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  • Memorial ride for Bill Arvin set for Saturday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Friends of local motorcycle enthusiast and 40-year U.S. Army veteran Bill Arvin, who died in October of last year, will be holding a memorial ride in town Saturday in his name, a ride that will raise money for K9 Care of Montana. Ron Fanning, a lifelong friend of Arvin, said they served in the military together for many years and he was a genuine person who knew many people in the local community, a good motorcycle mechanic and a good man. “We were battle buddies in Iraq,” Fanning said. “… And I’ve known him since I was 12...

  • Commission votes to put marijuana tax on 2022 ballot

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    The Hill County Commission voted for a resolution to put a 3 percent tax on recreational and medical marijuana on the ballot for the 2022 general election at their weekly business meeting Thursday. The tax, which would take effect 90 days after the election should voters approve it, would impose a 3 percent sales tax on products sold by medical and recreational dispensaries in Hill County, what Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel referred to as a “sin tax.” Of the money generated from the tax 50 percent would be ret...

  • Salvation Army preparing back to school program

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    The Salvation Army and Walmart are teaming up next week to push the back-to-school program to another level. The Stuff the Bus school supply drive will be at Havre’s Walmart next week from Monday through Saturday. People can drop backpacks and school supplies in the box shaped like a bus in the store on the west edge of Havre. “Your donation is greatly appreciated and will help the local kids get ready for school,” a release said. Salvation Army is taking applications from families in need in the Havre area for suppl...

  • MAT sets auditions for 'The Play That Goes Wrong'

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Havre Daily News staff Montana Actors’ Theatre is holding auditions Sunday and Monday for a play it calls a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave audience members aching with laughter. The auditions for “The Play That Goes Wrong” are set for 7 p.m. both nights in The Little Theatre at Montana State University-Northern’s Cowan Hall. People who cannot make those audition times are asked to email [email protected] to set a different audition time. Several roles are available for adult actors, MAT said in a release....

  • Letter to the Editor - Promises made should be promises kept when it comes to drug prices

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Dear Editor: Talk is cheap, but prescription medicines are not. Millions of people can’t afford to keep paying what drug corporations charge for basic medicines like insulin or asthma inhalers, much less specialty cancer drugs or Alzheimer’s pills. Pharmaceutical companies are price gouging people who depend on life-saving medications simply because they can. Patients in the United States are paying twice what people in other nations pay for the same drugs. For over a decade, politicians have promised to lower drug prices and...

  • View from the North 40: It's a chive-seasoned insight

    Pam Burke|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    I don’t know about you, but I never can tell when I’m going to have a revelation. Like last weekend, I went with a friend to a quiet gem of a lake in central Montana and — boom — there it was a profound moment. I know what you’re thinking, water tends to inspire such things, and this water was clear, warm, glass smooth in a mountain setting, blah, blah, blah. It couldn’t have been more picturesque, but, no. I didn’t even touch the water. I was in a long-sleeved shirt, jeans...

  • Looking out my backdoor: Tip-toeing through tulips metaphorical

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Rain fell all night long. The ground was soggy, spongy. Flowers hung their heads from weight of water. The morning sky looked like moldy cottage cheese. Around noon, the sun broke through with promise. Every morning I take a small basket out to my mango tree and fill it with what wants to be picked. Today I put another quart of mango pieces in my wee fridge-freezer. It is jam-packed, literally, since I made two batches of freezer jam and the remainder of the space is...

  • Obituary - John 'Roger' Erickson

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Havre resident John "Roger" Erickson, 84, passed away July 12, 2022 at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, MT. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at American Lutheran Church, 537 Ohio St., Chinook, MT. Immediately following the service, military honors will commence, and a celebration of life/birthday party will follow at the church rectory. John was born August 23, 1937, in Rolla, ND, to Fred and Hertha (Banse)...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Havre City Council will meet Monday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 6. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. ORDINANCE No. 926, second reading — An Ordinance Amending Title 6, Chapter 1, Section 1, Weapons, of the Havre City Code. 2. Resolution No. 3866 — A Resolution Authorizing the F...

