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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
