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James W. "Jim" Murry, top Montana labor leader and friend, passed away last October. On the 29th of August, his memory is being celebrated at a Memorial Service at Tizer Botanic Gardens, just outside of Jefferson City. In the period of Montana history from 1965 to 1990, when Montana dramatically changed from being a corporate colony to a citizen-oriented state, nobody played a larger role in that progressive period than Jim Murry. He stood astride those 25 years like a...
Editor’s note: This version includes an addition to “Budgets” made by the Hill County Commission after printing deadline Monday. 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 Adopting Council on Aging state budget Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Health Department and Liberty County satellite – WIC Program contract Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivi...
Throughout August, both the Havre High football and volleyball teams have used their training camps to get ready for the upcoming season that is now less than a week away. While they have done their best to get their teams ready in practice, it was hard to simulate game speed. But with the Blue/White games this past weekend, both programs have now given their players the chance to experience game speed before the season. The HHS football team got the weekend started with...
Firefighters continue today to fight the Pine Grove Fire in the Little Rocky Mountains, gaining some headway with cooler weather and rain in the last week, with an update this morning saying the fire is 58 percent contained, with the increase mainly on the fire’s southeast edge. The update said crews today will confirm on the fire’s perimeter information provided Sunday in an infrared flight which showed heat only in the interior of the fires area. Agency authorities this morning also will discuss the need for evacuation war...
While COVID-19 numbers rise locally, state and nationwide in a delta variant-driven surge, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in people 16 and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization, including for people 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain...
Montana Horseshoe Pitchers' Association held its state championship at Tip-It Bar in Havre this past weekend, producing multiple champions for Havre with the event also raising money for fire relief in the area. Montana Horseshoe Pitchers' Association Vice President Dave Rowin - who won a world championship horseshoe competition this year - said 60 throwers competed over the weekend at the state horseshoe tournament held at Tip-It Bar in North Havre. Competitors throw 40...
Editor’s note: Harlem schools were not able to provide an interview in time to be included in a back-to-school special section inserted in today’s edition. Look to the special section for more on other areas schools return to the classroom. As schools all across north-central Montana return to session with the start of the 2021-22 school year, Harlem Public Schools Superintendent Arlene Bigby said last year had plenty of challenges to learn from, and many of the lessons lea...
The Hill County Board of Health has called a special meeting to be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hill County Courthouse Annex meeting room to discuss how Montana House Bill 702 affects the county’s quarantine policies. HB 702 prohibits discrimination based on vaccine status or possession of an immunity passport, defined as any physical or electronic record of whether a person is immune to any disease through vaccination or infection and recovery. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance states that people n...
Liberty County Public Health announced Friday that due to a high risk situation, all visitation is stopped at Liberty Medical Center. No changes have been made to visitation at Wheat Country Estates. The state update this morning listed 2 new cases in Liberty County, 11 active, 145 total cases, 1 death. Blaine County Health Department reported Friday evening being notified of 5 new cases, 22 active, no active hospitalizations listed, 861 total cases, 24 deaths. Its next update will be this evening. Hill County Health...
Jerry Lee Garding, age 70, passed away peacefully Monday, August 16, 2021, at home. Born May 14, 1951, in Havre, Montana to Adolph J. and Fern E. (Nefzger) Garding, he was the fourth of eight children. Three preceded him in death, but he is survived by four brothers – Joseph (Beatriz), David (Mary Beth), Robert (Lori) and Phillip (Diane) – and several nieces and nephews. Jerry was formerly married to Mikki Neuwerth of Havre. Jerry was well-known in Kalispell as an expert pin...
Gary T. Webb, 63, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital on Sunday, August 15, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and private graveside services will be held at a later date. Gary's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Gary's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at...
A story on Page A3 of Friday’s edition about a get-together for Havre High School’s class of 1970 Aug. 28 misreported the number people should text to RSVP with their name and the number of their guests. The number is 210-288-8169....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report made at 9:04 a.m. Friday from Second Street of a dog bite. -- Officers investigated a report from a service on the 600 Block of Second Street at 1:14 p.m. Friday that someone had stolen a bicycle. -- Officers investigated a report made at 1:18 p.m. Friday from the 400 Block of First Street of a two-vehicle non-injury crash. -- Officers investigated a report made at 1:26 p.m. Friday from the 10 Block of First Street of a mo...
Press release Freshman and new student orientation will take place the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 25. Students will have the opportunity to tour the building, meet staff and teachers, and have presentations of clubs and activities offered by Havre High School. Orientation will run from 8:15-11:45 a.m. The orientation is part of the ninth graders first day of school. The students will be released for lunch at 11:45 a.m. until 12:34 p.m., then go to their regular classes until 3:16 p.m. And Havre High offered a “Welcome B...
The 20th Anniversary celebration for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument will take place on Saturday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, with a list of special speakers. As part of the celebration, no admission fee will be charged to tour the Interpretive Center on this day. People can bring the whole family out to tour the new interpretive exhibits, attend special programs featuring guest speakers, visit booths...
From Montana PBS This fall, Montana PBS continues its commitment to make resources available to every Pre-K through grade 12 student and teacher who needs educational resources for learning at home. People are invited to enjoy award-winning children’s programming every weekday morning and afternoon for children ages 3-8, plus selected programs broadcast from noon to 3 p.m. for students ages 9 and older. The daytime weekday schedule is dedicated to Montana state standards-aligned educational programming provided by Montana P...
After a spring season that saw no fans in the stands, Tilleman Field filled up again for the second time this August when the Montana State University-Northern football team held their second scrimmage of the fall camp on Saturday. The scrimmage served as the finale of the Lights' camp that had been ongoing for several weeks. With fall camp finally over, MSU-N head coach Andrew Rolin believes his team performed well in their final session before the season. "Defensively, we...
It was time for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team top open their second season of 2021. And Northern did just that this past weekend in Arizona. The Skylights played four matches this past weekend in both Prescott and Surprise, Arizona, where they went 1-3 top start the 2021 fall campaign. Northern opened the weekend against Embry-Riddle losing a 3-2 heartbreaker by scores of 27-25, 22-25, 26-24, 13-25 and 14-16. The matches couldn't have been any closer...
After a highly-successful Havre Invitational on Thursday, the turnaround for the Havre High golf teams was short. Last Friday, the Blue Ponies traveled to East Glacier for the 2021 Browning Invitational, where they faced Western A teams like Polson, Whitefish, Frenchtown, Ronan, Columbia Falls and host Browning. And, the tournament was tough because of rain and cold according to head coach George Ferguson. "Pretty early for those types of conditions," Ferguson said. "I'm not...
