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With the latest version of the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 dominant, new cases of the illness continue to be reported locally, and health officials urge people who have not yet done so to get vaccinated and receive all boosters for which they are eligible. Blaine County Health Department Monday reported it is still seeing an increase in COVID-19 activity, with 21 cases confirmed from Saturday through Monday, with nine cases confirmed Friday, 15 new cases...
Montana Department of Environmental Quality has calculated a potential fine, more than $500,000, for a group requesting permission to do mining exploration at a site that already has cost millions in restoration. The fine has been proposed for alleged mining exploration without a permit. A consent order drafted by Montana Department of Environmental Quality states that Blue Arc LLC, Luke Ployhar, Legacy Mining LLC and Owen Voigt will pay the fine, $516,567, for conducting...
Somewhat unexpected rain continued to hit this part of north-central Montana today with thunderstorms from early Monday morning through early Monday afternoon. The forecast issued Sunday called for storms and possibly severe thunderstorms Monday and Monday evening but no predictions for severe storms early Monday morning. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued between 3 and 4 a.m. Monday for parts of Glacier, Toole, northern Liberty and northwestern Hill counties. A call to...
Mother Nature turned up the heat during the Great Northern Fair following a week of relatively cooler weather along with storms and thunderstorms that brought brief downpours and damaging hail the week before. By 2:38 p.m. Sunday National Weather Service reported Havre had hit 100 degrees at the recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, following a high of 97 Saturday and 95 Friday. Wednesday, which earlier had been predicted to see a high of 100 or more in Havre topped out at 95 degrees. The temps had started to...
Rain and slightly cooler weather held on a day longer than expected with some steady rain falling Sunday, but very hot weather is expected to hit just in time for the Great Northern Fair. National Weather Service forecasts highs in this area to hit the 90s today and near or more than 100 degrees Wednesday. After highs dropping to the upper 80s and lower 90s Thursday and Friday, the temperatures are again expected to peak near 100 Saturday and Sunday. A steady high-pressure...
Clashing weather patterns have brought storms to the area that released damaging hail and short, heavy rains showers, but not enough to overcome the moisture deficit that has covered this part of the area in drought. National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Nutter in Great Falls said Thursday morning that reports came in of nickel-sized hail 9 miles west-southwest of Havre, 2-inch hail 5 miles west of town and tennis ball-sized hail 8 miles west. He said other thunderstorms...
A persistent weather pattern is bringing severe thunderstorms to the area including up to tennis ball-sized hail and some short bursts of heavy rainfall. National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Nutter in Great Falls said reports came in of nickel-sized hail 9 miles west-southwest of Havre, 2-inch hail 5 miles west of town and tennis ball-sized hail 8 miles west. He said other thunderstorms also caused hail in the area, but those were the largest-sized hail reported so far by 9:30 this morning. The storms also caused...
Havre City Council’s Water and Sewer Committee will hold a meeting Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Havre City Hall to hold a discussion on City of Havre water. The meeting is scheduled to be held in the back meeting room in City Hall, to be moved downstairs to the Emergency Operations Center room if too many people attend to fit in the meeting room. The city is looking at upgrades to its treatment plants and is proposing an increase to the city water and sewer rates which Mayor Doug Kaercher said during a May 2 meeting would a...
While some rain fell in this part of north-central Montana in the first part of June, and substantial precipitation hit much of the state from April through June, most of the state has moved from dry or drought condition listings on the U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday. Most of Hill and Liberty counties still are listed as in extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst listings on the monitor. Blaine County has moved from being listed as in extreme drought to...
A local garden club this week honored Antoinette "Toni" Hagener, a local political and community leader who helped form the club in 2009. Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club Tuesday dedicated a sundial, plaque, bench and piece of land planted with the state grass, bluebunch wheatgrass, to honor Hagener near the entrance to Montana State University-Northern's Hagener Science Center, which was named for Lou Hagener, her husband and a longtime Northern science professor and community...
People are praising the appointment of a Hi-Line county commissioner to a state-level federal position to help Montana agricultural producers. Liberty County Commissioner Maureen “Morb” Wicks is being appointed by President Joe Biden as the Montana executive director of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. “Morb Wicks is a great pick to lead the Farm Service Agency,” Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said in a release. “Her 16 years of experience as a Liberty County FSA committee member has...
People in the region are invited to attend the local event for the single-most popular on-air amateur radio event in the U.S. and Canada. The American Radio Relay Field Day 2022 will run at U.S. Bank Park in Havre from noon Saturday, June 25, to noon Sunday, June 26. Hi-Line Amateur Radio Club member Heather Hinckley said the site will have equipment set up, both regular over-the-air radio equipment and digital radio that is transmitted using computers, in trailers and on tables under canopies with solar panels powering...
