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A meeting of the Blaine County Board of Health got emotional Wednesday afternoon with the announcement that County Public Health Nurse and Health Officer Jana McPherson-Hauer was resigning effective Oct. 15. McPherson-Hauer said her resignation was due to the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic and the damage it has done to her profession through the curtailing of their authority by the Montana Legislature and the daily stress of having the department's expertise,...
A Havre High School teacher is one of the plaintiffs asking the courts to overturn a law passed this year by the Legislature that restricts Election Day registration. Havre High band teacher Cullen Hinkle is one of the plaintiffs, citing his need to use same-day registration in the 2020 election or not be able to vote. The other plaintiffs are Montana Federation of Public Employees, Montana American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Montana Association...
Billings-based band Counting Coup will play a free concert at Montana State University-Northern Friday evening as part of Homecoming and Native American Heritage weeks. Counting Coup Lead Singer and Bass Player Troy Falcon described their music as Western blues folk rock, and said they are working on their first album. Three of the band’s four members are Native American and Falcon said their lives and experiences are a significant inspiration behind many of their songs. “You bleed on the paper a little bit, you know,” he sa...
Montana State University-Northern is wrapping up a week of events celebrating homecoming with a full slate of events Friday and Saturday. The Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation has been accepting registrations all week and took over trivia night at Old Station Brewery Wednesday to celebrate Homecoming week. The event included special categories with Northern history with prizes for the top three teams. Early bird registration is today from 3-5 p.m. in the...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,144 new cases, 10,842 active cases, 402 hospitalizations and 1,930 deaths. The cumulative total for the state as 145,000 cases. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had 2 new cases. Other data conflicted with figures previously released by Blaine County Health Department, which did not issue a report Wednesday. Hill County Health Department reported Wednesday evening that 27 new cases, 161 active, 6 active hospitalizations, 2,728 t...
Keith Bebee, 30, passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and a graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 24, 2021, in Highland Cemetery. Keith's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to the Havre Friends of the Animal Shelter, the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Keith's online...
Havre Police Department Arlene Cheri Parrish of Lodge Pole, 38, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a caller on Third Street reported that people who had been asked to leave were going in and out of a window Wednesday at 9:33 a.m. -- Tyrel Henry Bear of Havre, 35, was arrested on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children; Jona Jo Bear of Havre, 32, was arr...
I have become adept at simply watching the sky, at comprehending or at thinking I comprehend, the grim and gritty shades of gray, unrelenting gray, and nothing sexy about it, and I confess I never read the above hinted at book but had it been around when I was a teen, I’m sure I would have thought myself quite sophisticated to hide the pages under my bed quilt and greedily turn pages in secret by flashlight. Today I’d rather read the sky, of which on second thought, I hav...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks GLASGOW - Although most hunters respect the land, property and wildlife they are hunting, others may not. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 Citizens Advisory Council, recognizing that this is an ongoing issue, raised the need to annually remind hunters to be good stewards of the land and respect both private and public property. Every hunting season, there are reports of vandalizing of Block Management Area boxes, hunters...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff answer thousands of questions every year from both new and experienced hunters. A new online resource is now available to answer many of those questions and connect hunters with helpful information as they plan their hunt. FWP has created a frequently asked questions guidebook to help make many aspects of hunting in Montana easier to understand, especially for people who are new to hunting in the state. This guidebook is one of several other online...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted at its meeting Aug. 20 regulations for Montana’s first traditional muzzleloader season. House Bill 242 was passed in the 2021 Legislative Session and established a nine-day muzzleloader heritage hunting season for deer and elk that begins on the second Saturday following the end of the regular season. For 2021, the season is Dec. 11 to Dec. 19. To address this new statute, the commission adopted the following regulations, most of whi...
Press release The Fish and Wildlife Commission at its meeting Aug. 20 approved changes to elk shoulder seasons in several hunting districts. All changes apply to this coming hunting season. However, no early shoulder seasons were added. Elk shoulder season changes made by the commission are: • a shoulder season in hunting district 314 that applies to LPT 314-00 only and is not valid on public lands; • extending shoulder season to Feb. 15, 2022 for HDs 262, 290, 298, 314, 390, 391, 393, 411 east of Montana Highway 238 onl...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Potential hunting regulation changes for 2022 and 2023 are available online for the public to review. The proposed changes are coming now during the normal biennial season setting year to help make Montana’s hunting regulations simpler and easier to understand. To see the potential changes and make comment, people can visit https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/public-comment-opportunities/hunting-reg-changes online. Over the last several weeks, FWP biologists have worked on the potential c...
High school golf is the first sport to start the new school year, and it's the first to reach the postseason. For the Havre Blue Ponies, that means this week is Eastern A Divisional. After a quick, but normal regular season, the Havre boys and girls will take on the Sidney Country Club and all of the Eastern A Friday morning, with berths at the Class A state tournament on the line. "Our kids have gotten better all season long," HHS head coach George Ferguson said. "I really li...
The Havre High volleyball team is off to a strong start this season with a 5-1 record. They are currently on a two-match winning streak after a road trip at Sidney and Glendive this past weekend. The Blue Ponies will try to make it four in a row when they play Browning tonight at Blue Pony Gymnasium and on the road Saturday at Lewistown. With two matches in a span of three days, HHS head coach Stephanie Huse hopes to keep her team aggressive. "Expectations for this week are...
Prep Football Standings Eastern A Laurel 3-0 Billings Central 3-0 Lewistown 3-1 Miles City 2-1 Havre 2-2 Glendive 1-3 Sidney 1-3 Hardin 1-3 Livingston 0-4 Northern C A Fort Benton 2-0 3-0 Cascade 2-1 2-2 Belt 1-1 2-1 Rocky Boy 1-1 1-1 GFCC 0-1 0-2 Choteau 0-2 0-3 Northern C B Simms 2-0 4-0 Chinook 3-0 4-0 CJI 1-1 2-1 Shelby 1-2 1-3 Harlem 0-3 1-3 Hays-Lodge Pole 0-3 1-3 Six-Man North Valier 2-0 2-2 PDB 2-0 3-1 Big Sandy 1-0 2-2 Box Elder 1-1 1-2 Sunburst 0-2 1-3 North Star...
