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Havre Public Works announced this morning members of its staff are working on a water main break on the 1100 block of Cleveland Avenue. Water is turned off to that block so the department can start the excavation and repair, a release said. It asked people to be aware of men and equipment in the area and note that through traffic will not be permitted on the block. The department will be providing updates as the become available, including on its Facebook page at...
Programs at Aaniih Nakoda College on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation continue to move forward in health and science, technology, engineering and mathematics - STEM - fields, with two programs over the summer ending recently. A release said that one program, the Young Medicine Movement is a multi-level, innovative approach to supporting and developing Aaniiih and Nakoda scholars from the reservation via an educational pathway and tailored support for rising juniors in high...
Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press A state judge in Helena Wednesday blocked portions of a law passed by the 2023 Legislature to create a system of charter schools — or what supporters call “community choice schools” — in Montana. In his decision, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Chris Abbott barred state officials, including Superintendent Elsie Arntzen, from enforcing a large chunk of House Bill 562, which lawmakers approved on largely party lines this spring. However, Abbott declined to block a part of the bil...
by Carla Jenewein Local Red Cross blood drive coordinator July 25, 2023, the Chinook community hosted the Red Cross blood drive. We had 47 donors register with 47 units collected. We registered one first time donor, Daniel Mohar. Two donors reached milestones, Amanda Grebliunas, 1 gallon, and Don Ranstrom, 17 gallons. Door prizes were awarded to Daniel Mohar, Trisha Merrill, Ken Maley, Reese Elliot, Shellie McMaster and Brooke Pruttis. Door prizes were provided by the Presbyterian Church and Zion Lutheran Church as well as No...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Destination northeast Montana The combination of the previous summer's drought and a tough winter appeared to impact upland bird populations coming into the breeding season in some areas, but also brought enough soil moisture to begin recovering the entire region from drought. May and June (the most critical months for game bird production) saw above average rainfall, which fully pulled the region out of drought for the first time since 2020....
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Although most hunters respect the land, property and wildlife they are hunting, a minority do not. Yet these few bad actors lead to frustration from private landowners and hunters looking to do things right. This year remember: It's up to us. Respect access. Protect the hunt. Every hunting season, there are reports of vandalizing of Block Management Area (BMA) boxes, hunters driving off road, illegal trespassing, hunters being shot over,...
Mark Douglas Larson passed away September 5, 2023. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Michael O’Hearn officiating. Mark’s family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to Havre Youth Hockey, First Lutheran Church, or the charity of the donor’s choice....
Kenneth James Nelson of Havre, Montana, 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by his four children on August 31, 2023 at the Great Falls Clinic Hospital. Ken was born January 14, 1951, in Havre, Montana, to Fredrick Kenneth Nelson and Doris Helen James. They returned to their farm in Joplin, where he spent his childhood. Ken took on many of the responsibilities on the family farm and ranch while growing up, which didn't leave much time for extracurricular activities. These...
MATTHEW BROWN The Associated Press BILLINGS — A Louisiana company will receive $2.6 million to relinquish the last remaining oil and gas lease on U.S. forest land near Montana’s Glacier National Park that’s sacred to Native Americans, government officials and attorneys involved in the deal said Friday. The deal would resolve a decades-long dispute over the 10-square-mile oil and gas lease in the mountainous Badger-Two Medicine area of northwestern Montana. The lease was issued in 1982 but has not been developed. It’s on the...
Havre Police Department Officers assisted another law enforcement agency at Montana State University-Northern Wednesday at 7 a.m. -- Martin Duane Flying Jr. of Havre, 31, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program no-show reported at the police station Wednesday at 8:07 a.m. -- Ryan Steven Ferguson of Chinook, 33, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and charges of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and pos...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team will get back at it this weekend. After a scrimmage against Medicine Hat College last Friday in Havre, the Skylights (3-4) return to preseason action with the Frontier-North Star Challenge Friday and Saturday in North Dakota. Northern, which is led offensively by Alyssa Pretty Weasel, former Havre Blue Pony Jessa Chvilicek and others thus far, will start the tournament off on Friday against Mayville State at 11 a.m.. The...
The Havre High volleyball team is off to a hot start this season and it will look to continue that this weekend with another pair of matches. The Blue Ponies start the weekend on Friday night with a road match against Glendive. They will then return home to HHS Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon to face Hardin. As the Ponies head into this weekend slate, HHS head coach Cassie Krueger hopes to see more improvement from her team. "My expectations for this weekend are to find a...
