boy and Chester-Joplin-Inverness schools High schools around the Hi-Line have had to alter graduation plans for their seniors due to COVID-19. Havre High School is hosting its graduation Sunday, May 24, at Blue Pony Stadium at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the National Federation of State High School Association Students will be given...
Gov. Steve Bullock said in a press conference Wednesday that Montana was in a good position, budget-wise, heading into the COVID-19 pandemic. “Leaving the money in the bank is allowing us the time to gauge and understand the economic impacts of COVID-19 that are occurring in every corner of our nation,” he said. “It’s allowing us to preserve and maintain key essential services in the short-and the mid-term. Our general fund cash flow is manageable, while I recognize projections are just bad, and we will know more after i...
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said he wants to continue working on issues important to Montana in Congress. "I'm running for re-election to keep and continue serving Montana," Daines said. "To focus on creating jobs to restart our economy and also to protect our health care system by holding China accountable." He said he would sum up his time in office as "more jobs, less government." He said he is the best candidate because his background has helped equip him to serve as...
Gov. Steve Bullock said he thinks his record shows his ability to produce results, which he wants to take to Congress. "I ran for governor initially in 2012, with really one goal in mind: To make sure this place I was raised was even better for not only today, but the next generation," Bullock said. "I think that if you look over the last seven years, I worked to represent all of Montana and leave better than I found it. Even in times where politics is divided, we've been...
Daniel Larson said he is running for the U.S. Senate because he wants to make Congress work for the people. "I am running for this office because I think that where our politics is heading is dangerous and so as a father I want to create a new conversation that focuses more on the long-term and the future addresses some of our political divisiveness and creates more unity within the state," Larson said. "For me, the impeachment of Donald J. Trump was kind of the last straw...
John Driscoll said he is running for Senate again because he wants to fix what he sees as a dysfunctional system. "I've actually attempted to run for the U.S. Senate several times, I think the first time was 43 years ago, but for the Senate I never made it through a primary and I always ran as a Democrat," Driscoll said. "So, I have a really good life in Montana, a wonderful wife, but I'm really, really concerned about the country right now and I felt like I had to do...
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees swore in three trustees Tuesday at the board meeting and approved the K-8 music curriculum. In Havre, incumbent school board trustees Curtis Smeby, Cindy Erickson and Timothy Scheele retained their seats as the three highest vote-getters. Erickson received 1,842 votes, Scheele 1,841 and Smeby 1,601. Challenger Erin Pulse received 1,331. The board re-elected Aileen Couch as chair and Harvey Capellen as vice-chair at its meeting Tuesday. Th...
The most competitive race in Montana this election cycle is in the Republican primary to advance a candidate to November to try to take the seat in the U.S. House being vacated by U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, with six candidates in the race. Gianforte ran in the special election to take the seat when it was vacated by Whitefish Republican Ryan Zinke when he was appointed secretary of the interior. Gianforte also won the election in 2018 to retain the seat, but announced last...
Former state Rep. Kathleen Williams of Bozeman and State Rep. Tom Winter of Missoula are facing off in the Democratic primary to advance to the general election for a seat in the U.S. House. "I'm running to bring true, real independent representation for Montana U.S. House, representing all Montana, not special interests," Williams said. She said she thinks she has made a career of trying to connect with Montanans - their hopes, struggles and dreams, and be that "true...
State Rep. Tom Winter of Missoula and former state Rep. Kathleen Williams of Bozeman, are facing off in the Democratic primary to advance to the general election for a seat in the U.S. House. "(I am running) because what I saw in the state Legislature, because now that I've been involved in state government, that so many of the problems that face specifically rural Montanans are because our federal government doesn't have anyone speaking for rural voices and for the Montana...
