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A familiar face will be taking the helm at Havre High School starting in July. Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller announced this morning that Havre Middle School Principal Dustin Kraske will start as the Havre High principal effective in the next school year. "Mr. Kraske is a leader who has dedicated his professional career to the students, parents, and community of Havre," Mueller said in the release. "Mr. Kraske has shown, as the Principal of Havre Middle School, the...
Americans have a history of coming together — even if only briefly — during times of crisis. World War I, World War II, the terrorist attacks on Sept, 11, 2001, those times brought Americans together to oppose a common enemy. Republicans and Democrats in Congress alike supported presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s call to protect Americans and the world in global wars, and the nation came together to stand against terrorism in September 2001. Another was when America joined allies from around the world...
Russian troops invaded Ukraine Wednesday in a move predicted by the United States and its allies for months, creating what could be the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II. President Joe Biden issued a release Wednesday decrying the invasion and promising action, which he and U.S. allies will impose on Russia for its actions. He also promised a united response to deter any aggression against U.S. allies in North Atlantic Treaty Organization. “The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine t...
Fort Belknap Indian Community Council reported on its Facebook page, Wednesday night about 11, of a new COVID-19-related death. Data from Fort Belknap is included in the information for either Blaine or Valley county. The data for Blaine County, received by Havre Daily News at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, showed 30 deaths in the county, its official total since Feb. 7. Fort Belknap also reported Wednesday seven new cases with 43 active and four active hospitalizations. Blaine County reported 12 new cases with 87 active and a total...
A new COVID-19-related death has been reported in the area, with the state COVID tracking web page listing Tuesday the third death in Liberty County. The death confirmation - which lags behind when the cases are originally confirmed - comes as new cases continue to be reported in the area, though the number of new cases is dropping from what it was in the past months and as restrictions are eased at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the border port of Coutts north of Shelby...
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Ryan Zinke formerly was secretary of the interior. More candidates have filed in the races for the 2024 election, from local county races to the federal election. In Chouteau County, incumbent County Attorney Stephen Gannon has filed as a Republican for re-election, and in Blaine County, incumbent County Superintendent of Schools Valery White also has filed as a Republican for reelection. Both were unopposed as of this morning. In B...
Paul Tuss has announced he will file as a Democrat as a candidate in the race for House District 28. First-year Rep. Ed Hill, R-Havre, has filed for reelection in the race. The two are the only announced candidates in the race for the district, which primarily includes most of Havre. "I am entering this race to bring common-sense solutions and a voice of reason to the Montana Legislature," Tuss said in a release announcing his candidacy. "Unfortunately, in today's political cl...
This version clarifies that tests can be picked up at Blaine County Health Department, not Hill County Health Department. Distribution of free at-home COVID-19 tests is happening in the area as numbers of new cases drop in the area and in the state, though they still are higher than before the start of the surge driven by the omicron variant of the virus that causes the disease. Hill County Health Department held a distribution of the free antigen home tests Tuesday at Great...
In addition to the federal elections for Montana’s now-two seats to the U.S. House of Representatives and for state legislative races, some contested primaries and general elections are coming up in Blaine, Chouteau and Hill counties. As of this mornning, Liberty County has no contested elections. In Hill County, incumbent Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean, a Republican, is facing a challenge in her bid for re-election by another member of the commissioners’ office staff. Sheri Williams, the executive assistant to the...
Fort Belknap Indian Community reported on its Facebook page Saturday another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total at Fort Belknap to 14,while the state tracking map has increased the number in Chouteau County to 14. The post said Fort Belknap Indian Community reported the news with tremendous sadness, asking, “Please continue to wear masks, wash hands and social distance. Keep you and your loved ones safe.” Data from Fort Belknap is included in the reports for either Phillips County or Blaine County, depending whe...
The state tracking map for the COVID-19 pandemic has added another death for Choteau County, bringing its total to 13 COVID-19-related deaths. The totals for other counties in the area remained the same, with 71 in Hill County, 29 in Blaine and two in Liberty. The daily totals of new cases have dropped from rates in the past few weeks, though they still generally are higher than were were prior to the omicron variant-driven surge in January and on. Hill County Health...
After a couple of weeks of balmy weather, forecasters predict more snow to fall today and cold weather to return this week with a high wind warning also in effect, but warmer temperatures are expected to hit again by the weekend. The forecast calls for up to half an inch of snow today in Liberty, Blaine, Hill and northern Chouteau counties, with a chance of snow again Tuesday morning in Liberty and northern Chouteau counties and more snow possible in the Big Sandy area Tuesday night. A high wind warning is in effect till 2 p....
