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Northern Montana Health Care Chief of Medical Staff Dr. Kevin Harada said the COVID-19 situation in Hill County and Montana is poised to get worse after the holidays but the damage can be mitigated if enough people take the situation seriously. Harada said the recent health order by Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson has helped stem the tide of positive cases, but Montana and the county likely haven't seen things get as bad as they will, which he...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is proposing continuing a withdrawal of federal land in the Little Rocky Mountains from mining, in an area still recovering from pollution caused by earlier mining. In 1997, Pegasus Mining Company filed for bankruptcy after contaminating Fort Belknap Indian Reservation’s water using such practices as acid rock drainage while mining gold south of the reservation near Zortman and Landusky. In the acid rock mining Pegausus used chemicals including cyanide to extract gold and silver from ore. S...
The Hill County Commission is considering a change on policies governing when employees switch departments in the county. The proposal would allow employees to maintain their longevity and yearly raises along with it when they change departments. When making the motion to approve the resolution during the commission’s weekly business meeting Thursday, Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said it seems unfair to effectively make employees start from scratch building longevity for switching to a job that makes more sense f...
The total number of cases in Montana on the state map after Thursday’s update — today’s was not available by printing deadline — was 51,818 with 1,236 new cases. The number of hospitalizations was 2,221with 482 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 595,829 with 4,423 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 561. The number of recoveries was 30,477 and the number of active cases was 20,780. Blaine County Thursday evening listed 1 new case, 405 total, 52 active, 3 active hospita...
David Phillip Bigley of Gildford, MT, born June 10th 1941, passed away November 14th, 2020. Due to COVID restrictions, a private family service will be held followed by burial at Fort Harrison. A public viewing will be held Saturday, November 21st, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Retz Funeral Home, 315 E. Sixth Ave., Helena. Please visit http://www.retzfuneralhome.com to offer the family a condolence or share a memory of David....
Press release Gov. Steve Bullock announced today that Montana’s unemployment rate declined to 4.9 percent in October, down from 5.4% in September, due to strong job growth over the month. “As Montana’s economy continues to recover, the health of the economy depends on our ability to reduce the spread of the virus,” said Governor Bullock. “Montanans must take seriously public health measures in order to curb the spread of the virus, and to keep our businesses and schools open and workforce on the job.” Montana’s unemployment...
Press release The Montana Department of Corrections announced today that an inmate died this week due to COVID-19-related illness. The 62-year-old Montana State Prison inmate died at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula Nov. 18. To protect the privacy of the deceased and his family, and to comply with state and federal law, the DOC will not release additional information. The death that occurred in Missoula County will be reflected on the Friday, Nov. 20 state COVID-19 tracking map and on the DOC’s COVID-19 response web page a...
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in Havre Middle School. The Havre Daily News had not received an agenda by printing deadline this morning, but a message from the school district said it would be available and a Zoom link would be listed on the district website at http://blueponyk12.com after 4 p.m. today....
It is mandatory for everyone at meetings to wear a mask or face covering for ages 5 and older with no exceptions. Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health — Great Falls 1 p.m. — Building manager meeting Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting Wednesday 10 a.m. — Business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolution Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision /survey approval Contracts Public comment Thursday Thanksgiving Holiday Friday 1 p.m. — COVID-19 phone update...
Havre Police Department Callers reported Thursday at 8:10 a.m. that a tan Chevrolet Blazer hit a power pole on Bullhook Boulevard. -- Krista Helen Chambers of Havre, 32, was issued a summons on a charge of driving under the influence after callers reported Thursday at 9:52 a.m. that a blue PT Cruiser was holding up the cars in the parking lot at a First Street West business. Chambers was listed in this morning's jail roster as being held on a DUI. -- A possible fight between...
I don’t remember not loving words. I could read and write before I entered school. Granted, it was pretty rudimentary stuff – because, y’know, I’m clever, but I’m not that level brilliant – but still, once you have bat down pat cat, fat and sat aren’t much of a stretch. (See what I did there? Just a wee, little crack-me-up.) I don’t remember it, but I figure my parents must’ve read to me a lot when I was a kid. I do remember asking my dad to spell things for me or tell me wha...
