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Havre City Council during their monthly meeting Monday evening scheduled a meeting of their ordinance committee to examine the possibility of allowing people to own chickens in town. The council also also declared the vacancy of the council seat previously filled by Josh Miller, who died unexpectedly last month. Council President Andrew Brekke said they are in a unique situation with Miller's seat, as he was appointed to it after Kimberly Bolta won it in the 2021 election,...
Press release The Summer Reading Program at the Havre-Hill County Library starts Wednesday, running from June 7 through July 29, and the theme this year is “All Together Now.” Festivities begin 10 a.m. and run to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, with the Hands Across the Library kick-off event. All who attend may sign up for the program, trace their hand to help decorate the library, paint a rock to spread kindness in the community, and take home a goody bag. People who can’t make it to this event can still register any time after...
The Hill County Park Board met Monday evening and discussed potential changes to cabin inspections and compliance, plans for the new Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis and the park’s budgets, and they delayed their officer elections until potential new board members are seated. Board members debated how strict compliance for cabins should be enforced in the context of ownership transfers and who should be responsible for potential violation, but all the transfers on the agenda were eventually approved. Board Chair Jeff Jensen provi...
Staff and wire report A group of students at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and Harlem High School has continued its work to look at serious issues through film, with the recently released film "Blood Quantum" which premiered April 29 at the "Guiding the Way from Our Past into Our Future" student film festival held in Harlem. The release was a continuation of the work of Harlem High School's Milk River Productions, guided by the Montana group that provides professional media...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Trails is inviting people to a hike on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, to the top of Mount Centennial. “See beautiful 360-degree views from the top,” a flyer about the hike said. “There are tons of wildflowers along the trail, and bighorn sheep have been seen in the area before.” The flyer notes that Havre Trails has a group hiking permit for Rocky Boy's Reservation. People may hike with Havre Trails under this permit, but people who want to return to hike on their own on reservation land and...
Press release The East Butte TV Club, which operates several TV transmitters on Mount Royal, has changed the NBC programming to KTGF, Channel 50. There is no change to the actual programming on the NBC Channel 50.1. The following subchannels are new: 50.2 is now COZI, 50.3 is Court TV, 50.4 is Mystery, 50.5 is Scripps, 50.6 is QVC. The repairs to the transmitters for PBS and the Canadian channels 7 and 13 are expected to be completed during June. These systems were damaged during the severe winter storm last October and deep...
“They put in a new sidewalk,” my neighbor said, “and the first thing that happened was, a cat walked across the cement and left little footprints!” My neighbor was amused. “I hope they leave them. They’re so cute!” I thought those prints would probably survive. No one was going to take the trouble to cover up a few cat prints on the sidewalk with concrete. A few years back, they started putting poetry on the sidewalk, laid right into the cement. I stop and read the poetry on...
Havre Police Department A stolen or lost license plate was reported Monday at 9:28 a.m. on Lincoln Avenue. -- Robert Joseph Sunchild of Havre, 40, was arrested on four Justice or City court warrants after a Fourth Street caller asked Monday at 9:37 a.m. for assistance removing a man from the caller's property. -- A Monday 7:04 p.m. caller on Second Street reported a lawnmower had been stolen. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a First Street caller reported...
With heavy rain through most of the weekend, it looked like the Havre Jamboree baseball tournament at Legion Field would not take place. But the tournament eventually got going Saturday night and lasted through Sunday afternoon. The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club got in three games over the weekend, where they went 1-1-1. While the Northstars looked good at times, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believed they could have played better. "Inconsistency reared i...
The future is looking bright for the Montana University-Northern women’s basketball team, thanks to a bevy of new recruits. Northern head coach Chris Mouat recently announced the signing of Karina Cabrera to join the Skylight program this fall. Cabrera, a 5-foot-6 guard, recently finished a two-year career at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. This past season, the Pirates finished with a record of 33-1 and captured the California Community College Athletic A...
I know Havre got a lot of rain last week, but I also know ya’ll got a lot of awesome golf in as well. The annual Golfing for a Cure Tournament was moved from Saturday to Sunday, where much, much better weather made for an excellent day. As I’ve stated many times, this was always my favorite tournament for so many reasons, and judging from the photos I saw, it was an awesome turn out yet again. Unfortunately, conditions at Beaver Creek Golf Course weren’t as favorable. After...
