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The NAIA basketball season ended suddenly, when the men's and women's national tournaments were canceled due to the growing coronavirus crisis last month. But the awards circuit is ongoing, and three players with local ties earned high honors last week. Montana State University-Northern senior guard Adam Huse was named NAIA All-American Honorable Mention when the 2020 NAIA Men's All-American Team was announced. Huse, a senior from Bozeman had a stellar senior season for the...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said today he has issued a directive prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent during his stay-at-home order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, and prohibited residential foreclosures on home owners who miss payments due to the stay-at-home order. The directive also applies to major utilities shutting off services due to nonpayment resulting from the stay-at-home order and prohibits late fees and charges due to late or missed...
As of Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Havre and Hill County as well as a Winter Storm Warning for Blaine County. The NWS says that a possible 4-6 inches of snow is expected to fall between 8 p.m. tonight and 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the storm will be accompanied by wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour, as well as temperatures falling into the single digits. Travel is not advised. It’s about to be month number eight. Yes, as March now turns to April, and spring h...
Northern Montana Health Care is reminding people it has opened an alternative clinic for suspected COVID-19 patients on the east side of the NMHC campus at 124 13th Street. Patients who feel that they may need to be assessed by a health care professional are asked to cal 262-1570. The purpose and goal of this clinic is to triage patients with acute illnesses that may be infectious - fever, cough, sore throat, diarrhea, and headache. "The first line of defense in preventing...
The Havre Parks and Recreation Department announced this afternoon that, effective immediately, all Havre city park playground equipment is closed. The parks are still open, a release said, but parents are asked to keep children off the equipment. The decision was made to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 that causes COVID-19....
Editor: This is a very important message for the people of Montana. If we all follow the shelter at home rule, we can avoid becoming as devastated as Italy or New York City. Only leave the house for food, medicine or urgent medical care. Only essential businesses and their employees should go to work. Continue to practice social distancing and good hand hygiene. Currently, we are fortunate to have a low caseload of COVID-19, but we anticipate more cases over the next day to weeks. We can prevent further spread by simply by...
As the death toll from the novel coronavirus rises, we are brutally faced with the reality that public policy directly affects the number of Americans and Montanans who are victimized by this modern plague. And also by the reality that, because of its nature, public policy is not always driven by cold hard facts, science and evidence, but is at least partially driven by politics. In some ways that is bad, but in other ways it is good and necessary. This is a time when people are called upon to join the communal effort to...
We are in a new day, legislating and politics as we knew it has become learn-as-we-go. The face-to-face meetings are no more, web-based conference is the new meeting protocol. Webex, Zoom, Skype, Conference Call and Facetime are my new norm. It seems everyone has a difference preference as to what is the best. Oh, did I mention Snap Chat and Messenger, all have a learning curve and I am being tested. The good news is, most work can and is being done in this fashion. The law does allow school boards the latitude to do what...
COVID-19 has caused significant delays for the various operations of the 2020 Census, and more delays are possible as the situation progresses. “It looks like there’s going to be a really long operational pause, that’s the big effect in Montana,” said Joshua Manning a media specialist at the Dallas Regional Census Office. He said the bureau has delayed their “update leave” service, in which census takers leave census packets at houses to be filled out by the residents. He said this service will begin April 14 instead of...
Remote learning began in full Monday for Havre Public Schools students. “For each of our buildings it’s kind of we are trying to get our feet wet, the parents are getting their feet wet, so we are kind of learning as we go,” Superintendent Andy Carlson said. He said the district is continuing to pass out Chromebooks to families and people who are in need of one can contact the Robins Administration Building at 395-8550. People are glad to get some work, he said he’s heard, and considers that a positive thing. “It’s d...
As remote learning was set to begin Monday in Havre Public Schools, each school and grade level was working to set how their procedures will work with each doing things differently than the next. At Highland Park Early Primary School learning packets were handed out for its students to take home as part of it's remote learning program. Principal Mark Irvin said the packets included a letter from him, some guidelines for the parents on a daily schedule the school has laid out...
