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With Montana airports struggling to keep up with costs after the COVID-19 pandemic brought air travel to a standstill, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced they successfully secured funds for local airports to cover operational expenses, staffing, and certain development projects during the crisis. The funding includes $30,000 for the Havre City-County Airport and $20,000 each for the Big Sandy airport, the Liberty County airport in Chester, the Edgar G. Obie Airport in Chinook, and the...
Editor's note: Watch for profiles of the Republican gubernatorial candidates in Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News This version corrects some incorrect biographical information at the end of the story. Whitney Williams, a Missoula philanthropic businesswoman and daughter of former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams, D-Mont., faces former state lawmaker and secretary of state Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney in the Democratic primary for the Montana governors race. "I love my state," Williams...
Editor's note: This includes a new item "5" under new business that was added after the Havre Daily News was sent to press. The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The public may attend online via Zoom. Information on how to attend online will be released next week. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. New business...
Editor's note: Watch for profiles of the Republican gubernatorial candidates in Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney is facing businesswoman Whitney Williams of Missoula in the Democratic primary. "I think with my background and experience, first of all Montana is my home and it has been my home all my life. It's where my kids have chosen to be, I think that's very important, and I've always felt this way with all of my public service, that I've...
Demand for cloth masks in Havre and the surrounding area persists, and local groups of volunteers continue their efforts to provide, despite some ongoing difficulties. Shannon Heggem who manages and moderates the Help Needed To Sew Masks For Northern Montana Hospital Facebook group, created last month, says, the recent change in guidelines from the CDC which recommend people wear masks outside regardless of whether or not they have symptoms has kept the demand for masks...
Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said a special meeting of the school board of trustees will be held Tuesday that will include making the decision on whether or not to let students return back to in-classroom teaching. Gov. Steve Bullock gave an outline Wednesday of the state’s plan for a phased re-opening of schools with some restrictions. Beginning May 7, all K-12 public schools will have the option to return to in-classroom teaching. Bullock gave all local jurisdictions the option to keep more stringent res...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 59 with 12 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was X,12,127. The number of deaths was 14. The number of recoveries was 325. The numbers by county were: Hill: 1, zero new cases Liberty: 1, zero new cases Blaine: 0 Chouteau: 0 Wheatland: 1, 1 new case Yellowstone: 77, 1 new case Beaverhead: 1, zero new cases Big Horn: 3, zero new cases Broadwater: 4, zero new cases Carbon: 6, zero new cases Cascade: 13, zero new cases Deer...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting Tuesday 9 a.m. — Meeting with Heberly on road encroachment 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting Wednesday Business hours 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 3 p.m. — Prevention specialist meeting Friday 1 p.m. — Board of Health — COVID-19 update phone conference...
One of the many age-old questions is this: Is it better to do the right thing for the wrong reason, or the wrong thing for the right reason? But I’m here to ask this sidebar question: If you do the right thing with no thought behind it whatsoever, is it wrong to later claim you did it for all the right reasons? I’m asking for a friend — just kidding. I’m not going to give any of my friends credit for being thoughtless. I planted four trees on Earth Day. I thought it was just W...
Editor, We Americans like to believe that we live in a free and open society. We expect leaders such as Gov. Steve Bullock, who has issued controversial executive orders to submit to questions about them and to offer some proof that his orders were necessary and proper to achieve whatever his goals were. I understand that he will only answer pre-screened and pre-approved questions in public. To me, he is acting like a true dictator. Of course Bullock is not seeking re-election. One way that we can assure ourselves that we...
So, we’re going to start to open back up. That’s the announcement by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock Wednesday, though, Bullock did ultimately leave all decisions on opening, or not opening, the services in his Phase I up to counties and cities and school districts. So now the question becomes, is Montana ready? That’s not for me to say, and that’s not what I’m debating. Instead, my question is, are we, as residents of Havre, ready to open back up, but still do our part to keep coronavirus under control in our neck of the woods...
As a Montana physician practicing in a rural community I feel it is timely to share my thoughts and feelings with all my neighbors as our state prepares to transition from shelter-in-place to the next phase of our battle against COVID-19. My strongest feeling is one of gratitude. I am grateful for all my fellow citizens who did their very best to follow the guidelines laid out by Gov. Steve Bullock. I am grateful for my fellow healthcare workers. Many have put themselves on the front line to identify and treat the illness...
Earth Day 2020 was April 22 — that date marked 50 years since the first Earth Day in 1970. On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10 percent of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event. This led to passage of landmark environmental laws in the United Stat...
