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Havre Community Food Bank announced it has free milk available. The good bank will distribute the milk Tuesday — today — Thursday or Friday between 10 a.m and 1 p.m., People are asked to knock on the door and wait for someone to assist them. Under social distancing and stay-at-home orders to slow the transmission of novel coronavirus 2019, the food bank is not allowing customers inside at this time, the Food Bank's Facebook post said....
Disagreement arose at the weekly virtual Hill County Health Board meeting last Friday regarding social distancing and its enforcement. After providing updated numbers on Hill County and Montana's COVID-19 cases Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy said that five counties have declared community transmission, and that Hill County's guidelines regarding social distancing have been extended through April 24, in line with Governor Steve Bullock's recent directives. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said she believes...
Editor’s note: Due to an editorial error, this was left out of Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News. Cottonwood School is holding its regular school board meeting today at 6 p.m. at the West School. Due to Gov. Steve Bullock’s stay-at-home directive, people should contact Serena Dawson at 265-6970 to attend via electronics....
Press release The Hill County Women, Infants and Children - WIC - program, administered through the Hill County Health Department, is accepting new clients in Hill and surrounding counties. As the nation's most successful and cost-effective public health nutrition program, WIC is designed to influence lifetime nutrition and health behaviors for participating families. Nationwide, WIC provides healthy food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and other benefits to more...
Havre Daily News staff Montana’s U.S. senators have announced that Montana universities and colleges, including the Havre, Rocky Boy and Fort Belknap institutions, are receiving funding to help with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Montana State University-Northern in Havre will receive $911,258; Stone Child College on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will receive $216,798, and Aaniiih Nakoda College on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation willl receive $114,359. “I’ve heard from educators across our state that the COV...
Press release People who are worried about how they are going to pay home energy bills as a result of issues related to COVID-19 can contact Energy Share of Montana. Energy Share is a statewide nonprofit organization whose purpose is to help Montanans facing loss of heat or lights in their home, and who have no resources to pay the bill themselves. Energy Share is fuel blind so helps people no matter what their heat source is. People who need help or knows someone who needs...
Press release Montanans may be quarantined at home, but they can still explore the history of the Montana beer industry through a new interactive web map by the Montana Historical Society. For example, people might not know that Philipsburg once had eight breweries? The oldest was the Charles Kroger Brewery, which opened in 1875 and operated for 22 years. And they may not have heard of Limberlost Brewery in Thompson Falls, which just opened recently. The Montana Historical Society invites people to explore the history of the...
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is temporarily closing Bannack State Park due to social distancing concerns and to limit the possible spread of COVID-19. Gov. Steve Bullock has issued statewide stay-at-home and social distancing directives to limit the spread of COVID-19. Given the nature of Bannack State Park and the desire to tour the many buildings that comprise the town site, it is next to impossible to adhere to the directives and still allow tours. The park will be closed until at least April 24, when...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Havreites have joined in with a host of towns across the nation and Montana to show solidarity with the hardworking individuals combating the virus by connecting in a cacophony of howls. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers, emergency services and other essential workers have faced unprecedented challenges, both personally and professionally. Montanans have banded together to auditorialy display their appreciation for those...
Two separate fires in the Havre area caused two deaths over the weekend. Havre Sheriff and Coroner Jamie Ross said the names of the victims have not yet been released. The first was a victim of a garage fire called in at 11:22 p.m. Saturday 11 on the 700 Block of 38th Avenue West. Firefighters put out the fire by 11:50 p.m. A resident of the home was found dead on the scene, no other injuries were reported, but the garage was a total loss. The matter was turned over to the Hill County Sheriff’s Office for investigation. T...
Montana University Extension held its weekly Solid Finances webinar Thursday, covering the status of COVID-19 and how it has affected the hospitality and agriculture industries in Montana and beyond. Bureau of Business and Economic Research Associate Director of Health Research Robert “Tino” Sonora said the situation in Montana regarding the pandemic is unique for many reasons including the relative inaccessibility of health care. “The state of Montana has the lowest percentage of people with access to health care. Only 35 pe...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 21 active and 47 total. The number of tests completed was 8,913 with 332 new tests completed. The number of recoveries was 171. The number of deaths was 7. The numbers by county were: Hill: 1, zero new cases Liberty: 1, zero new cases Blaine: 0 Chouteau: 0 Toole: 26, 1 new case Flathead: 36, 2 new cases Ravalli: 5, 2 new cases Glacier: 4, 1 new case Yellowstone: 59, 1 new case Beaverhead: 1, zero new cases Big Horn: 1, zero new cases...
Galen Edward Eagleman, Kisiko Awasis, Angel Child, 71, passed away due to natural causes Thursday, April 9, 2020, at Northern Montana Hospital. Wake services were at 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2020, and continued until his funeral service, at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 2020, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Eagleman Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Galen’s online memorial pag...
Havre Police Department Joshua David Rainingbird of Havre, 38, was arrested on charges of violation of a no contact order and violations of conditions of release, after an officer stopped Friday at 2:21 p.m. to investigate and argument between a couple on First Street Northeast. -- Albert Lee Goldsmith of Harlem, 51, was arrested on a theft charge, after a caller at a First Street West business reported a beer theft Friday at 3:23 p.m. and an officer investigated suspicious...
Press release Northern Montana Health Care presented the Compassionately Achieving Remarkable Excellence - C.A.R.E. - Award to Tracie Hopkins, a member of the Employee Services Team at NMHC this week. Hopkins was nominated for the honor by one of her co-workers. Her nominator complimented Hopkins on her professionalism. "Tracie is one of the first people that folks meet when they come to work here at NMHC. She sets the tone with kindness and a smile for everyone," the nominato...
The Havre Northstars are keeping up hope of having a 2020 season, including hosting the Class A American Legion state baseball tournament. Late last week, the American Legion National Baseball Committee announced it was canceling all American Legion World Series and regional tournaments. However, the committee said seasons, district and state tournaments would be left up to local organizations. In response to the announcement, Havre Youth Baseball released a statement Friday...
Not only are college campuses shut down across America right now, so too are sports, and while teams that play fall sports collegiality have some time to know what their fate is, their offseason is still important, and many teams are having to adjust. One of those teams is the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. The Skylights would normally be neck-deep in their spring training, where the players hit the weight room, work on conditioning and get in some...
