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As of 4 p.m. today, no local health centers reported any new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and Rocky Boy Health Center at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation reported at 3 p.m. no new cases had been confirmed there. Rocky Boy Health Center reported that left 27 active cases confirmed at the center with a total positives of 33, or six recoveries. Cases confirmed at the health center may be of residents of the reservation or of people living off the reservation who were tested at the...
Press release After it had sent the page with a story about a Davey Elementary School special school board meeting Tuesday, the Havre Daily News was notified the meeting had been postponed....
The Hill County Health Board discussed Friday recent COVID-19 developments including the backlog of surveillance testing results and Gov. Steve Bullock’s recent mask directive. Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy said 754 tests have been conducted in Hill County, which currently has 21 active cases with 14 recovered as of the meeting. Hill County Public Health Director Kim Larson said the week had been better than the last few when it comes to positive cases of COVID-19. “We haven’t seen a huge increase in cases this...
Rocky Boy Public Schools Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre said this morning 100 parents and 37 staff responded to a survey offered to the schools’ its staff, community and parents for input on a fall re-opening plan. He said 54 percent of the parents who responded wanted to remain in remote learning, about 33 percent wanted a blended/hybrid format and a very small percentage of the respondents was comfortable sending their children back in a standard school setting. He said that the staff who responded to the survey 63 p...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 201 with 61 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 158,655 with 6,340 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 47. The number of recoveries was 2,090 and the number of active cases was 1,244. People can visit the state tracking map online through a link at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com ....
A Montana State University-Northern student and two of his friends are traveling horseback across Montana to honor friends and family of poeple who have lost their fight to cancer and people still fighting it. They are also raising money for cancer research. Each of the riders are also riding in memory of their family or friends. Northern student Keagen Stroop said he is riding for great-grandpa and a family friend who lost their battle to cancer. “What we’re doing is riding horses across the state of Montana like 550...
Hill County Health Department confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 at 5 p.m. Friday, but has reported no new cases since. Four of the cases were confirmed through contact tracing, two children ages 0-9, a person in their 20s and a man in his 50s, but the origin of the case in a teenager was unknown and the investigation is ongoing, Friday’s post said. Blaine County Health Department had no new cases to report Saturday, and also reported that six of the county’s seven cases met the criteria to be considered recovered. The sta...
Press release In order to avoid contact tracing scams, Attorney General Tim Fox asks Montanans to be cautious when answering contact tracing phone calls, texts or emails. Contact tracing is the process that helps health officials identify people who may have come into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19. The infected person must share some personal information to help health officials determine how many people the infected individual came into contact with recently. “Contact tracing is an important part o...
Marvin L. Works, 87, passed away July 23, 2020, at Benefis Hospital. His graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, August 1, 2020, at the Riverside Cemetery in Fort Benton. Pastor Marcia Muir will officiate. A joint memorial service for Juanita and Marvin will be held at a later date in Big Sandy....
John Harry Brumley was born Nov. 7, 1946, oldest son of James “Jim” and Betty Lou Cool Brumley, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Havre, Montana. He passed away at his home in Syracuse, Utah, July 20, 2020. It was John’s wish that he be cremated and his ashes be buried next to his parents in Havre. He requested no funeral, but a memorial service will be held in Havre for family and friends. The date for this memorial will be announced as soon as the border opens as some of John’s immediate family lives in Canada and they wo...
Priscilla B. McLain, 45, passed away at her residence Thursday, July 23, 2020. A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home, and cremation will follow....
Havre Police Department Glen Scott Doney of Havre, 29, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants after a caller on 10th Street West asked officers for assistance Friday at 8:32 a.m. -- A caller with a Seventh Street facility asked Friday at 2:21 p.m. to speak with an officer about thefts out of two buildings. -- Friday at 4:04 p.m., a caller at a First Street business asked to speak with an officer about shoplifters. -- A 14-year-old was issued a summons on a charge o...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. New business 1 Personnel 2. Consideration of revisions to District Policy 1900 on first and final reading 3. Consideration of new District Policy 1903F on first and final reading 4. Consideration of new...
Park Board Grazing Committee meeting Thursday The next meeting of the Hill County Park Board’s Grazing Committee will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge. The meeting agenda is: Old business: Weed management language • Hill County policy available from Hill County Weed District • Drafted letter supporting bio-control for hounds tongue Designating haying areas/hay allotments • Detailed maps of hay grounds • Test areas for cheat grass control South cross fence Grazing in Bear Paw Lake fishing access site • Re...
Reliable, cost-effective public transportation for rural America is an important economic building block for our communities and often a vital service for our residents. But unlike our urban counterparts, rural public transportation options are often elusive, and seem to get caught in the political crosshairs of the federal government. Whether it’s funding for transit systems, Essential Air Service or Amtrak, public transportation in rural America often fights for the crumbs that are left after metropolitan and urban areas a...
Press release A popular Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks program that allows kids and their friends or families to check out free fishing rods and tackle is in full swing again this year. FWP staff restocked and maintained over 400 fishing rods in nearly 43 different locations across Montana’s Hi-Line and near by. The “Kids to Fish” program lets anglers check out fishing rods and reels equipped with basic tackle, such as hooks, bobbers and sinkers. Typically, eight rods are at each location, and usually a well-stocked tackle...
Press release Montana Veterans Affairs service officers will conduct outreach in north-central Montana in August. The schedule includes Glasgow VA Clinic, Aug. 12, 1-4 p.m. Malta City Hall, Aug. 13, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Toole County Courthouse in Shelby, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Glacier County Courthouse Annex Room 20, Cut Bank, 10 a.m. to noon, 1:30-3 p.m. Browning veterans can meet in Cut Bank due to COVID-19 restrictions on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the service officers are unable to see veterans...
For the second straight year, a Montana Grizzly linebacker has been selected as the Big Sky Conference Preseason Defensive MVP. On the final day of the Big Sky's Virtual Kickoff, last Friday, Montana senior Jace Lewis was named the Preseason Defensive MVP, along side Preseason Offensive MVP Eric Barriere, the super-talented quarterback from Eastern Washington. Lewis was an All-Conference performer as a junior, playing alongside star LB Dante Olson. Olson, who led the FCS in...
The Havre Youth Baseball Association had a lot in mind when it came to their leagues' seasons for 2020, with the plan to be able to finish all of them if things went in the right direction. Luckily, things did fair well for the HYBA, which had its final championship match for the Babe Ruth league Thursday evening at Legion Field. And at the end of the night, the Havre Optimist Club came out on top, shutting out PJ's 6-0 to win the Babe Ruth championship for the 2020 season....
After what looked to be a rallying series of games that would give the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club a good position going into the Northern A District Tournament, things went south as the Northstars were plagued with a series of road games that did not go as Havre had hoped, including the season closer on the road against the Tri-County Cardinals to end the regular season. It has been tough as of late for the Northstars when it comes to road games and the...
