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Grizzly bears are a paradox — at once valued and vilified, long-studied yet mysterious, powerful but vulnerable. Currently, they are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. However, last fall Gov. Steve Bullock convened an 18-member Citizen’s Advisory Council to recommend how the complex animals should be managed by the state if, in the future, those protections are removed. I commend the council members for the time, energy, and thought they have dedicated to this difficult task — particularly during recen...
Press release HAVRE — The Montana Department of Transportation would like to announce and invite the public to comment on a proposal install safety enhancements along US 87. The proposed work includes adding safety measures at the following three sites: Site 1 — Install “cross traffic does not stop” plaques below existing stop signs and add retroreflective strip to stop signposts at the intersection of US 87 & Secondary 223 near Fort Benton. Site 2 — Install curve warning signs for curve near RP 106, and panel delineati...
Gov. Steve Bullock said today during a press conference that the Montana entrances to Yellowstone National Park are planned to open Monday and, while no date is set, the state is working with Glacier National Park to set an opening date for the west entrances there. Bullock said the eastern entrances to Glacier opening will depend on when the Blackfeet Nation of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation lifts its ban on non-essential travel. Bullock said the goal is to start a phased r...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Democrats announced it will be holding a meeting Wednesday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Eagles Club to select three delegates to the state convention who will select Montana’s presidential primary delegates to the national convention. The Democrats said they will be practicing social distancing. People who do not want to attend in person are asked to RSVP to be sent a conference line that they can use to join from home. The Hill County Democratic Central Committee said it will not b...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration awarded today $15 million to 52 tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian health organizations and other health services providers to tribes across 20 states, including at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana, to prepare, prevent, and respond to COVID-19 in rural tribal communities. The awards included three in Montana, including $292,916 to the Rocky Boy Health Board, an announcement pag...
The Hill County Mosquito Control District is preparing for another mosquito season and is trying to provide information to the public about how they can help prevent the insect's population from getting out of control. Mosquito District Supervisor Terry Turner said the number one thing people can do to avoid being "eaten alive" is to empty any standing water on their property and make sure no open containers of water are lying around. Turner said birdbaths especially should...
Fort Belknap Indian Community released a report Wednesday saying the results of all 1,015 COIVD-19 drive-through tests conducted May 15-16 came back negative. This drive-through testing was celebrated by Gov. Steve Bullock who attended the event and said, “I so applaud the efforts of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and Indian Health Service to come together and make this happen.” Fort Belknap has not had a confirmed case of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. However, the report said, all current safety restrictions on the r...
City Council members elected Andrew Brekke Tuesday as the new sitting City Council member for Ward 3. Caleb Hutchins resigned from Ward 3 earlier this month. Hutchins announced last month he had accepted a job with Spokane Community College in Spokane, Washington. Brekke resigned from the council in 2018, after being on it for 11 years, but in seat Ward 4. He said he ran for the first time in 2007, and was elected again two other times after that. "I didn't really have a...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 66 with 1 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 36,793. The number of deaths was 17. The number of recoveries was 445 and the number of active cases was 23. The newly confirmed cases by county were: Big Horn: Three new cases, 12 total cases Yellowstone: 1 new case, 90 total cases People can visit the state tracking map online through a link on http://covid19.mt.gov ....
Rose Benson of Williston, North Dakota, 85, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020, at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND. Funeral services for Rose will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 1, 2020, at the Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home Chapel in Williston, ND. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home chapel. Interment will be held at the Assyrian Muslim Cemetery at Ross, North Dakota at 2:00 p.m. Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home of Williston, ND is...
Phillip Allen Wendland of Havre, 72, died suddenly at his residence, May 24, 2020. A private family service is to be held....
Havre Daily News staff People are being reminded that election offices have to receive ballots in the mail-in primary election by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Election Day, for the ballots to be counted. A state district judge had ruled to extend the deadline, but the Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the deadline still is Election Day. After the state of emergency was declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the primary election was declared a mail-ballot only election. Polling places will not be open Tuesday, although in-person...
Havre Police Department Wednesday at 9:55 a.m., a Havre area caller reported a sexual or violent offender registry violation. -- A theft, forgery or fraud was reported by a caller on 15th Street Wednesday at 2:11 p.m. -- A Washington Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 2:41 p.m. that his son wasn't home. -- Two 17-year-olds were each issued a summons on a trespass to property charge after a caller reported a suspicious vehicle parked at an empty building on 11th Street West...
One must make one’s own decision, must do what each figures is best for self and family and community. As for me and many of my friends, we choose to continue staying home, having no touchy-feely (sigh) communication with others. We are retired. It is easier for us to hole up, to forego the little extras, the advantages of modern life to which we’ve become accustomed, as if those things are our due. Have any of you elders noticed how living this pared-down life in sel...
Press release Working jointly, staff from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found a home for three grizzly bear cubs that were orphaned last month. The cubs will be placed at Bearizona Wildlife Park, located in Williams, Arizona. The 158-acre facility is accredited by the Zoological Association of America and is home to 39 black bears and many other species of North American wildlife. The wildlife park receives more than 400,000 visitors annually and educates the public on the importance...
Press release Organizers of the Class of 1970 Reunion announced this year’s reunion is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reunion will be held at the 2021 Fossil Festival....
Press release Montana State Parks and Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park will host the free online event “The Birds of Lewis and Clark Caverns” Friday at 8 p.m. via Zoom. People can join Montana Audubon staff members Amy Seaman and Carmen Borchelt as they present “The Birds of Lewis and Clark Caverns,” a program celebrating the avian inhabitants of the park. Their talk will provide an introduction to Montana Audubon and how the organization uses citizen science and their community’s love of bird watching to impact bird, wil...
Staff and wire The U.S. Small Business Administration has listed several programs created through the CARES Act to aid small businesses dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act contains $376 billion in relief for U.S. workers and small businesses, the SBA COVID-19 Coronavirus Relief Options webpage says, and established several new temporary programs to help businesses address the COVID-19 outbreak. Paycheck Protection Program The Paycheck Protection Program, which...
Glasgow — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 game wardens are seeking any information regarding two bull elk that were found shot and left to waste approximately two and a half miles southwest of Cleveland in Blaine County, just off Peoples Creek Road. Warden Haden Hussey received a call May 22 about an elk laying on a hillside near Peoples Creek Road. Upon further investigation, Hussey found a second elk about 100 yards away from the first. Wardens determined that t...
