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Gov. Steve Bullock held a press conference Wednesday to discuss the new cases of COVID-19 in the state and provide an update on the Coronavirus Relief Fund. "I'm incredibly grateful to so many across our state - we are serving to protect the health of Montana and Montanans, and taking seriously our responsibility to wear a mask," he said. "As we continue to see a significant amount of new cases each day in Montana we continue to see the large gatherings where folks are not taking proper precautions are leading to new cases."...
Havre Public Schools Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller went over the results from more questions in a survey offered a couple weeks ago for input in the district's re-opening plan for the fall and what some re-opening options are. Parent, student and community surveys were available. The district released the results from the top three questions, and Mueller went over the other questions with the district's re-opening team and discussed those questions with the Havre Daily...
Twenty-six shooters participated in the 35th annual Big Sky State Games Muzzleloading event held in Havre on July 11 at the Havre Police Department Shooting Range south of Havre. With the COVID-19 raging in Yellowstone County, games Muzzleloading Commissioner, Jim Griggs was asked if the event could be held in Havre since most of the shooters participating in the past have been from north of the Missouri River. A portion of the 41 assorted events of the State Games will be hel...
The Hill County Commission changed course on its plans to create a county-wide ambulance district to make up for the service’s financial shortfall in favor of raising the county’s mill levies during a meeting Wednesday with representative from the City of Havre, as well as the Havre and Rudyard Ambulance Service met Wednesday morning. City of Havre Finance and City Clerk Doug Kaercher has said the city has been subsidizing the ambulance service for years because the county, which accounts for 28 percent of ambulance cal...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 183 with 54 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 146,218 with 2,700 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 43. The number of recoveries was 1.587 and the number of active cases was 1,280. People can visit the state tracking map online through a link at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com ....
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service released Wednesday a report on the spread on prices between meat packers buying cattle and what they charge retailers, and it is still continuing to investigate, The investigation started after multiple agricultural organizations and politicians called for a investigation on the price spread following a fire at Tyson’s Holcomb meat packing plant and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tyson is one of four companies that dominate meat packing in the United States and...
Press release At a time when people are feeling uncertain about the present, it’s important to remember that the past has much to teach us. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has precluded travel and large-scale gatherings, the Montana Historical Society’s 47th state history conference will be held online during a two-month period. The programs range from a presentation on the 1779-1784 smallpox pandemic to a behind-the-scenes tour of the society’s collection. This free conference is supported by funding from the Dennis and Phyll...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Family legacies are often more than just property or money left behind in a will. They may include family values, memories or hopes that the dying may wish to pass down for younger generations. According to Montana State University Extension educators, individuals can create what is called an ethical will, in addition to an estate plan, to express those values and pass them on to surviving family members. According to Wendy Wedum, MSU Pondera County Extension agent, and Marsha Goetting, MSU Extensio...
Press release The Montana State University-Northern Foundation is hosting Outdoor Summer Yoga every Wednesday until Aug. 12. “Join us on the Northern campus in your comfy clothes and relax in a beautiful location,” a release from the foundation said. “All participants must bring their own yoga mat, water and any yoga props you may need such as blocks or blankets. Each session will be 30-45 minutes long.” Dates, times, and teachers are listed below. The first class was held July 15. Locations for each session will be announc...
Justin Franz Montana Free Press “It’s a hoax.” “It’s being blown out of proportion.” “It has something to do with the 5G cellular network.” Those are just some of the things Public Health Manager Jennifer McCully said people have told her and her staff at the Lincoln County Health Department as they try to trace how COVID-19 is spreading through their community. McCully and other Montana public health officials said the number of people who are not cooperating with contact tracers is small, but that they waste valuable...
A bill touted as the biggest conservation aid in decades passed the U.S. House Wednesday and now is headed to President Donald Trump for his signature. The Great American Outdoors Act permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provides $9.5 million for deferred maintenance on public lands including national parks. The bill provides permanently allocates the full $900 million for LWCF, provided through earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing without using any taxpayer dollars. LWCF was passed in 1964, but...
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported Wednesday at 1:18 p.m. finding glass was broken by front door and a beanie was left on the door step. -- Marvin Dale Spotted Bird of Havre, 25, was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, driving under the influence and failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance after a caller reported a hit and run crash on Seventh Avenue Wednesday at 3:20 p.m. -- Officers investigated a Wednesday...
I woke up with yellow eyeballs. The color was not quite glow-in-the-dark neon yellow, but definitely, the whites of my yes sported a sickly yellowish cast, gunked with matter. In lieu of a thermometer, I felt my Ford-bumper with the back of my hand. Felt normal to me. All systems functioning. Next I did what any modern person with access to internet knows not to do but does it despite themselves. I consulted Dr. Google. “What causes yellow eyes, O Great Oracle?” Frankly, I d...
Press release CORAL GABLES, Fla. — BauerFinancial Inc., the Nation’s Premier Bank Rating Firm announced that Stockman Bank of Montana has once again been awarded its highest — 5-Star — rating for financial strength and stability. Earning a 5-Star rating indicates this bank excels in areas of capital adequacy, profitability, asset quality and much more. Earning and maintaining this top rating for 47 consecutive quarters, especially in this environment, makes its accomplishment even more impressive. That makes Stockman Bank of...
It was a trip I didn't know if I should take. And a lot of other people I'm close with felt the same way. Now, anyone who knows me, and if you've been reading my columns since March you know, I have been taken this coronavirus pandemic very seriously. So, it would stand to reason that, even in the summer, traveling would be out of the question for me. And yet, there is absolutely no way I could spend an entire year without visiting one of our two Montana treasures - either...
Playing road games is never easy, but it becomes a more difficult task when the opponent you are facing has battled down to the wire against you before. Road games have not been especially kind to the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club as of late, too, making what happened in Great Falls Wednesday evening tough. The Northstars faced off against the Great Falls AA Chargers Wednesday evening in the Electric City, with the Chargers pulling away in another close bout...
