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Monday and Tuesday's regional record-breaking snowfall for October brought down trees and power poles all over Havre and as far east as Malta, resulting in widespread power outages, countywide road closures and emergency services inundated with hundreds of calls, officials say. Thirteen inches of snow fell in Havre from Monday through Tuesday at its recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Nutter said this morning. The...
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, — The Chippewa Cree Tribe at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs can’t fully account for $3.5 million primarily in federal funds, including money for a corruption-plagued water project that’s resulted in numerous convictions, according to government audits and federal officials. The audits by the Office of Inspector General of the U.S Department of Interior examined $3.7 million for Chippewa Cree Tribe transportation programs and a $2 million contrac...
Havre Daily News In a short meeting Monday, Havre City Council unanimously passed the only item on its agenda — allowing the sale and use of fireworks at New Year. The passage of the second reading of the ordinance makes it officially part of the city code. The changes are that the sale lot fireworks are allowed from 8 a.m. to midnight Dec. 31 and the use of fireworks from 10 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1. The sale and use of fireworks in the city from July 2 to July 4 from 8 a.m. to midnight continues in the amended ordi...
Members of the public and representatives from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation held an after action review of the response to the East Fork Fire at the Chinook Fire Station Tuesday night, to find out what improvements can be made when they respond to future wildfires. The review was organized by Blaine and Hill County Commissioners, their respective fire wardens and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Area fire fighters,...
Although the East Fork Fire has been contained and is largely suppressed, Monday evening’s Hill County Park Board meeting was heavily dominated by issues relating to lingering effects of the fire. The grass is already sprouting back out in some burned areas, Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told members of the board and public. Going forward, he said, some of the work includes working with cabin owners whose cabins were burned and replacing fencing that had been consumed all throughout the park. He submitted a c...
From Montana Legal Services Association Did you know that there is a Fire and Drought Assistance Hotline? The Montana Department of Agriculture set up the hotline to connect Montanans affected by fire or drought to available resources, programs and donations. Questions about hay and feed donations, livestock, fencing, and transportation can be directed to the hotline. If you have been affected by fire and/or drought, call the hotline at 1-844-515-1571. For more information, please visit the Public Benefits section of...
From Plant a Seed … READ Each year, as many as 3.4 million babies miss out on a basic building block for early brain development: They aren’t read aloud to beginning at birth. Reading aloud from birth plays a vital role in a child’s brain development, cultivating the language and literacy skills necessary for school and learning readiness. Only 15 percent of parents read aloud from birth, however, and only 8 percent report doing so for 15 minutes a day, according to a survey conducted by YouGov for Read Aloud 15 MINUTES. Thro...
Havre Art Show entry forms available for annual show, set for Nov. 4-5 at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Call 265-4417....
Press release Montana’s Credit Unions announced a Keep the Change, Give Your Time initiative in honor of International Credit Union Day on Oct. 19. The initiative encourages the community, credit union staff, and members to give 2,017 hours of service to their community during the first 19 days of October by volunteering. The spirit of this initiative is to invest in Montana through residents giving their time to deserving projects and to spread awareness of the cooperative principles of credit unions throughout Montana. K...
Havre Police Department Havre police responded to or referred to other agencies a large number of calls Monday and Tuesday regarding downed trees and power lines, traffic problems or stranded vehicles related to the heavy snow and people driving past barricades on streets and requests for welfare checks on people and extra patrols due to the power outage. —— Havre police received several scam calls Monday and Tuesday from people reporting calls where the people calling claimed they were from the IRS threatening action on del...
Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee CEO Richard Sangrey of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was appointed to the State-Tribal Economic Development Commission by Gov. Steve Bullock. Sangrey is serving on the committee as a Chippewa Cree Tribe representative....
The 2017 drought may be the silver lining for rangeland hit by the East Fork Fire, a rangeland plant ecologist at Montana State University said, but some burned areas might require special attention from landowners to help them recover quality, healthy livestock forage. “You were pretty dry up there — it may very well be that the level of damage is pretty minor given that the plants weren’t growing,” Craig Carr, assistant professor of rangeland ecology at MSU in Bozeman, said....
From Farm Service Agency The USDA Farm Service Agency is hosting a producer meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at Bear Paw Elementary School located at 29815 Clear Creek Rd, Chinook, MT 59523. The meeting will be co-hosted by the Hill and Blaine County FSA Offices and is free and open to the public. FSA will present information on the Emergency Conservation Program authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014, the 2014 Farm Bill. ECP Fire Signup is scheduled for Oct. 9 to Nov. 8 in both counties. For land to be eligible for ECP, the...
