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The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly approaching 1 million detected cases and has taken the lives of more than 50,000 people world-wide, but it has also changed the lives of nearly everyone in the world including those in Montana, which had seen five deaths by Thursday morning. Novel coronavirus 19, which causes COVID-19, was detected in China in December, and from there spread to more than 190 countries around the globe, including all 50 states in the U.S., which now has more...
It's Havre. So of course the town breaks a record related to cold, even though spring began more than two weeks ago. Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Havre set its all-time low for the day when the temperature at the Havre-Hill County Airport fell to a chilling -11. According to the National Weather Service in Great Falls, that beat the old record for the same date. The record low for April 2 was set in 1936 at -8 degrees. The area also received some national recognition Thursday morning. Again, according to the NWS in...
Havre City Council is holding its regular meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall, but with restrictions and an invitation to people to join the meeting remotely. • Council members, staff and the public are welcome to connect electronically or attend in person. • Only 10 people will be allowed in the Council Chambers at one time. • Social distancing will be strictly adhered to. • The mayor and council members will have priority to be in the chamber, then staff and media, depending on numbers attending in person. • Staff...
Monday Business hours, 8 a.m. to noon, by appointment only Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting — telephone conference Wednesday Business hours, 8 a.m. to noon, by appointment only Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public Friday Business hours, 8 a.m. to noon, by appointment only...
The regularly scheduled April Hill County Park Board meeting set for Monday has been postponed at this time. The next meeting will likely be the regularly scheduled meeting set for Monday, May 4. If the April meeting is rescheduled, the agenda will be submitted for publication at least a week prior....
St. Jude Thaddeus School was ahead of the curve in beginning its remote learning for its students during the COVID-19 pandemic school closures. Monday will be the third week in passing out packets for the students at the main doors, on the east of the school, principal Mike Haugen said, and using online learning systems. The Catholic parochial school has been using Chromebooks and Google Classroom for some time with its junior high students, and has expanded and adapted that for sixth through eighth graders and set up program... Full story
Experts say COVID-19 is creating complications for an already troubled cattle market and is causing stress for Montana's agriculture producers. Northern Agricultural Research Center Superintendent Darrin Boss said it's difficult to predict how COVID-19 is going to affect agriculture in Montana, but the situation has not been good for the cattle market. "It's been all over the board, the cattle market's been pretty much in a declining state, in a state of flux for several... Full story
Havre Middle School is among the other public schools in the district that began its remote learning program Monday. Principal Dustin Kraske said the students are using Google Classroom to connect and communicate with their teachers. Each day a student will receive a check-in from their teachers on the multiple classes they have, he said, “Activities are pushed out based on the pace of the class. It isn’t a traditional school set up because, obviously, we aren’t in school, and that’s five days of instruction on a consistent b... Full story
Speakers at a free webinar hosted by Montana State University Extension Thursday said despite recent legislation passed by Congress, industries around Montana will continue to face serious economic challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. “There’s a huge private sector financial storm,” Bureau of Business and Economic Research Director Patrick Barkey said. In the webinar, Barkey gave a status update on where he thinks things stand for Montana and the U.S. “In some ways it’s not a surprise. All growth comes to an end th... Full story
A front-page story in Thursday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties holding all-mail elections in the upcoming primary election misnamed the local election administrators to whom ballots must be returned. The county clerk and recorders are the election administrators and ballots must be returned to the county clerk and recorder’s office.... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers responding to a call at 11:50 a.m. Thursday from 15th Avenue and First Street arrested Trina Lynn Howard of Harlem, 34, on Justice or City court warrants and on suspicion of disorderly conduct, assault with bodily fluid and resisting arrest. —— Officers responding to a report made from a First Street business at 1:44 p.m. Thursday of a theft issued a summons to Albert Lee Goldsmith of Harlem, 51, on suspicion of theft by shoplifting. ...
From Montana Legal Services Association Gov. Steve Bullock has stopped all evictions for nonpayment through April 10. But, you still have to pay your rent. It is a good idea to contact your landlord to come up with a plan to pay rent. You can find a form letter to ask your landlord to postpone, reduce or waive rent because of the coronavirus at http://MontanaLawHelp.org . You can also call 2-1-1 to see if you can get financial and other assistance. To learn more, check out the COVID-19 section on MontanaLawHelp.org at... Full story
Davey Elementary School’s regular board meeting will be Monday at 6 p.m at the school....
