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Montana State University-Northern business class students present new, innovative ideas for the Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen, as its director is considering some major changes including potentially a new location. Northern students and Feed My Sheep board members met Tuesday to discuss a variety of strategic ideas to help boost the community's knowledge regarding the Feed My Sheep organization. Feed My Sheep Director Scott Schepp said recently he has some big ambitions for the...
The 31st annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive will be running in Havre and across the U.S. Saturday, with local mail carriers collecting non-perishable food items left near mailboxes during their routes. The event, organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers, has taken almost 2 billion pounds of food to food banks across the U.S. over its history, and Havre is no exception. One of the event's primary local organizers, letter carrier Travis Abdallah, said they...
From Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee is sponsoring two ag awards. The Outstanding Agricultural Leader and Outstanding Agricultural Advocate awards, to be presented during the upcoming 2023 Northern Agricultural Research Center — NARC — Field Day June 29. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee began the Ag Leader and Ag Advocate Awards 23 years ago, in order to celebrate the contributions made by producers and community mem...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Public Works has updated their methods for disposing of lawn and tree trimmings, and the department is asking people to follow these new guidelines this season, especially as they get out in their yards for an outdoor spring cleaning. In accordance with City Code 8-3-6: Tree branches and shrubbery cuttings shall be securely tied in bundles not exceeding four feet (4’) in length, and grass clippings shall be securely fastened in small containers or plastic bags before being placed in/next to the g...
Press release City of Havre nuisance weed ordinance, Ordinance No. 888, went into effect May 1, 2023. Property owners with grass or weeds taller than eight inches will receive a notice. If the weeds are not cut or removed within 10 days, the city will remove the weeds and the cost of the removal will be charged to the property owner. Owners will receive only one violation notice per year, and the city will remove the nuisance grass or weeds in violation of the ordinance, at the owner’s expense, without any additional n...
I like taking photos when I’m out of the country. Photographing things in Mexico is effortless. I’ll never understand the nuances of every festival or ritual, but I can enjoy the pageantry and the color and the incredible effort and artistry that goes in to creating so much beauty. Then I come back up north and look at the mud. It’s a big change. The skies were overcast for the first five days after my return from Mexico. The temperatures were unseasonably low. There was s...
It is hard to describe our last two days of the 68th Legislative session before we closed session last Tuesday. It was a whirlwind with many bills going to conference committees with last-minute alterations. In the end, HB 2 and a couple other bills that set up a balanced budget were passed. A motion was made by the Senate to close the session, which passed with a vote of 26-24. With that in mind, a number of bills ended up dying on the vine, so to speak. Some of the bills are what are called study resolutions, 34 of which...
The 68th Session of the Montana Legislature is one that every Montanan can be proud of. Voters sent a Republican supermajority to Helena and the first thing we did was return overpaid tax dollars to you as well as providing the largest tax cut in Montana state history. As Republicans, our primary constitutional duty is to pass a balanced state budget. We crafted a conservative budget by keeping state spending below record inflation and population growth while responsibly funding government operations that had been neglected...
Glenda Ann (Embrey) Lowe, 73, died peacefully with family by her side on May 2, 2023, in Great Falls. A wife, mother, grandmother, "gaga" and "grammy," Glenda valued family above all else and leaves that legacy in those she influenced throughout her life. She was born June 4, 1949, to JB and Helen Marie (Billions) Embrey in Huntsville, Alabama, where her family ran a grocery store. While attending Robert E. Lee High School in 1964, she introduced herself to the new guy by...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this agenda in time to print it Monday or earlier. The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims and payroll Employment Budgets Abatements Journal and vouchers Ordinance Resolutions 23-2728: Budget Amendment for Receipt and Disbursement of County Funds 23-2729: Creating Account 2265 for Spring Flooding 2023 Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County p...
A story on the front page of Monday’s edition of Havre Daily News about Havre’s 6K for water misreported the URL for the site where people can go to make a donation. The site address is https://global6k.worldvision.org/participant/apriltaber ....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report from Seventh Street that a man was passed out in a vehicle Monday at 8:42 a.m. -- A 15-year-old boy was issued a summons on a charge of underage tobacco possession or consumption after a caller at Havre High School reported a juvenile with a vape pen Monday at 12:26 p.m. -- A 15-year-old girl was issued a summons on a charge of underage tobacco possession or consumption after a caller at Havre High School reported a juveni...
Press release HAVRE - A soothing musical therapy that helped patients at Northern Montana Health Care that was canceled due to the pandemic is back. As part of the public health emergency for COVID-19, Northern Montana Hospital discontinued allowing visitors into their facility. Unfortunately, this included many Northern Montana Hospital volunteers. Mary Stevens, a local musician, was one of those volunteers. But recently, volunteers have resumed their activities at Northern...
After this past weekend's Havre Lions Invitational was canceled, the Havre High track and field teams were able to squeeze in a meet Monday at the Havre Middle School Track. With their lone competition being Harlem and Malta on short notice, the Blue Ponies took first in both the boys and girls meets of the Havre Triangular. "The kids competed well against themselves because we were very deep in our sprints and our distances," HHS head coach Kari Filius said. "It was nice to...
Postseason track and field finally arrives on the Hi-Line with the District 9C Track Meet this Wednesday. At the Havre Middle School Track, athletes from Fort Benton, Chinook, Box Elder, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, North Star, Big Sandy, Turner and Hays-Lodge Pole will compete in order to qualify for next week's Northern C Divisional meet in Great Falls. Every event should see some strong competition. In the boys 100-meter sprint, Brenden Fetter and Braxton Inman will represent...
In the Northeast A this season, the Havre High softball team has been dominant en route to a 7-0 record. Even on the road on Monday, the Blue Ponies continued to dominate their conference as they defeated Lewistown, 13-4, in the final conference game of the regular season. The Ponies quickly took the lead in the top of the first inning. With a runner on, Molly Huse hit a home run to right field to give Havre a 2-0 lead. Then in the top of the second, Hannah Gingery scored on...
