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A hearing scheduled for this afternoon for local businessman Tom Patrick was canceled after the Hill County Attorney dismissed the case against him pending further investigation. Patrick, owner of Patrick Construction, is accused of pointing a gun July 21 at another contractor and BNSF officials who were on Patrick’s property at the site of a freight train derailment about 8 miles east of Havre. He was arrested on suspicion of felony charges of criminal endangerment, and two counts of assault with a weapon, a court d...
A historic deal more than a century in the making requiring the federal government to ensure members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community have water — and ensures water is available to everyone along the Milk River — took another major step forward Thursday. The Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act, led by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., unanimously was passed by the U.S. Senate as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, a release from Tester’s office said. The Fort...
The Rocky Boys Annual Celebration starts at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this week, with events for youths and adults, competitors and spectators alike, starting with the Youth Rodeo Wednesday, Rocky Boy Rodeo Team Roping Jackpot and Youth Powwow Thursday, and the main powwow and rodeo starting Friday and running through Sunday. The annual celebration brings thousands of people to the area from around the nation and across borders, as well. Some special guests are involved...
Montana Actors’ Theatre is bringing a children’s classic to the stage this week and next with its youth production of “The Velveteen Rabbit.” The Margery Williams story asks children — and adults — what it means to be “real.” A child’s new toy, a velveteen rabbit stuffed full of sawdust with ears lined with sateen, is sad that his owner wants to play more with his modern, mechanical toys, and asks the oldest and wisest toy in the nursery, what it means to be real. He is told that when a child loves a toy for a long time,...
With dry heat following a wet winter and spring, burn bans are going into effect and this region is in a Red Flag fire warning today until 9 p.m. At 12:01 a.m. today Hill County implemented a burn ban, prohibiting people in Hill County from open burning until the ban is rescinded, and the City of Havre is implementing water restrictions.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...
A prominent Havre businessman was arrested on felony charges Friday at a derailment site where his own company had equipment. An incident report from Hill County Sheriff’s Office said Tom Patrick, 70, was taken into custody without incident. Patrick’s company, Patrick Construction, was at the site working on the 11-car derailment that happened about 8 miles east of Havre Friday afternoon. Havre Daily News employees did not see Patrick Construction equipment at the site Saturday afternoon. BNSF had not responded by pri...
The children at a Havre-Hill County Library Story Time last week had a special guest reader, when First Lady Susan Gianforte read "Sleep Train" by Jonathan London. Gianforte is traveling the state talking to and working with local libraries to promote the statewide access to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. She said she has now been to 33 counties out of Montana's 56, and it has been going well, "The affiliates have been really receptive, and they've been interested in...
An agreement more than a century in the making to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — Wednesday when the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act passed out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The federal doctrine involving tribal water rights — The Winters Doctrine — started in Fort Belknap with the lawsuit Winters vx. United States, in which the U.S, Supreme Court established the doctrine that the federal government...
Editor’s note: A version of this story was posted on the Havre Daily News website Wednesday morning. The Blaine County coroner has released the name of the person who died early Monday morning when she was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 2 while next to her broken-down truck. Blaine County Sheriff/Coroner John Colby said the victim was Angela Huschka of East Helena, 59. Montana Highway Patrol reports Huschka was struck at 2:03 a.m. Monday while trying to flag down vehicles around her truck, which was broken down, near m...
A proposed budget for Amtrak in the House Committee on Appropriations has raised some alarms, including the CEO of the national passenger rail service saying cut from the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations will not work. “The funding levels proposed in the House FY24 transportation appropriations bill for Amtrak and FRA rail programs will stop the advancement of passenger rail in its tracks,” Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said in a statment. “If the proposed levels become law, Amtrak will have to radically reduce or suspend servi...
With the Havre Daily printing out-of-town until its press is again operational, its ownership has decided not to print Tuesdays and Thursdays until the Havre press is again running. The decision was relayed to Havre Daily after a story printed in Wednesday’s edition, saying the paper would print offsite Monday through Friday, already had been sent to Kalispell for printing. Havre Daily News Publisher Don Thoma thanked the paper’s readers for their patience and understanding over the last 15 months while Havre Daily wor...
An agreement to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — decades in the making took a major step forward this week when the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act was heard in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. “What this water settlement is going to mean for the people in Fort Belknap and in surrounding communities is clean drinking water, water for the future, like we ta...
With the Havre Daily printing out-of-town until its press is again operational, its ownership has decided not to print Tuesdays and Thursdays until the Havre press is again running. The decision was relayed to Havre Daily after a story printed in Wednesday’s edition, saying the paper would print offsite Monday through Friday, already had been sent to Kalispell for printing. Havre Daily News Publisher Don Thoma thanked the paper’s readers for their patience and understanding over the last 15 months while Havre Daily wor...
