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From Crystal J. Glade Northern Montana Health Care Marketing and Public Relations coordinator When John Basilio boarded a plane bound for Great Falls, Montana, he was looking for more than just a new job - he was looking for a new adventure. For the Filipino Medical Lab Technologist, Montana was a blank canvas, a place he had only heard of in name, thanks to the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana". But John, a big fan of Hollywood film and television, wasn't seeking fame or...
A brand-new location for the Montana Highway Patrol headquarters has been named in honor of a former Hill County attorney and state senator who represented Havre. The Kris Hansen Campus in Boulder was dedicated to the late Kris Hansen Sept. 4. Hansen spearheaded the creation of the location while serving as chief deputy state attorney general, a position she took in 2021. The Highway Patrol office was spread out in multiple offices and storage locations, and Hansen suggested...
Press release Montana Department of Revenue will be in Havre next Wednesday to try to help people understand how property taxes work in the state. DOR’s Property Assessment Division will hold a town hall in Havre at Havre High School from 6 to 8 p.m. “Property tax determination is a complex process in Montana, with state and local governments working together to accurately update and maintain Montana”s property valuation records,” an ad for the town halls says. DOR and local county governments are jointly hosting the town ha...
Montana Actor's Theatre is preparing for another fun year with Death By Chocolate. MAT Executive Director Jay Pyette will be spearheading this year's annual fundraiser. This year's fundraiser is set for Sept. 28, with the location being the same as last years, in the St. Jude Thaddeus School gymnasium. "This will be our 15th time. We started out in the SUB on the Northern campus, but as the event grew, we needed to move to a bigger space," Pyette said, "This event is the...
James M. Sather, 97, passed away due to natural causes at his residence Sunday, July 7, 2024. At his request, only graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 21, 2024, with military honors. A gathering will be held at St. Jude Parish Center after the services. Jim's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to St. Jude Catholic Church or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services... Full story
Annmarie Louise Robinson of Helena, age 63, passed away September 11, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2024, at Helena Alliance Church.... Full story
Elizabeth “Betty” Joyce Dyer Bitz passed away September 9, 2024, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She joyfully celebrated her 87th birthday September 4, with family and friends by her side. A memorial service to celebrate her life was held Friday, September 13, at 2 p.m. at the Big Sandy Community Church of God. Cremation has taken place and her ashes will be interred with Ron’s at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Ashes will also be scattered at the farm as per her w... Full story
Betty Alice (Velk) Hankins of Carter passed away at the age of 92. She passed peacefully in Fort Benton on the 13th of September 2024, surrounded by family and loved ones. Betty was born the fourth of nine children to Thomas and Alice (Brendan) Velk on the 25th of October 1931 in Havre, MT. They raised Betty and her siblings north of Havre on a farm. She talked fondly of her time She married Joseph “Joe” Eugene Hankins on the 23rd of October 1949. They had six boys, Jos... Full story
Shirley Isbell, 90, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center Monday, September 16, 2024. Cremation has taken place, and a vigil service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Her funeral Mass will begin at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2024, also at St. Jude’s. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery.... Full story
Marvin William “Booba” Melby has joined his wife Rosie and all his pups September 6, 2024. He was born to John and Beulah Melby September 29th, 1943. He had eight siblings and was proceeded in death by Raymond, Millie, Arlen “Squeek,” Lois, Charles ”Bud,” Francis, Reatha “Reet” and David “Whitey” Melby. He and Rosie are survived by Rosie’s three children, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild, along with many nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews. He was an ex... Full story
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Washington man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills in the Havre area and to illegally possessing a gun was sentenced Sept. 3 to six years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Travis Lee Brown of Yakima, Washington, 42, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and to prohibited person in pos...
The Havre Weekly Chronicle was unable to complete the For the Record entry in time for publication this week. The paper intends to print the entire record in the Sept. 26 edition....
Hill County Commission schedules and agendas also are posted in the Hill County Courthouse. Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner working session in the Commission Office 11 a.m. — Safety Committee Meeting at the Hill County Public Library 1:30 p.m. — Clerk and Recorder meeting in the Commission Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director meeting in the Commission Office Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 8:30 a.m. Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in the Commission Office 10:30 a...
The Havre High cross country teams were on home soil this past Saturday as they played host to the annual Havre Invitational at Prairie Farms Golf Course. The Havre girls took home first place honors with 38 points as 13 teams took part in the event. The Havre boys finished fifth overall. The boys meet was captured by Poplar as 18 teams competed on the boys side. Havre High's Hailey Gingery finished third individually with a 21:18.4 to lead the way for the Blue Ponies. Marley...
