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Havre Daily News staff With the world trying to deal with real problems and concerns of novel coronavirus 2019 and the disease it causes, COVID-19, officials are warning that scammers are taking advantage of the fears and trying to trick or coerce people into giving them money or personal information. In one example, last week, U.S. Health and Human Services warned people a malicious website claiming to be the live map for Coronavirus COVID-2019 is circulating on the...
Montana’s small businesses are the fabric of our economy and their success is dependent on the ability to freely market products and services to communities across the state. As Americans face the new reality of “social distancing” measures, our local small businesses are bearing the brunt of that impact and are addressing serious concerns regarding declining customer traffic. In order to assist businesses adversely impacted by the coronavirus and COVID-19, and at the request of Gov. Steve Bullock, the U.S. Small Busin...
Press release HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock expanded access Wednesday to telemedicine services to ensure Montana Medicaid patients receive quality health care in their homes to prevent unnecessary gatherings at health care facilities and slow the spread of COVID-19. “Expanding telemedicine will provide the physical, mental and substance use care Montanans need without overwhelming health care facilities responding to COVID-19 or risking unnecessary exposure,” Bullock said. “I want to thank providers across the state who are...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Community Food Bank is adding a day of service for senior citizens in need of food assistance. The food bank, located at 453 Fifth Street North, will be open Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for seniors 60 years and older. The food bank is regularly open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., each week. This additional day is intended to help restrict exposure of seniors, one of the most vulnerable groups, to novel coronavirus 2019. While health restrictions are in place in the...
Havre Daily News staff Montana State University-Northern issued an update on how Northern's food services will function in regards to restrictions in place due to novel coronavirus 2019 and the disease it causes, COVID-19, when Northern comes back from spring break. Last Friday, Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian - who is one of Montana's presumptive confirmed cases of COVID-19 - issued a directive that, as of March 23, all Montana University System campuses...
Press release Based on an abundance of caution, Montana Historical Society said in a press release, it is taking another step to protect the health and safety of its staff and the public during the COVID-19 outbreak. Effective immediately, MHS has closed its museum galleries, Research Center, Museum Store and the Original Governor’s Mansion to the public until further notice. The closures are in line with Gov. Steve Bullock’s recommendations on social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. The front entrance to the...
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Havre Police Department, Hill County Sheriff's Office and Havre Fire Department are taking precautions and increasing preparedness. A release from the Fire Department said, when people request emergency medical services through 911 or other dispatchers, the caller should say if they are experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath or have traveled somewhere the coronavirus has been known to be present. "This will provide EMS personnel the...
Havre Public Schools sent out an automated call this morning asking its students, and their families, to make sure they are in contact with the student’s teachers. The best way to contact the teachers is through the teachers’ emails, the message said. The district is trying to make certain it connects with all of its students, and if they have not been contacted they are asked to call 395-6719, a post on the district website said. People should only call that number to establish contact with the school district. School distri...
Northern Montana Health Care public relations officer Julianne LaSmith said that, as of Wednesday, 26 people have come to the alternate flu clinic NMHC has set up for novel coronavirus 2019, and no cases of the virus had been confirmed in Hill County. LaSmith said Northern Montana Hospital started out with 20 kits to test for the virus, adding that they aren't using the test kits on everyone. "The testing is done as a way of determining the next course of action," she said....
Blaine County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy issued an order today that, effective at noon Friday, all bars, casinos, restaurants, and other businesses with dine-in public seating in Blaine County will be closed to the public with the exception of drive-through, delivery and pick-up services including entering the business to pick up goods Blaine County is joining a growing number of governments in Montana and across the nation closing bars and restaurants to in-facility...
Montana State University-Northern announced today it is transitioning all classes, including labs and clinicals, to an online format and is asking students in the residence halls to consider alternate living arrangements to restrict as much as possible student presence on campus. Chancellor Greg Kegel also said the university is closing all non-essential facilities and shutting down all activities. Wherever possible, the university will provide services via email, telephone...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Health Department announced today that Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods and the North Central Senior Center are partnering to provide pickup or delivery for grocery orders for senior citizens and other people vulnerable to novel coronavirus 2019 infections. People can call 400-2992 Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to place grocery orders. The orders will be available for pickup or delivery Mondays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m....
People attending a virtual seminar on the economic outlook for Montana Tuesday heard agriculture producers have a gloomy outlook for 2020, even without figuring in impacts of the outbreak of COVID-19. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research 2020 Montana Economic Outlook seminar set for Havre Tuesday was moved to an online presentation to reduce exposure to novel coronavirus 2019. During the discussion, which also covered potential impacts throughout the economy of the COVID-19 outbreak, Montana State University...
Havre Police Department Officers issued a summons after a caller from a Sixth Avenue location at 11 a.m. Wednesday reported a dog bite. -- Officers investigated a report made from the Havre area at 12:17 p.m. Wednesday that a woman had been assaulted. -- Officers investigated a report made from Seventh Avenue at 5:46 p.m. Wednesday of a theft. -- Officers responded to a report made from Third Street at 7:01 p.m. Wednesday that the caller found a cell phone in front of their...
Press release The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Dillon watercraft inspection station intercepted a watercraft carrying invasive mussels Monday. The boat owner was traveling north on Interstate 15 en route to British Columbia and stopped at the recently opened inspection station. The watercraft was not launching in Montana. The mussels were found on the motor and were dried up and dead. The inspectors could not conduct a hot water decontamination because of freezing temperatures. The watercraft was locked to the trailer, and...
Gordan Lee Chiefstick, 28, passed away at CHI St. Alexius Healthcare in Bismarck, ND, Friday, March 13, 2020. Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m. today, March 19, 2020, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2020, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Burial will follow in the Chiefstick Family Cemetery....
Press release Chouteau County Commission issued a release Wednesday saying, after the commission met with the Chouteau County Health Department, community health leaders and representatives from outlying communities, the commission recommends that the public continue to follow the direction being provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the president’s COVID-19 Task Force and Montana and local agencies. “We don’t believe that declaring an emergency is prudent at this time, but we encourage the public to be di...
It’s probably been centuries since our world has been so united in purpose. We are concerned — concerned for our own health, our families, our neighbors, concerned for those around the other side of the globe. A few weeks ago I bought tickets for a quick trip to Glendive. Let me modify that — there is no quick trip into Montana from Central Mexico. I bought tickets for the long trip, short stay. I felt I had little choice since on my birthday, my Montana Driver’s License...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the sporting landscape, both nationally and on the local scene. Tuesday, the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association recommended to its schools that they suspend or reschedule spring rodeos. The Big Sky Region was set to begin next month with the Montana State University Rodeo in Bozeman, but MSU announced that rodeo, along with all other events at MSU this spring, have been postponed. In the memo sent out by the NIRA, Sarah Neely,...
It has been a wild ride of a season in District 9C basketball. From comeback kings to dominant performances and record breakers to underdogs, the Hi-Line has seen so much out of the 9C this year. Recently, the Class C All-State selections were released, with 12 players from the 9C making the list. On the girls side, there have been many great stories this year. Those stories were made by some excellent players. When it comes to the selections, four players from both Turner...
Derek and Jessica Hann officially took ownership of The Havre Book Exchange in the Atrium Mall Sunday. "I guess in the back of my mind, since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to own a bookstore," Derek Hann said. Hann is a former reporter for the Havre Daily News and has been working at the Book Exchange since he left the paper Feb. 21, but he has been a Havre resident for years. "When I first moved to Havre, in, I believe it was 2015 might have been 2016, I enrolled at...
