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Havre Daily News staff Blaine County is one of four counties in the region going into Stage 1 fire restrictions, with four fires hitting the county already this month. Blaine County Commissioner Frank DePriest said they are urging people to be cautious with fireworks as well. He said a grass fire on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation on Father’s Day, June 18, spread to and destroyed a storage building and some vehicles. Wednesday, another grass fire on the reservation burned about 500 acres, and another fire Wednesday night d...
Summer has always been a challenging time for me sportswise. Don't get me wrong, I love baseball, softball and golf, but at the end of the day, it's hard for me not to yearn for fall and winter sports like football and basketball, my two personal favorites. Yet, even I have to admit, one of the great things about Havre are its summer traditions, one of which is the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team. The North Stars are certainly one of the Havre's best sporting...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights have been in need of a new head volleyball coach and Thursday afternoon, they got one. While the search process was narrowed down by Northern athletic director Christian Oberquell to two candidates, when it was all said and done, the choice was Rose Obunaga, a former Olympic volleyball player, who has spent the last six seasons as the head coach at Stephens College, an NAIA program in Missouri. "I was really excited because this...
Havre Daily News staff A Havre Boy Scout is looking to help the Havre Community Food Bank through the summer with a food drive he is holding Saturday for his Eagle Scout project. Jeffrey Hummert, 13, is holding his Eagle Patriot Food Drive because the summer months are tough on the food bank, he said. Many families count on the meals at school to help feed their children, and with school out the demand for help goes up, Hummert said. "Teenagers eat a lot," he added. Hummert...
A Havre businessman and the legendary tractors his company has produced and rebuilt have been immortalized in a drawing by legendary local artist Don Greytak. Ron Harmon, owner of Big Equipment Co. LLC, said he received the drawing of himself and all five models in series 1 through 4 and the largest tractor in the world, the Big Bud 747 manufactured in Havre in 1977, as a belated 70th birthday gift. Harmon said he was "just about in tears" when he first caught a glimpse of...
Pearl Jam bass player Jeff Ament will be among skating enthusiasts in his native town, Big Sandy, Saturday for the sixth annual Big Sandy Pig Roast and Sk8 Jam. The event is organized by Pep’s Bar in Big Sandy and the Montana Pool Service, a group started by Ament, Pep’s owner Josh Danruther said. “We will have skaters coming from all over state, around the country a little bit, to hang out and skate all day,” Danruther said. Ament funded the construction of the city’s skate park as well as others in communities including...
A 70-year-old Havre man received a 100-year sentence in state District Court in Havre Wednesday for multiple instances of sexual contact with a relative who was 10 at the time. District Court Judge Greg Pinski from Great Falls, who appeared in Havre's District Court via video network, went against the recommendations of the two sexual psychologists who categorized Theodore Slate as a Tier I sexual risk offender suitable for community treatment and instead sentenced Slate to...
From United Tribes Technical College BISMARCK, N.D. — Registration is underway for the 2017 Tribal Leader’s Summit and Trade Show set for September 5-7 at the Bismarck Event Center. The gathering of tribal leaders and tribal personnel from throughout the region is hosted by the leaders of North Dakota’s five Native Nations: Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation; Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate; Spirit Lake Tribe; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The gathering also attracts federal, state and local...
From Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Havre Festival Days planning is underway. The theme for this year’s weekend is “Shadows of our Western Past.” The weekend starts Friday with the Friends of the Library book sale — which actually begins Thursday — the 48-hour softball tournament and the Steve Heil Memorial Car Show. Havre Festival Days is a tradition reborn. This community event was started after more than a decade no real community celebration after the ever-popular band, or May Festival, was discontinued. This year’s ce...
From Energy Share Montana Gov. Steve Bullock declared a drought emergency in 19 counties in eastern Montana and two Native American reservations. The governor’s office said in a statement that those areas have seen record-low precipitation, high temperatures and excessive wind over the last two months. Oats, wheat, peas, sugar beets and other crops have suffered. Pasture and range conditions are poor and dust has made it difficult for ranchers to keep track of cattle. When conditions like this occur, it can result in f...