Producers with rangeland affected by the fire — whether pastures, shelters and water sources were burned, disturbed by firebreaks or traffic from firefighting equipment, or stressed by overuse from changes in grazing rotation and drought — can get help from local sources. Montana State University Extension agents, USDA Natural Resources and Conservation offices, the Northern Agricultural Research Center and county weed districts can provide information on rangeland rec...
The 22,000-acre East Fork Fire burned range land for many Bear Paw Mountain ranchers and threatened that of many more, but burned areas in the longterm could be beneficial to the range land and some relief may be available for ranchers in the short term, said a range researcher at Montana State University. Although the fire brought immediate pasture devastation and financial hardships, the outcomes for range lands can be good if affected producers can find a way to keep the...
Can We Talk? This October Hill County Family Planning sponsors “Let’s Talk Month” to encourage parent/child communication about sexual health. Parents are the first and most important sexual health educators in their children’s lives. However, not all parents are comfortable with or have the resources to discuss sexual health with their children. Often, parents want to talk their son or daughter about this issue, but are afraid that they will not have the right answers and do not know where to get them. Sexual develop...
A blast of winter weather has arrived in Havre, and, Monday's snow was fitting considering winter sports are officially underway at Montana State University-Northern. Last week, the MSU-Northern women's basketball team began practicing, and Monday, the MSU-N men, and the Northern wrestling team also got their seasons officially underway. The Skylights, under the direction of head coach Chris Mouat, now in his 13th season, are 19 days away from opening their 2017-18 season agai...
Weston Allderdice, Big Sandy Football Big Sandy is having a big year on the gridiron, and against his biggest rival, Pioneer Weston Allderdice had the biggest game of his career. In Big Sandy’s win over North Star Friday night, Allderdice rushed for 386 yards, while also scoring six rushing touchdowns. Allderdice scored on runs of 21, 1, 29, 6, 16 and 2 yards in helping his Pioneers inch closer to reaching the Class C Six-Man playoffs. Allderdice also plays basketball for B...
Over the past two weeks, the Havre high cross country teams have competed in two of their favorite races, the Havre Invitational and the Mountain West Classic. But this week, both Blue Pony teams will face another challenge as they get set to take part in the Helena Preview meet. There are a few different things that make the Preview meet such an important one, but the least of which is that it will allow both teams a chance to run on the course where the Class A state meet wi...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has suffered three straight Frontier Conference losses in the Armory Gymnasium. Thursday night, the Skylights will try their luck on the road. Northern wraps up the first half of conference play with a road trip to UM-Western Thursday night, and the Skylights will be looking to break out of a recent slump. In a three-match home stand, Northern (2-4, 8-12) lost to Carroll College in four sets and was swept by both Montana...
Over the weekend, many Hi-Line volleyball teams took a quick break from conference play as tournaments in Fort Benton and Chester were held. But, earlier in the week, the district action was as fierce as ever. On Tuesday, in a local rivalry match, the Box Elder Bears continued their climb up to being a volleyball power by besting rival Rocky Boy in a five-set thriller in Rocky Boy. The Bears beat the Morning Stars by scores of 19-25, 25-17, 23-25, 31-29 and 15-12 in a marathon...
With the weather turning colder, the football games get more important and, last Friday night in Fort Benton, the Longhorns played one of their most important football games in years. Unfortunately, Fort Benton was unable to get the best of Centerville, as the Miners scored 36 unanswered points in the second half to win the critical Northern C B Division matchup 62-40. The Miners grabbed the early lead on the Longhorns, going up 14-6 after the first quarter, but by halftime,...
Thursday High School Volleyball Chinook vs Big Sandy Harlem vs Malta Rocky Boy at Fairfield High School X-Country Havre at Helena Preview College Volleyball Skylights at Western, 7 p.m. Friday High School Football Havre at Billings Central, 7 p.m. Harlem vs Fairfield, 7 p.m. Big Sandy at Valier, 7 p.m. Ft. Benton at Rocky Boy, 7 p.m. High School Volleyball Havre at Cut Bank Big Sandy vs CJI North Star vs HLP Saturday High School Football Box Elder vs CJI, 1 p.m. HLP vs Belt,...
