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  • Community Thanksgiving Dinner set for Thursday

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    The annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Jude Thaddeus Parish Center, 440 Seventh Ave. People who would like to order a meal must call the North Central Senior Citizens Center at 265-5464 to order one and meal orders must be called in by 4 p.m. Wednesday. "We request people to order only one meal per person in the house," Community Thanksgiving Dinner Chairperson Debi Rhines said. "There are about 19 routes and the team...

  • Havre police asking people to stay off the streets

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Havre police said at 6:30 p.m. they are asking people to stay home if possible to stay off the icy streets. Police report several crashes have occurred due to the slippery conditions. Hospital Hill -- 13th Street from Fifth Avenue up the hill toward Highland Park and Northern Montana Hospital -- was closed as of 6;30 p.m. Snow has been falling steadily in the region for the last several hours. National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Hill, Blaine and Liberty...

  • Quick Pics: Cloudy sunset

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

  • Havre Dog Park calendar voting nearly closed

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Press release The Havre Dog Park Club is holding two fundraisers just in time to brighten spirits for the holiday season. The club is holding its second annual Calendar Contest, and everyone can vote for their favorite photos to appear in the 2020 calendar. Also, the club will hold Paint and Pints for Paws, an afternoon of painting led by Havre artist Tana Rai Faltrino Dec. 7. The photos entered in the Calendar Contest are on display at Old Station Brewing Co., 140 First St. in Havre, and on the home page of the club’s websit...

  • Cookies with Santa set for Saturday

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Press Release Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors are hosting their annual “Cookies and Milk with Santa” at the Havre Eagles Club Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Parents are asked to stay with their children....

  • Havre Eagles Club in the middle of a Christmas toy drive

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Havre Eagles Club is doing a toy drive this year for children in need. Havre Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess said people began dropping toys off last Friday. She added that there will also be a box for the toy drive, Saturday, at the Christmas Tree Lighting in Town Square. Everyone who brings a toy will get their name entered into a raffle for a prize basket “The cut-off will be Friday, Dec. 20, for dropping the toys off,” she said. Some of the drop-off locations are the Eagles Club at 202 First St., Old Station Bre...

  • Havre High Spanish Club hosting escape room for Peru trip fundraiser

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Havre High School Spanish Club is giving people a chance to make an escape to help the club with an escape of its own. The club is traveling to Peru in June. Havre High School Spanish teacher and Spanish club advisor Jill Cammon said she has 11 students coming on the trip. They will be gone for 10 days, traveling to Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Lima and the Amazon. The trip includes plans for zip lining in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in the Andes. They will also be visiting a Quechua village to do about eight hours of service,...

  • RezQ Dogs moving to new location near Havre

    Derek Hann|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    After about a decade RezQ Dogs is moving its operations from Fort Belknap Indian Reservation to a location near Havre to further its mission to help shelter, protect and find homes for dogs from the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian reservations. "We took a dive and took a loan and bought the property," RezQ Dogs Co-founder Anita Wilke said. Wilke said that they have been looking at properties for the past couple of years, originally looking for a location on Fort Belknap, b...

  • Festival of Trees set for Saturday

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line has highlighted more of the trees donated for the Festival of Trees fundraiser in the Boys & Girls Club Saturday, starting at 7 p.m. Local people, groups, organizations and businesses decorate and donate the trees to be auctioned off at the festival. Other fundraising events will also be held that night, and hors douevres and beverages will be served. Tickets, which are $25 each, can be purchased by calling the club at 265-6206 or by visiting...

  • Obituary - Connie I. Pursley

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Connie I. Pursley, 82 passed away at Northern Montana Medical Center in Havre, MT, November 24, 2019. A graveside service will be held November 27, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook, MT. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes....

  • School board meeting rescheduled

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    The Havre school board meeting scheduled for today at 12:15 p.m. has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 29, at 12:15 p.m. in Robins School Administration Building....

  • For the Record, Nov. 26, 2019

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Havre Police Department A caller on First Street reported Monday at 7:43 a.m. finding a baggy with what looks like ammunition in it. -- Monday at 9:33 a.m. a First Street caller reported a burglary had taken place. -- A caller at a First Street West facility reported Monday at 10:17 a.m. medication had been stolen. -- Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 3:27 p.m. to report checks being forged. Hill County Sheriff's Office Jesse Shane Valdez of Havre, 24, was...

  • Correction - Empire Builder

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    A story in Monday’s edition The Havre Daily News ‘Empire Builder tops Amtrak long-distance trains for ridership’ misreported that Amtrak Public Relations Manager Marc Magliari having no comment on the appropriations bill in the conference committee. Magliari said any comment at this time regarding legislation at this point would be premature. He added that comparing the ridership numbers this year to those of 10 years ago, during the Bakken Oil Boom, is not a valid comparison....

  • Passage of Recovering America's Wildlife Act is good for all Montanans

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Montanans from all walks of life have a deep connection to our state’s fish and wildlife. Those of us lucky enough to live here and visitors from all over the world enjoy unmatched hunting, fishing and wildlife watching opportunities. Fish and wildlife don’t see government borders, and the state of Montana shares authority to manage wildlife with Montana’s tribal nations. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks works in partnership with tribal agencies like the Natural Resources Department of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tri...

  • It's not us, it's you

    Updated Nov 26, 2019

    Thanksgiving is coming up this week and before you know it, we will head from our turkey dinners right into the high-pitched shopping season. If you’ve ever watched the news on Black Friday, you may have seen the lines of people who make a sport of getting up at 4 a.m. to rush into stores for the hottest deals or discounts. And then there are those who spend hours on their computer cyber shopping. But do you know of anyone who, at 4 a.m., has rushed into a foundation to donate? Or who has stood in line with a mob of people t...

  • George Ferguson Column: For now, the truth of Cat-Griz is summed up in a hashtag

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    BOZEMAN - When Montana State head coach Jeff Choate first termed the Twitter hashtag #Ownthestate, following the Bobcat's win in the 2016 Cat-Griz game, I had to admit, it bothered me just a touch. I thought: pump the brakes coach, it's just one game, and, it was a game that was still part of a pretty bad four-win campaign, in Choate's first season at MSU. Fast forward to last Saturday though, and that hashtag that got on my nerves four years ago, it couldn't be more true at...

  • Ice Hawks fall at powerful Missoula

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    It is still early into the high school hockey season, where the window to improve is still open. There are always some struggles to kick off the year, but it is how the team learns and grows from it. For the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team, it was another tough weekend on the ice down in Missoula against the Missoula Bruins. The Ice Hawks lost to the Bruins 7-2 on Saturday and 7-0 Sunday. Despite the sweep by Missoula, there are a lot of positives to take away from...

  • Lights finish fourth at Spokane Open

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 26, 2019

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights officially put the first month of the 2019-2020 wrestling season to rest. Sunday, the No. 18 Lights were in Spokane for the Spokane Open, which features NAIA teams and more from around the Northwest. The Lights scored 114 points to finish fourth, while they also sent nine grapplers to the podium. In all, 16 Northern wrestlers competed in Spokane. Leading the way for Northern was junior Isaac Bartel, who won the 197-pound title with...