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As flood impacts continue to increase, Hill County has set a forum for Wednesday to discuss the flooding and what can be done to deal with it. Rapidly warming temperatures this week following a high level of snowfall this winter in this region led to flooding of roads and state and federal highways, with ongoing work to reduce the impacts, reduced speed limits and road closures. As more precipitation, rain and snow both, fell in the are a Wednesday through this morning, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced closures...
Editor’s note: This version adds information about the works being read at the presentation. Three Havre authors, and a Missoula photographer, will be doing readings and book signings at a Literary Night Friday. Award-winning writers Charles Finn, Gwen Hart and Roger Hart, along with photographer Barbara Michelman, will be at The Little Theatre in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall Friday. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the night of fiction, poetry and p...
After several weeks of frigid weather for March on the Hi-Line, weather prognosticators are saying closer to normal temperatures may be en route. Snow was in the forecast this morning with light snow falling in Havre, although farther south including Cascade County, and along the Rocky Mountain Front to the west by Conrad and Choteau Weather Service had issued a winter weather advisory with up to 6 inches of new snow predicted along the Front and up to 4 inches predicted in...
For the first time in months, Montana has no area listed on the U.S. Drought Monitor as in extreme drought, a possible sign that this part of the state might move out of extreme dry conditions for the fist time in nearly three years. A patch across the northern part of the state, starting in Hill and Chouteau counties and running through Blaine County, to the North Dakota Border, still is listed as in severe drought, but a patch of the bright red Category D3 Extreme Drought...
A Havre-based meat processing cooperative received some national attention last month when the chair of its board sat on a panel during a USDA annual forum. A release from Montana Farmers Union said Montana Premium Processing Cooperative Board Chair Paul Neubauer was part of "Strategies for more and better markets" panel discussion at the USDA 99th Annual Agriculture Outlook Forum held Feb. 23-24 in Arlington, Virginia. Projects like Montana Premium Processing Cooperative...
The storm that came through the region Wednesday did not dump as much snow as predicted - Data for Havre was missing on the National Weather Service website when this article was written Thursday but it was nowhere near the 5 inches to 8 inches predicted, with up to 10 inches forecast for the mountains - but it has added to a wet, cold winter the area has seen so far. Weather Service data, which does not include Wednesday's precipitation, shows Havre at 60.1 inches of snow...
Xavier Alexander Clark of Havre was sentenced this weeks to 30 years in prison for the shooting death of Dyllan Murray at a party in Havre Oct. 17, 2021, with the judge imposing a longer sentence than recommended in a plea agreement signed by Clark. District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz sentenced Clark, 23 at the time of the incident, to 50 years in prison with 20 suspended on the charge of deliberate homicide. The recommended sentence was 40 years with 20 suspended. Snipes Ruiz...
A storm that rampaged across the state dumped a significant amount of snow in this part of Montana, snow likely to stay on the ground, with cool temperatures predicted this week and a bit more snow in the forecast. In Havre, National Weather Service reports the storm left nearly 7.2 inches of new snow, with a near-record 5.2 inches Friday. The record for Havre March 10 was set in 1921 at 5.6 inches. Temperatures were cold, with Thursday's high for Havre 17 and the low was 1...
Some changes have happened at Down Under Fitness Center, though Kristi Parrotte, who founded the business with her husband, Daimon, said people won't see any changes in their other business, Physical Therapy Down Under. She said they have sold the fitness center to Justin and Kari Maki from Chester, who have done an "amazing" job with Fitness Express there, and she and her husband are excited to see the changes they will bring to Fitness Down Under. "Please welcome Justin and...
The weather forecast again calls for snow today, although not likely to be like the record-setting snowfall two weeks ago. National Weather Service has a winter weather advisory on for a large area of Montana from the Rocky Mountain Front to the North Dakota border, and stretching into western South Dakota, including Blaine and Hill counties and the Bear Paw Mountains. Easterm Teton and Liberty counties were not under the advisory as of 9:45 this morning, although snow was in the forecast in those counties as well, with up...
On nearly straight party-line votes, House and Senate committees in the Legislature — three days before transmittal from one house to the other, when bills not been passed generally are dead — tabled two bills that would have given Montana agricultural producers — and independent repair shops — the right to repair their equipment. Right to repair has become a major issue in the nation in a number of areas, with farm and ranch groups especially pushing for the ability to do their own work on equipment. A release from Montana F...
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has released an update regarding assessment of an oil spill in 2018 in the BNSF rail yard. That site, an active locomotive fueling and maintenance rail yard, has operated since the 1890s and spills and leaks in the yard have led to the designation of the location as a state superfund facility, where DEQ works to facilitate the investigation and cleanup of hazardous substances. The update said the 2018 spill, of more than 2,000 gallons from the rail yard’s wastewater treatment pl...
