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Articles from the August 3, 2023 edition


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  • Black Butte Fire 20-percent contained; aerial resources provide more-accurate mapping

    Updated Aug 4, 2023

    From U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wildland fire-fighting crews and aerial resources working the Black Butte Fire, in north-central Montana, were able to suppress the fire's growth Thursday, with containment estimated at about 20%. Aerial perimeter mapping conducted Thursday brought more-accurate and welcome news that the fire's total acreage is approximately 460 acres – smaller than initial ground-level visual estimates. The wildfire located on BLM-managed lands near the M...

  • 700-acre wildfire burns in Blaine County

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Aug 3, 2023

    A 700-acre fire is burning in southern Blaine County on Bureau of Land Management-managed land in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. A release from BLM says the now-named Black Butte Fire is about 20 miles west of Landusky, burning timber grass and sagebrush, but is in a remote area of the monument and no structures are at risk for the moment. The wildfire was reported Aug. 1 at 1 p.m. when smoke was spotted in the Ervin Ridge area of the monument, the release said, and BLM’s North Central Montana District wil...

  • Comments sought on proposed work at Big Sandy Creek Bridge

    Updated Aug 3, 2023

    Havre Daily News staff Montana Department of Transportation announced it has a project in the works to stabilize an area on U.S. Highway 2 damaged by the heavy flooding this spring. The proposal is to stabilize the Big Sandy Creek bank and complete erosion repair efforts on the ditches located next to U.S. Highway 2 three miles west of Havre. The project begins at mile marker 376, and extends for approximately half a mile, ending just west of the Big Sandy Creek Bridge. Project Design Engineer Chris Ward said that during the...

  • Quick pics: Testing all the hydrants

    Updated Aug 3, 2023

  • USDA Invests more than $20M in health care in rural Montana

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 3, 2023

    U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana is touting $20 million in investments it has made to improve rural health care in the state, with more than half of that here in this part of north-central Montana and another providing services in this region. Rural Development State Director Kathleen Williams announced in a release last week a total of $20 million in recent investments in 11 public organizations, non-profits, and rural health care facilities in Montana through the Emergency Rural Health Care grant...

  • For the Record, Aug. 3, 2023

    Updated Aug 3, 2023

    Havre Police Department A Seventh Street caller reported hitting a parked car Tuesday at 7:37 a.m. -- Angel Rose Gilead of Havre, 21, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a positive test in the 24/7 Sobriety Program at 7:56 a.m. Tuesday. -- Martin Duane Flying Jr. of Havre, 31, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a no show for the 24/7 Sobriety Program at 8:19 a.m. Tuesday. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller at a U.S. Highway 2...

  • Schedule for MSU-N men's basketball team released

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 3, 2023

    While the season is still several months away, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has released its schedule for the 2023-24 season. The Lights will begin the season Oct. 28 with a game against Portland Bible College in Butte. The Lights will then start November with a road trip to California to play teams such as La Sierra University, William Jessup University, Menlo College and Pacific Union College. The Lights will return to Montana to play...

  • 2023 MSU-Northern Hall of Fame class announced

    Updated Aug 3, 2023

    Press release MSU-Northern Athletics will induct five individuals and one team into their Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023. Individuals will be inducted at a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 1, as part of Hall of Fame weekend. They will also be recognized during halftime festivities when the Lights host Rocky Mountain College Sept. 2 at Tilleman Field. This year’s inductees include the 1992 NAIA Division II National Champion women’s basketball team as well as individuals Taylor Cummings...