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JoVonne Wagner Montana Free Press and ICT Editor’s note: This version states that a request for comment sent Tuesday to Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, had not been delivered to his email address by this morning. The Montana State Senate voted Tuesday afternoon against discussing a bill that would have established Indigenous Peoples Day in the state following debate over how the new holiday would replace Columbus Day. However, at least one member of the Montana American Indian Caucus plans to introduce another bill that would m...
After multiple delays due to COVID-19, Montana Actors' Theatre will be premiering "Misery," a stage adaptation of Sephen King's novel, Thursday at 8 p.m. "Misery" will also run Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and has a matinée Sunday at 2 and performances at 8 p.m. Feb. 23-25. The play was originally going to start in January, but after many of the people involved in the production of the play came down with COVID-19 they decided to delay the premier. The play's director, Anjane...
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...
Lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand on a computer science program for schools on reservations established in the 2021 legislative session by adding additional training for teachers in elementary and middle schools. Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, is sponsoring House Bill 346. "There is a lot of potential, and perhaps maybe in the near future, this program is successful, is going to be opened up to all schools, all across the whole state, because as we know,...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at City Hall Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2023, at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of Jan. 19 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North end of South halfway lake (B) Painting Big Hangar (C) Loan repayments 6. New business 7. Approval of the February claims...
Havre City Council’s Safety Committee will meet at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in the City Hall Emergency Operations Center room. The meeting’s agenda is: Call to order Attendance: attendees are asked to sign in on attendance sheet. 1. Environmental remediation update for City Hall: Discussion of remediation plans for asbestos, lead, and other heavy metals. 2. Public complaint on seatbelt usage: The Safety Committee received a public comment on city workers not using seatbelts in their vehicles and this will be discussed. 3. T...
Havre Police Department A 14-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of minor in possession after a Lincoln Avenue caller reported finding a juvenile smoking marijuana in the house at 8:13 a.m. Tuesday. -- An assault was reported on Ninth Avenue Tuesday at 8:27 a.m. -- Aaryn Jace Cantrell of Havre, 23, was arrested on six Justice or City court warrants after a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported Tuesday at 12:52 p.m. that a woman needed to be removed from...
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester In his continued push to support Montana cattle producers and add transparency to the cattle market, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., reintroduced his bipartisan Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, which would establish minimums for negotiated sales and require clear reporting of marketing contracts. The bill is co-led by Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.. “As a third-generation farmer, I know Montanans are getting hurt by the four massive m...
Press release The Montana Natural Resources Youth Camp is now taking applications for July 16-21, 2023. For those who are not familiar with the camp, for 37 years, the Montana Natural Resources Youth Camp has provided youth an opportunity to study in an outdoor classroom. Today’s scientific principles, economic realities, historical heritage, and social perspectives help these future leaders in their quest to gain natural resources perspective that is informed and progressive. Campers learn about forests, streams, soils, geol...
Press release GREAT FALLS — The Montana Grain Growers Association and the Montana Grains Foundation will each offer scholarships to be used for the 2023-2024 school year. MGGA will award two $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing an agricultural related degree at the college of their choice. Applicants or their parent, grandparent, or legal guardian must be a current producer member of MGGA. MGF will award two $2,500 scholarships to Montana State University juniors or seniors pursuing a degree in ag business, ag e...
While most local basketball fans will be watching the District 9C basketball tournaments in Havre this week, they should not forget the other Hi-Line basketball teams beginning the postseason this week. The Rocky Boy boys and girls basketball teams will begin the postseason with the District 1B Basketball Tournament in Cut Bank this week. Meanwhile, the Harlem boys and girls basketball teams will start postseason play with the District 2B Basketball Tournament in Malta. The Ro...
Coming off a huge dual win against the University of Providence Argos last Thursday in Billings, the Montana State University-Northern Lights now have the Cascade Conference Wrestler of the Week as well. Northern's Carl Hansen was named the Rize Laboratory Men's Wrestler of the Week. Hansen, a 197-lb redshirt junior wrestler from Elko Nevada, is ranked No. 15 in the NAIA and has helped his team to an overall record of 8-3. He led the Lights to a 23-17 upset Thursday in their...
Elizabeth Carroll Talk about a debut. Havre High freshman Elizabeth Carroll made a big splash at last weekend’s Montana State Swimming Championships, placing in two events. Carroll took home the silver medal in the girls A-B 200 Individual Medley for the Blue Ponies. She also finished fourth in the girls A-B 100 backstroke. Carroll also swam on the relay teams for the Ponies, which scored 32 points and placed fourth overall in the Class A-B standings. Tristan Stygles What a w...
Jesse Bedayn Associated Press/ Report for America DENVER — On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides golden fields and blue sky, a farmer named Danny Wood scrambles to plant and harvest proso millet, dryland corn and winter wheat in short, seasonal windows. That is until his high-tech Steiger 370 tractor conks out. The tractor’s manufacturer doesn’t allow Wood to make certain fixes himself, and last spring his fertilizing operations were stalled for three days before the servicer arrived...
Press release Nearly 90 women gathered over their love of Montana’s farming and ranching communities this past weekend during the Montana Farmers Union 10th annual Women’s Conference. Attendees listened to inspiring speakers, participated in hands-on workshops and networked with women from across the state during the conference held at Fairmont Hot Springs Feb. 10-12. “Women’s Conference celebrates the women who are the backbone of our rural communities, whether it’s directly in production agriculture, rural entrepren...
Caven Wade UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism A bill passed by the House of Representatives would require ranchers to corral livestock when the Department of Livestock requests to test animals for disease. The bill is now in the Senate. Rep. Ross Fitzgerald, R-Fairfield, is sponsoring House Bill 100, which allows the Department of Livestock to levy fees against Montana ranchers if they do not adequately corral animals for inspection of dangerous contaminants and diseases. “It turned into a...
Press release With bull sale season getting ready to kick off, a bull selection workshop to shed light on all the numbers and abbreviations in these catalogs has been scheduled for March 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds. MSU Extension Agent Colleen Pegar will walk participants through bull sale catalogs to discuss the differences between breed associations and what the numbers actually mean in the presentation “The Art of Understanding EPD Alphabet Soup: An Introduction to EPD’s and Bul...
Prep Basketball Standings GIRLS Northeast A Havre 8-0 14-4 Miles City 6-2 12-5 Lewistown 4-4 5-11 Sidney 1-6 3-13 Glendive 0-7 2-15 Northwest A Browning 10-0 17-1 Polson 7-3 11-7 Columbia Falls 6-4 11-6 Ronan 5-5 6-12 Whitefish 2-8 5-11 Libby 0-10 2-15 Southeast A Billings Central 7-0 14-2 Laurel 5-2 13-3 Hardin 4-3 11-4 Lockwood 2-5 7-9 Livingston 0-8 1-16 Southwest A Dillon 11-1 17-1 Frenchtown 10-2 13-4 Hamilton 9-3 12-5 Stevensville 6-6 9-9 East Helena 4-8 7-11 Butte...
