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Methamphetamines and opiates are on the rise again in Havre, and the police force and the Tri-Agency Task Force are making strides in keeping the substance out, officials said. According to the Montana Incident-Based Reporting System, the drug offense rate, per 1,000 people, has almost tripled in Havre over the 10 years from 2007 to 2017, with the largest increases within the past five years. Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said a large number of these drug offenses are due...
A highly decorated veteran of World War II will be honored Saturday during Milk River Indian Days, 71 years after he died in the Pacific Theatre. George Jay Ball, grandnephew of U.S. Army Cpl. Charles Ball, said the soldier was declared missing-in-action April 6, 1942, and declared a casualty Oct. 6, 1942. Extensive searches to find his remains have been unsuccessful, Ball said, and he decided it was time to honor his relative. "It's a special deal for a special person," Ball...
Hazel L. Nugent, 82, passed away due to natural causes on July 23, 2018, at Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 27, 2018, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Private family graveside services will be held at a later date. Hazel's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her name to Hill County Mealså on Wheels Program, c/o North Central Senior Center, 2 Second Street W, Havre, MT...
The Havre Convention and Visitors Bureau will meet Tuesday, July 31, at 7 p.m. at the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce office. The agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendance Approve minutes Bylaw discussion Grant details New business Unfinished business Public comment- comments are limited to any public matter under the scope of operation allowed by Title 2,Chapter3 MCA which governs CVB activities. Adjournment The next meeting of the Havre CVB is to be deter...
Havre Police Department A Washington Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 7:57 a.m. that his truck had been stolen sometime after midnight. -- Wednesday at 9:39 a.m., a caller on Sixth Street reported a stolen gun. -- An arrest was made after someone stopped at the police station Wednesday at 11:24 a.m. and asked to speak with an officer. No details on the charges were provided. -- A caller on Third Avenue reported Wednesday at 1:26 p.m. that one of the windows on his vehicle...
I woke from my dream with that southern hill-country woman’s voice in my ear. The voice, the memory, from past years, was triggered in that non-linear way of memories, by a phone conversation with my daughter the previous day. My oldest granddaughter is in a precarious place in her life. A baby with babies. Jessica is young, alone with two babies, lonely, no job, no direction and thinking biologically instead of using her logical brain. I remember those feelings; I was young once. Harper’s father sent her train tickets for a...
George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports and outdoors editor [email protected] Havre Trails has done a lot of great things as it pertains to hiking, not only in Havre but also in Beaver Creek Park and the surrounding Bear Paw Mountains. One of the new, and exciting, projects Havre Trails has been working on recently is the brand new Rotary Loop Trail, located near Bear Paw Lake. Construction began on the trail last year, and as of June, the trail was about 75...
Havre High School will hold its Fall Sports Parent Meeting Aug. 6. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the HHS Auditorium, and then branch out for meetings for football, volleyball, golf, cross country and cheerleading. Any parents with a student-athlete wishing to participate in these activities should attend. Parents are also reminded that students must have a sports physical completed before the start of their sport, which is Aug. 9 for golf and Aug. 10 for all other fall...
Havre High head football coach Ryan Gatch is getting ready to start his third season at the helm of the Blue Ponies and joining him on the sidelines in 2018, will be some fresh, but familiar faces. For the most part, much of the staff that was in place last season will return, with two departures as former coaches Scott Leeds and Jason Christenson will not assist Gatch in 2018. However, the third-year head coach will have a number of returners on his staff, such as Will...
For almost every team in college football, a successful offense has every bit as much to do with how good your offensive line is. At the NAIA level, and especially in the Frontier Conference, it’s no different. And when it comes to some of the top returning offensive linemen in the league for 2018, new Montana State University-Northern head coach Andrew Rolin is thinking he doesn’t just have one or two of them, but he feels like he’s got an entire unit full of them. “I’m...
