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After a brief respite over the weekend, the cold is back - and some more snow also is expected this week including a winter weather advisory Thursday - but forecasters expect this part of north-central Montana to see warmer temperatures again next week. After bitter cold last week including temperatures colder than minus 30 New Year's Eve, it warmed up New Year's Day and Sunday, when highs hit above freezing. But the cold was quick to return, with highs in the 20s and lows in...
Following confirmation last week of the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 being in Hill County, the area has again started to see a surge in cases, though still not as high as earlier last fall. Hill County Health Department, which reported Thursday four new cases and 12 active cases in the county, said in its update Monday the county had 26 new cases confirmed from Friday on, with 32 active cases in the county. The update said the department had no...
A Hingham man was being held in the Hill County Detention Center this morning on more than $1.3 million bond on charges including threatening to shoot a state district judge. Daniel J. Alex, last confirmed age 37, was listed on the Hill County Detention Center roster this morning as being held on $500,000 bond for intimidation, $500,000 bond for violating conditions of release on the intimidation charge, $250,000 bond on a probation violation, $75,000 bond on a violation of...
The new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been surging around the United States and the rest of the world has hit this part of north-central Montana. In its update released last week, Montana Department of Health and Human Services reported the omicron variant of the virus has been confirmed in Hill County. It reported that as of last Wednesday, a total of 15 cases of people infected with omicron variants have been detected in Montana. Along with Hill County,...
Leaders of the Fort Belknap Indian Community said they are glad to have the opportunity to talk about a proposed new mine exploration in the Little Rocky Mountains because it will give its members a chance to show their opposition to the proposal. "The tribe's 100 percent opposed," Fort Belknap Indian Community Council President Jeff Stiffarm said. "We're going to fight this tooth and nail," he added. "I'm glad our people at least will have the chance to speak." Montana Depart...
With the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 surging around the world and in the United States - including being confirmed in Montana - the federal government announced it is ramping up its actions to slow the spread of the virus. In remarks President Joe Biden made Tuesday, he said people do need to be concerned about the variant, but no one should panic. "If you are not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned," Biden said. "You're at a high risk...
The variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that is raging around the world and is becoming the dominant strain in the United States has officially hit Montana. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reported Monday that two vaccinated residents of Gallatin County who had visited South Africa - the country that first reported the variant to World Health Organization - caught the omicron variant of the disease. The two had mild symptoms that are improving are...
Montana Department of Environmental Quality has set a date for a public meeting, including on Zoom, regarding a draft environmental assessment for a proposal for mining exploration in the Little Rocky Mountains, near a former mining site that is still being reclaimed at a cost of millions of dollars. DEQ said in a release that the exploration project near Zortman is proposed by Luke Ployhar, who owns private land surrounded by federally owned land in the area, near the former Zortman mine. The Fort Belknap is still dealing...
Cold and snow has hit the region, and while warmer temperatures are expected for a few days, cold is expected to hit again by Christmas Eve and stay through Christmas Day, with a chance of a bit more snow. Cold and snow hit the area more than a week ago, and it stayed chilly and snowy over the weekend except for a short chinook that hit parts of the region Saturday and moved through Sunday. The high in Havre was 10 degrees Saturday but it warmed up to 43 degrees at 1:09 p.m. Sunday That started falling again fairly quickly,...
Some local schools are on alert or closing today in response to a threat to safety “for every school in the USA, even elementary” share on the social media platform TikTok. The local schools note that the post appears to be part of a national trend on TikTok and did not originate in the local districts, but is circulating in the local schools. Hays-Lodge Pole Schools announced the district schools are closed today because of the posts. “The district has decided to cancel school for the safety of all students,” a post on the...
Editor’s noteL This version contains additional information released by Havre Police Department after printing deadline this morning. Havre High School was in session today after a short disruption Wednesday as a threat was investigated. Havre Chief of Police Gabe Matosich said in a release that the department began an investigation after it was notified about 2:40 p.m. that a threatening note was found at the school. Matosich said the note, turned into school administration by a student, said a shooting would occur near t...
The state COVID-19 tracking map this morning listed an additional death in Chouteau County. The update this morning listed nine COVID-19-related deaths in the county, up from eight listed Monday. That brings the total deaths in this area to 111, with 71 in Hill County, 29 in Blaine and two in Liberty. The number of new cases in the area has dropped, but a surge is occurring in other parts of the world and in parts of the United States that is likely to hit Montana in the near...
Although as of Sunday the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 was still not confirmed in Montana, the variant is spreading across the U.S. and is surging in other parts of the world like the United Kingdom and Denmark, with other parts of the world also seeing more and more cases. In the U.S., while studies continue to find out more about the variant, the message has remained consistent. People should continue to try to avoid spreading or catching the virus, wear...