Ila M. (Watson) Reighard was born November 10, 1934, in Roundup, MT, to Elmer "Hub" and Pearl Watson. She passed away April 19, 2020, of natural causes in Great Falls, MT, with her family near her, although a majority of the family was quarantined to the parking lot! Ila had a good life growing up, even during the Depression. She was raised on a small ranch in a loving family and she loved to go to dances with her sister, Fay. She met her future husband, Jim, when she was...
Press release HELENA — Montana’s 56 county election administrators are asking voting-age residents to take the online “My Voter Page Challenge” at http://VotingInMontana.com, created by the Secretary of State’s Office. The challenge helps voters confirm their registration status and ensure their information is current with their local election office. The My Voter Page service at https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo, hosted by the office of the Montana Secretary of State, provides voter information from each county election...
A photo caption in the story “Some state outdoor recreation set to re-open as Bullock announces Phase I” on the Outdoors page in Thursday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that a sign at Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bear Paw Lake location showed Beaver Creek Park was closed to camping due to COVID-19 restrictions. That was true only at Bear Paw Lake. Park staff said Beaver Creek Park did not close. The only thing the park closed to the public was the park office. Recreation activities such as hiking and overn...
Havre Police Department A 10th Street West caller asked Thursday at 10:45 a.m. to speak with an ofifcer. -- Jenell Rene Leo of Havre, 43, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, habitual traffic offender and possession of dangerous drugs, during a vehicle stop on Third Street at 1:58 p.m. Thursday. -- Ricky John Clark Jr. of Havre, 24, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault, after a...
North Central Senior Center April 27 to May 1 Menu by Earlene DeWinter Monday — Chicken and dumplings, relish tray, pudding Tuesday — Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli Normandy, rolls, cake Wednesday — Blueberry french toast bake, hash browns bake, omelets, ham slices, fruit Thursday — Pulled-pork sandwich, coleslaw, corn-on-the-cob, apple sauce bars Friday — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice, dessert, milk Senior Center’s doors are closed to the public for now, but we are providing limited services. Attention: Th...
Press release BILLINGS — A local student is among the winners of scholarships announced by the NILE Foundation for the 2020-2021 academic year. Andrea Rutledge, daughter of Kelly and Kristie Rutledge of Big Sandy, was one of the class of 2018 awarded a third year of a $1,000-a-year scholarship. Rutledge is attending Montana State University in Bozeman, majoring in animal science with a focus on livestock management and industry. She said she hopes to work in the field of beef reproduction after completing college. “NILE Fou...
Many of the ideas and scriptures for this article are from the devotional “God Wants You To Win!” by world champion calf roper Jeff Copenhaver. After the famous hall of faith Chapter 11 in the book of Hebrews comes Chapter 12:1 which states, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. We all stand on the shoulders of others. Recently I shared with one of my el...
Out our way, riding in unfamiliar territory can be tricky. It’s so easy to lose your sense of directions in areas where you have never been before. That is just another reason I was so glad to have Charlie riding with me. Even though I didn’t know where I was and was easily turned around, he knew the land and the trails. “Just follow me,” he would say, and, sure enough, we got where we had been heading all along. I just followed him. I was reading a novel about St. Benedict who was advising a guy who thought he knew it all....
“Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.” This is the first line of Psalm 16, one of last Sunday’s readings for those faith communities who follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Whether you read this text in worship or not this past week, doesn’t this plea for divine protection sound familiar? “Protect me, O God.” These words express a fundamental desire, a simple, elemental cry for salvation, for preservation, for well-being. They are familiar because such prayers are found throughout the Psalms and other sacred writ...
Montana State University-Northern head women's basketball coach Chris Mouat has announced his first signee of the 2020 recruiting class. Earlier this week, Mouat announced the signing of Brandi White to join the Skylight basketball program next fall. White, a 5-9 guard, recently finished a standout career at North Creek High School in Bothell, Washington. White was a two-year varsity player as a freshman and sophomore at Juanita High School in Kirkland, Washington, and was a...
The 2020 Montana East-West Shrine Game is the latest sporting event to be canceled due to COVID-19. Due to concerns about the pandemic, the executive board of the Montana East-West Shrine Game made the difficult decision to call off the 2020 Montana East-West Shrine Game scheduled for July 18. The announcement came Thursday night. In a conference call held Wednesday, board members expressed their concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, its influence on everyone's lives, and the...
Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel has had a vision for an on-campus football stadium for quite some time now. And three weeks after ground-breaking on the stadium, Kegel's vision is really coming into focus. Excavation work has been the first phase of construction on the stadium site, which sits at the western-most end of Northern's campus. In fact, according to Kegel, as of Tuesday, 55,000 cubic feet of earth has been moved, and that's an impressive...
