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Blaine County Sheriff and Coroner John Colby has released the name of a Butte woman, who, along with her dog, was killed about 4:45 p.m. Saturday when they were struck by a BNSF Railway freight train just east of Chinook near Lodge Creek. Irina Smith, 41, was the person struck by the train Saturday. A release from the sheriff’s office said its dispatchers received a call from BNSF about 4:48 p.m. Saturday reporting the woman had been struck. About the same time, it said, dispatch received a call from the woman’s husband als...
The Hill County Health Board held a pair of meetings last Friday at which Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson provided updates on the COVID-19 situation in Hill County and amended her order to allow private sports organizations to operate if their infection mitigation plans are strong enough. During the second meeting later Friday, community member Will Rawn said the health department should provide more information to the public about where the...
At the Havre Ice Dome Saturday, curlers were wrapped in warm clothes, some sipping on beers and others dragging the ice, showing a camaraderie amongst everyone involved. The people organizing the activities have been doing so for several years. "I want to say that the club started in 2008 or 2009. We kind of took over about six or seven years ago," Hi-Line Curling Club Vice President Andy Herdina said before the ice was dragged. "The major highlights of the curling club for...
Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line will be holding it’s annual Festival of Trees fundraiser this year, albeit in a very different form with the event being held virtually. Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Marketing and Events Director Krystal Steinmetz said the gala is the club’s biggest fundraiser of the year, typically drawing between 200 and 250 people, and was a great event to participate in. “We’d have food, appetizers, desert and it would be a super-fun evening for everybody,” she said. A press release about the event...
This morning’s update was not available by printing deadline, but the numbers in Sunday’s update were 47,158 total cases with 1,272 new cases, 435 hospitalizations and 520 deaths.The number of active cases was 19,166. Local cases by county: Hill County Sunday night reported 10 new cases, 1,130 total, 260 active, the number of active hospitalizations not available, 844 recovered, 26 deaths Blaine County Sunday night reported 4 new cases, 453 total, 121 active, 9 active hospitalizations, 318 recovered, 14 deaths Liberty Cou...
Conrad Lyle "Connie" Cox, 87, of South Havre passed away peacefully at his home November 8, 2020. Connie was born on March 21, 1933, in Havre, Montana. The first child of Art and Bertha (Sargent) Cox, he was raised on the family ranch 42 miles north of Havre near Wildhorse Lake next to the Canadian Border. Connie spent his whole life as a cattle rancher. In 1968 he purchased the ZN Ranch in Whitewater, MT. In addition to cattle, Connie raised bucking horses and was a champion...
Sylvia Helga Purkett, 84, passed away peacefully due to natural causes Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook. She left this world with her daughter, Julie, by her side. With her husband Ambrose's photo laying next to her and sons, Byron and Neil, present in spirit, she found her way to God. Sylvia was born January 23, 1936, in Havre to Hilmer and Helga (Zakarison) Johnson. She attended school in Havre, graduating from Havre High School in 1955....
Mary Thelma Meland, 97, passed away due to natural causes at the Northern Montana Care Center Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Her family has suggested memorial donations be made in her name to the First Lutheran Church KOJM Radio Broadcast. A private graveside service for immediate family will be held....
Lydia M. Sutherland, 85, passed away due to natural causes Friday, November 13, 2020 at her residence. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, November 14, and funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, November 15, 2020, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Warriors Burial Grounds Cemetery....
Havre-Hill County Library Board will meet Thursday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Havre-Hill County Library The meeting agenda is Minutes Sign monthly budget Library director’s report Old business New business • Budget Policy review Correspondence Public comment Adjournment Library schedule: • Story Time every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:15 a.m. via Facebook Live. • January 21 at 5 p.m.: next regularly scheduled board meeting....
Havre Police Department Officers arrested someone on a warrant on 12th Street at 7:26 p.m. Friday, but no details were provided in the dispatch log. -- Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 58, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and open alcohol container after a caller at a Fifth Avenue business reported a man in the parking lot Saturday at 12:43 p.m. -- A caller reported a two-vehicle crash on First Street Saturday at 3:04 p.m. -- A 15th Street caller reported Saturday a...
Press release KINGS POINT, NY - Cameron James Pleninger of Havre was recently sworn in as a midshipman at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and as a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Pleninger was nominated by Montana's U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, to attend USMMA, located in Kings Point, New York, and one of the nation's five federal service academies. As part of his four-year education, Pleninger will spend one year training as a cadet aboard ocean going...
After the loss to the Columbia Falls Wildcats last Thursday, the Havre High volleyball team was aiming to bounce back against the Class A defending state champions, the Corvallis Blue Devils. The Blue Ponies were in for another tough battle. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils would come away with a 3-1 win over HHS, the set scores being 23-25, 22-25, 25-21 and 20-25, at the 2020 Class A State Tournament at Sidney Friday. The loss handed the Ponies a 10-8 overall record on the...
FORT BENTON - The Fort Benton Longhorns know exactly what it feels like to have an offense that's clicking on all cylinders. But in the Class C semifinals, they had the tables turned on them. Saturday in Fort Benton, the Flint Creek Titans scored 30 unanswered points in the second half of their 8-Man semifinal with the Longhorns en route to a 48-18 win, and a trip to next week's state championship game. The victory, spurred on by the play of star Montana State recruit Kade...
