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  • Dr. James H. Schafer, DVM

    Updated Jul 2, 2024

    Services for Dr. James H. Schafer, DVM, July 13, 1944-May 15, 2024, will be held in Fort Collins, Colorado. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m, July 8, 2024, at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at St. John the XXIII Catholic Church. Interment with military honors will be held at 1:30 p.m, July 9, 2024, at Roselawn Cemetery. Visit https://bohlenderfuneralchapel.com to share memories and read Dr. Schafer's...

  • Havre gets $1.25 million in first round of tourism grant

    Updated Jul 2, 2024

    Havre one of seven cities to receive $1.25 million for tourism improvements HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Commerce announced last week that $8.75 million of grant funding will be distributed to seven pilot communities, $1.25 million each, including Havre, to increase economic vibrancy and tourism appeal, enhance destination resiliency and diversify tourism-related assets and infrastructure. “This significant investment in the tourism infrastructure for Havre and our area has the potential to be a game-changer in...

  • Obituary - Raymond M. Corcoran

    Updated Jul 2, 2024

    Raymond M. Corcoran, 43, passed away due to natural causes Saturday, June 29, 2024, at his residence. Wake services were at 5:00 p.m., with a Rosary beginning at 7:00 p.m., all Monday, July 1, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Ray’s funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. today. Tuesday, July 2, 2024, also at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine funeral home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Ray’s online memorial page to send a card or leave a message...

  • Havre goes 3-1 this weekend at Legion Field

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 30, 2024

    The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club had a four-game homestead over the weekend, and they went a stellar 3-1 in Northern District play. On Saturday at Legion Field, the Northstars opened the homestand with a 4-3 loss to the Lethbridge Miners. Terek Shipp and Chason Mader had RBIs for Havre, but Lethbridge scored the game-winning run-in the sixth inning and Havre was unable to answer. The Northstars did answer in the nightcap, with a 3-2 win over the Miners....

  • Local Golf Report: Sign-Up for Youth Summer League Golf

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 28, 2024

    It's about to be July, and that means the local golf season is well on its way. Leagues are rolling on at both Prairie Farms Golf Course and Beaver Creek Golf Course. In men's league at Prairie Farms, Montana Outfitting Co. is in first place with 134 points on Tuesday night, followed by Chippewa Cree Tribe, Tire Rama, Tillemans, FBA Ranch, Cowan and Sons, Prairie Farms, Patrick Construction, Pascoo, CHS, Team Budweiser, and Hole 19/High Plains. D.A. Davidson leads Wednesday...

  • Northstars home this weekend

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 28, 2024

    The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club split their last two road games in Medicine Hat. On Wednesday night Havre beat the Knights 4-3 in game one and fell 4-3 in game two. Game one was low scoring as Havre struggled to score runs. After allowing two runs in the second inning, the Northstars scored on a Logan Kinsella RBI single. Medicine Hat got an insurance run in the fourth inning, but Havre's Tyson Brandon would deliver a two-run double to tie the game in the...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jun 28, 2024

    Editor’s note: The city is unable to provide the full agenda in time for Havre Weekly Chronicle’s Tuesday printing deadline for the Thursday print edition. The agenda also is posted on the city website at https://www.ci.havre.mt.us/council-agenda and is posted in Havre City Hall. Havre City Council will meet Monday, July 1, 2024, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 4. For items not on this agenda, pub...

  • Obituary - Mildred 'Skip' English

    Updated Jun 28, 2024

    Mildred “Skip” English, 92, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in St. Vincent Hospital in Billings. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Rick Hodshire officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Skip’s family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to the Care & Comfort Home or the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit S...

  • Young Havre man killed in Glacier County car crash

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 28, 2024

    An 18-year-old Havre man was killed Thursday in a one-car crash in Glacier County. At the time of this story being published, Havre Weekly Chronicle was waiting to hear from the Glacier County coroner if the name of the Havre man had been released. The Havre man was a passenger in the Cadillac Escalade that crashed. The incident report said information about the driver was unknown at the time of the report being filed. Highway Patrol said this morning that no information about the driver was ready for release. The report...

  • Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him - for now

    Updated Jun 28, 2024

    Posted Friday, June 28, 2024 ZEKE MILLER, STEVE PEOPLES, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHELLE L. PRICE The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden forcefully tried today to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden's halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the...

  • Obituary - Bernadette (Gardipee) Johnson

    Updated Jun 28, 2024

    Bernadette (Gardipee) Johnson, 42, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024, in Helena. Wake services will begin at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, June 27, 2024, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 28, 2024, all at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will take place in the FourSouls Family Cemetery following her funeral....

  • Mountain lions can be found everywhere ... including central and northeastern Montana

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks GLASGOW – Montana is home to mountain lions, so it's no surprise if mountain lions are seen in the central and northeastern parts of the state. Mountain lions can be found across the state ... basically anywhere there are deer or elk, which is their primary food source. However, due to their elusive nature, they are rarely seen. Mountain lions have established populations in the Missouri River breaks and the island ranges of central and n...