Obamacare has been burdensome for small business. This week, the Senate has a chance to do something about it. Year after year, when the National Federation of Independent Business surveys its members, they say their No. 1 priority is healthcare, but the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, has made things more difficult for them. Its onerous taxes and mandates have increased costs and reduced choices. Repealing Obamacare shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The law has failed in its central promise, which is to make h...
After more than a year of effort, comments from people in nearly every county in Montana and careful evaluation of Montana’s transportation needs and priorities, we are ready to publish our draft long-range transportation plan update, TranPlanMT. The update process for this 20-year policy plan provides MDT the opportunity to assess Montana’s transportation system and effectively plan for our transportation future. We’ve identified goals and strategies to address trends, issues, needs, priorities and funding sources and outli...
Dear Editor, There has been plenty of discussion in public about the dangers repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with the American Health Care Act will have on people with pre-existing conditions. But the dangers of the AHCA goes even deeper into the health care issues that are so often forgotten about — substance abuse. Under the ACA (Obamacare) our country was beginning to take seriously the idea that substance abuse was a medical and mental health condition that is in need of treatment. Indeed, as we’ve see...
Dear Editor, I am writing to inform readers that the EPA has just proposed to repeal key protections for much of Montana’s drinking water. After seeing what happened in Flint, Michigan, it is hard to understate the importance of ensuring safe drinking water for all communities. And that’s why in 2015, the Clean Water Rule restored federal protections to 63% of Montana’s streams, which help provide drinking water to 234,219 Montanans. The rule also protects wetlands, which help filter out pollutants and provide wildlife habit...
Dear editor, Rural Montanans depend heavily on their rural hospitals to provide quality care at home so that they aren’t saddled with the multitude of problems that come when you have to travel three hours to see a doctor for minor care. I’m fearful that if we allow Congress to fully implement the Trump Administration’s American Health Care Act, it will have devastating and long-lasting impacts on our rural health care clinics. According to the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, under the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare...
For the past three weeks it has, indeed, been greener on the far side of the hills surrounding our parched valley. Rains come in June, the local people tell me. And the rains surrounded us, in Ahualulco, San Marcos, Magdalena, Ameca. We in Etzatlan sat high and dry. Our last rain fell in October. Every day I scoop sand dunes off my floors. I worry. Is this a drought? June is nearly done and gone. What will we do for water? I grew up worrying about weather. I learned from my...
Havre Police Department Jonathan Seaton of Havre, 24, was arrested on a charge of criminal contempt after a Wednesday 8:04 a.m. report he failed to show up to a 24/7 Sobriety Program meeting. —— Officers investigated a non-injury motor vehicle crash after a caller near First Street and Fourth Avenue reported the incident Wednesday at 1:33 p.m. —— Officers investigated after a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported Wednesday at 4:05 p.m. that he crashed into a light pole in the parking lot. —— Officers ma...
From Montana Department of Transportation The Montana Department of Transportation would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to complete safety improvements at locations around Havre in Hill County. Proposed work includes the following: Site #1 (U.S. Highway 87): Install intersection ahead warning signage along with supplemental plaque of street name for Old Post Road. Also install new street name signs for Old Post Road. Site #2 (U.S. Highway 87): Install panel delineation through the curve located from...
Elvin “Ellie” Kermit Johnson, Lemmon, South Dakota, 94, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. A celebration of Elvin’s life will be held Saturday, July 1, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the American Lutheran Church in Hogeland, Montana, with a graveside service to follow at the Wing Cemetery with full military honors. Funeral Arrangements where entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home.... Full story
Arlene Lynette Williamson, 84, Passed away on June 26, 2017, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana. The service will be Saturday, July 1, 2017, at 11 a.m. at American Lutheran Church in Chinook, Montana. Funeral arrangements where entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home.... Full story
Baseball has always been considered the sport of summer, but anymore, softball is just as popular and Wednesday night at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field, one of the Havre Youth Softball girls fastpitch city championships was decided. The A League City tournament, which started last week, decided its champion Wednesday as Seaberg Construction, which lost its opening game in the tournament, came all the way back to win the team title after beating Montana Country Boutique in bac...
