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Great Northern Fair board Chair Paul McCann resigned from the board Tuesday at its regular monthly meeting, while board members elected new officers and talked about charging for parking at this year's fair during the board's monthly meeting Tuesday. The Hill County Commission has not yet received McCann's formal resignation. A larger crowd was present as the board voted unanimously to make Tyler Smith the new chair and Scott Doney the board's new vice-chair. The board,...
The Hill County attorney told the Hill County Commission Tuesday she wants to eliminate two positions and hire a third deputy county attorney, part of an effort to trim expenses and cut down on a heavy case load in Justice Court. County Attorney Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson presented the county commissioners with a written proposal during a meeting also attended by District Court staff and several attorneys from law firms within the county. She said in the proposal that she first asked the commissioners last May about hiring a...
There is no question that in terms of snow and cold, this has been one of the worst winters Havre has seen in quite some time. And all that snow and ice is having a pretty big impact on what is supposed to be spring sports season. When all you see outside is snow everywhere, it can be easy to forget, that Tuesday was officially the first day of spring. Even wilder is the idea that practice for all spring sports teams has been going for more than a week now. As you can...
Havre Middle School was shut down and the building evacuated Tuesday after graffiti was found on a wall in the school threatening a shooting that day at the school, less than four weeks after a shooting threat was found at Havre High School. Havre Public Schools said the graffiti was reported at 12:44 p.m. and the district informed the Havre Police Department, which dispatched officers to investigate. Following the district's policies, the school initially was put in a...
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS — Montana officials singled out a mining company president as an industry “bad actor” Tuesday, and said the company could have to reimburse taxpayers more than $35 million for past pollution cleanups if it wants to pursue two new mines in the state. Hecla Mining Inc. and its president Phillips Baker Jr., who’s also chairman of the National Mining Association, were deemed in violation of a law that targets individuals and companies that abandon polluted sites. The alleged violations w...
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS — An Oregon climate change activist, who was convicted of illegally shutting down a crude oil pipeline near Big Sandy as part of a multi-state protest, avoided jail time and was ordered to pay $3,775 in restitution by a Montana judge on Tuesday. State District Judge Daniel Boucher noted that defendant Leonard Higgins had no prior serious convictions as he handed down a three-year deferred sentence, said court clerk Rick Cook. Higgins entered a fenced site near Big Sandy in October 20...
Dorothy A. Solomon, 87, passed away due to natural causes at her residence Sunday, March 18, 2018. A viewing will be held from 2 until 6:30 p.m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel Thursday, March 22, 2018. The Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2018, and funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m Friday, March 23, 2018, all at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Dorothy's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her...
Katherine "LaVonne" Park, 59, passed away March 14, 2018, at Northern Montana Care Center after a long courageous battle with laryngeal cancer and leukemia. Cremation has taken place, and no services are scheduled at this time. LaVonne was born March 28, 1958 to Juanita Sue King and James G. Head in Dayton, OH. LaVonne's family lived in many places, Ohio, Missouri, and Montana to name a few. In 1977 she was blessed with her first daughter, Juanita; two years later in 1979 she...
Havre Police Department Marvin Dale Spotted Bird of Havre, 23, and Cassandra Longtimesleeping of Havre, 23, were each arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault, after officers were called to Sixth Street Tuesday at 6:21 a.m. on a possible domestic disturbance. —— Officers investigated a 3:39 p.m. Tuesday report of $1,670 worth of bad checks at a Third Avenue business. —— Two arrests were made or summons issued during a 4:02 p.m. Tuesday vehicle stop on Boulevard Avenue. Details on the arrests were not provide...
Hill County Weed Board will meet Friday, March 23, at 11 a.m. at the Hill County Shop. • Call to order: Minutes • Public comment • Correspondence • Unfinished business • New business: Budget; purchase orders; grants; spring coordinator training; board vacancy; crew training; burdock classes....
An agenda printed on page A5 of Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported the time the Hill County Weed Board will meet The board will meet Friday, March 23, at 11 a.m. at the Hill County Shop....
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension is seeking host families for 25 Japanese youth and two adult chaperones from July 22 - Aug. 17. The youth and their chaperones are part of an international exchange program with the Labo Language and Cultural Institute and with LEX, or Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange. Host families can be located anywhere in Montana and should have a child at home who is between the ages of 9 and 18. Families hosting chaperones do not need to have children in the h...
Press release Montana State University Extension is offering a tree care workshop Saturday starting at 9 a.m. at the Northern Agricultural Research Center on U.S. Highway 87 southwest of Havre. Specialists from the Schutter Diagnostic Lab will share their expert knowledge. Learn how to: • Submit samples to MSU’s Schutter Lab for no cost; • Identify tree varieties and which best to plant for your landscape; • Manage for insects and disease; • Proper plant techniques; • Best tips and practices for pruning. Workshop topics and...
Since the day he was hired, Montana State University-Northern head football coach Andrew Rolin has been a busy man, recruiting, building a staff and creating a plan for the future. That plan and the early progress of it will become more apparent in the next few weeks, with spring football practices on the horizon. But before the Lights hit the field, Rolin has added two more assistants to his already impressive coaching staff. “I don’t think that we could have found a bet...
Press release Five Montana Farm Bureau members traveled to Washington, D.C., in early March not only to attend the American Farm Bureau Issues Advisory Committee meetings but to meet Montana’s congressional delegation and visit two agencies that have a strong effect on ag policy — the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and the Department of the Interio. Members included MFBF Director of National Affairs Nicole Rolf; Tonya Liles, a cattle rancher from Terry; Megan Mattson Hedges, a grain farmer from Chester; Chuck Rein, a ran...
MSU News Service The annual Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum is set for April 17-18 at the GranTree Inn in Bozeman. It is co-hosted by the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences of Montana State University and the Montana Feed Association. This year’s conference will focus on drought resource management. Speakers from MSU, University of Wyoming, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service Fort Keogh and elsewhere will cover a wide variety of topics, including a 201...
Havre Daily News staff The Northern International Livestock Exposition — NILE — says it is looking for college students who are “willing and able to work all day and into the night, eat and sleep minimally, handle high pressure situations, work in the extreme weather conditions of October in Montana, and enjoy every minute of it.” NILE staff is looking for those college students to work as interns Oct. 11-21 for its annual Stock Show and Rodeo in Billings. The purpose of the internships is to provide an opportunity to gain...
Press release USDA Farm Service Agency is hosting a producer meeting Tuesday, April 3, at 1 p.m. at the new Stone Child College on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The meeting is open to the public. FSA will present information on the Livestock Indemnity Program authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014, the 2014 Farm Bill. Livestock Indemnity Program provide benefits to livestock producers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by eligible loss conditions, including eligible adverse weather, eligible d...