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A lack of resources, poor communications, complex terrain and the sheer scope of the fire led to complications in the East Fork Fire response that some may have seen as failure, East Fork Fire Incident Commander Don Pyrah said Friday. “This is not a normal fire,” Pyrah said. “A normal fire here is several acres, it’s easy to put out and (people) go back to their lives. That is not what occurred here.” Pyrah’s comments came after a public meeting Thursday night in Montana State University-Northern’s Hensler Auditorium wh...
Staff and wire report The incident commander of the East Fork Fire in the Bear Paw Mountains said the cool weather and rain has helped with the fire, which was declared 100 percent contained Saturday. “Things went very well over the weekend,” incident commander Don Pyrah of the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said this morning. “ … I’m feeling really good where were at, to be really honest with you.” The fire started by the East Fork Reservoir on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Sunday, Aug. 27, and...
Havre Daily News staff Rain and cooler weather invaded the area just as Festival Days got underway, but it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of people attending the events of the 38th annual celebration. People still lined the streets for Saturday's parade, beat sunrise to the annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, and spent 48 cool hours, with 24 in the rain, during the 48-Hour Softball Tournament. Some events adjusted to the weather, including the Second Annual Rock Lotto event...
by Havre Daily News staff A Havre Daily News reporter has earned top-level recognition for her piece about the rise - and then sharp fall - in cattle prices over the last few years. Pam Burke received second place in the Inland Press Newsroom competition in the investigative reporting category. Inland Press Association is an organization of more than 1,000 newspapers in the United States, Canada and Bermuda. Burke said it is the people who supply the information that make the...
The Hill County Commission will be out of the office all this week at a Montana Association of Counties meeting in Bozeman. Office hours will be observed all week with no actions taken by the commission....
From Big Sandy FFA Big Sandy FFA Chapter took 22 students to Hobson Sept. 13 for the FFA District Leadership Conference. The students participated in leadership and trust exercises, learned about FFA, and discussed career opportunities within agriculture. District Leadership Conference serves as a kickoff to the new FFA competition season. "It was exciting to see an increased number of junior high students as well as some new upperclassmen joining us at this purposeful...
Like Montanans across the state, each month my husband and I sit down at our kitchen table and balance our checkbook. We pay our bills, we look at our bank account, we readjust our budget, and we do our best to put aside money for the months and years ahead. Recently, the state of Montana received some disturbing news: The amount of money coming into our state is not enough to pay our bills. So in order to keep the lights on, the governor has been forced to instruct his cabinet to find 10 percent in possible spending cuts to...
As cooler temperatures and precipitation finally bring a hint of relief to smoke-weary Montanans, the unusual nature of summer 2017 is coming into focus and the influence of climate change is impossible to ignore. Extreme weather has no doubt been the dominant story throughout the country this summer as hurricanes and tropical storms have ravaged the southeastern United States and wildfires have wreaked havoc in the West. A simple Google search will yield hundreds of stories about the impacts of these events, but very few...
Editor, With the drought and fire our part of the world has taken some natural resource “hits” this year. These have led to some personal losses. Though personal losses from the fire are substantial for a few folks, overall our region will suffer more from the drought than from the fire. Our part of the world is subject to fires and droughts just like the Gulf and East coasts are subject to hurricanes. Regardless of the origin of the fire and drought and weather, the progression of each has its own momentum. Droughts, fir...
Editor, As the Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department are released and make their way home, they look back on these past weeks at the major accomplishments this community pulled together to achieve, we are truly amazed and humbled. The East Fork Fire pushed many of us to our limits and everyone pushed back with 110 percent. We want to thank the local community and surrounding areas for all they contributed to this effort. Many local businesses and people stepped up and provided for our firefighters, local ranchers and...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Havre Middle School caller made a domestic abuse report Friday at 1:11 p.m. —— Tyler Rochelle Azure of Havre, 24, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Friday at 10:16 p.m. during a motor vehicle stop on 13th Street West. —— Officers made two arrests during a motor vehicle stop on Second Street Northeast at 10:38 p.m. Tammie Christyne Herrera of Havre, 55, was arrested on a probation violation, and James Dean Keller of Havre, 56, was arrested on a driving...
Hill County is soliciting bids to contract a firm to provide IT support, maintenance and management services. Interested parties may contact the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s office, 406-265-5481, ext. 221, for the complete RFP and further details....
An easy win also turned into a nightmare scenario for the Montana Grizzlies. Montana walloped Savannah State 56-3 on Saturday, but the Griz appear to have lost senior quarterback Reese Phillips for the season. Red-shirt freshman quarterback Gresch Jensen was called into duty after Phillips suffered a leg injury while scrambling on a broken play and had to be carted off the field. Jensen, a redshirt freshman, completed 11 of 15 passes in relief, finding Keenan Curran for a pair...
The Havre High football team went to Belgrade last Friday night in search of its first win. However, the Blue Ponies ran into a buzzsaw and lost a game that got away from them in the second half. The Ponies (0-4) and Panthers (2-2) battled to a scoreless tie at the end of the first quarter, but after that it was all Belgrade. The Panthers ultimately used five rushing touchdowns and a strong defensive performance to defeat Havre 34-6. “Going into the second half, we were down 1...
After going winless at the Electric City Tournament, the Havre High volleyball team was looking to get back into the win column and Saturday night in Conrad, the Blue Ponies did just that. In a non-conference matchup, Havre took care of the Conrad Cowgirls in straight sets, winning the match by the scores of 25-19, 25-21 and 25-15. HHS will be at home this week for the first time this season, hosting Browning Friday night and Cut Bank Saturday. Both matches will be played...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team had built up some momentum at the close of the non-conference schedule. Last Thursday, though, Rocky Mountain College took all that away in the Skylights' Frontier Conference opener. Then, in their home opener, it looked like UM-Western was about to do the same thing to the Skylights, despite playing in front of a raucous Armory Gymnasium crowd for the first time this season, and for the first time in new head coach Rose...
The Havre High golf teams had 36 holes left in their regular season. Just 36 holes to play for the Central A Divisional Tournament. Unfortunately, the Ponies only got to play 18 of those holes last week. On Thursday, Havre took part in the Billings Central Invitational, and was supposed to finish the regular season with the Laurel Invite Friday. However, the much-needed rain that fell across the state forced the cancellation of Friday's event at the Laurel Country Club....
For the first time this season, the Havre High cross country teams got a chance to compete against their Class A rivals and when the race was finished, both Blue Pony teams came out looking pretty good. Led by the individual efforts of Kadia Miller on the girls team and Austin Jones on the boys team, both Havre squads finished seventh in the competitive field at the Lewistown Invitational Friday. Hardin won the girls meet going away and in the boys meet, the top team wound up...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights had started the 2017 on fire offensively. The Carroll College Fighting Saints had not. Saturday in Helena however, that all changed. Both the Lights and Saints came into their showdown at Nelson Stadium searching for their first win of the new season, and after running 59 times and rushing for 312 yards, it was the Saints who got into the win column with a 34-3 victory over the now 0-3 Lights. Carroll's Major Ali led the ground...
