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The Montana Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on proposed plans to rehabilitate 2 miles of concrete pavement on U.S. Highway 2 in Havre, as well as on their plan to install new road signs across northern Montana. A release from MDT says the proposed work on First Street would be from just east of the Ninth Avenue Northwest intersection, east of Holiday Village Hill, to the 22nd Avenue North intersection, past Harvest Moon Lanes on the eastern end of...
Eric Dietrich Montana Free Press U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale's gleeful Maryland twang cut through a Helena ballroom Friday evening, bringing a speech by fellow Congressman Ryan Zinke to a momentary, laughing halt. Zinke was taking his turn at the podium during the state GOP's winter kickoff event, addressing the party faithful gathered to gear up for an election season that could see Republicans win the only statewide office not currently under their control: Democrat Jon...
Havre Daily News Staff The Department of Veterans Affairs is now accepting application for the Staff Sgt. Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, which can provide health care organizations with increased mental health care funding from the federal government for suicide prevention programs. The program was created under the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, introduced by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, who said he was proud to h...
Press release The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has put out a call to student artists, art educators and mentors: The 2024 Montana Junior Duck Stamp Contest is receiving entries now until March 22. Entries can be mailed or hand-delivered to Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge at 4567 Wildfowl Lane, Stevensville, MT 59870, 406-777-5552. The art image should be of a live, native North American waterfowl species, measure 9” x 12” in a horizontal layout. Artwork can be created using ink, paint, pastel, crayon or pencil. Entries...
Press release GREAT FALLS — The Montana Performing Arts Consortium — MPAC — will hold its next Annual Showcase and Conference Oct. 11-13 at the Mansfield Center for Performing Arts in Great Falls. MPAC is now accepting showcase applications and performing artists of all genres are encouraged to apply. Conference registration for all attendees will be available in April. More information is available at https://www.mtperformingarts.org. MPAC’s Annual Showcase and Conference is a three-day event that gathers more than a hundr...
LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s threadbare GOP majority unable to handle many defectors or absences in the face of staunch Democratic opposition to impeaching Mayorkas, the...
Our beloved Mom, Grandma and Nana, and Great-Grandma Edith Emma Anderson passed from this life of natural causes February 5th, 2024, in Havre, Montana, at the age of 95. Edith was born on April 30, 1928, to John Oscar Gribble and Goldie Leigh Gribble in Glasgow, Montana. Her parents were homesteaders along the Missouri River near Wolf Point. They were farmers and ranchers with cattle, sheep, and horses along with a 2-acre garden that provided for many families during the... Full story
LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said today the U.S. House will not feel “rushed” to pass the $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, signaling a further stall over sending military hardware and munitions Kyiv badly needs to fight Russia. Johnson made the remarks behind closed doors at a morning meeting of House Republicans, who are in the majority in that chamber and largely aligned with Donald Trump, the party’s preside...
Beverly Kuhr died peacefully February 10, 2024, at the age of 93. She is now reunited with her husband of 73 years, Paul, who preceded her in death only two months earlier. Beverly Louise Daum was born on April 22, 1930, at the Deaconess Hospital in Havre to Arthur and Helen Daum. A brother, Arthur M. was born later, and another brother died at birth. Beverly went to Havre grade schools and graduated from Havre High School in 1948. She worked for two years at the Hill County... Full story
Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press This story is excerpted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday. Mid-January and early February storms brought some much-needed snow to the region, but a third of Montana’s basins continued to post record-low snowpacks as of Feb. 7, a situation likely to produce low summer streamflows and uncomfortably dry forests heading into fire season. The deficit is most pronounced east of the Continental Divide, according to d...
JEFF AMY The Associated Press Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday he will send more of his state’s National Guard soldiers to aid Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to control illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border, as fellow Republican Abbott pursues a showdown with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. Other Republican-led are taking similar actions, a week after U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan-crafted bill to address illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexican border. Montana Gov. Greg Gia...
Havre Police Department A Tuesday 8:43 a.m. caller asked officers to perform a welfare check on 15th Avenue where a resident had not been seen for several days. -- A notification was left at a Beaver Creek Boulevard home where a caller said Tuesday at 8:54 a.m. residents let a dog out and it chases after people walking down the street. -- A Havre juvenile asked Tuesday at 12:45 p.m. to speak with officers. -- A Sixth Street caller asked at 4:17 p.m. Tuesday for assistance with...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at the airport terminal Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of January minutes 2. Correspondence 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Review CIP (B) Big Hangar Renovation (C) Update GSA Lease 6. New business (A) Discuss Mill Levy for Ballot (B) Rural 1 Fire Training 7. Public comment on non-agenda items 8. Approval of February claims...
With their final games of the regular season this weekend, the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams will be looking for strong finishes before heading into the postseason. If the Blue Ponies are going to do that, they will need to beat Lewistown and Glendive on the road. The weekend slate begins Friday night at Lewistown where the HHS girls will play first. The Lewistown girls team heads into the game with an overall record of 8-10 and a Northeast A record of 3-4. The...
Time is winding down on the Frontier Conference regular season and the clock is also ticking for the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams. Thursday night, both Northern squads are in Dillon for road games at Montana Western, and after a pair of sweeps last week, Northern needs wins in a big way. The Skylights head to Western with a 4-7 record in the Frontier, but with a win tonight, they could make up some ground in a hurry. Just two weeks ago,... Full story
Press release HELENA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service — NASS — announced Tuesday the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, spanning more than 6 million data points about America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them down to the county level. The information collected directly from producers shows a decrease in the total number of Montana farms. The data shows an increase in the number of new and beginning — operating 10 or fewer years on any farm — as well a...
Press release Montana Farmers Union members, farmers, and ranchers recently relayed the impacts of foreign policy on their day-to-day lives with Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Bill Russo, discussing the need to rebuild trade relations, opportunities for U.S. wheat in Canada, mandatory Country of Origin Labeling, food security and national security, immigration reform for ag labor, and concerns with foreign and corporate consolidation and ownership of our food and ag supply chains. Russo was keenly...
Press release SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday a new effort to train the next generation of conservation and climate leaders. As part of President Joe Biden’s American Climate Corps initiative, the Working Lands Climate Corps will provide technical training and career pathway opportunities for young people, helping them deliver economic benefits through climate-smart agriculture solutions for farmers and ranchers across the country, now and in the future. Learn more at the online White House fac...
