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The staff and faculty at Havre High School would like to welcome students back to school Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Registration is taking place online this year. People can login to the Parent Portal at http://www.blueponyk12.com and electronically sign the enrollment forms for your student. Parents will also be able to purchase activity passes and yearbooks through the online school store. If people are unable to access the Parent Portal, they contact the high school main office at 406-395-8551. Schedules are being...
Representatives from High Plains Architects held the last of their public meetings on Havre’s soon-to-be-completed Downtown Master Plan, where they discussed the contents of the plan and heard comments and questions about the plan. High Plains President Randy Hafer presented the contents of the plan, which is designed to revitalize the downtown area of Havre and has been in development for years. Hafer said at this point the plan is basically done and after the meeting they will take all that is said under advisement for t...
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees held a special meeting Tuesday to approve a number of new paraprofessionals for the district as well as approve union contracts with paraprofessionals and building administrators. HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller said, due to their recent job fair, they got a bunch of new paraproffessionals as well as people to fill extracurricular and teaching positions at the middle school on a part-time basis. Muller also said they reached an agreement for a 1-year contract with the district’s p...
The Great Northern Fair Commission heard updates on multiple issues and events at the fairgrounds during its monthly meeting Tuesday, including a major musical event coming to Havre. Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said the country band Blackhawk will be performing at the fairgrounds Thursday, Oct. 20. English said after the meeting that he received the signed contract for the performance earlier Tuesday. Part of the proceeds from the show will go to the...
Katheryn Houghton Kaiser Health News LIVINGSTON - Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy it is to use the medicine that can reverse opioid overdoses. "Hopefully your business would never have to respond to an overdose, but we'd rather have you have some Narcan on hand just in case," Piccolo, director of Park City-County Health Department, said to the hotel manager. The manager listened to Piccolo's instructions on how to...
by Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press Seated in his wheelchair next to the witness stand in a Billings courtroom Monday, 26-year-old Mitch Bohn calmly responded to a series of rapid-fire questions about his voting habits over the past eight years. How does he typically cast his vote? By absentee ballot, Bohn said, filling it out as early as possible and relying on his parents to drop it in the family’s mailbox. Has he ever returned his ballot another way? Once, Bohn said, when he filled his ballot out later than intended w...
MISSOULA (AP) — John Engen, Missoula’s longest-serving mayor, died Monday of pancreatic cancer, city officials said. He was 57. After winning his fifth term in November 2021, Engen announced in March that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had a tumor on his liver. His death was announced in a news release by city spokesperson Ginny Merriam. Gwen Jones, president of the city council, has been appointed interim mayor until a new mayor can be chosen, Merriam said. Engen led with humor, strength and grace, Jon...
Ginger Faye Zanto was a caring wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, and friend. Ginger passed August 14, 2022, at home in Havre, Montana, at the age of 76, after a courageous battle with cancer. Her funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. August 29, 2022, at the St. Jude’s Catholic Church. Deacon Tim Maroney will officiate. A reception is to follow immediately after the service at Prairie Farms Golf Course. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Women’s Golf Association with the memo “Go...
RIVERTON, Wyo. - Barbara Ann Ryan of Riverton, 86, otherwise known as "Sweet Bobbie Ann," passed away at the Help for Health Hospice Home Friday, August 12, 2022, with her family by her side. A memorial service will be held October 3, 2022, in Riverton at a location to be determined. Barbara Ann Bateman was born on May 31, 1936, in Rawlins, Wyoming, to Robert L. and Mary Catherine (Bickel) Bateman, joining siblings Jack and Mary Lou. The family moved often throughout Wyoming...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Floodway easement Quit claim deeds....
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet Thursday, Aug. 18, at 3 p.m. in Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of July 21 minutes 2. Correspondence 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North end of South Way Lake (B) Airport attorney (C) 2023 Budget (D) CIP approval (E) Electrical bid Big Hangar 6. New business 7. Approval of August claims....
Havre Police Department A First Street caller reported a biting dog issue Tuesday at 7:18 a.m. -- A 17-year-old was issued a summons on charges of trespass to property and disorderly conduct after a caller reported a disturbance was in progress on 10th Street West Tuesday at 3:51 p.m. -- A stolen vehicle was reported Tuesday at 5:36 p.m. on Grant Avenue. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported on 18th Street at 6:16 p.m. Tuesday. -- A hit and run crash was reported on...
Havre Daily News staff A free Hunter Safety class is being offered by Chippewa Cree Tribe Fish and Wildlife. Set for Monday, Aug. 22, through Thursday, Aug. 25, the four sessions will be 6-9 p.m. each day at Stone Child College in the Kennewash Building. The course is for people 11 years of age and older, and they must attend all four sessions to meet tribal and Montana state certification guidelines. A parent of guardian must accompany minors on the first day to provide a signature. Masks are required, as well, to attend....
The fall sports season is finally back as the Havre High golf teams begin their seasons this week. After competing in the Fergus County Invite in Lewistown today, the Blue Ponies will return home to compete in the Havre Invite Thursday. Lane Kinsella looks forward to getting back on the golf course this week to begin his senior season. "I'm looking forward to it. I believe that we're going to do pretty good," Kinsella said about the Havre Invite. "Everybody's going to step up...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture welcomed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which will deliver $19.5 billion in new conservation funding to support climate-smart agriculture. This historic funding will bolster the new steps that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Monday to improve opportunities for nutrient management. NRCS will target funding, increasing program flexibilities, launch a new outreach campaign to promote nutrient management’s economic benefits, in addition to expan...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — As winter wheat harvest in Montana comes to a close, producers may be thinking about fertilizer decisions for upcoming winter wheat seeding. Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and chloride should all be considered in fertility programs, said Clain Jones, soil fertility specialist with Montana State University Extension and professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture. Phosphorous and potassium Phosphorus and potassium are i...
Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it is awarding $197 million for 41 locally led conservation projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. RCPP is a partner-driven program that leverages partner resources to advance innovative projects that address climate change, enhance water quality, and address other critical challenges on agricultural land. “Our partners are experts in their fields and understand the challenges in their own backyards,” Agriculture Secre...