The numbers by county were: Hill: 1 Blaine: 0 Chouteau: 0 Liberty: 0 Toole: 6 Gallatin: 69 Yelllowstone: 28 Missoula: 12 Lewis and Clark: 11 Flathead: 11 Silver Bow: 10 Cascade: 8 Madison: 6 Lincoln: 5 Park: 3 Deer Lodge: 3 Broadwater: 3 Lake: 2 Jefferson: 2 Ravalli: 1 Meagher: 1 Roosevelt: 1 Visit the state tracking map online at http://bit.ly/MTCoronavirusMap...
A front-page story in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported the names of the Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites and Best Western Plus Great Northern Inn....
O-sah-w Pi-ne-s (Yellow Bird), Gary J. LaMere, 72, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, at his residence in Great Falls. Wake services began at 2:00 p.m. Sunday March 29, 2020, and continued until his funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2020, all at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial followed in the Watson Family Cemetery....
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. with online and telephone access to the public. The meeting agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items: Public comments on agenda items: Claims Employment Resolutions Ordinances Contracts Camp spot contract for Beaver Creek Park Website Board Appointments Policy Updates County Permit Approval: Subdivision/Survey Approval Intercap application — task order to prep preliminary report for Milk River Levee Project with Great West Engineering, EDA g...
Havre Police Department A 15th Avenue caller reported Monday at 8:51 a.m. that an air compressor was stolen from a pickup during the night. -- A black Schwinn bicycle was found in a 12th Avenue yard at 10:17 a.m. Monday. -- Havre Public Works was notified after a Monday 2:05 p.m. caller on 16th Street West reported water coming up in the middle of the road. -- A caller at Eighth Street and 12th Avenue reported Monday at 3:16 p.m. that an aggressive dog that was running loose...
Press release HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock implemented Friday actions to increase the ability of commercial motor carrier vehicles to ensure a supply of food, medical supplies, farm inputs and feed and hay during the COVID-19 emergency. The directive is not in response to shortages of food supplies. Montana’s food supply chain is essential and state and federal food safety inspectors are on the job. Additionally, licensed food manufacturers are operating and plan to continue operating at or above capacity. At this time, any...
Press release HELENA — Montana State Parks is seeking public comment on proposed 2020 Off-Highway Vehicle — OHV — grant proposals for the current grant application cycle which closed Feb. 28. Public comments will be accepted through Thursday, April 30, at 5 p.m. The OHV program received fourteen grant requests totaling $224,485. Approximately $152,000 in OHV grant funding is available for 2020. Montana’s Off-Highway Vehicle Program supports projects such as trail maintenance, signs, trail stewards, ethics education, noxious...
Press release This week, the Montana Department of Revenue mailed notices to property owners of mobile and manufactured homes that are assessed separately from the land on which they are located. The notice is not a tax bill. Instead, the notice informs a property owner of their mobile or manufactured home’s market and taxable values for tax year 2020. County treasurers calculate and bill property owners for their 2020 general property taxes based upon the values shown on the notices. Montana law requires the department to s...
Press release HELENA — All Montanans can now fill out their 2020 Census online, by phone or by mail — even without receiving an official invitation to participate. The 2020 Census is available to fill out now online at http://my2020census.gov, by phone at 1-844-330-2020, or via mail if a household has received a paper questionnaire. With the U.S. Census Bureau suspending all field operations across the nation due to COVID-19, it is critical that Montanans self-respond to the 2020 Census questionnaire, even if the hou...
Press release WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created a guide to help small businesses, independent contractors and gig economy workers prepare to file for a coronavirus relief loan under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security — CARES — Act. The U.S. Chamber’s Coronavirus Small Business Guide, available at http://uschamber.com/sbloans , outlines the steps small businesses should take now and prepare to access much-needed funds to help keep their workers on the payroll during this disrupt...
It was not long ago, Montana State University-Northern head coach Andrew Rolin announced the first part of his 2020 recruiting class. But over the course of the last month, the class has certainly grown. Rolin recently updated the Lights' signees, as Norther's new class is up to 27 total players. Headlining that list is 12 Montana standouts, including Havre Blue Pony offensive lineman Case Henderson. The Lights also recently added another local prospect in...
