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The Chippewa Cree Criminal Investigation Department at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has new supervision, with Project War Shield Program Director Gary LaMere Jr. taking over as head of the department. “My main mission for criminal investigations is going to be the main mission I’ve carried out throughout my career,” he said. Project War Shield started about three years ago with a discussion between Chippewa Cree Business Committee members about the growing drug problem on the reservation. That discussion led to the Busines...
Montana's lieutenant governor announced today he will be coming to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in June as part of his second tour in the Main Street Montana – Rural Partners Project. "Engaging our tribal communities and working to understand the unique economic challenges they face is critical to ensuring all Montanans have the same opportunities," Lt. Gov. Cooney said in a press release today. "I'm looking forward to hearing from leaders on how we can highlight each c...
Montana's governor and all three members of its congressional delegation are on the same page about a Trump administration plan to close a Job Corps Center in Anaconda. Letters were sent Friday by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sen. Steve Dains, R-Mont., and Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., and Monday by Gov. Steve Bullock, decrying the announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday that Job Corps will move from the U.S. Forest Service to...
Pauline "Polly" Albertson, 67 years young, with her family by her side, went to her heavenly home May 24, 2019, after a five-year battle of cancer. A celebration of Polly's life will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2019, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Dan Wathen officiating. Polly's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her name to the Hi-Line Sletten Cancer Institute, the Friends of Beaver Creek Park, or the charity of the donor's...
From the Office of Rep. Greg Gianforte WASHINGTON — Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said Friday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that it backed off of its initial proposal to cut hours of operation at four Montana ports of entry, although three ports still will have reduced summer hours. “CBP’s initial heavy-handed approach ignored Montanans and produced a wrongheaded proposal. Working together, we brought them to the table and had them listen to Montanans describe the harm...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
From Havre Public Works Havre’s nuisance weed ordinance began May 1. Property owners with grass or weeds taller than eight inches will receive a notice. If the weeds are not cut or removed within ten days, the city will remove the weeds and the cost of the removal will be charged to the property owner. Under City Ordinance No. 888, owners will receive only one violation notice per year, and the city will remove the nuisance grass or weeds in violation of the ordinance without any additional notice....
The next meeting of the Hill County Park Board’s Finance and Planning Committee will be 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Timmons Room in the Hill County Courthouse. The agenda is: Old business: • Forming and prioritizing multi-year plan. • New self-pay box, future plans. • Matching Grant fund • 1 page fact sheet detailing park finances, rates. • Donation Policy and Form • 2019-2020 Budget Recommendation New business....
Havre Police Department Zack Allen Henderson of Havre, 27, was issued a summons on a charge of violation of a protective order, after the a complaint was called in from a First Street West business Tuesday at 5:37 p.m. -- A disturbance was reported on Pike Street at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday. -- Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. a caller at the cemetery reported a theft of flowers. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller 24 miles north of Rudyard reported Tuesday at 7:49 a.m. that items were stolen...
Editor, When my son, Drew, began his senior year out at Havre High, I always knew he would not be able to participate in the actual graduation ceremony with his classmates because of his autism. I got him a cap and gown hoping that he could somehow experience graduation but in his own way. After talking with his teachers and administration, it was decided a small ceremony could happen where he could get his diploma like his classmates would. May 24, Drew and J.T. Binder both got their diplomas and it was not a small...
I get anxious, as I might have mentioned. While I don’t think it’s anything requiring medication, fortunately, I became aware at middle-age that I have always had a sort of “hum” of anxiety going on in the background. I usually only notice it when it stops — like when the refrigerator has been running nonstop and you only notice when it falls silent. Anxiety has not always been my enemy. I am almost never late. I never miss a deadline. I lie in bed and obsess about everything I’ve written to everyone so I don’t make a lot of...
UM News Service MISSOULA — At the University of Montana, local students were among the 2,427 students who made the spring semester 2019 Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List at University of Montana. To qualify, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. Students who receive any grade of C+ or below or no credit in a course are not eligible. The students on the linked list below made UM’s spring semester 2019 Dean’s List or the Pr...
From Carroll College Carroll College conferred degrees May 11 on 315 graduates, including its first master’s level graduates, during its 109th commencement ceremony held in the Carroll College PE Center. Below is a list of local Montana students who were candidates for graduation from Carroll College for 2019. Indicated on this list are the students’ names, hometowns, majors, and honors or distinctions earned. To be eligible for graduation honors, a Carroll student must complete 60 hours of coursework at Carroll and gra...
Press release Montana Veterans Affairs Service Officer Judy Loendorf or Steve Mulonet or both will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. People who are interested in applying for benefits should bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214, with them. Thursday, June 5 Shelby — Courthouse — 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 12 Glasgow — Glasgow VA Clinic — 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 13 Malta — Malta City Hall — 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fort Belkna...
From Artitudes Gallery Artitudes Gallery will feature "Art on the Hi-Line" by Judy Michael from Malta from Friday through July 1. Michael is a well-known artist in the area, painting with acrylics on paper, canvas, glass, agates, leaves and feathers. She said she loves painting wildlife, from birds and bunnies to deer and elk. Her paintings of old buildings and old vehicles can evoke memories of times past. Michael is a member of the Wild Bunch and Montana Watercolor Society...
L'Tia Lawrence, Harlem Track Harlem's L'Tia Lawrence has done a lot of special things in her junior season as a Wildcat. And the three-sport star ended the year in style. At last week's Class C state track meet in Laurel, Lawrence won the state championship in the girls 3,200 meters, finishing the race in a time of 11:18.24. Lawrence also finished runner-up in the 1,600 meters, scoring all 18 points for the Wildcats. Lawrence' big year included All-State honors in both cross...
The season may still be in its infancy for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team, but that didn't stop last Wednesday's game in Great Falls from turning into undoubtedly one of the most exciting games of the season. The Northstars paid a visit to the Electric City Wednesday to take on the Chargers AA squad, a team Havre beat one week earlier. This time around, in another non-conference matchup, Chargers won a wild one, 18-17 thanks to a run in the bottom of the...
This weekend marks the start of June and, with it, golf tournament season. On the slate this weekend are two important tournaments, both of which are always popular on the local golf scene. Saturday at Prairie Farms Golf Course, the annual Golfing for a Cure tourney will take place, and, the 18-hole scramble is not only one of the best golf tourneys for a cause each summer, but it has some exciting new changes, as well. The major change to the tournament this year is, there wi...
From Montana FSA Producers have until May 31 to apply for crop year 2018 marketing assistance loans for feed grains, upland cotton, soybeans and minor oilseeds. These marketing assistance loans are considered nonrecourse, meaning they can either be redeemed by repaying the loan or delivering the pledged collateral — i.e., the crop — at loan maturity to the Commodity Credit Corporation as full payment. In circumstances where the county commodity price falls below the county loan rate, producers may repay loans at less tha...