After severe cold and heavy snow last week and a warm day Sunday, forecasters predict this week to have more normal weather with highs in the 30s and some more snow possible. The area saw temperatures plunge last week with highs below zero late in the week and heavy snow Monday and Tuesday — Havre saw a record 4.4 inches Tuesday — again blanketing the region with snow. Temperatures warmed Saturday and were above normal Sunday — Havre saw 42 degrees with the normal value 36 — but are expected to cool this week with highs b...
A blizzard that far surpassed expectations has shut down, delayed or rescheduled multiple events and services in this area, including public and school bus services, school classes and other services, with more expected to come. A winter storm warning is in effect for part of this region through 5 a.m. Wednesday, with more snow expected in the following days and the temperatures predicted to again drop to well-below zero. Liberty County was part of a winter weather advisory in...
Havre Public Schools said in a release it is working with law enforcement to investigate a threat that led to the evacuation of Havre Middle School. The release said all students are safe and were bused to Fifth Avenue Christian Church for reunification with their parents or guardians. The release added that students would only be released to appropriate parents or guardians and identification would be needed to pick the students up. A note was found in a middle school bathroom about 11 a.m. indicating a threat, the release...
U.S. Sen Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Tuesday that he today secured $77.56 million through his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, IIJA, for the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System. The funding, which was awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation, will be used for core pipeline construction on segments 7 and 8, and the continued construction of a water treatment plant and segments serving the Havre, Chester and Shelby Hub service areas. “Montanans sent me to the Senate to deliver for our com...
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees is interviewing two candidates for the position of superintendent of the school district. The board is in a search of a replacement for Superintendent Craig Mueller, who died unexpectedly at age 50 Oct. 22. The board will interview the two candidates, Brian Gunn and David Perkins, after convening the special meeting of the board in Havre Middle School at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. That will come after the two have a full day meeting groups in Havre. They will run through a schedule of...
Havre Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 announced that three Havre public services providers have been recognized by the VFW as Public Service Award winners for the State of Montana for 2022-2023. Hill County Sheriff's Office Dispatch and 911 Supervisor Amanda Hamilton, Havre Fire Department Capt. and Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Cody McLain and Havre Police Department Patrol Sgt. Justin Gomke were presented the awards. A release from Post 497 said VFW recognizes the...
Xavier Alexander Clark of Havre is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in a plea agreement to a charge of deliberate homicide stemming from the shooting death of Dyllan Murray, 21, at a party on Saddle Butte Drive Oct. 17, 2021. As per the plea agreement, Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz dropped two felony counts of attempted assault with a weapon, ordered a presentence investigation be prepared and set sentencing for March 20. In the plea agreement, the prosecution recommends Clark, who was 23 at the time of the incident, be...
Travis M. Sheffelmaer of Dodson died following a crash on U.S. Highway 2 in Blaine County of injuries unrelated to the crash, which is still under investigation, Blaine County Sheriff John Colby said in a press release. The release said that Blaine County sheriff’s deputies were doing traffic control Wednesday for a vehicle that had slid into the ditch on U.S. Highway 2 at mile marker 409. Deputies advised that the road conditions were too dangerous to continue with the vehicle that was in the ditch and out of traffic, the r...
After several warm days turned snow to slush - and caused some highway flooding over the weekend - colder temperatures have frozen that slush with some more light snow falling across this part of north-central Montana this morning. Warmer temperatures dominated the area over the weekend - Havre had a high of 42 Saturday with it hitting 35 by 6:13 a.m. and a high Sunday of 41 with it dropping to just below freezing - 29 degrees - just before midnight. December saw plenty of...
Ballots are being mailed out to Blaine County property owners in a mail election to vote on creating a bond to fund repairs and improvements on the city pool and its Sweet Park. A release from Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation said they have had massive support in their efforts to fund repairs and improvements to the Chinook Community Pool and Sweet Park, but are still far short of what they need to match funding for a $1 million grant for which they want to apply, and...
Freezing rain created black ice and hazardous driving conditions in this region overnight, with some school districts canceling some or all morning buses and some delaying class startup times. Montana Department of Transportation listed this morning black ice on U.S. Highway 2 and on U.S. Highway 87 as well as on Wildhorse Road and St. Joe Road. A special weather statement from Weather Service said the ice might stick around a while and create continued dangerous conditions....
The cold weather carried over from a mostly cold, snowy December, with temperatures dropping this morning on the Hi-Line to single digits and even below zero with a chilly day expected and warmer weather not really predicted until the weekend. It was a bit warmer in some spots - National Weather Service listed Big Sandy at about 20 degrees at 10:30 a.m. and it was a relatively balmy 29 near Hays - but Havre was at minus 4 degrees. That follows a December mostly in the very...
6 was a busy year in this part of north-central Montana with good news and bad. Here is a list of some of the stories Havre Daily News covered in the past year. Havre Public Schools, and the local community, mourned the loss of the head of the school district. Superintendent Craig Mueller died at the age of 50 Oct. 22, just a year-and-a-half after taking over as the permanent superintendent. Mueller originally came to Havre to take the position of Havre High School...
