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Editor's note: This has been updated to include information from Sen. Steve Daines Note: This is from the offices of Sen. Jon Tester and Sen. Steve Daines U.S. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Wedensday that $2,868,762 in Health Resources and Services Administration funding for Montana’s 58 rural health clinics to expand testing capacity including in Big Sandy, Chester and Havre. “As Montana’s economy reopens, robust testing is going to be our first line of defense against a second wave of in...
Protect Our Care Montana held a call Wednesday with guest speakers from Havre to talk about the potential consequences of the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, being overturned in a case coming before the Supreme Court. Andrea Melle, a 52-year-old, resident of Havre, and a single mother spoke about how Montana’s Medicaid Expansion, made possible by the ACA, has affected her life for the better. “Medicaid Expansion is a Godsend; it has allowed me to have health insurance that I would not have had otherwise,” Melle s...
Press release Humanities Montana has awarded more than $100,000 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds to support cultural institutions across the state. In the weeks ahead, it will continue to distribute nearly $400,000 in grants to the state’s museums, historic sites and other humanities-focused nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. The first round of Humanities Montana CARES Act Grants of up to $5,000 were awarded to primarily small and rural organizations, including Wild Rose Center on t...
After three years of competition, the fourth and final Cody Four Colors Memorial Bull Riding will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cody's brother Justin Four Colors said he will miss the crowds and having a good time. "I will probably miss seeing all the comaraderie, all the bull riding and all the other things," he said. He said he enjoyed being able to put something on in memory of his brother. "For me, as his mother, I was really hurt at first, because th...
Gov. Steve Bullock and Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont., held a joint Facebook live event Wednesday to provide updates both on the state and federal efforts relating to COVID-19. “Big kudos to the governor because of the early and decisive actions that were based on science and advice of public health experts, not politics Montana has the lowest number of cases per capita in the country of coronavirus,” Tester said. “... Montana was well in position to combat the coronavirus due to Gov. Bullock’s work with folks from both sides o...
Members of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group are having a meeting Friday about the collapse Sunday of a drop structure in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Facilities that supply much of the water in the Milk River each year. “If we don’t start addressing this disaster immediately, the water rationing for irrigators and municipalities will be much worse next year,” St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group Co-Chair and Montana State University Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian said. He said winter time...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 65 with 3 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 30,524. The number of deaths was 16. The number of recoveries was 440 and the number of active cases was 23. The new case was in Yellowstone County, which has 88 total cases. Visit the state tracking map online through a link on http://covid19.mt.gov ....
Leon Eliason of 7626 East Impala, Mesa, AZ 85209, formerly of Havre, 80, died May 3, 2020. His body was donated to science and for organ donation and no services will be held. Eliason was born in Havre June 17, 1939, and lived most of his life in Havre....
Press release MISSOULA — Yellowstone County District Court has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a state law that severely restricts Native American people’s right to vote. The action means the law is blocked pending the outcome of a hearing scheduled for May 29. The primary is June 2. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund successfully sought the order halting the so-called Montana Ballot Interference Prevention ACT, which imposed severe restrictions on ballot col...
Havre Police Department Dale Alan Daniels of Havre, 40, was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and partner of family member assault after a caller asked Wednesday at 1:36 p.m. to speak with an officer about a domestic disturbance. -- Aliyah Brielle Eagleman of Havre, 19, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and a charge of theft after a caller at a First Street business reported a combative shoplifter Wednesday at 3:55 p.m. -- Two people were...
Press release Box Elder Public Schools has announced that its Class of 2020 graduation ceremony will be on the Box Elder School football field Sunday at 1:30 p.m. In keeping with current tribal and state health and safety guidelines, the board has set ceremony guidelines to help keep the celebration safe for everyone in attendance. As directed by the tribe’s and Gov. Steve Bullock’s orders, anyone who has traveled out of Montana, or who has come to the state, must have been quarantined in Montana for two weeks, that is sin...
Press release SWEETGRASS, Mont. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to operate six ports of entry in Montana and one in Idaho at reduced hours due an agreement signed by Canada and the United States to extend the “essential only” travel restrictions through at least June 22, or until the administration lifts the current travel restrictions. With the “essential only” travel restrictions first imposed March 21 in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, cross-border travel significantly declined. Reducing the hours...
Note: This was issued by the office of Sen. Jon Tester WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is blasting the Trump Administration’s move to issue a “hard stop” on the deployments of more than 40,000 Guardsmen and women, including nearly 200 from Montana, fighting the COVID-19 pandemic—just one day shy of them becoming eligible for critical federal benefits. “This latest decision to cut deployments one day short of eligibility for federal benefits is further proof that this administration does not properly value the s...
It has been a rollercoaster of a spring for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club, with a mix of uncertainty and hope that a season will come about in 2020. After all, summer baseball has been a huge passion in the local community for years. Now though, with Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announcing in his press conference Tuesday afternoon that Phase II of the re-opening of Montana is to begin June 1, the Northstars have an even bigger shot at the season starting as...
As things continue to change amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so too will operations at Beaver Creek Park. And this week, the park announced the main office at Kiwanis is now open. The office had been closed because of the coronavirus, but it announced on its Facebook page earlier this week, that its now open for the summer. The office will be open normal summer hours, which are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10...
Press release Montana State Parks and Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park will host the free online event “All About Beavers” Friday at 8 p.m. via Zoom. People can join Riley Bell as he presents “All About Beavers,” a program discussing the intricacies of life as a beaver. This talk marks the first presentation in Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park’s annual Friday Summer Speakers Series for 2020. Bell will speak about his experiences working with Montana beavers and how they fit — not so neatly — into their ecosystems. F...
Press release U.S. Forest Service provided an update on Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest campgrounds and cabins: Helena Ranger District All campgrounds will be open Friday for Memorial Day weekend. All cabins will be open by May 29 to renters except Miller Cabin which will remain closed. Jefferson Divide All campgrounds will be open for Memorial Day, however, no water at this time. All are pending water samples. Kings Hill and Crystal Lake are the only two campgrounds that will not be open for Memorial weekend due to sn...
Press release WASHINGTON — The Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, released Friday the Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. The form and instructions inform borrowers how to apply for forgiveness of their PPP loans, consistent with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. SBA will also soon issue regulations and guidance to further assist borrowers as they complete their applications, and to p...
As soon as I heard the smoke-belching diesel truck rumble off the highway into the Rancho, I grabbed pruning shears and artfully poked around in a pot of lavender on the front patio. Well, I haven’t been off the ranch in two months. I don’t get to see many people. There are generally three men, sometimes four, swinging our garbage cans or lawn bags into the maw of the beast. They are friendly. They are young and strong. They wave. They greet me, “Buenos dias.” I wave and gri...
