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After several days of confusion regarding the Havre Fire Department's future leadership, former Assistant Havre Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage confirmed this morning that he has been named the new Havre fire chief. Courtnage said he and Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher will be releasing a joint statement later today regarding the change. This appointment comes after the announcement last week that then-Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson was retiring from the Havre Fire Department effective...
The Northern Agricultural Research Center of Montana State University held its annual Field Day and Agriculture Appreciation Banquet where two locals were honored by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee with awards for their outstanding work in the field of agriculture and their contributions to their community. The award for Outstanding Agriculture Advocate went to Barbara Cowan for her exceptional land stewardship and work eliminating noxious weeds in...
Havre Police Department A 12th Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 11:12 a.m. that a fawn appeared to be dying, but the Animal Control officer checked the fawn and reported that it was fine and had left with its mother. -- Three arrests were made after a Wednesday 2:52 p.m. caller on Hidden Valley Drive reported harassment and a possible intoxicated driver; a 3:02 p.m. caller on Hidden Valley Drive reported being harassed by a family member; a 3:03 p.m. caller on Hidden...
Yesterday, I took a deep breath and offered my services for a job, for which not only am I ill-prepared, but in my deep heart-of-hearts, I know I cannot do. This will seem like nothing to you but to me it is a BIG DEAL. I offered to go to Glendive to fill in as secretary for my daughter until she could hire somebody adequate to her needs. See? I knew you would say, “So what?” Back when I was in high school (early ’60s) the career opportunities for women were sorely limit...
I don’t know why I’m the one who always has to come up with the solutions to society’s big problems, but here I am shouldering the responsibility again. This time, though, I’m looking to get paid for my genius. After nearly a year of work, just under $300,000 of donor funding spent on creating a new logo for the Montana State Library and an hour-and-a-half of discussion, the library’s commission is now at an impasse over whether the logo aptly portrays the state library’s...
“The damage is catastrophic,” a Red Lodge business owner said. “We’re between a rock and a hard place. And if we don’t get some assistance, we’re not gonna make it.” He speaks for all of us who were hard hit by the flooding last week. We know that there’s a risk of fires and smoke interrupting our summer revenue stream. However, an extreme weather event, like this flooding disaster at the beginning of tourist season, and following on from the coronavirus pandemic, has devastated businesses, infrastructure and households. Man...
My work with children has largely been voluntary over the years, from HELP in the 1980s to CASA this century. Each are programs I heartily recommend. After losing custody of my boys nearly 40 years ago, I also mentored a handful of boys through a program at HRDC. When my sons returned to Havre, we ended up fostering three teenage friends of theirs and took in a disenfranchised foreign exchange student. All of those experiences were gratifying, but nothing has been as challenging and rewarding on a daily basis as driving a...
by MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday's outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has...
You know Lord, sometimes a fascinating and thought-provoking blurb is found, I recently discovered one exciting enough to share. This one explains in a simple way how when we commit our ways to You, Lord, that You make Your Power come to pass. It uses Bible verse Romans 9:17. "...I {have} raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee..." and goes on to explain an easy way to grasp this Power. Date is unknown but, long ago, Billy Graham wrote about how Walter Knight told a...
Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson is retiring from the Havre Fire Department today, and Assistant Havre Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage is stepping down from his position Monday, seemingly leaving the city without a municipal fire chief. Paulson said Thursday morning that he doesn’t 100 percent want to retire, but he feels he needs to. “I just feel it’s time,” he said. Courtnage said Thursday he cannot talk about why he is stepping down. Paulson said they will help as much as they can with the leadership transition and said it needs t...
At St. Jude Parish Center Wednesday, Red Cross held the TroyStrong Blood Drive, sponsored by Montana State University-Northern, where people in the Havre area donated blood in an event honoring the struggles of a young Great Falls boy who's life was saved by donated blood. In 2017, Troy Ross, 2 years old at the time, was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that required him to have 75 percent of his blood transfused, along with almost 100 more transfusions since then....
People in the region are invited to attend the local event for the single-most popular on-air amateur radio event in the U.S. and Canada. The American Radio Relay Field Day 2022 will run at U.S. Bank Park in Havre from noon Saturday, June 25, to noon Sunday, June 26. Hi-Line Amateur Radio Club member Heather Hinckley said the site will have equipment set up, both regular over-the-air radio equipment and digital radio that is transmitted using computers, in trailers and on tables under canopies with solar panels powering...
