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Gov. Greg Gianforte said the state continues to make progress vaccinating residents against COVID-19, and will continue to quicken the pace as more and more vaccine is allocated to the state after a year of hardship for Montana. Gianforte said, while the situation in Montana is getting better and better the more people get vaccinated, the state has seen some bad times in the last year. “This crisis has brought real serious challenges and many dark days,” he said. He said over 100,000 Montanans have contracted COVID-19 and...
The Montana Joint Subcommittee Section B voted 15 to 9 last Thursday to restore two tribal health positions within the Montana Department of Health and Human Services that were eliminated as part of House Bill 2 earlier in the session. The positions, tribal relations manager, held by Blackfeet tribal member Lesa Evers, and director of American Indian health, held by Karen Cantrell, were scheduled to be officially eliminated at the end of this fiscal year. Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy D-Box Elder., who lead the effort to restore...
Vaccinations continue in Hill County after a small spike in COVID-19 cases, and Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said during a Hill County Board of Health meeting Friday that the board hold a special meeting in the Hill County Courthouse Annex at noon today to discuss the mask mandate. In the COVID-19 update, Friday Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said, as of 10 a.m. that day, the county only had 11 active cases of COVID-19, which was very exciting for the department. She said the week...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 101,933 with 151 new cases, 1,041 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 56. The number of deaths was 1,393. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 707 total, 5 active, 24 deaths. Hill County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 1,933 total, 8 active, 41 deaths. Rocky Boy — current data not available. Fort Belknap — current data not available. Phillips Count...
Emily Ann Billmayer was born April 14, 1990, in Havre, Montana to Gene and Susan Billmayer of Hogeland, Montana. She attended Turner Public Schools and graduated in 2009. She moved to Havre in the summer of 2009 and lived in the ALC home and attended the Havre Day Activity Center with her many friends. She had various jobs, cleaning at the Townhouse Inn, worked in the woodshop, and shredded paper. She has been living at home with her parents the past year due to the COVID...
Havre Daily News staff Planters saved a new Havre clinic from having a vehicle drive through it Friday morning. Licensed Clinical Practical Counselor Kelley Ferguson, who opened the clinic on Seventh Avenue and Second Street with Family Nurse Practitioner Tammy Ralston last fall, said Friday some logs used to make planters stopped a vehicle just inches from the steps of the clinic. The facility actually sustained little damage, she said. Havre police report that Sydney Calf Robe of Great Falls, 24, was arrested on charges of...
The Hill County Conservation District Board will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites at 1425 U.S. Highway 2 Northwest....
The Havre Daily News did not receive this until after printing deadline for Friday’s edition. The Great Northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve last meetings minutes Public comment: Anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted.) Fair Manager’s Report Civic Groups Report Donated hours Report: Commi...
Havre Police Department A cross report of an incident was reported by a another agency Friday at 11:54 a.m. -- Anthony Thomas Filler of Havre, 31, was issued a summons on a vicious dog charge after a caller at the hospital reported Friday at 5:44 p.m. that a dog had bitten someone. -- Chelsea Moore of Havre, 25, was arrested on a DUI charge after an 11th Street West caller reported an erratic driver Saturday at 1:34 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street West establishment...
Dear Montana Education Leaders, In his recent directive implementing Executive Order 2-2021, Governor (Greg) Gianforte highlighted that “access to school is essential to the developmental, social, mental, and educational needs of school-age children.” We cannot agree more that access to school is essential to the health and well-being of our children and adolescents. Across our state and nation many K-12 schools have remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic by following a multi-layered approach to protecting students, tea...
From Montana Department of Revenue Montanans who have filed their 2020 Montana income tax returns can now check the status of their refunds online. Montanans can simply visit the department’s website at http://MTRevenue.gov/refund to learn whether their return is still being processed, if there’s been a delay, or if their refund is on its way. Electronic filing is the safest and fastest way for people to file their return and get their refund as quickly as possible. For all taxpayers, it could take as long as 90 days to rec...
From Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park will hold a virtual community discussion Thursday, March 18, 7-8 p.m. regarding challenges the park and visitors will face in 2021. Sponsored by the Glacier National Park Conservancy, the virtual meeting will be held over Zoom. Members of the public are welcome to attend and can register online on the Glacier National Park Conservancy website at http://www.glacier.org . Park Superintendent Jeff Mow will provide an overview on topics such as the proposed t...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has teamed up with several state departments to create a free packet of information related to giving care for those with memory loss. “Legal and Financial Steps and Resources for Caregivers and Others Concerned about Memory Loss” was created in partnership with the Montana Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Workgroup, Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter, AARP Montana and the Department of Public Health and Human Services. “We want to ensure those with Alzhei...
Aging Services Specialist Lisa Baxter The Aging and Disability Resource Centers were developed through a partnership between the Administration on Aging/Administration for Community Living, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with overall goal of the ADRC Program is to empower individuals to effectively navigate their long-term services and supports options to make informed choices, to streamline access to long-term services and supports and organize the long-term support system. The vision is to have ADRCs...
BILLINGS - The Fort Benton girls basketball team had won pretty much everything it could as a program. But a state championship is something that had never happened in the history of Longhorn girls basketball. Until Saturday night that is. The Fort Benton girls basketball team made history at Lockwood High School in Billings as they won their first ever state title as a program when they beat Saco-Whitewater-Hinsdale, 74-60, in the Class C state championship game. "I'm so...
It wasn’t the end result the Montana State University-Northern Lights were after. No, they went to Caldwell, Idaho, to win. But it still felt really good to just be playing football again. Saturday, the Lights fell to the fifth-ranked College of Idaho Yotes, 26-12, in the Frontier Conference spring season-opener for both teams. It was Northern’s first game since Nov. 16, 2019, when the Lights closed out that season against the Yotes, also at Simplot Stadium in Caldwell. Sin...
BILLINGS - The postseason had been kind to the Fort Benton boys basketball team. First, the Longhorns repeated as District 9C champions and then won the Northern C for the second year in the row. They also opened play in the State Class C Boys Basketball Tournament with an overtime win over Froid/Med Lake. However, the Longhorns' magic came to an end as their season ended with a 56-40 loss to Manhattan Christian in the state consolation game Saturday at Lockwood High School...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights are playing some of their best volleyball of this special spring season. But in the always tough Frontier Conference, it still hasn't been enough to get Northern over the hump. This past weekend, the Skylights dropped a pair of matches to Montana Tech to fall to 1-13 in league play, including a tough battle Friday night. In that Friday night matchup inside the Armory Gymnasium, the Skylights fell to Tech 3-1, by scores of 25-20,...
