News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 1 - 17 of 17
Cottonwood Schools Board of Trustees is having a special meeting Wednesday, July 28, at 10 a.m. at the North School. People can contact the clerk at 265-6970 to attend by video conferencing....
Hill County Disaster and Emergency Aid Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel provided an update on local and state wildfire activity in a meeting of Hill County Officials Wednesday, as well as new fire restrictions going into effect Friday. Frickel said Hill County will be moving into Stage 1 fire restrictions at 12:01 a.m. Friday, which means building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire is prohibited in Hill County, including Beaver Creek Park, Fresno Dam area, and Rocky Boy. Smoking, except within an enclosed...
Editor’s note: Watch for more on this in the next Hi-Line Farm and Ranch special section. Conservation Reserve Program General sign-up ends Friday, sign-up for a program that has recently expanded its benefits for agriculture producers looking to participate in the fight against climate change and gain a new revenue stream in the process. The federal program pays agricultural producers to set aside land that may be less productive for the purposes of conservation and carbon sequestration. United States Department of A...
Warrior Creed Veteran’s Motorcycle Club will be having its annual Burning Bike Rally Saturday, July 24, hosted by Tip-It Bar in Havre with all proceeds benefiting K-9 Care Montana Inc. Club member and event organizer Ron Fanning said K-9 Care Montana provides service dogs for wounded veterans, kids with autism, and now includes first responders. Fanning said he served in the U.S. Army for 38 years and he and other club members went to Iraq together. He said originally the club...
Michelle Ann Lawrence, 34, joined her heavenly family on Friday, July 16, 2021, in Atlanta, GA, with her dog "Bubz" by her side. Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m. and the Rosary will begin at 7:00 p.m., all on Friday, July 23, 2021, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Box Elder. Michelle's funeral service is at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2021, also at St. Anthony's. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Michelle's online mem...
Rachel J. Kleinsasser, 87, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Funeral services will begin at 11:30 on Saturday, July 24, 2021, in the Hidden Valley Colony church. Burial will follow in the Hidden Valley Colony Cemetery....
Stuart C. “Scott” MacKenzie, 77, passed away on October 14, 2020, in Havre, MT at Northern Montana Hospital. A service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, July 30, 2021, at the Chinook High School Gymnasium in Chinook, MT....
Havre Police Department Nicholas Ryan Pyle of Havre, 37, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence, after officers were asked Wednesday at 6:26 a.m. to assist with a medical call on U.S. Highway 2 East. -- Someone stopped at the police station Wednesday at 10:38 a.m. to speak with officers about a scam. -- Officers investigated a complaint made Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. by a Fifth Avenue caller. -- A Ninth Avenue caller asked Wednesday at 5:32 p.m. to speak wih an...
An obituary sent to Havre Daily News for Stuart C. “Scott” MacKenzie, who died Oct. 14, 2020, which printed on Page A5 of Wednesday’s edition included the wrong time of a service. The service is Friday, July 30, at 3 p.m. at Chinook High School....
Press release National Weather Service has presented multiple awards for length of service in the National Climate COOP network in recent weeks, including a 25-year award to Todd Amsbaugh of IX Ranch near Big Sandy and 20-year awards to Durwin and Tammy Williams of Chinook and Patty Quisno of south of Chinook. The official National Climate COOP network of about 8,500 volunteer weather observers across the United States take daily weather reports; winter, spring, summer and...
My friend Peggy used to ask me, in her booming voice, "What's your motive?" She caused me to examine stuff I'd really rather have left swept into the bulge under the rug. Peggy is gone these many years. But Peggy's big Irish voice lives on, in my head, whenever I make a decision, large or small. "What's your motive?" I hear as if we are sitting at the table, coffee mugs in hand. Voice followed by laughter. Months ago I began thinking about getting a pet. Motive? Not that I nec...
In Montana private land elk hunting is moving toward 11 weeks for people who can pay thousands of dollars for trophy bulls, while others are left to hunt cows in deep snows and bitter cold when they’re struggling to survive the winter. That’s the proposal of the Gianforte administration, one that extends “elk shoulder seasons” through Feb 15 annually, and onto your National Forest in 19 hunting districts. This proposal is ill conceived, premature and not in the interest of elk hunters, landowners and all Montanans who enjoy t...
Brothers, Kyle and Marc Samson made history for the Montana State University-Northern football program, leading the team to the NAIA playoffs in 2006. Over a decade later, they were recognized for their historic contributions to the program and to the school as they were inducted into the Northern Athletics Hall of Fame Wednesday night in an outdoor ceremony on the MSU-N campus. And they entered the hall of fame the same way they led the Lights all those years ago - as...
After helping the Havre High girls basketball team win their second state championship in three years, Sadie Filius is already looking forward to her future in basketball. Even though she still has one year left with the Blue Ponies, she just signed with Carroll College to play for their women's basketball program. Montana State University-Northern also made her an offer but she just felt like Carroll was right for her. "The academics were a great fit and I love the...
From U.S. Small Business Administratio WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the addition of seven new clusters to the portfolio of communities it supports through the Regional Innovation Clusters initiative, including a cluster in Montana. Regional Innovation Clusters are geographically-concentrated groups of interconnected businesses, suppliers, service providers and related institutions in an industry that drive innovation and job creation and help grow the economy. “The SBA’s Regional Innov...
From U.S. Small Business Administration WASHINGTON — Thursday, July 15, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Public Private Strategies Institute hosted a Pacific Northwest and Midwest Regions — Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska — briefing for small business owners about COVID-19 economic aid and recovery as part of the “Getting Back on Track: Help is Here” webinar series. More than 1,200 participants joined the livestream briefing featuring U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. “Because...
After wrapping up their spring league, seven Havre Trap Club members found success at the state trap competition in Ulm before the club's fall league and annual fall activities start up again. The 127th Montana State Trap Shoot was held at the Great Falls Trap and Skeet Club facility in Ulm July 7-11. Great Falls Club Secretary Jim Burman said the trap clubs in Great Falls, Missoula, Helena and Billings alternate hosting the state meet annually. "(The state shoot) keeps...