Great Northern Fair Board member Bob Kaul, in a meeting of the Great Northern Fair Board Wednesday, said the project to replace the bathrooms near the community center would not be complete by the time of this year’s fair. Kaul said the materials still aren’t there yet and they can’t start tearing the old bathroom’s down until they get those materials for new ones in so the project will need to be pushed back. Replacing these bathrooms has been a priority project for the board for many months but the increasing price of mate...
This past year was a great one for Havre High School athletics. Many programs and individual Blue Ponies placed at state to bring a trophy back to the Hi-Line. That string of success began in the fall of 2021 when the HHS volleyball finished second in the Class A State tournament. Heading into the season, expectations may not have been that high for the Ponies, so bringing home a trophy from state showed the growth of the HHS volleyball program. "I don't think a lot of people...
While they have not gotten the attention they deserve, the Hi-Line United youth soccer team has wrapped up a solid year. At this year's state cup, the Hi-Line United finished second to end the year. Along with the strong finish to the year, Hi-Line head coach Jayson Burrington believes the United also grew as a program this season. "With a lot of new kids and talent, it's been a great season," Burrington said. Throughout the season, the Hi-Line United had their ups and downs...
June 27 to July 1 Summer meals are offered to local children for free at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and Highland Park Early Primary School, with breakfast served from 8:30-10:45 a.m. and lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meals are free for people 18 younger, with breakfasting costing $3 for people 19 and older and lunch costing $5 for people 19 and older. The menus scheduled for next week, subject to change as needed, are: Breakfast Monday — French toast Tuesday — Sliced bread Wednesday — Sausage egg muffin Thurs...
Press release SPOKANE, Wash. Ashlin Rosgaard of Havre was one of the Gonzaga University students who participated in graduation exercises during the commencement ceremony held Sunday, May 8, 2022. Rosgaard, who earned a Bachelor of Science in biology, graduated Magna Cum Laude....
North Central Senior Citizens Center June 27 to July 1 Menu Monday, June 27 — Sloppy Joes, Tator Tots, vegetables, fruit salad Tuesday, June 28 — Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, cauliflower, rolls, peach kuchen Wednesday, June 29 — Sweet and sour chicken, rice, egg rolls, cookies Thursday, June 30 — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, pudding Friday, July 1 — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: June 20, 23 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 4,990, 19 active, one...
David Clair "Whitey" Melby, 77, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, of natural causes at his home with his wife by his side. Cremation has taken place and graveside services with military honors will be held at the Highland Cemetery at 2:30 p.m., Friday, July 1, 2022. Memorial contributions in Dave's honor may be made to K9's For Warriors 114 Camp K9 Road, Ponte Vedra, Florida 32081 or to any veteran/military organization of their choice. Cards can be mailed to P.O. Box 241,...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, June 28, at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. New business 1. Personnel 2. Havre Public Schools track resurfacing project request for bids approval 3. Consideration of additional Havre High School course offerenings Public Comment — An opportunity for any m...
Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health Zoom call 2 p.m. — Cyber insurance meeting in the commissioners’ office Tuesday 9 a.m. — Health department budget review in the commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office 11 a.m. — Rudyard ambulance budget review in the commissioners’ office 3 p.m. — Insurance PCT breakout meeting in the commissioners’ office Wednesday 9 a.m. — Justice of the peace budget review in the commissioners’ office 3:30 p.m. — Closed-door personnel meeting in the co...
Out our way, nature speaks clearly to those who listen. But sometimes we hear "crickets" when God is sending us "meadowlarks." I have shared this event before, when coming back from a meeting in Colorado, I was making my way home to rural Wyoming when a winter storm overtook me. I had made the turn off I-25 north of Cheyenne and was driving the final 92 miles along a two-lane road through rural eastern Wyoming when the blizzard caught me. Unbeknownst to me, shortly after I...
Our Catholic Diocese - an area that includes everything from Livingston south to the Wyoming border and north to the Canadian border, east to the North Dakota border - just ordained a new Bishop Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022. The Most Rev. Jeffrey M. Fleming will serve alongside Bishop Michael Warfel, our current Bishop, until Bishop Warfel retires in a year or so. The ordination was an impressive celebration of faith and hope. People from literally all over the world were there...
