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A hearing scheduled for this afternoon for local businessman Tom Patrick was canceled after the Hill County Attorney dismissed the case against him pending further investigation. Patrick, owner of Patrick Construction, is accused of pointing a gun July 21 at another contractor and BNSF officials who were on Patrick’s property at the site of a freight train derailment about 8 miles east of Havre. He was arrested on suspicion of felony charges of criminal endangerment, and two counts of assault with a weapon, a court d...
Havre Daily News staff Officials have released the name of the fatality that occurred in an off-road side-by-side crash last Wednesday in on private property north of the intersection of Sucker Creek Road and Clear Creek Road in Blaine County. Davyd Ferfetskiy of Seattle, 12, died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash when he was partially ejected from the vehicle. Two others were injured as a result of the crash. The crash was reported at 4 p.m. Wednesday to Blaine County dispatch and Blaine County Sheriff’s d...
A historic deal more than a century in the making requiring the federal government to ensure members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community have water — and ensures water is available to everyone along the Milk River — took another major step forward Thursday. The Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act, led by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., unanimously was passed by the U.S. Senate as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, a release from Tester’s office said. The Fort...
MATTHEW BROWN and MORGAN LEE The Associated Press HAVRE — A man was detained and questioned by police and his Montana apartment searched as authorities tried to piece together the mysterious disappearance and sudden reappearance this week of Alicia Navarro, who was 14 when she vanished from her Arizona home four years ago. Police provided no details Friday about Wednesday’s search or the identity of the man, who was released. But Garrett Smith, who lives in the apartment next to the one that was searched, said for at least a...
JOSH FUNK and SAM METZ Associated Press Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment near Joplin in northern Montana. But installing the sensors on the tens of thousands of locomotives in the fleet could be cost prohibitive, and it’s not entirely clear if one would have caught the combination of rail flaws that the National Transportation Safety B...
Press release Two local authors will be at the Havre-Hill County Library Thursday to answer questions and sign their books. Gwen Hart and Roger Hart will be at the library Thursday at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served at the event, which is free and open to the public. Books will be sold for $10-$15. Gwen Hart is a professor of writing at Montana State University-Northern and a winner of the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Award. Her latest book, released this spring. Her...
It is with great sadness that we want to announce the passing of Teresa Ann McAllister Spangelo. Teresa passed away March 18, 2023, in Great Falls, MT after a brief battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loved ones. Teresa was born on April 22, 1953, in Great Falls, MT and grew up in Havre, Montana, with her parents, Alphonsus "Mac" and Shirley McAllister, and her sister, Kathy. She graduated Havre High School in 1971. After graduation, Teresa enlisted in the United Sta...
Thomas “David” DesRosier, 81, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana, Monday, June 19, 2023. In accordance with his wishes, he has been cremated, and his funeral services will be held this weekend in Big Sandy, Montan. Vigil service will be Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 at 7 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Big Sandy. Funeral Mass will be Saturday Aug 5, 2023, at 11 a.m., also at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church....
Havre Police Department A caller reported Thursday at 6:41 a.m. that cows were loose on Wilson Avenue, and at 7:04 a.m. dispatch reported that a friend of the cows' owner would be coming to get the cows. -- Officers investigated Thursday 8:01 a.m. and 8:02 a.m. reports of 24/7 Sobriety Program no-shows. -- A summons was issued after animal control was informed Thursday at 2:46 p.m. about a dog bite. No details on charges were provided. -- A Second Street caller reported Thursd...
Monday Payroll and claims 10:30 a.m. — Insurance meeting for Unified Disposal Board 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in the commissioners’ office Tuesday 9:30 a.m — Health director meeting in the commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in the commissioners’ office Wednesday Regular business hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in the commissioners’ office — No items on agenda as of Friday Friday Regular business...
The Rocky Boys Annual Celebration starts at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this week, with events for youths and adults, competitors and spectators alike, starting with the Youth Rodeo Wednesday, Rocky Boy Rodeo Team Roping Jackpot and Youth Powwow Thursday, and the main powwow and rodeo starting Friday and running through Sunday. The annual celebration brings thousands of people to the area from around the nation and across borders, as well. Some special guests are involved...
While the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club saw its trip to the Class A State Tournament end on Thursday, there were plenty of exciting baseball games throughout the weekend in Laurel. By Sunday afternoon, the tournament came down to the Belgrade Bandits and the Laurel Dodgers for a spot in the Northwest Regional Tournament. Both the Bandits and the Dodgers had to battle throughout the weekend to reach the championship game. On Wednesday afternoon, the Belgrade...
