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Montana Senss Jon Tester, a Democrat, and Steve Daines, a Republican, introduced the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act to the Senate Wednesday, a potentially historic bill that will secure the Fort Belknap Indian Community’s Indian water rights. The bill would invest $1.3 billion in water infrastructure and provide economic opportunity across the Hi-Line as well as help to avoid costly litigation over water rights in the area, a release from Fort Belknap said Wednesday. The bill also includes c...
Scorecard Staff and wire report HELENA - Freshman Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, scored a perfect 100 and earned a place on Montana Conservation Voters' bipartisan Honor Roll in the organization's 2023 Legislative Scorecard. Sen. Mike Lang, R-Malta, also made the honor roll, primarily for his work on a bill dealing with revenue from marijuana taxes in the state. The report details the voting records of Montana's lawmakers during the recently concluded 68th session of the Montana...
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court preserved today the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, placed in non-Native homes. Montana state R...
Graveside services for David W. Hadford, 67, will be Friday, June 23, at 2 p.m at Rudyard Cemetery....
Hill County Mosquito Control District Board will meet Monday, June 19, 2023, at 5:15 p.m. at its offices in the Road and Weed Shop Complex at 1405 W. Second St. 1. Review minutes from previous meeting 2. Correspondence 3. Unfinished business A) Budget update B) Larvicide applications C) Crew training 4. New business A) Budget review B) Purchase order approval C) National Mosquito Awareness Week, June 18-24, 2023 5. Announcements — non-action items 6. Public comment 7. Adjourn The next meeting of the Hill County Mosquito C...
Hill County Weed Board will meet Friday, June 16, at 11 a.m. at the Hill County Shop. • Call to order: Minutes • Public comment • Correspondence • Unfinished business: Non-compliance issue • New business: Spring training; budget; Pull Your Share project; burdock digs; Extension updates; drone updates; crew training and hiring....
Havre Police Department A Fourth Street caller asked Wednesday at 9:12 a.m. for assistance locating a 5-year-old who was missing, with the front door to the residence open, and the child was subsequently located. -- A theft from the previous night was reported Wednesday at 10:56 a.m. at a First Street business. -- A 15th Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 11:59 a.m. that someone had tried to break into the caller's shop. -- Niles Duane Stiffarm of Hays, 31, was arrested on a...
Havre Daily News staff A boy paying it forward for supplies that helped save his life has a Red Cross blood drive scheduled in Havre Wednesday. The family of Troy Ross, whose 9th birthday is this month, helped organize eight blood drives across the state. Six years ago, Troy was in Seattle battling a rare immune disease and had to have three-quarters of his blood replaced, blood available due to blood donations, a press release about the TroyStrong blood drives said. He has been in remission for one year. For the past six...
Staff and wire report The Montana Skatepark Association has announced the launch of Madness in the Mountains, a statewide fundraiser and skateboard challenge happening all across Montana beginning Wednesday, June 21 — International Go Skateboarding Day — and running through September 4. Along with raising funds to continue its work of building free, public, concrete skateparks around Montana, the goal of Madness in the Mountains is to engage and unite Montana’s skateboard community, a release from the association said. Monta...
On Wednesday night at Lions Park, the Havre Youth Baseball Association held its majors championship game. At the end of the night, Lewis Heating and A/C won the championship with a 9-4 win over Clausen and Sons. Clausen and Sons struck first in the top of the first inning to start the game. With two runners on base, a single drove in a run for the lead. Later in the inning with the bases loaded, a walk drove in a run to give Clausen and Sons a 2-0 lead. Lewis Heating and A/C...
The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club is back in action this weekend with the Harold Gjerde Memorial Tournament in Lewistown. Across four days, the Northstars will compete in five games. As they look to continue to improve, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger knows the Northstars will have a challenge ahead of them this weekend. "It's going to be very tough competition," Wirtzberger said. "This tournament always has a couple good teams from the south and some good...