Daniel Louis Genereux, 58, died at Big Sandy Medical Center April 2, 2020. Cremation has taken place and a private service will be held at a later date.... Full story
The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group met Wednesday virtually due to the coronavirus outbreak and discussed the lawsuit from the Alliance of the Wild Rockies regarding bull trout and updates on federal legislation on the St. Mary Diversion and Milk River Project. Bureau of Reclamation Montana Area Manager Steve Davies said a lawsuit was filed by the Alliance of the Wild Rockies at District Court in Great Falls. The lawsuit says the diversion ends up killing species bull trout and asks the courts to order BOR, which... Full story
Editor, As a retired physician, I am writing to express my deep concern with the irresponsible attitude too many Montanans are showing toward current “shelter-in-place” guidelines enacted in response to the coronavirus epidemic. All around our state, people continue to gather for clearly non-essential purposes as a result of magical thinking. “It can’t happen here.” “There are effective medications that can save us.” “I’m too young and healthy to contract the disease.” If only any of this were true. Really, really want...
This week’s recurring theme in my life is the thought experiment called Schrodinger’s cat. I’m going to do my best to explain the background of Schrodinger’s cat, but right off the bat, I want to make it clear that it’s called a thought experiment because no one actually did anything to an actual cat. So here’s the deal, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger was trying to illustrate the difference between classical physics and some new-age level, mind-blowing physics that said...
COVID-19 continues to be at the forefront of our current health battles and plans. We have one documented case of COVID-19 in Havre, but almost assuredly there are more. We still do not have the testing capabilities to test everyone with symptoms. Our Flu Clinic continues to provide services for people with acute illnesses and provide appropriate screening for COVID-19. This allows semi-normal operations for our ambulatory clinics. We continue to manage and see those who are in need of an in-person visit, but are also...
By Havre Daily News staff The Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation is inviting people to “Let your little (Northern) light shine!” The Foundation is looking for volunteers throughout the month of April for its Care-A-Thon, an outreach program where volunteers will call Northern alumni who may feel particularly isolated right now. “We are looking for volunteers to share their kindness for our Care-A-Thon with the intent to engage MSU-N alumni who may feel particularly isolated during this time,” a release...
We’re all trying to figure this coronavirus stuff out as we go, we're all navigating this new reality at the same time and we’re all in it together. So, it’s for those reasons, among many others, including all the stress and anxiety we feel these days, that I have tried to be more patient than I’ve ever been and I've tried hard not to criticize pretty much anybody or anything. Again, we’re all in this together, and make no mistake, coronavirus doesn’t discriminat...
You know, Lord, lots of folks have heaps of thoughts and ideas about the secret of how to have happiness. How about Christmas gifts - just think of all the items, all these special gifts are given because of the happiness and love we share. With Easter coming up, here is a good thought to embrace, in a poem with author listed as -Sper: "Because of love God sent His Son From heaven's throne to earth "To rescue us from sin and death - a Gift of priceless worth!" An unknown...
Press release Community Church of Gildford, which shares a pastor with Calvary Evangelical in Rudyard, is doing services online to reduce exposure to the novel coronavirus 2019 that causes COVID-19. As of now, here is a list of services and dates moving forward: 10 a.m. Sundays worships service with Calvary Evengelical. 7 p.m. Sundays prayer meeting If people are interested in joining, they can email Pastor Clay Massar at [email protected]. These dates might change as the pandemic situation morphs, so check back for any...
Out our way, winter can be a tough season - and a long one. One year, it began in mid-October and the blizzard shut down power for the whole county. Snow in May is not unheard of - and the calving season in February can really be brutal. Yup, the land of "Alberta Clippers" reminds us of the old saying "There's nothing between the North Pole and us but a barbed wire fence." But it is also the land of a dozen "springs," called chinook winds, that also come to us all winter long....
I never imagined that less than a month after being ordained and installed as pastor at First Lutheran Church in Havre we would be facing a global pandemic. I didn’t exactly take a class on how to respond to a once-in-a-century public health crisis during my seminary training. However, in a class on the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German theologian whose teachings shaped my denomination, we did read a letter Luther wrote to colleagues curious about the right Christian response to the spread of bubonic p...