  • Montana receives $43.3 million in PILT to support vital services in communities

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    From U.S. Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that 56 local governments in Montana will receive a total of $43.3 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes funding for 2024. Because local governments cannot tax Federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services. A release from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., lists the Montana payments, which included $1,258,897 for Blaine County, $483,587 for Chouteau County, $...

  • BLM seeks input for 2025 Montana oil and gas lease sale

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release BILLINGS – The BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office opened a 30-day public scoping period on 13 Montana oil and gas parcels under consideration for a January 2025 lease sale. The comment period ends July 26, 2024. The parcels, totaling 1,324 acres, as well as a timeline, maps and instructions on how to comment are available on the BLM’s ePlanning website at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2032675/510 . The terms of federal fluid mineral leases will be consistent with the Fluid Minerals Leasing and...

  • Obituary - Charlotte Marie Kelley

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    With profound sadness we announce the loss of Charlotte Marie Kelley, our loving and devoted mother, wife and friend. She died unexpectedly on June 20, 2024, while traveling with her friend Rose to the Gathering of Eagles Indigenous Conference in Oregon, Wisconsin. Mom was born December 7, 1938 (85) to Dora and Raymond Helgeson in Lodge Pole, MT. She was given the name Holding the Flag Woman (Tícewaknąga yuzá wįyą́) by her grandparents, Spirit Boy and Shiny Horn, at a New Y...

  • Celebrating History: Elks state convention in the news

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    By Emily Mayer Havre’s activity intensified in preparation for all that was going on for July 4th. Everyone was getting into the act for the state Elks convention, and this article was printed on the front page of the June 22, 1924, Havre Daily Promoter: SPECIAL RATES GRANTED ELKS TO HAVRE PRIZES WILL BE HUNG UP FOR BEST BAND, BEST DRUM CORPS AND NEATEST APPEARING LODGE IN PARADE Fare and one half, regular rates, has been granted by the railroads to members of the B. P. O. E. to attend the state convention in Havre, July 3...

  • Chinook Pool and Park Project thanks contributors

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Chinook's Friends of the Pool and Parks Foundation in the last few days have extended thanks to several more people and groups that have helped the foundation move closer to its goal of rehabilitating the Chinook Pool and the Ensign Sweet Memorial Park. The former Jumping Juniper Garden Club organization donated nearly $1,200 of funds that they had raised over the years to the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation for improvements to the pool and park, the foundation said in...

  • Letter to the Editor - Reconnect the discussion between taxpayers and lawmakers

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    The Washington Post reported on June 4, 2024: “More than 300 [U.S.] House [of Representative] lawmakers were reimbursed at least $5.8 million for food and lodging while on official business in Washington last year under a new taxpayer-funded program that does not require them to provide receipts.” As a former legislative aid on Capitol Hill, we always provided travel, food, and lodging receipts. It was good government. The costs were public information. It was communicating with taxpayers it matters what ‘bills’ get paid wi...

  • Senator Tester's support for Medicare Advantage is crucial

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    There are 33 million reasons to protect Medicare Advantage. That’s how many American seniors and persons with disabilities rely on the program for affordable health care with more benefits and better health outcomes at a lower cost than fee-for-service Medicare. I should know — as a senior living with tight margins every month, the cost of my health care is very important to me given the increase in costs of just about everything these days. Thankfully, Sen. Jon Tester has long been a supporter of Medicare Advantage, a pro...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Saying the long good bye

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jun 27, 2024

    I am packing the long packing. I am saying the long good bye. I am readying myself for the big move, the great distance of ten kilometers, all the way to far off, exotic Oconahua, a move which is months away. I love where I am living now, this place, this small house, all my plants. Nobody would ever question my love for this place. And this place has loved me back, big loves. Everybody’s financial and personal situations are different. We who live on the rancho are a v...

  • The Postscript: Accidental visitors

    Carrie Classon|Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Last night, my husband, Peter, and I went to see the play “Come From Away.” I read about it last year, waited for the day tickets were available, and bought the very best cheap seats I could buy. I love going to the theater more than almost anything, so you might be surprised to learn my husband is not much of a theatergoer. I’ve learned, over the years, if I ask him months in advance, he imagines the date will never come and agrees to go with me — and that’s what he did when...

  • For the Record, June 27, 2024

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Havre Police Department Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Officers making a motor vehicle stop at about the 3100 Block of U.S. Highway 2 West at 9:34 a.m. arrested Tyson Rondo Gruber of Havre, 32, on two state District Court warrants. -- Officers issued a summons, no details listed in the dispatch report, after a caller from the 100 Block of Ninth Avenue reported at 2:28 p.m. that a dog bit someone. -- After receiving a complaint from Third Street at 9:17 p.m., officers issued a summons...

  • Notice - Cottonwood Schools cancels July board meeting

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Davey Schoolregular board meeting for July is canceled...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Editor’s note: The city is unable to provide the full agenda in time for Havre Weekly Chronicle’s printing deadline for the print edition. The agenda also is posted on the city website at https://www.ci.havre.mt.us/council-agenda and is posted in Havre City Hall. Havre City Council will meet Monday, July 1, 2024, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the...

  • Notice - Cottonwood Schools cancels July board meeting

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Cottonwood Schools regular board meeting for July is canceled...

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