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This school year has seen a lot of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Havre High School and Middle School music programs have had to adapt to the changes as well. That includes the Havre High School band concert tonight and the choir concert Tuesday having limited tickets, and the middle school not planning a live holiday concert at all. Havre High School Choir Director Danielle Stoll said the biggest challenges have been the loss of instructional time, having...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said the area has seen a notable decrease in COVID-19 spread, and people need to make sure that continues. Larson said Friday during the weekly Hill County Board of Health COVID-19 update that as of 10 a.m. Friday, Hill County had 124 active cases of COVID-19 and the department was keeping track of 111 people in quarantine. She said the rate of spread in Hill County appears to be falling, a trend she hopes will continue. “I think it’s a real positive,” she s...
Blaine County reported Sunday evening in the previous two days 3 new cases, 570 total, 31 active, 1 active hospitalizations, 21 deaths Hill County reported Sunday evening that the state reporting system was down for an upgrade so new numbers were not available and the numbers might be increased in today’s report because of that. Saturday evening Hill County reported 7 new cases, 1,488 total, 102 active and 3 hospitalized and 33 deaths. Rocky Boy — Current data not available.. Fort Belknap, reported Sunday evening, also rep... Full story
With the first round of COVID-19 vaccine on the way to hospitals in Montana to vaccinate front-line health care workers, testing for the disease is continuing, although some jurisdictions are having to make choices on who they can test. Officials said testing is not being rationed in Hill County. The vaccine Pfizer and BioNTech produced was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday, and the first round started shipping Sunday. In Montana, the first round of vaccine will go to major hospitals in the state. The...
Martha Joylene "Jody" Gaines, 78, passed away due to COVID-19 at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta Friday, November 6, 2020. Due to the pandemic, no services will be held. Jody's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Jody's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com .... Full story
From Montana Public Service Commission HELENA — July 16, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission approved the designation of 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit abbreviated code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The 988 hotline will provide a phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. Some area codes, like the 406 area code in Montana, currently allow 7-digit dialing to complete a local phone call, leaving off the area code. As a result of F...
Havre Police Department A 12th Avenue caller reported Friday at 12:24 p.m. that their mail had been tampered with. -- A caller asked Friday at 3:56 p.m. for assistance after a bike that was stolen during the summer was found at a business on Montana Avenue. -- Officers were asked Friday at 4:17 p.m. to speak with the Second Street caller's grandchild who had been assaulted. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 8:46 p.m. to speak with officers about threats and...
Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team again did well in this year's format of online tournaments, with senior LillieAnn Mecklenburg just missing the top spot in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Mecklenburg was the only one of 26 LD debaters to go undefeated in the four preliminary rounds, and didn't lose a single ballot until finals. Mecklenburg won a 3-0 decision in semifinals against a Frenchtown debater before losing on a split decision to a Columbia Falls debat...
Press release The CJI speech team competed at its second virtual meet of the 2020-2021 season Saturday. Four students competed for the CJI Hawks at the Red Lodge Class BC Invitational. Emma Wickum led the way for the Hawks, finishing second in extemporaneous speaking for the second week in a row. Wickum tied for first place with the eventual champion from Three Forks but lost the tiebreaker and was awarded second place. Cain Cole claimed third place in memorized public address with his interpretation of a speech given by...
Havre-Hill County Library Staff While the Havre-Hill County Library stacks are currently closed to the public, people can still check out books. Here are some of the library’s newest titles. New Fiction “Wyoming True” by Diana Palmer. Jake McGuire has worked hard to earn his success. The only threat to his peace is the last woman he should ever want. “The Evening and the Morning” by Ken Follett. A thrilling and addictive new novel — a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth” — set in England at the dawn of the new era: the Midd...
The wait was a painful one. In the end, though, patience paid off for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. The Lights had their season-opening games delayed two weekends in a row, then had Lewis-Clark State cancel on them this weekend. Fortunately, Northern's original opponent for its season-opener was able to come to Havre Friday night, and the Lights finally got to tip their season off with an 86-64 win over the Yellowstone Christian Centurions...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights and Lewis-Clark State Warriors know each other well. And so, while almost everything about this weekend's games between the two former Frontier Conference rivals was unfamiliar, especially the Armory Gymnasium being almost empty due to COVID-19 restrictions, the games themselves, weren't. And while the Warriors swept the Skylights in a pair of non-conference games - LC State is now a member of the Cascade Conference, Skylight's...
