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James Allen Gardipee James Allen Gardipee, “Approaching Thunderbird,” 51, passed away due to natural causes at the Northern Montana Care Center on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, and will continue until his funeral service, which will take place at 10:00 a.m. today, Wednesday, December 22, 2021, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church with Russell Standing Rock officiating. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery....
The variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that is raging around the world and is becoming the dominant strain in the United States has officially hit Montana. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reported Monday that two vaccinated residents of Gallatin County who had visited South Africa - the country that first reported the variant to World Health Organization - caught the omicron variant of the disease. The two had mild symptoms that are improving are...
Montana Department of Environmental Quality has set a date for a public meeting, including on Zoom, regarding a draft environmental assessment for a proposal for mining exploration in the Little Rocky Mountains, near a former mining site that is still being reclaimed at a cost of millions of dollars. DEQ said in a release that the exploration project near Zortman is proposed by Luke Ployhar, who owns private land surrounded by federally owned land in the area, near the former Zortman mine. The Fort Belknap is still dealing...
Havre Public Schools is putting out a call for donations in the wake of Montana House Bill 279, which authorized enhanced tax credit opportunities for people looking to finically support their public schools. A release from Havre Public Schools says starting Jan. 3, 2022, people making cash donations directly to HPS can get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on their state tax bill. The release says donations would fund transformational and advanced learning opportunities for students, services and equipment for students with...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 248 new cases, 1,645 active cases, 127 hospitalizations and 2,889 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 195,171 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Monday that 3 new cases were reported in the county Saturday through Monday and 8 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 5 active cases in the county and 3,534 total cases. The county has 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Monday that it was n...
Press release Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. People who are interested in applying for benefits need to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork — DD214 — with them. Wednesday, Jan. 5 Shelby — Courthouse — 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — Glacier County Courthouse Annex RM 19– 1:30-4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 Browning — Blackfeet Manpower Center– 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12 Glasgow...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 21-2684 Dissolution of Meadowlark Estates Sewer and Water District Contracts Great West Engineering — Task Order 19 Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Cremation for Melvin Sherman Notice of public hearing establishing the hours for the t...
Havre Police Department A caller reported a vehicle crash on Saddle Butte Drive Monday at 7:58 a.m. -- Officers investigated a 10:30 a.m. Monday report of suspicious activity at Havre High School. -- A report of slashed tires was reported at 10:53 a.m. Monday on Fifth Avenue. -- A two-vehicle crash was reported on 10th Avenue Monday at 12:16 p.m. -- A two-vehicle crash was reported at Seventh Avenue and 15th Street at 12:48 p.m. Monday. -- Officers assisted a someone who...
As I write this, the quarters of a white-tailed buck deer I harvested over the Thanksgiving weekend hang in my garage. It’s not that I couldn’t find time in the last 10 days to get the cutting, grinding and packaging done. I won’t butcher it until I get back the testing results for Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD. CWD is an always-fatal neurological condition that’s spreading rapidly in our country’s deer herds. It also affects elk and moose. Much of its workings are still a mystery to researchers. CWD is not caused by...
I am rounding out my first term in the Montana Legislature and have spent the past year thinking about hope: where we find hope, how we create it, what is both feeding and eroding it, and the future of hope within our democratic institutions. I am writing to share one of the conversations on hope I’ve been having with myself. I recently returned from a legislative leadership academy with a bipartisan group of state lawmakers from across the West. We gathered to learn about the history of state legislatures, how to n...
Before they take time off for the holidays, high school boys basketball teams across the Hi-Line were hoping to play strong to end 2021. Over the course of the last week, some teams have solidified themselves while others are still searching to find their identities. Last Tuesday, the Big Sandy Pioneers continued their strong start to the season with a 48-44 win on the road at Fort Benton. Through the first three quarters of the night, the Pioneers and Longhorns went back and...
With doubleheaders this past weekend at the Havre High Gymnasium, the Havre community showed up to support both Havre High basketball teams. Now the Blue Ponies will need that same support tonight when both teams play against their rival, Lewistown. "I think the band will be fired up, the crowd will be fired up," HHS girls basketball head coach Dustin Kraske said. "Doubleheaders always bring that out so it'll be fun." The Lewistown girls basketball team enters the game with a...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team had been off to a solid start this season. But this past weekend at the Cactus Classic in Arizona, the Lights ran into a roadblock as they went 1-2 over the weekend. They defeated Embry-Riddle, 72-42, but suffered a 75-53 loss to Ottawa University, Arizona and 78-69 loss to Arizona Christian University. The Lights started the weekend Friday with their game against Ottawa University-Arizona. OUAZ started the game...
As 2021 comes to an end, Hi-Line girls high school basketball teams are hoping to end the year on a strong note. This past week, many of them competed to establish themselves in the standings. On Tuesday night, the Fort Benton Longhorns defeated Big Sandy, 61-33, at home. The defending state champions jumped out to an early 15-2 lead in the first quarter. The Longhorns continued to keep that defensive pressure up as Big Sandy only scored six points in the second quarter. “I t...
As Christmas approaches, many collegiate sports programs prepare to go on break, including the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team. But before they take their break from the mats, the Lights wrestled in a dual and a tournament this past weekend in Reno, Nevada. The Lights defeated Eastern Oregon University, 27-18, in their dual. Then Sunday, the Lights finished 13th in the Reno Tournament of Champions. The No. 10 Lights got the weekend started on a strong note...
