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Staff and wire report A nationwide problem with service from telephone and internet provider Century Link has included the Havre area. Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that even affected some Verizon customers. The outage began early in the day, but by late Thursday night, the company tweeted that its engineers had identified a “network element” that was affecting services and expected to fully restore services within hours. Monroe, Louisiana-based Cen...
The third government shutdown of 2018 has completed its first week and many agencies statewide are feeling the effects, including in north-central Montana. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation said that, without new federal funding, it will have to put a contingency plan into effect next week that will include cutting services. “We have essential government services that we need to provide,” Community Council President Andrew Werk Jr. said in a press release. “The government needs...
Havre City Council’s Vacant Properties Ad-Hoc Committee took the next step Thursday in creating a Vacant Properties Registry Ordinance, and a state representative said he plans to bring the issue up in next year’s Legislature, as well. The council created the Ad-Hoc Committee in June 2017 after Montana State University-Northern grant writer Samantha Clawson raised concerns at council meetings about vacant properties being allowed to deteriorate. Her concerns included mul...
Last week, the Salvation Army Havre Service Center was $10,000 short of its goal of $28,000 for its Red Kettle Campaign. In the end, the Havre community came through and helped the Salvation Army exceed its goal. Havre Salvation Army Social Services Director Trina Crawford said they raised $31,185.07 and, she added the total did not include any amount donated through the online Red Kettle Campaign. “I’m not sure how long it takes them to compile those,” she said. Crawford said the Red Kettle Campaign funds are part of their b...
Last fall during the political season, everyone running for the Montana Legislature touted their credentials as being for public access. But what does that really mean? For Montana’s hunters, anglers, hikers, and other outdoors enthusiasts, it means the ability to get to our public lands to enjoy them. The access to the outdoors that makes Montana such a great place to live also makes it tempting for some people to try to close off public roads. By putting up gates on public roads that lead to public land, they can turn v...
Thank God a group of Republican legislators have taken the initiative to rid Montana House of Representatives of a 30-year supermajority experiment that has contributed to hyper-partisanship disdained by most of Montana’s citizens. The Montana constitution defines only a few cases when a legislative supermajority vote is needed, for example, before spending trust funds, amending the constitution or overriding a governor’s veto. Nowhere does the constitution suggest the Legislature should adopt supermajority rules that lim...
I know, the Christmas presents have been opened, half of them are already broken or the batteries drained. The tree and all the decorations have come down. The Christmas songs have been cut off, cold turkey, at midnight Dec. 25. It’s over. Christmas 2018 is finished. But before you throw it in the trashcan with the rest of the non-recyclables and move on, I have to bring up one Christmas-related news item that I just cannot believe I missed. An Omaha, Nebraska, school p...
Press release North Central Montana Transit has announced its buses will not be running Monday or Tuesday in observance of the New Year Holiday. Buses will resume their normal schedules Wednesday....
Press release Havre Ford is giving free rides to partygoers on New Year’s Eve as part of the Sober & Safe program For more than two decades, Havre Ford has been providing free rides to partygoers on New Year’s Eve. It’s part of the Sober & Safe campaign, a partnership between Havre Ford, the Hill County DUI Task Force, the Hi-Line Tavern Association, and the Havre Encourages Long Range Prevention Committee. The goal of the Sober & Safe campaign is to reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities during the holid...
Press release Tuesday in observance of New Year’s Day. HRDC will resume normal business hours Wednesday at 8 a.m....
Monday 9 a.m. — Payroll approval 10 a.m. — Meeting with Chad Edgar 1:30 p.m. — Oath of office for newly elected officials 1:30 p.m. — Claims approval 2:30 p.m. — UDB interviews Tuesday Courthouse closed for observance of New Year’s Day Wednesday Regular office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Time for public comments Manual claims Employment review Tax adjustments Contracts Resolutions County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Friday Regular office hours...
Havre Police Department Joshua Kay Blatter of Havre, 29, was issued a summons Thursday at 8:06 a.m. at the police station on a charge of criminal contempt related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. -- Jonathan Seaton of Havre, 26, was issued a summons Thursday at 8:12 a.m. at the police station on a charge of criminal contempt related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. -- Matthew Allen Bell of Havre, 36, was arrested on charges of violation of conditions of release, rela...
Ardis Evelyn Hewitt passed away December 20, 2018, at Chinook, Montana. She was 91. Ardis Evelyn Thomsen was born January 31, 1927, to Elsie Katherine Hagedorn and Andrew Jeppe Thomsen in Hendricks, Minnesota. She was raised on the family farm near Hendricks, MN, along with five siblings - a brother, Leo, and sisters, Bernice, LaVonne, Shirley and June. Ardis grew up an adventurous free spirit. She was a cat with nine lives and used every one of them in her 91 years. Even at...
Bob Waltee, a beloved son, father and friend to many, passed away due to natural causes Sunday, December 16, 2018, in Havre, MT. Bob was born February 24, 1969, in Kalispell, MT, to Robert Waltee Sr. and Barbara Biers. He was raised in Oregon and Montana, attending Havre High School with the class of 1987. Over the years, he was a maintenance worker, landscaper, coal miner, tree planter, cook, rescue dog worker, artist, fisherman, roadie and bell ringer. He may have shovelled...
TURNER - Growing up in Turner, playing basketball isn't really a choice. It's more just something you do, and when it comes to the Conlan twins, Rylee and Raegan, it was no different. The two girls, who are now seniors in high school, both said they have been playing, basically since they could dribble a basketball. "It was bad at first," Raegan Conlan said. "We were really, really bad." Over time, though, the Conlan twins got better, much better and by the time they were in...
Sports, like life in general, are filled with emotions. Sports make you smile, they make you scream, they make your heart beat fast. Sports make you laugh and they make you cry. If you loves sports, they can illicit the gamut of emotions inside you. And yet, just because sports feed emotions, it doesn’t mean they’re always personal. In fact, often times, for many sports fans they can be very impersonal, and actually, that’s the way many people prefer it. They can like their fa...
Out our way, even in the dead of winter, Charlie and I were looking forward to the spring roundup. Though we did it year after year, the changing from the old pasture to the new always seem to inspire a lift and a freshness of new beginnings. You could feel a whole new world opening up as we rounded up and then moved the cattle from the old, worn out brown winter pasture to the new, lush summer pasture. It seemed like there was new life flowing through us all as we went through the fence that divided the old from the new. It...
You know, Lord, J. F. Newton wrote, “Only God could have thought of Christmas. Its beauty is beyond the intelligence of mortals, so simple in its sublimity, so homey, yet so heavenly. It is a scene to sanctify the world, as if to teach us that God enters the life of man by lowly doors, attended by starry ideals and simple shepherd sentiments. Yes, Christmas is both a fact and faith; but even if it were only a brief season of good-will, a holiday from the forgetfulness of others, or just a family festival, it would be w...
Press release Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for December is Heydon Olson. Heydon is the daughter of Mike and Erin Olson. She has one younger brother, Tucker Olson. Heydon is a part of middle school band and choir. She also puts forth extra effort in her studies, which shows in her high GPA. In her spare time, Heydon said, she loves to read, swim and ride her bike. During the summer months she spends time camping with family and friends. At school, Heyd...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, Dec. 31 to Jan 4 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Closed — New Year’s Day holiday Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. March Menu by Earlene DeWinter (Subject to Change) Monday — Ham, scalloped potatoes, peas, dinner rolls, poor man bars Tuesday — Closed — New...
