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At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced that all Montanans 16 and older will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations beginning April 1, bypassing Phase 1C of the original distribution plan. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson has said Hill County only has access to the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which are only authorized for people 18 and older. However, she said the department can coordinate with primary...
At the monthly meeting of the Great Northern Fair Board Tuesday, Board Chair Bobbie Dolphay announced that she, Vice-Chair Chelby Gooch, and Board Member Ray Kallenberger have all resigned. In addition to the recent departure of Board Member and former Chair Tyler Smith, the board now has four empty seats. Dolphay said her reason for resignation was personal. Gooch and Kallenberger did not attend the meeting and were not available for comment by print deadline this morning. During the meeting, the board heard from Great...
A high-speed chase involving Montana Highway Patrol, Havre Police Department and Hill County Sheriff’s Office went in and out of Havre before ending with flat tires on the van being pursued in a field northwest of Havre Tuesday evening. Details on the arrest were not available this morning, but the Hill County Detention Center inmate population list this morning showed Christopher Hammond being held without bail on felony charges of three counts of criminal endangerment and a count of criminal mischief and on $2,155 bond on c...
Editor’s note: Data from Monday’s update was listed in Tuesday’s print edition of Havre Daily News, which misreported the total for Blaine County, which had two new cases listed on the Tuesday state update, and the state totals, which included 422 new cases. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 102,484 with 143 new cases, 941 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 58. The number of deaths was 1,396. Blaine County Health Department reported Tuesday evening...
Havre Police Department A caller on Lincoln Avenue reported Tuesday at 7:35 a.m. finding a nice bicycle behind a garbage bin. -- Kipp Josiah Henry of Great Falls, 35, was arrested on charges of theft, possession of drug paraphernalia paraphernalia and trespass to vehicles and Colen James Gibson of Havre, 42, was arrested but no charges were provided in the dispatch log, however, the jail roster listed him being held charges of theft and trespass to vehicles. The arrest came...
Havre Daily News reported information from Monday morning’s state coronavirus update map in Tuesday’s print edition of the paper. It misreported data for the state and Blaine County. The correct data, reported Tuesday morning, is: Data from Monday’s update was listed in the print edition of the Havre Daily News. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after Tuesday’s update was 102,344 with 422 new cases, 878 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 54. The number of deaths was 1,396....
A front-page story of Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News implied that Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean raised concerns about customers not going into businesses based on the businesses’ mask policies. The concern she expressed was regarding workers not coming in because of mask policy issues, not customers....
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Bears are emerging from dens with the onset of spring, and people are reminded to “Be Bear Aware.” Bears can be found throughout Montana. In recent years, grizzly bear populations have expanded and bears are sometimes found in historic ranges beyond western Montana As bears begin foraging for food, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking residents to remove or secure food attractants such as garbage, bird feeders and pet food. The most common human-bear conflicts involve unsec...
It’s our anniversary, and Peter and I will be celebrating, like everyone has this past year, the best we are able. We have not yet won the vaccine lottery. I recently received a note from the health department that basically said, “Don’t get your hopes up.” Newspaper columnists are not, apparently, considered essential workers and, of course, I am not. Meanwhile, we continue to visit my sister-in-law, Lori, whose health remains precarious. So our anniversary celebra...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Drop Structure #5 of the St. Mary’s Diversion, the spotlight remains on the unaffordability of critical repairs to the Milk River Project’s aged infrastructure. From Montana’s irrigators and farmers, ranchers, recreationists, and municipalities that span from Tribal Nations to Canada, the call for affordable repairs are continuing to grow. Not only are construction costs into the hundreds of millions of dollars, Montana’s irrigators alone are responsible for 74% of...
Montana hunters are being shut out of major decisions on future access to elk. The new approach in Helena, led by Speaker Wylie Galt and Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Hank Worsech, is to spring legislation on us. Making major wildlife management changes without public input benefits few and hurts Montana hunters. I never thought it would happen here, but we must meet this full-on effort to limit public hunter involvement in wildlife management decisions if we are to maintain the title of the “Last Best Place.” For dec...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture published Monday a Federal Register Notice requesting public input on a climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy. The notice represents an important step toward implementing President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The order, signed Jan. 27, states that, “America’s farmers, ranchers and forest landowners have an important role to play in combating the climate crisis and reducing greenho...
Just a warning - a tornado is headed towards Havre and the Armory Gymnasium. The Tornado coming is Turner star forward Shyan Krass. Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Chris Mouat has announced the signing of Turner Krass to join the Skylight program next fall on Tuesday. Krass is a 6-4 forward, who averaged 21 points and 16 rebounds per game for the Tornadoes this past season. She shot nearly 52 percent from the field and 76 percent from the foul line....
The Havre High girls basketball team is coming off an incredible run to the Class A state championship — the Blue Ponies’ fourth since 2014. And to the victor goes the spoils. Monday night, the 2021 Northeast A All-Conference Girls Team and Class A All-State selections were announced, and the Blue Ponies had seven All-Conference and three All-State selections. Havre High junior Sadie Filius made the Class A All-State team for the third straight season, while sophomore Yel...
Three Harlem boys and two Wildcat girls have been honored for their outstanding play in the 2021 basketball season. The District 2B honors were announced earlier this week. On the boys side, Harlem junior R.J. Ramone was named First-Team All-Conference, as well as Class B All-State. Junior Tyler Cichosz was also named First-Team All-Conference, while Daniel Lawrence, a junior, was named Second Team. Harlem junior Taya Trottier was named Class B All-State for the girls, as...
Aspen Giese, Fort Benton Basketball Fort Benton senior Aspen Giese may have just saved her best for last. In the Longhorn’s march to their first-ever Class C state championship last weekend win Billings, Giese averaged 18 points per game, and scored 17 in the first round, 21 in the semifinals and 19 in the state title game win over North Country. Giese, a three-sport standout who will play basketball at MSU-Billings next fall, will be a four-time Class C All-State performer f...