Editor, There is an old cabinet in our shop building with the letters “VA DAY” on the front. It’s a reminder of a time when Americans came together and made personal sacrifices for their country. Many joined the military, others went to work in weapons factories, but every American made a personal sacrifice. Rations were imposed on everything from meat and sugar to firewood and penicillin. The first thing to go was the family car. There was no gas and the government needed the rubber from your tires. Now, facing a crisi...
The Montana Nurses Association continues to be incredibly proud of the Montana nurses serving our communities during the COVID pandemic. As they have done from the start, nurses are heroically serving at the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis to care for Montanans despite the severe risks to themselves and their families. Nurses working across all health care settings and specialties are essential to combating COVID-19. Unfortunately, nearly 400 nurses in the United States have died due to COVID-19, and many others have been...
North Central Senior Center, Nov. 20, 2020 Menu by Earlene DeWinter — Subject to Change Monday — Sloppy joes, Tater Tots, salad, desert Tuesday — Applesauce, baked ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, Corn, Rolls, Wacky Wednesday — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, dessert Thursday — Thanksgiving Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert The Senior Center is providing medical transportation only for now. Remember to call ahead for Friday’s appointments. We do have a couple of individuals in the community whom...
From Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Lzetta Martha (Combes) Halingstad Living Award 2020, District 4, Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties Lzetta Martha Combes was born May 23, 1937, to Clarence and Martha (Jones) Combes on a farm outside Emporia, Kansas. Her parents moved Lzetta and her two older brothers to California when she was 2 years old before settling on a 40-acre farm in Willamette Valley, Oregon, at age 5. It was there she went to a country...
The NCAA wrestling season hasn’t gotten underway yet, but Havre’s Parker Filius has been on the mat. The Purdue junior finished fifth at 65 kg of the U23 division, at the USA Wrestling U23 and UWW Junior National Freestyle Championships this past weekend, held at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Filius rallied from a first-round loss to post a 6-2 record on the weekend. He fell on criteria 2-2 in his opening match of the tournament to Iowa's Carter Happel, which for...
Before reporting any scores I would like to take this time to Congratulate Shawn and Kelsey Mariani for their new addition to their family. Congratulations to Cody Thompson Rolling a 299 game. High women’s scores for the week were: Game and series, Julie Rodgers, 254-542. Men’s was Cody Thompson, 299-671. Splits for the week were, Roger Brough, 5-7, Terry Wright, 3-7. Next week I will post some of the team standings. Sunday Keglers: Cori Winsor, 161, Amanda Moomey, 200,166, As...
Growing up in Montana, many kids dream of playing in the Cat-Griz game someday. They can't help it. It's just what kids do around here. After all, in Montana, the Bobcats and Grizzlies, they are the biggest of big-times. Dreams of course, don't always come true. But when they do, when those dreams are realized, it's life-changing. Havre High senior Kellen Detrick once dreamed of playing in the Cat-Griz game. And while he's still a Blue Pony, and, there will be no Brawl of the...
You know, Lord, sometimes when we're hungry, memory kicks in and a scent seems to drift by us, makes us think of our mommy baking bread. Yum! Our mom was the best baker in our neighborhood - just ask any of the neighbors! Even when Mom's sisters would visit us once in a blue moon, they'd tell Mom that the bread she made tasted so good; "Just like their own dear mother made; so, could I please have another slice?" Miniature loaves of zucchini bread that an out-of-town friend...
Many of the ideas and scriptures for this article are from the devotional "God Wants You To Win!" by world champion calf roper Jeff Copenhaver. Jeff's favorite scripture is Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." There are times in life when we may become discouraged or we may feel like giving up or calling it quits. God wants to encourage us...
Out our way, the fall roundup is always a time of expectation and even deliverance. Winter is coming, the upper pasture is about grazed out, the waterholes are drying up, the temperature is dropping, and the cold Arctic winds are blowing. But soon the drovers come and move the herd down to the winter pastures where the grass is fresh, the water flowing, and where, even in the midst of the worst Alberta Clippers, the stored hay is plentiful and will be brought out. Now I am no...
This Sunday, Nov. 22, marks the end of our Church (Roman Catholic) year; we call this Sunday the celebration of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe. The Gospel reading for this special Sunday is from the Gospel of Matthew 25:41-46, very often referred to the final judgment or the reading about the separation of the sheep and the goats. This is not one of my favorite gospel readings. If indeed "gospel" means "good news" then I believe those who used this term did not...
