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Fire season is ramping up as Montana increasingly faces dry hot weather, and while no counties in the area have yet moved into Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 fire restrictions, some, including Hill and Blaine counties, are implementing burn bans. See a related story on this page. In a weekly regional fire call Tuesday morning with counties and agencies across much of Montana, National Weather Service Glasgow said red flag warnings are being issued for fire weather across the state and it’s looking like the fire season is going t...
A prominent Havre businessman was arrested on felony charges Friday at a derailment site, where his own company had equipment, for allegedly pointing a rifle at BNSF workers and subcontractors as they attempted to remove debris from nearby land that he owned. Tom Patrick, owner of Patrick Construction, which was one of the contractors working on clearing the site Friday, was arrested Friday night on felony charges of assault by coercion, intimidation or threat, criminal...
Staff and wire report Editor’s note: A version of this ran in Tuesday’s online-only edition of Havre Daily News. People have a chance this week to meet face-to-face with two new leaders in the Havre public schools system. A community meet and greet is set Thursday for Havre Public Schools’ new superintendent, Brian Gum, and the newly appointed executive director of the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation, Krystal Steinmetz. The event is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School foyer Thursday. “(Hav...
Montana Actors’ Theatre is bringing a children’s classic to the stage this week and next with its youth production of “The Velveteen Rabbit.” The Margery Williams story asks children — and adults — what it means to be “real.” A child’s new toy, a velveteen rabbit stuffed full of sawdust with ears lined with sateen, is sad that his owner wants to play more with his modern, mechanical toys, and asks the oldest and wisest toy in the nursery, what it means to be real. He is told that when a child loves a toy for a long time,...
Press release The East Butte TV Club is pleased to announce that PBS TV and the two Canadian TV channels have resumed broadcasting from Mount Royal in the Sweetgrass Hills. The transmitting antennas were damaged in a severe winter storm last October and repairs were completed over the weekend. Viewers will likely need to perform a re-scan on their TVs to receive the broadcast. Here is the current channel line-up: Channel 3 — KRTV Great Falls CBS Channel 5 — KFBB Great Falls ABC-Fox Channel 7 — CISA Lethbridge Global Chann...
Havre Police Department Tyler Roy Lawrence of Rocky Boy, 30, was arrested on charges of burglary and obstructing a peace officer of other public servant after a caller at a Fourth Avenue business reported Monday at 6:20 a.m. that a man had ransacked the business and was on the floor. -- A Monday 6:55 a.m. caller reported three cows in the Wilson Avenue alley. -- A caller reported Monday ta 9:11 a.m. that a men's yellow mountain bike appeared to have been ditched on Seventh...
After winning the Class A North District Tournament this past weekend, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club will next compete in the Class A State Tournament in Laurel this week. With some great ball clubs at the tournament this week, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes the Northstars have some tough battles ahead. "The state tournament is always tough. Wins are hard to come by and everybody at this point is a really good baseball team," Wirtzberger...
Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting offers for nearly 2.7 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program Grassland sign-up. This program allows producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and further CRP conservation efforts. Grassland CRP is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s broader effort to address climate change and conserve natural resources. This year’s sign-up...
Press release HIGHWOOD — Youth members of Farmers Union from around the country participated in the 85th National Farmers Union All-States Leadership Retreat, held this year at Montana Farmers Union’s Arrowpeak Lodge in Highwood. Participants in the retreat ranged from ages 18 to 22 and heard from speakers including Montana Farmers Union Membership Services and Government Affairs Director Rachel Prevost, Montana Farmers Union member Paul Neubauer, and Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer. “I enjoyed getti...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — An Indigenous-led education and research program at Montana State University and its partner institution have been awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a project to support Indigenous food sovereignty. MSU’s Buffalo Nations Food System Initiative, in collaboration with Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town, North Dakota, received the grant from the USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture, or NIFA. The grant is part of a NIFA program calle...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program — ODMAP — to Aug. 11, 2023. This extension gives organic dairy producers more than two additional weeks to apply for the program. ODMAP helps producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. This assistance will help keep organic dairy operations susta...
Garrett Spicher, Kremlin Hawks 4-H Club 4-H Beef Show Overall Beef Breeding Project No photo available...