The effort to raise the remaining funds to rebuild the Catholic church at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation has a shot at a major boost, and the parish is asking people to help meet the goal. Lori Osgood, a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the director of religious education there, said two anonymous donors each have pledged to match $10,000 in donations if that can be reached by Tuesday of next week - both Giving Tuesday and the two-year anniversary of the fire that...
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Ed Norman had been on administrative leave. Havre High School Principal Ed Norman has resigned, Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller announced Thursday night. Norman had been on paid administrative leave since early November after a controversy arose over the high school administration and staff's handling of a costume a student wore the Friday before Halloween, a costume some said raised racial implications. Mueller said in T...
A man pleaded guilty in state District Court in Havre to murder the day before his trial on the charge was scheduled to start. Jesse Shane Valdez, 24 at the time of the incident in November 2019, pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide Monday in a plea agreement. His trial on the charges stemming from the Nov. 17, 2019, death of Gordon Cochran of Chinook, 54, was scheduled to start Tuesday. Judge Ashley Harada, who is presiding over the case, said staff would coordinate a date f...
Vetarns have the opportunity to get a booster shot on their COVID-19 vaccinations in Havre Thursday with a clinic set by Montana Veterans Administration Health Care System in Holiday Village Mall. The clinic, set to run from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the former location of Herberger's, is open to veterans, their spouses and their caregivers. Moderna and the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccines, and influenza vaccine, will be available at the clinic. The clinic comes as...
Blaine County Health Department reported Friday that it was notified of another COVID-19-related death in a county resident between Wednesday and Friday. That brings the total deaths in Blaine County to 29. The health department reported the county has 15 active cases with no active hospitalizations. Blaine County has had a total of 1,516 cases since the pandemic hit Montana in March 2020. The report says community transmission level is high and masks are recommended for all...
After a long, dry summer and fall, wintry weather has hit the region, with snow whitening the ground and ice and frosting windshields. National Weather Service reports that the station at the Havre City-County Airport now has recorded 2.5 inches of snow for December, with the snow starting to fall Saturday morning. And the temperatures plummeted. Havre went from a record high of 69 degrees Wednesday and a still-warm high of 55 Thursday — the normal temperature for that date is 36 degrees — to 34 degrees Saturday with the low...
Local firefighters are helping with a major fall fire east of Great Falls, including mutual aid provided by the Havre Fire Department and Chinook Volunteer Fire Department. Fires driven by high winds have destroyed homes south of Great Falls and forced the evacuation of Denton, where the fire burned structures although no serious injuries or deaths have been reported, while fires near Browning shut down U.S. Highway 2 for a time Wednesday morning and the fire, high winds and loss of electricity shut down the schools...
With another surge of COVID-19 hitting the nation and likely to hit Montana soon, the state - and Hill County - now have cases of influenza as well. Hill County Health Department reported Monday that the first influenza case of the season has been confirmed in the county, with a total of 11 cases confirmed in the state since the start of the 2021-22 flu season Oct. 1 Of the 11 cases, eight occurred in residents of Gallatin county primarily among college-aged people. One case h...
Countries including the United States are imposing travel restrictions and urging caution and vaccination while a new COVID-19 variant, named the omicron variant by World Health Organization, and its impacts are studied. U.S. travel restrictions from several countries in southern Africa where the variant was first identified went into effect today, and other countries around the world also have imposed travel restrictions on that region, while scientists are telling the world it is too soon to know if the new variant is more...
The state COVID-19 tracking map update this morning listed two more COVID-19-related deaths than the Hill County Health Department reported in its last update Tuesday, with 71 deaths listed in the county. The tracking map listed three news cases in Hill County with 20 active cases. Hill County Health Department Facebook page said the department was closed to the public today to catch up on administrative duties although it would continue to monitor and respond to public...
The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program is back in Havre for the fourth year, continuing a successful drive to bring toys to children in the area. Local organizer Jennifer Tilleman said in an email that the drive helped 80 children last year, a 10 percent increase from 2019. She said people can contact The Salvation Army in Havre to apply for the program, which collects and provides toys for children from zero years through age 18. “We are special because we are the only local program that will provide gifts to c...
The Havre Eagles are again collecting some gifts to make the holidays a little more merry for some local children. Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess said they are accepting gifts to distribute to children in their annual Eagles Toy Drive, and will be out in a couple of weeks talking to businesses to see if they are interested in donating as well. The Toy Drive accepts donations of new, unwrapped gifts for children in need between the ages of 1 and 14. This year, they will be collecting hats and gloves for the children...