Amtrak’s Empire Builder, along with other routes, is back to a short schedule due to COVID-19. After long-distance routes were cut early in the pandemic as the national passenger rail service cited declining passenger numbers due to COVID-19, seven-day-a-week service resumed in May after Congress appropriated funds specifically to restore service and directed Amtrak to return furloughed workers to their jobs. That ended on the Empire Builder again this weekend, with trains not departing Chicago, Seattle and Portland T...
The highly anticipated Montana Actors' Theatre production of "Monty Python's Spamalot" is finally hitting the stage. The production, delayed for two weeks due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the area, opens Friday. MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said the troupe is strongly suggesting people wear masks to the production, which starts at 8 p.m. each night in The Little Theatre in Cowan Hall on the Montana State University-Northern campus. The play is essentially "Monty...
As the omicron variant-driven surge of new COVID-19 cases continues, Montana is closing in on confirming 3,000 COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic began. The state tracking map this morning reported 2,990 deaths, up three from Tuesday's report and 26 more than last Wednesday. The map reported 3,072 new cases, the highest single-day total after Monday of this week, when the state listed 5,057 new cases from Friday trough Sunday. The surge comes as federal vaccination...
Montana hit a dubious milestone Monday with the state tracking map listing 5,057 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, far and away a new record for daily cases. The number of new cases dropped to 2,860 on this morning’s update, still far higher than daily totals in previous surges. Officials are saying that parts of the U.S. may be past the peak of the omicron-variant driven surge, but Montana is behind the curve, still seeing large increases. Officials also say the number of cases, both new cases and active cases, is not the m...
While the omicron variant-driven surge may be subsiding in some parts of the United States where it surged the earliest, cases are still high in this part of Montana. Blaine County Health Department reported Friday that it was notified of 35 new cases that day with transmission very high. "Blaine County has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases since last week," the department said in a release Friday, adding that the county is also seeing other viral activity to include...
With the COVID surge still bringing in new cases of the illness, local groups and organizations continue to be impacted. For the second week in a row, Montana Actors' Theatre is pushing back its production of "Monty Python's Spamalot," also requiring the troupe to adjust its schedule later in the season, and COVID is back in Northern Montana Care Center. Northern Montana Health Care Vice President of Regulatory and Community Services Christen Obresley said they continue to do...
As the surge of new cases of COVID-19 continues in the state and in this area, data reconciliation has listed another death in Chouteau County, bringing that county's total of COVID-19-related deaths to 12. Montana Department of Health and Human Services reported reconciling data led to two more confirmations of fatalities, one in Chouteau County and one in Park County, with one death occurring in November and one this month, although which date was in which county is not...
The increase in COVID-19 numbers in Montana continues, with the state tracking map update - the first since last Friday - reporting almost 4,000 new cases with 13,476 active cases - more than a 10,000 active case increase since the end of December with almost 30,000 new cases confirmed in the state in fewer than three weeks. Local updates for Hill and Blaine counties were not released on the federal holiday Monday, but numbers in previous updates are increasing rapidly. The...
Cold and snow are back in the region — at least for a couple of days — with below-zero weather in the forecast tonight and snow predicted through Wednesday. But, staying with the up-and-down-weather of the past year-and-a-half or more, relative warmth is expected to come back Thursday. But the long-term prediction for the region still fits the La Niña pattern in the forecast previously, with a greater chance of colder-than-average temperatures and greater-than-average precipitation expected through March. The pattern does...
With COVID-19 numbers exploding in Montana, the number of new cases in this part of the state saw a major jump last Friday. In its update released Friday evening, Hill County Health Department reported 63 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county, the largest one-day increase to date, with one person hospitalized. "Locally, we are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases that are associated with people who have attended social gatherings within the last two weeks," Health...
Another school has closed its classrooms this week due to illness as COVID-19 new cases continue to surge, although both the closure of Sunnyside Intermediate School and St. Jude Thaddeus School are due to a number of illnesses, officials say. Havre Public Schools announced Wednesday that Sunnyside Intermediate School would transition to remote learning today and Friday due to staff shortages, although meals still will be provided. A remote plan is in place for staff,...
As numbers of new COVID-19 cases surge in Montana with a bigger increase expected still to come, numbers are creeping up in this part of the Golden Triangle including in schools. Even so, a closure of St. Jude Thaddeus School in Havre due to illness appears not to be COVID-related. Katie Kopp, principal of the Catholic parochial school, said Tuesday the school is closing for the rest of the week. She said 40 percent of the school's student body missed school Monday and 40...
With the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 sweeping across the country and numbers of cases rising in the state and this region, a group is launching a campaign to get younger children vaccinated. A release said The Montana Medical Association has partnered with nine other trusted Montana health care and public health associations to launch the "Your Best Shot MT" campaign to help answer parents' vaccine questions and increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in...
