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Havre City Council took the first step in changing to nonpartisan elections Monday night when unanimously gave tentative approval to a referendum on the fall ballot. Two residents, State Rep. Kris Hansen, and former Hill County GOP chair Brad Lotton spoke in favor of the proposal. While the resolution's sponsor, Andrew Brekke, 4th Ward alderman and present GOP chair, was asked several questions, no opposition surfaced on the council. Full details in Tuesday's Havre Daily News and havredailynews.com....
People smelling an unusual odor in this area similar to what people smell in smog-socked areas shouldn’t have to worry about that, but the heavy rain, and heat, are leading local officials to warn of other concerns. A smog-like odor people may detect, especially on cool mornings, has nothing to do with industry-produced hydrocarbons, but a byproduct of the deluge of rain in May and early June: rotting vegetation. Hill County Sanitarian Clay Vincent said this morning that the 11 inches of precipitation Havre received by the e...
COLSTRIP (AP) — After several years of taking a beating from the poor economy, new pollution rules and a flood of cheap natural gas, the coal industry was on the rebound this year as mining projects moved forward in the Western U.S. and demand for the fuel began to rise, especially in Asia. But almost overnight, coal is back on the defensive, scrambling to stave off a dark future amid President Barack Obama's renewed push to rein in climate change. The proposal, with its emphasis on cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from n...
Havre voters may have the option this fall of approving nonpartisan municipal elections. City Council member Andrew Brekke has proposed doing away with partisan elections and having the mayor and council members elected on a nonpartisan basis, much like school board members and the city judge already are. If council gives tentative approval to Brekke’s resolution at its meeting tonight, it will go before council for a final vote in two weeks. Then, it will be placed on the November ballot as a referendum. Brekke, who is also...
HELENA (AP) — President Barack Obama's goal of limiting carbon-dioxide emissions has put Democratic leaders in energy-producing states such as Montana in a bind, caught between bellicose Republican statements of a "war on coal" and emboldened environmentalists who are calling for swift action. That has forced leaders such as Gov. Steve Bullock into something of a hedge, telling the public to wait for the details of Obama's plan while assuring them that energy production will remain a major economic driver and a source of e...
Complaint: Bullock campaign illegally coordinated HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock's former campaign is rebutting allegations from a Billings businessman that the campaign illegally coordinated activities with third-party groups. James Pennington filed the complaint in mid-March saying the campaign and several groups wrongly coordinated activities through political vendor Hilltop Public Solutions. The complaint relies on financial disclosure filings with the commissioner of political practice showing campaign s...
HAMILTON (AP) — A former Libertarian congressional candidate from Victor has been reported missing. The Ravalli County sheriff's office is asking for helping in locating 53-year-old David Philip Kaiser. He was last seen at about 6 p.m. Friday and was reported missing Saturday. Kaiser is a white man who is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and about 200 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a dark blue polo shirt, blue jeans and red and white tennis shoes. He may be traveling in a black and silver 2005 C...
Across the golf crazy United States, there are hidden golf courses that turn out to exceed golfers’ expectations. courses people may drive past daily, but don’t know what they have to offer until they actually stop and play. There’s one such golf course right here on the Hi-Line. Just a few miles south of Harlem, the Harlem Golf Course is exactly that — a course which doesn’t get the recognition that other area courses might, and may not get the foot traffic of those cou...
Artitudes Gallery Presents "Canvas and Stone" featuring the mixed media work of Steve Helmbrecht from his personal portfolio as well as ceramic art from his recent work at Montana State University-Northern. The show will be up during July and August. This will be Helmbrecht's 15th anniversary as adjunct professor of ceramics at Northern as well as his 30th year as a professional photographer. He's one of the few professional photographers in Montana to have earned both the Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman...
The Hill County Clack Museum has started its summer hours, and will keep them until Labor Day. Summer hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m,, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Visitors during summer hours are hosted by new manager Jim Spangelo, who is a retired local attorney and fourth-generation Hill County resident. He is assisted by Margaret Stallkamp, Teresa Spangelo, Dallas Wilson and Scott Seigel. There have been more then 600 June visitors at the museum. The...
As the nation approaches its birthday, people are thinking about the start of picnics, parades, travel vacations and fun times with families. The one thing that too many Montanans are not thinking about is wearing a seatbelt during their travels. That is why Buckle Up Montana Coalitions and law enforcement agencies across Montana are taking time thisFourth of of July holiday to remind people to buckle up — every one, every trip, every time. Preliminary reports, from the Montana Highway Patrol, show that there have been 75 m...
Gauge Chapman, 7, jumps while playing in an above-ground pool on 4th Street....
Havre Police Department Tuesday, Aug. 6, residents and friends of Havre are invited to Havre's second National Night Out. The event is sponsored in conjunction with the Havre Border Patrol Sector, Hill County Sheriff’s Office, Havre Sector of the Montana Highway Patrol, Havre Fire/EMS, the Havre Area National Guard Armory, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Search and Rescue and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Regina. The Havre Police Department welcomes people to join forces with these local law enforcement agencies, as...
Havre Police Department During a motor vehicle stop on 13th Avenue Thursday at 7:44 a.m., an officer arrested an 18-year-old Havre man for driving under the influence, operating a vehicle without valid registration, minor in possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a driver's license and driving with an open alcoholic beverage container on a highway. ——— After a caller reported Thursday at 8:38 a.m. a teenage boy walking near Pepin Park with a gun in the waistband of his pants, officers issued a summo...
Douglas Wayne Johnson, 66, died Saturday, June 29, 2013 ,at his home in Fort Belknap. His wake service will begin Monday, July 1, 2013, at 410 Flathead Street In Fort Belknap. His traditional funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at the Red Whip Center, with burial to follow on Ocean Hill. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home....
Richard McClelland Hurd, 78, formerly of Bozeman, Mont., Kremlin, Mont, and Yuma, Ariz., passed away in his Yuma home on Saturday, June 29, 2013, after a yearlong battle with cancer. An obituary and memorial to follow....
Marian T. Buell, 96, passed away peacefully Thursday evening June 27, 2013, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Public viewing will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Her funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Joseph Diekhans officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Section of Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will immediately follow at...
A Havre woman arrested for attempted murder now faces a series of formal charges, all lesser than the original arrest charge. The Hill County Attorney Friday charged Cindy Stidham, 47, with assault with a weapon, a felony, along with two counts of partner or family member assault, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, all misdemeanors. Judge Dan Boucher ordered Stidham held on $50,000 bond, a $25,000 reduction in the original bond ordered by Havre City Judge Margaret Hencz on the attempted deliberate h...
A woman walked into Angie’s Wildflowers in downtown Havre on Friday to order flowers for a friend who had met her goal on losing weights. “No charge,” said owner Angie Pratt to the surprised woman. A man had called Pratt Thursday night and said that he would pay for flowers for anyone who bought them up to his donation amount. At 2 p.m. he gave her the credit card number. He said there was not enough kindness in the world, and people needed to know they were loved. Some people read about the offer on Facebook, but other...
A Havre man has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from claims he pointed a gun at another man during a fight that came out of an argument about a dog, and shot the gun to show it was loaded. James R. Lowrance, born in 1990, pleaded not guilty in court in Havre to a felony charge of criminal endangerment and a misdemeanor count of discharging a firearm within city limits. State District Judge Dan Boucher set a hearing July 23 in which trial dates generally are set. According to charging documents, the incident started...
