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More than 30 people showed up to a Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons awareness walk Wednesday at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, with many attendees having been personally touched by the ongoing issue, as well as by police violence. President Joe Biden declared Wednesday to be Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The group walked along U.S. Highway 87 from Laredo to the Rocky Boy Indian's Reservation Powwow Grounds near Box Elder, with a law...
The Big Sandy Senior Center hosted a talk by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bear Management Specialist Wesley Sarmento detailing how to deal with the increasing presence of grizzly bears in the area. During the last several years, grizzly bears have been expanding out of their recovery zones including to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountain Front, FWP said in a release announcing the meeting. A pair of grizzly bears recently were spotted about 15 miles northwest of Big Sandy, but have since moved out of the area....
Montana Farmers Union will be hosting a free event in Havre May 18, “Rebuilding Food Resiliency,” as part of the union’s spring workshop series. “The American Rescue Plan, when you read about it, one of the goals is to rebuild food resiliency. That means investment in infrastructure to get local regionalized processing going again, it means increasing the ability to store food products, and the programs that will be available for communities to to invest in their own communi...
A group trying to rebuild the system that supplies much of the water to the Milk River each year talked Wednesday about how money from the latest COVID-19 relief bill might help. A major topic at the meeting of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group was House Bill 632, the bill the Legislature passed to set up use of relief funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. The St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works, part of the...
People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org, operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 109,588 with 143 new cases, 1,055 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 61. The number of deaths was 1,580. Blaine County Health Department reported Wednesday evening being notif...
Shirley J. Carey, 89, passed away due to natural causes at her Havre residence on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and private family graveside services will be held at a later date. Shirley's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Shirley's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at...
Havre Police Department A summons was issued after a caller at Havre High School reported a tobacco violation at 2 p.m. Wednesday. No details on the charges were provided. -- Officers were asked Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. to make a well-being check on someone on Fifth Street. -- Wednesday at 4:12 p.m., a caller at a First Street West business reported a weed eater and a rototiller were stolen. -- Mara Jayne Corcoran of Havre, 30, was arrested on charges of assault with a weapon,...
From The Duck Inn Trudy Meyer, general manager of The Duck Inn Restaurant, has hung up her apron for the final time, retiring Feb. 28, 2021 after 44 years behind the counter and the scenes. Meyer began at The Duck Inn in May of 1977. The owner, Bill Dritshulas, hired her as a part-time hostess in the original Mediterranean Room. She fondly remembers that her first event at The Duck Inn was the State Shriner's Convention, which must have left a lasting impression on her...
We are one week plus days past our second vaccination shots and feeling great. Carol said, “I wonder if the syringe had anything in it. Ben sent me a cartoon, unsigned, so I’ve no idea the artist. It depicts a stick figure saying, “Hi. I’m here to visit!” From behind an open door, “Do I know you?” “No. It’s cool. I’m two weeks past my second dose.” Below is a blurb: Remember, once you’re fully vaccinated, the CDC says you’re free to visit other people’s houses. Well, it...
Montana is facing a housing crisis. A lack of affordable housing is keeping working Montanans out of homes and forcing families to pay up 50 percent or more of their monthly incomes in rent. Lumber prices and labor shortages make it even tougher for developers to offer affordable homes to working families. HB 397 bill will provide a state-based funding resource to help private developers make homes affordable and economical. Both chambers of the 67th Montana Legislature passed House Bill 397, and it is now on the governor’s d...
Press release Anthony Cammon, agent for State Farm, has announced that State Farm Neighborhood Assist® is back for its 10th year in 2021. “Grant programs that address community needs, like Neighborhood Assist, are more important than ever,” Cammon said. “This program is all about building stronger neighborhoods together.” This past year was like no other in recent history, and $25,000 could make a big impact at a time when non-profits and communities are still getting back on their feet. Neighbors across the country will soo...
For more than a month large herds of antelope have been hanging around pastures and fields just outside of Havre, but Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre-area wildlife biologist Scott Hemmer said that he expects them to move on and disperse any day now. Hemmer said that it's normal in the fall and spring to see herds of antelope, as the North American pronghorn is commonly referred to, though it bears no genetic link to antelope. The animals travel in large herds to find ar...
By Havre Daily Staff The Havre High boys tennis program has had a run of success that's hardly been paralleled in Class A tennis, and it spans nearly three decades. Currently, the Blue Ponies have a 12-year divisional championship winning streak going, and, as the Ponies head to the Mayfair Invitational this weekend, they're gearing up to battle for No. 13. During that time, the HHS girls program has had its moments, too, however. Blue Pony head coach George Ferguson guided...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has signed its first transfer for the 2021 recruiting class. Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse has announced the signing of Tanner McCliment-Call. After a season-ending injury early last year at Spokane Community College, McCliment-Call has recovered well to play in this 2020-21 campaign. A 6-3 guard, he leads the Bigfoot in scoring and rebounds thus far - the NWAC league is currently in the middle of a...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has certainly had success with junior college players from Wyoming. And head coach Jerry Wagner is hoping for more with his newest signee. Wagner has announced the signing of Laramie County CC standout Anastasija Dragovic to join the Skylight program next fall. Dragovic is from Belgrade, Serbia. Dragovic is a 6-4 middle blocker, who had 40 kills, 4 solo blocks, and 32 assisted blocks on the season. "I'm beyond excited Anast...
