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Hearings scheduled for this morning in which the former Hill County attorney was to show cause as to why she did not file judgments as required, after sentences were imposed in seven cases, were vacated Wednesday afternoon. District Judge Dan Boucher vacated the hearings requiring Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson to appear. After a highly criticized year-and-a-half in office, Cole-Hodgkinson resigned effective 8 a.m. Monday. The Hill County Commission appointed Karen Alley, the sole...
Fishing fans may have noticed something a little different this summer about one of the Hi-Line's most popular fisheries. Reser Reservoir, a Bureau of Land Management reservoir located approximately 18 miles northwest of Chinook, has been being slowly drained throughout the summer due to structural damage at the dam. A small washout was observed this spring, and repair and maintenance to the dam is necessary to avoid a complete loss to the structure. Montana Fish, Wildlife...
Rocky Boy's 54th Annual Celebration kicks off Friday but related events have already begun this week with a Youth Rodeo Monday and the Rocky Boy Rodeo starting Tuesday. The Rocky Boy Rodeo is a United Indian Rodeo Association-sanctioned event and a qualifying round in the Indian National Finals Rodeo, with the winners having a chance to go to Las Vegas to compete. The event was sponsored by Jitterbugs in Box Elder and Yeti Coolers LLC. In addition to prize money, winners of...
Residents at the Eagles Manor retirement living facility are trapped by real estate negotiations in an overheating building. The air conditioning has been broken this summer, they said, causing rooms to overheat during the hottest months of the year. July temperatures in Havre reached 103 degrees fahrenheit, Weather Underground reported. A member of the Eagles Manor Resident Council spoke about the temperatures in the building with the Havre Daily News Wednesday on condition...
Havre Police responded this morning to a 3:34 a.m. report of an attempted robbery at a First Street West business and are still looking for the suspect. A thin, 5-foot-5-inch to 5-foot-8-inch man walked into the business dressed in all-black clothing with a hood and duct tape covering his hands, holding a hatchet, Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said. The man attempted to rob the business by passing a note with a message telling the business’ employee to pass over his wallet. The robbery was unsuccessful but the suspect i...
A man was assaulted Wednesday afternoon on the east edge of Havre and taken to the hospital, and law enforcement are searching for the assailant. Hill County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call at 5:07 p.m. about an assault in progress on 22nd Avenue North near the east crossing of the BNSF Railway tracks. Sheriff’s deputies, Havre Police officers and emergency medical personnel with Havre Fire Department all responded to the scene. Witnesses who work for BNSF saw two...
Havre Police Department Michelle Rose Jiron of Havre, 27, was issued a summons Wednesday at 8:10 a.m. at the police station on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. -- A two-vehicle crash between a Ford Bronco and a pickup truck was reported on First Street Wednesday at 9:16 a.m. -- Jessica Ann Eder of Wolf Point, 36, was arrested on a charge of trespass to property after a Second Street caller reported a woman acting suspiciously Wednesday a...
As Havre sports fans wait for the fall sports season, which is right around the corner, they can satisfy their need for athletic competition this weekend at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field, with Havre hosting the Montana Men's Fastpitch state tournament. The state tournament will feature a total of six teams, including two from Havre. Three of the four others team in attendance will be from Missoula, with another team coming to compete from Plentywood. The first pitch will go...
When it comes to defense in football, sacks get all the headlines. And while linebackers can rack up plenty of sacks, it's the dirty work, the tackles that make a linebacker special. And in 2018, the Frontier Conference will feature arguably some of the best linebackers in NAIA football, and no one is more linebacker rich right now than Southern Oregon. Known for their incredible offenses the last decade, the Raiders have also quietly built great defenses into their program, a...
I live at #3 Nopales on a small piece of the Rancho Esperanza set aside for a dozen or so retirement homes. That’s the sum total of any pretense to an Americano community in this still traditional small village of Etzatlan. It’s not an official government-recognized address. No mail delivery. Jane emailed me that a woman she knows, a woman without benefit of email (how quickly we believe if we do it, everybody does it.) would like to correspond with me. This is not my fir...
Montana State University News Service BOZEMAN – Montana State University Extension has updated its publication on noxious weed identification, “Montana’s Noxious Weeds,” making the information available for the first time as an electronic flipbook accessible on mobile devices. Mobile device users can download the flipbook for free from the MSU Extension store at https://store.msuextension.org by searching the publication number (#EB0159). The new flipbook includes key characteristics of 35 noxious weeds and five regulat...
Press release Dr. Gary Mihelish, chairman of the Montana Mental Health Trust, has announced that the trust is now accepting applications for distribution of trust funds. The trust intends to award a total of $500,000 of new grants in 2018 to help Montanans who suffer from serious mental illness. Current trustees are Mihelish, Rebecca de Camara, Zoe Barnard, and Hon. Pat Cotter, Ret., all of Helena; Sheriff Dan Tronrud, Big Timber; Dr. Ian McGrane, Missoula, and Amber Spring, L.C.P.C., of Havre. The trust director is Hon....
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN – Montana State University’s Center for Health and Safety Culture will host its 2018 Positive Culture Framework Training Sept. 25-27 in Savannah, Georgia. The Positive Culture Framework is based on the center’s research into how perceptions of what is “normal” can influence behavior. The framework looks beyond these norms to address the different levels of a community — including individuals, families, schools and workplaces — or an organization — including executive leadership, managers and su...
Independence Bank is holding a celebration of the new addition to its main building and a thank-you for the support of the community. The bank is holding a community appreciation barbecue celebrating 45 years in business and is holding a grand opening of its new addition from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. at 435 Third St....
Press Release The Montana Council of Cooperatives is inviting people to a night of baseball with the 13th Annual Co-op Nite at the Ball Park Friday, Aug. 10. The game, that starts at 7 p.m., has the Idaho Falls Chukars face off against Great Falls on the Voyagers’ home turf. The first 100 families to arrive receive a goody bag, and a limited number of Co-op Nite T-shirts will be available for the kids. Drawings for valuable door prizes will be held between innings. Co-op Nite is sponsored by 11 cooperatives and support o...
Press release Emily Mayer served for 15 years as Hill County’s human resources professional, pioneering the position for county government officials whose duties were of a human resources director capacity. Her knowledge of human resources is now available to governments, not-for-profits, private businesses and employees via contract. Mayer can manage human resources needs including interviews, new-hire orientation, policy and procedure, Family Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Equal Employment O...
Montana FWP Beginning Aug. 6, hunters can buy over-the-counter and surplus B licenses, antlerless, for deer and elk. Aug. 9, general antelope and antelope B drawing results will be available. Aug. 13, surplus general antelope, antelope B and antelope archery 900-20 licenses go on sale. Aug. 15, antelope archery season opens for the 900-20 license. The 900-20 archery antelope licenses were drawn July 16. The licenses allow bowhunters to hunt antelope from Aug. 15 to Nov. 11 in any hunting district starting with 3, 4, 5, 6 and...
Havre has a strong tradition of trap shooting, and last month in Great Falls, it was on full display. A number of locals had big success at the 124th Montana State Trap Shoot, held at the Great Falls Trap Club in July. Emi Smith had an incredible state shoot, winning the Montana State High All-Around Lady 1 Champion, as well as the Montana State Lady 1 Handicap Champion after winning the Lady 1 Preliminary Handicap Champion. Smith also won the 18-21.5 Yard Handicap,...