United Way of Hill County is inviting eligible nonprofits to apply to be a funded partner with the agency. The agency is also looking for a new executive director to run the local operations. Delonna Malone, who retired as executive director this year, said United Way wants to get more nonprofits that work in the areas of education, health and income to apply. She said United Way picked up some new funded partners last year including the Havre swim team, Havre Public Schools...
Kyrie Michelle Bachmeier of Havre, born in 1987, aka Kyrie Michelle Gideon, was sentenced in state District Court in Havre Monday to five years followed by five years suspended after she previously pleaded guilty to possession of drugs with intent to distribute. After an investigation following a traffic stop of Gideon’s vehicle April 13, 2021, found large amounts of drugs and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, Bachmeier was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of drugs with intent to distribute, two f...
After months of drought, an atmospheric river finally brought some moisture to this part of Montana - too much in the Bear Paw Mountains, leading to restricted access on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and again flooding parts of Beaver Creek Park. The area had seen a few years of moisture shortages and drought conditions, with some local ranchers selling off stock by the start of May and looking to see if they needed to sell more and some local crop producers saying their...
As case numbers creep up again in Montana, Blaine County Health Department reported Friday the county’s 34th COVID-19-related death. The release said that from June 7 through Friday, the health department was notified of 16 new cases with 30 recoveries. As of Friday, Blaine County had eight active cases and one active hospitalization with 2,534 cases confirmed since coronavirus 2019 first was discovered in Montana in March 2020. The release asked Blaine County residents to “please be vigilant: COVID is not over. Please was...
The Natural Resources Department of the Chippewa Cree Tribe on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation said Friday afternoon that restrictions still were in place due to high water levels from rain earlier in the week. Some parts of the mountains received more than 6 inches by Wednesday, leading to restrictions and flooding on Beaver Creek Park. The post on the tribe's Facebook page Friday said the following restrictions would remain in place until further notice in both the Beaver Creek and Big Sandy Creek areas on the r...
After a several-month dry spell, this region finally has seen some rain - but rain that fell fast enough to again cause flooding in the Bear Paw Mountains. After a downpour in the mountains - Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said they received more than 3 inches at Camp Kiwanis on the park and he heard more than 6 inches fell farther south - Beaver Creek burst over its banks Wednesday, flooding campsites and access roads. The Chippewa Cree Tribe Natural Resources De...
The president of Fort Belknap Indian Community's tribal council said the council is pleased about U.S. Bureau of Land Management announcing it plans to withdraw more land just south of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation from mining, but it is still looking for answers on some new mining claims filed in an area that had been banned from mining. Fort Belknap Indian Community Council President Jeffrey "Jeff" Stiffarm said in replies to questions from Havre Daily News that if mining...
Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the park took a pretty hard hit with flooding Wednesday, but he and his crews are out working to get roads and campsites ready for weekend recreation. Edgar said a few small campsites and the Lions B campground were hit very hard, and other sites were flooded as well. He said at least one road is destroyed and others took damage, but the park crews are working on them. He said the culvert to Rotary Pond and the Jaycees...
The past few days' rain overwhelmed the Bear Paw Mountains, leading an agency on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation to close access to some parts of the mountains and leading to flooding on Beaver Creek Park. Comments from Beaver Creek Park staff were not available by printing deadline Wednesday evening. The Chippewa Cree Tribe's Natural Resource Department said in a post on the tribe's official Facebook page that the rainfall had caused a rise in all creeks. Because of that, it...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce has canceled the first scheduled performance for Sounds on the Square tonight due to the weather. “We’ll hit it hard next week,” said Joe Ross, who helps organize the summer program of live music. Steady rain fell in Havre much of this morning, with National Weather Service showing just more than six-tenths of an inch had been received at its recording station at Havre City-County Airport by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. Today’s forecast calls for showers...
Jade Helmbrecht has announced that later this year she will be closing Helmbrecht Photography, a business operated by her family for the past 76 years. Helmbrecht said the business will be closed from now through Aug. 1 as she prepares and archives what is in the building, reopening so people can order archived photographs. Helmbrecht said she will not be taking orders for new photographs. She took over the business after her father, Steve Helmbrecht, died last year. Jade...
Jade Helmbrecht has announced that later this year she will be closing Helmbrecht Photography, a business operated by her family for the past 76 years. Helmbrecht said the business will be closed from now through Aug. 1 as she prepares and archives what is in the building, reopening so people can order archived photographs. Helmbrecht said she will not be taking orders for new photographs. She said she is happy help people who want archived photos going back to 1946. She took...
A long-standing tradition is back Sunday, Father's Day, with the Havre Rotary Club holding its annual fishing derby. Club president Dawn Ward said she is not sure when the derby started, but at least before COVID-19 it was the longest-running Rotary event in the country. She said she expects a big turnout this year. "Last year, we had a pretty good turnout and I think that this year we will have even better, I really do," she said. "I think people are just wanting to get out...
