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Havre City Council canceled it's second town hall meeting Tuesday due to a lack of attendance. These town halls, the first of which was held last month, were intended to be less-formal gatherings of the Havre City Council to hear from the public about community issues, and for them to provide updates to the community on what the council is doing and why. "We've felt over the years that the city council meetings had become pretty formal and people were a little intimidated by...
After months of argument and delays, the Hill County Health Department was finally given access to American Rescue Plan Act funds the county commission voted to allocate them last September, funds the department has been asking for repeatedly since that vote. In a special meeting with Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg Tuesday, the commission voted 2-0 to make up to $100,000 available to the department for their COVID-19 prevention efforts, with commissioners Mark Pet...
Havre Fire Department firefighters responded to two calls in the past five days, said Fire Chief Mel Paulson, who was unavailable to provide details for the report until after print deadline Tuesday. Saturday at 2:10 p.m., five firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on the 700 Block of Second Street West. The fire started under the home, likely from a heater, Paulson said, but was quickly extinguished, with only minor damage to the structure. A fire crew responded with...
Havre Police Department A caller at First Street and Fifth Avenue reported Tuesday at 8:20 a.m. finding a blower on the road that had fallen off a truck. -- A hit and run crash was reported at a First Street business Tuesday at 10:51 a.m. -- A two-vehicle crash involving a Dodge Ram and a car was reported on Third Avenue Tuesday at 11:57 a.m. -- Officers provided transport at Hill County Detention Center Tuesday at 12:23 p.m. -- Gerald Alex Belgarde Jr. of Havre, 39, was...
“I can always sleep in my rain jacket,” my husband, Peter, announced. Vacationing in rental homes is usually a bit of an adventure. We don’t need luxurious digs, and instead look for apartments offering a hefty discount if we stay for a full month. We did this three years ago in Pamplona, Spain. The apartment required climbing six flights of stairs, but it had a great view of the city — because we were right in the center of it. Only at night did this become a problem...
Press release The return of the Harlem Seed Show is including an opportunity to enter woodworking projects for competition. The 72nd annual Montana Seed Show is March 10, 11, 12, a release said, and It is time to get woodworking projects finished to enter them in the show. Entry day is Thursday, March 10, by 2 p.m. sharp. Judging starts at 2 p.m. that day. Woodworking entries will be given ribbons and the top in adult A and B and student A divisions will also receive a rosette and $100; student B division receives $50. All...
After a long winter, the postseason has finally arrived for the Havre High boys basketball team. Tonight, the Blue Ponies finally begin competing for all the marbles as they begin the Eastern A Divisionals at the First Interstate Bank Arena in Billings. After all the highs and lows they have gone through this season, HHS head coach Walynn Burgess believes now is the time for them to put it all together. "It's divisionals with a chance to go to state so we know that we're going...
After winning the state championship last season, the 2021-22 season has seen the Havre High girls basketball roll through the competition. The Blue Ponies finished the regular season with a 17-1 record and are riding a 15-game winning streak. Now it is time for the Ponies to put up or shut up as they head to the Eastern A Divisionals at the First Interstate Bank Arena in Billings. After everything they have already accomplished and worked on through the season, HHS head...
After the incredible career he has had with the Montana State University-Northern Lights, there was no way Mascio McCadney was letting it all end with a loss in his last home game. Instead, he did the opposite and simply took matters into his own hands. With under a minute to play, and the Lights clinging to a two-point lead over the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears, McCadney swatted away a game-tying attempt by Abdul Bah, made two free throws on the other end, and then...
The Carroll College Fighting Saints have been one of the best teams in not only the Frontier Conference, but also all of the NAIA this season. And the Montana State University-Northern Skylights get one more shot at them. Tonight, Northern visits Carroll in the first round of the Frontier Conference playoffs. The Skylights (9-20) will be playing the Saints (23-6) for the fourth time this season, with Carroll going 3-0 in the regular season against Northern. "Carroll is the...
With a chance for her team to get to the Northern C again, Fort Benton’s Ashlee Wang had a monster game. Behind her game-high 20 points, the Longhorns beat Hays-Lodge Pole in the District 9C girls consolation game Saturday afternoon. Wang, who is also a volleyball standout at Fort Benton, averaged 12 points in Fort Benton’s three wins. She was also a key player on last year’s Class C state championship team. It had been 14 years since the Chester-Joplin-Inverness boys hoist...
from U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage — ARC — or Price Loss Coverage — PLC — programs for the 2022 crop year have until March 15 to sign a contract. The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers these two safety net programs to provide vital income support to farmers experiencing substantial declines in crop prices or revenues. “The Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs provide critical financial protections...