Editor’s note: This version has been updated to reflect Havre Daily News will be online only Tuesday’s and Thursdays until the paper’s press is again running. While the latest problems have again kept the Havre Daily News from publishing printed copies the last few days, and will limit printed copies for a week or two, Publisher Don Thoma said the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be near. “It’s been just one thing after another,” Thoma added. He said a fix for the latest problem, a glitch in the computerize...
The Havre Public Schools Education Foundation announced it has a new executive director with Krystal Steinmetz taking that position effective July 1. "After serving on the (education foundation) board of directors these past two years, I'm looking forward to supporting the foundation and our school district in a much larger capacity" as executive director, Steinmetz said in a release. "The (foundation) has a long tradition of supporting our schools and we're looking to...
An organization created to empower Native American communities has announced that it is starting a community tour this week with elected officials in north-central Montana. Western Native Voice said its Legislative Community Tour will start Wednesday with stops on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, continuing Thursday on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The tour aims to foster meaningful dialogue between elected officials and community members, promoting legislative accountability and strengthening civic engagement, a release f...
The premiere fossil fest at Rudyard, a town with a long connection to paleontolgy and fossils, seems to have been a great success, with events Friday and all day Saturday. Friday included visits to the town's museums, including the Dinosaur Museum of the Depot and Dinosaur Museum, with world-class displays on exhibit. When a fossil of a duckbilled Gyrposaurus was found north of Rudyard at a Museum of the Rockies site - Shelby native Jack Horner, a world-famous paleontologist,...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting people to shop, and sell, at this year’s Saturday Market, which starts Saturday in Havre’s Town Square. “It is time to start thinking about the market,” a release from the Chamber said. “Many are already tending to their gardens for that great local produce, crafters are readying their inventory and bakers are checking their supplies for the preparation of those great home baked treats.” The market has become a tradition, with the Chamber organizing the market in which people can sel...
Several local libraries have received awards to help fund their public book clubs, The Montana Center for the Book announced. Liberty County Library Pathfinders Book Club Startup, Harlem Public Library Book Club and Havre-Hill County All Together Now Summer Reading Book Club each received $500 stipends from The Montana Center for the Book’s Big Sky Reads program, a press release said. The grants are part of $3,000 awarded to book clubs in six Montana communities. The Montana Center for the Book is a program of Humanities M...
Editor’s note: See a related story in the Farm and Ranch special section in today’s edition. A winter with plenty of snow — enough to cause a different problem with flooding — and ample spring rains has changed the listing for this region on the Montana map of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The maps released the last two Thursdays have shown no drought conditions in Blaine, Chouteau or Hill county, with dry conditions to the west just pushing into Liberty County. The western edge of Liberty County is listed as “Abnorm...
Smoky haze was in the air in this region today, with a chance of showers in the forecast tonight and through the Independence Day holiday Tuesday. The haze was predicted to remain through early tonight. The air quality monitoring stations in Havre, Malta and Great Falls all showed moderate air quality effects this morning, which the state Department of Environmental Quality Today's Air website says is acceptable but may have some risk for some people, especially those...
Law enforcement officials are asking people to plan ahead and be careful as they celebrate Independence Day over the weekend and on Tuesday’s July Fourth holiday. “If you’re celebrating this weekend or on the Fourth, be sure to make a plan for a safe ride home,” Havre Police Capt. Ryan Pearson said in a press release. “The important thing to know is how you will get home before you go out. Designate one of your friends as a sober driver, arrange for a cab or call a friend or family member. If you see your friends or family...
Meetings are set to begin planning for the next phase of rehabilitating the system that provides much — almost all in some years — of the water in the Milk River: the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works. The Milk River Joint Board of Control, in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Natural Resources Conservation Service, proposes to rehabilitate and modernize the St. Mary Canal and associated infrastructure along its existing alignment to improve agricultural water management. The agencies have set three pu...
Before a former Navy SEAL declared his candidacy in next year's race for one of Montana's U.S. Senate seats, incumbent Democrat Jon Tester said he was ready for a fight in his bid for a fourth term in the 2024 election. "Look, I'm used to tough elections," Tester said in a telephone press conference last week. Former SEAL and Belgrade-based Bridger Aerospace aerial firefighting company founder and CEO Tim Sheehy announced Monday he is entering the race as a Republican. "My lif...
After a fairly long clear period, some thunderstorms and rainshowers are expected to hit this area over the weekend and into next week. After mild weather and just a trace of rain off and on in this part of the state for a week or more, the weather is likely to turn today. While bitter cold like the region saw over the winter hasn't come back - nothing below zero - record cold has set in including here. Havre has been hitting lows 10 to 15 degrees colder than normal, with a...