Back on the road, the Havre High football team lost a heartbreaker last Friday night. In their third Eastern A game of the young season, the Blue Ponies fell at Miles City 22-19. The Ponies got an early spark from Tre Gary, who returned a Miles City kickoff 80 yards for a score, that tied the game at 7-7. Havre took a 13-78 lead when Griffin Terry threw a touchdown pass to Chris Bell in the second stanza. Miles City would answer and take a 14-13 lead into halftime, and the...
The Montana State University-Northern Rodeo Team competed in its second meet of the 2024 fall season this past weekend. The Lights and Skylights were at the Dawson Community College rodeo in Glendive over the weekend. Second-place finishes individually included Kenda Statham in goat tying at 14.9 seconds as well as Tobin and Talan Cummins in the team roping in 22.6 seconds. Preston Bird and Chance ThreeIrons finished just behind in the team roping competition, coming in at...
It was finally time for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team to begin Frontier Conference play. But after a strong preseason, the Skylights came up short in the conference opener last Friday night in Dillon as Northern lost to Montana Western 3-1. The Skylights fell to the Bulldogs in four sets (23-25, 26-24, 25-21, and 25-12). The Skylights took the first set, taking the lead early. The Bulldogs tied the set 20-20, but Northern went on a 5-3 run to take the...
The Havre High volleyball team took to the road this past weekend for a pair of Eastern A matches. And the Ponies came home with a hard-fought split. The Blue Pony varsity squad battled Class A powerhouse Hardin last Friday, coming up just short in a 3-1 loss. Still, the Ponies fought the Bulldogs all the way to the end in what was a great match. Havre would bounce right back with a win over Glendive on Saturday. The Ponies beat the Red Devils 3-1 in Glendive to pick up a key...
MISSOULA - Montana Grizzly football returned to its winning ways on Saturday in emphatic fashion, dominating the Morehead State Eagles 59-2 in Missoula to improve to 2-1 on the year. The game was never in doubt with the Griz scoring 39 first-half points and not allowing an offensive score all day. Montana dominated in the trenches in the cathartic blowout win. The Griz ran for 410 yards while holding the Eagles to just 45 total yards on the day. The defense had 24 different...
Press release Sept. 11, the public comment period for the USDA’s proposed Packers and Stockyards Act rules came to a close. Members of the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC), Northern Plains Resource Councils (NPRC), Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA), Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI), stand firmly behind the proposed rule, believing it will effectively combat the unfair practices of meatpacker monopolies and protect r...
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications through its updated Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to provide financial assistance to eligible dairy producers who incur milk losses due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as H5N1 infection in their dairy herds. USDA’s Farm Service Agency expanded ELAP through the rule-making process to assist with a portion of financial losses resulting from reduced milk production when cat...
North Central Senior Center Sept. 23-27 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, Sept. 13, 20204 — Fish sticks, tarter aauce, apple sauce, macaroni salad, corn Tuesday, Sewpt. 24, 2024 — Chicken Caesar wraps, mixed veggies, mxed fruit, chocolate pudding Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 — Hot hamburger sandwich, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, Peaches Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 — Eggs Benedict, hash browns, oranges Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 — Ham and bean soup, deviled ham sandwich, green beans, apples, Rice Krispy tTreats Rudyard C...
1 Corinthians 15:9-11 "I am the least of the Apostles ..." Out our way, the term "drag" has a meaning that most of the rest of the nation does not understand. Once, the term "drag" tended to be about cars in "drag races" Nowadays, in this pop culture, it tends to refer to men dressed as women marching in parades or going into classrooms to read to little kids. So you can imagine the looks I get when I tell folks I used to ride drag. But as many of you know, when driving a...
It's amazing to consider the vast diversity of life. From the tiniest of microbes to ultra-massive black holes, from single-celled organisms to complex body structures like plants and animals, or even earth's biomes or interstellar gas planets. The variety is enough to blow the mind. Let's consider the mere scale of creation for just a moment. They say over one million earths could fit into the sun. And yet, the sun is just a speck amid the vastness of the Milky Way. But at 10...
You know, Lord, sometimes something we see reminds us of something we heard, long ago; time, place and author, unknown. Seeing deer in the yard brought to mind this story about deer fillings. The author, a retired pastor, couldn't handle retirement so he volunteered at various places, doing various jobs because he knew that Old Folks Saying: "Old preachers never die, they just go out to 'pastor'". He worked an afternoon shift at a retirement center, stating that his wife...
