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November 1, 2022, Ira “Pete” Peterson joined the love of his life in Heaven. He was 82. A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 4, 2023, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel in Havre, Montana, and Pete will be laid to rest with his beloved Mary Ann....
A proposed budget for Amtrak in the House Committee on Appropriations has raised some alarms, including the CEO of the national passenger rail service saying cut from the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations will not work. “The funding levels proposed in the House FY24 transportation appropriations bill for Amtrak and FRA rail programs will stop the advancement of passenger rail in its tracks,” Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said in a statment. “If the proposed levels become law, Amtrak will have to radically reduce or suspend servi...
Appraisers from the Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division came to Havre Thursday and held a presentation at the Hill County Courthouse for people in the area curious about their property taxes and how their properties’ assessments plays into them. Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division Region 2 Manager Jason Boggess said his department’s job is to evaluate what a property’s market value is, which is used to calculate how much the owner will pay in property tax each year. Boggess said...
Staff and wire report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency posted air quality alerts for several states stretching from Montana to Ohio Sunday because of smoke blowing in from Canadian wildfires. “Air Quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said Sunday. “This is due to the lingering thick concentration of Canadian wildfire smoke over these regions. While the concentration of smoke in the atmosphere should begin to wain by Monday, there...
The Havre Chamber of Commerce is proud to welcome, fresh off their mainstage appearance at the Under The Big Sky music festival, Izaak Opatz and his band to Sounds on the Square Wednesday, July 19,as part of a Montana tour with Jonny Fritz. Izaak Opatz was last in Havre in June to run the Bear Paw ½ Marathon, and informally played music with friends the night before the race at Triple Dog Brewing. This time around, Opatz will be joined by his band, composed of Los Angeles studio musicians. Opatz has been regularly featured...
Press release GREAT FALLS - The American Red Cross continues to see a concerning trend - blood donations are being sent to hospitals faster than they are coming in. The Red Cross has collected about 50,000 fewer blood donations than needed over the last two months. Donors are asked to make an appointment to give blood now to avoid a looming blood shortage. To help head off a more serious situation, the Red Cross is teaming up with Warner Bros. Discovery for the 35th...
Press release Verizon-Cellular Plus in Havre will be giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to noon. “We are proud to give back to our local community by helping students kick off the school year with a brand-new backpack and essential supplies,” President Adam Kimmet said. “Our hope is that this event will help alleviate some financial challenges for families. It’s very rewarding to see the kids confidently walk out of the store, excited to show off their new backpack and pre...
Press release A free barbecue, Politics in the Park: We Love the Montana Constitution, will be sponsored by the Hill County Democrats in Pepin Park Saturday July 29, at 2 p.m. Featured speakers include Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest delegate of the 1972 Constitutional Convention. All are welcome and should bring a chair and beverage of their choice....
Press release BILLINGS — Montana VA Health Care System is hosting a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. July 21st at the Benjamin Steele VA Clinic in Billings to unveil a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation — TMS— Mobile Medical Unit, or MMU, as a possible treatment for depression. Montana VA is also hosting a heath fair at the ribbon cutting to help connect veterans to their benefits. The ribbon cutting and health fair are open to the public. The health fair will feature PACT Act information and toxic exposure screenings. The ribbon cut...
Havre Police Department Investigations after calls at 8:11 a.m., 8:12 a.m. and 6:57 p.m. Thursday found several properties on First, Second and Third streets from Ninth to 14th avenues had been spray painted. -- Officers investigated a complaint from City Court Thursday at 12:03 p.m. -- A 12th Street caller reported Thursday at 1:28 p.m. that someone tried to steal a generator. -- A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported at 7:42 p.m. Thursday that a woman was...
A calendar for Hill County Commission activities this week submitted to Havre Daily News and printed in Friday’s edition of the paper incorrectly listed a meeting of the Hill County Board of Health. The commission later notified Havre Daily that that meeting had been rescheduled to July 26....
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims and payroll Employment Budgets Abatements Journal and vouchers Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Senior Medicaid Patrol memorandum of understanding for the Council on Aging Lawn Tree contract HC 23-129 for RSID 10 for tree removal on south side of levee in the amount of $26,000. Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval...
With the postseason right around the corner, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club is hoping to end the regular season on a strong note. If the first four games this past weekend at Legion Field are any indication, the Northstars will not have to worry about that. On Friday, the Northstars split a doubleheader with the Lethbridge Miners with a 2-1 loss and then a 7-2 win. Then in a doubleheader Saturday against the Medicine Hat Knights, the Northstars ended on a...