  • Agenda - Hill County Park Board

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    The Hill County Park Board will meet in the Timmons Room, Hill County Courthouse, Monday, Aug, 1, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only and agenda requests for next meeting 4) Cabin business # 8 and 10 Sawmill Gulch- septic tank and line # 32 Mooney Coulee #4 Phelps Lane #24 Mooney Coulee — cabin removal 2021-22 Cabin inspection results 5) Old business Monitoring progress 6) New business Open House for lodge (open weekends A...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Monday 8 a.m. — Meeting with district judge for security camera bill in the commissioner’s office 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioner’s office 5:30 p.m. — Park board meeting in the Timmons Room Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioner’s office 9:30 a.m. — Health department meeting in the commissioner’s office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioner’s office 3 p.m. — Commissioner’s Budget Review in commissioner’s office Wed...

  • Notice - Davey School Board meetings

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Davey School regular board meeting and board budget meeting will be held Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at 6 p.m. at the school. The public can join online by calling 265-6970 for online joining information....

  • Agenda - Cottonwood Schools Board meetings

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Cottonwood Schools regular board meeting and budget board meeting will be held Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at 5 p.m. at the west school. The public can join online by calling 406-265-6970 for online joining information....

  • For the Record, July 29, 2022

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Havre Police Department A Wednesday 9:06 a.m. caller on 11th Street West reported finding drugs. -- A caller at a First Street facility reported a theft Wednesday at 4:47 p.m. Hill County Sheriff's Office Anthony Azzio Moreni of Harlem, 28, was arrested on two state District Court warrants served at Hill County Detention Center Wednesday at 7:39 p.m. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical technicians responded to four calls Wednesday. Havre Animal Shelter The shelter Monday...

  • Northstars stay alive at state tournament

    Kason Clark|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    The Class A State tournament has finally arrived for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club as they began competing in the tournament this week in Belgrade. In their most important week of the season, the Northstars have faced their ups and downs. The Northstars started the tournament Wednesday night with a 15-5 loss to the Butte Miners. The Miners took the lead early on and never let Havre get back into it. Then in an elimination game Thursday morning, the...

  • 2022 Frontier Conference Football Preview: LB

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 28, 2022

    For years now, the Frontier Conference has pumped out some really good linebackers, even one's who have went on to professional football careers. Included in that is the program at Montana State University-Northern, and the Lights have a star linebacker who will headline this year's class of outstanding returners. Dylan Wampler is already a two-time NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and has twice been named All Frontier Conference for the Lights. Now entering his final...

  • Out Our Way: Writing on the wall - Daniel 5

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Out our way, working with livestock is often a "contact sport." I have been kicked, stomped, bitten, and tossed more than once. I expect most folks who deal with critters can say the same. Sometimes it came without warning - but generally I simply was paying attention to the signs. I was once on a friend's ranch up in the Bear Paws just off the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and we were standing around chatting when a young calf came wandering by. My friend got the idea it wou...

  • Pastor's Corner: The beauty of teamwork

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    Last week I had the opportunity to serve as the cafeteria supervisor at our Kids Camp at Glacier Bible Camp in Hungry Horse, Montana. We served 600 children and staff three meals a day all week long. For each meal I supervised a staff of about 20 people, many of them teenagers. As we "worked our tails off" every meal: serving the food to the children; helping them get their trays to their tables; cleaning up so many spills; washing the tables after each group came and went; he...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Jul 28, 2022

    You know, Lord, sometimes charity does not involve money/cash. More or less, it helps if a person is in a giving mood to give many different things, maybe like clothes, blankets, even art, a stove, maybe even an automobile (we've even seen that happen - how special, right?); or how about some stocks or bonds? Recently someone even gave some real estate ('twas out of state, but we learned about it!) and then there is giving of our time. Probably the most important part of...