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Last year, the collapse of Drop 5 of the St. Mary Diversion and the coordinated effort to fix it was one of the biggest stories of of the year, and this year the ongoing efforts — and finally some success — to fund long-overdue repairs to the Diversion was one of the biggest ongoing stories. Local irrigators and residents had been warning for more than two decades that the diversion and conveyance system, which provides much of the water in the Milk River each year, was on the verge of collapse after many decades of rep...
Leaders of the Fort Belknap Indian Community said they are glad to have the opportunity to talk about a proposed new mine exploration in the Little Rocky Mountains because it will give its members a chance to show their opposition to the proposal. "The tribe's 100 percent opposed," Fort Belknap Indian Community Council President Jeff Stiffarm said. "We're going to fight this tooth and nail," he added. "I'm glad our people at least will have the chance to speak." Montana Depart...
Kenneth L. Piapot, 66, passed away due to natural causes on Sunday, December 26, 2021. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. Monday, December 27, 2021, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. today, Tuesday, December 28, 2021, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church with Earl “Archie” Arkinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Warrior’s Burial Grounds....
Floyd Witt, 92, passed away due to natural causes at his Havre residence Sunday, December 26, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services are pending....
Rosemary L. Johnson of Valier, 80, passed away peacefully December 5, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Rosemary’s life will be held next spring. Her family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to the Gift of Life Housing in Great Falls. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Rosemary’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com . Rosemary was born on January 10, 1941, in Sid...
Havre Police Department Dalton James Haskins of Havre, 27, was arrested on federal warrants served at the police station Monday at 10:06 a.m. -- Officers assisted another agency on a call from Third Avenue Monday at 1:06 p.m. -- Kim Kristina Johnson of Havre, 44, was arrested on charges of assault on a peace officer or judicial officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a caller on Second Street reported a disturbance Monday at 2:54 p.m. and asked for assistance...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
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: Amending Budget for Receipt and Disbursement of Additional Public Health Emergency Planning Funding in the Amount of $254,235.84 Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Fireworks decision Application for indigent cremation — M...
The lodge in Beaver Creek Park is in need of updating and it will take funding beyond what is available in normal financial operation of the Park. There are ongoing efforts to find and secure grants for the needed updates. Grants are not the only way to raise the necessary funds. Anyone with a mailing address or phone number is regularly solicited for money for any number of purposes. However, many of these are not invested in our local area. I can’t help but believe there are 10’s of thousands of dollars flowing out of thi...
Press release Every winter, the Havre city government receives several reports of water service lines freezing during the cold weather. In an effort to prevent the costly and sometimes futile expense to the homeowner attempting to thaw the frozen service line, the Havre water department has the following suggestions. Even though a small additional cost to the homeowner may be involved, it is worthwhile to leave a small — pencil-sized — stream of water from an open faucet running at all times to prevent a service line fre...
from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Wolf trapping is now open in all Montana Wolf Management Units. After monitoring grizzly bear activity across much of the state, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists have determined the potential risk for trapping conflicts in grizzly bear areas is low. FWP biologists have been monitoring grizzly bear activity with a variety of methods since early November. This includes monitoring collared grizzly bears, sightings of bears in the field, weather assessments and reports f...
As the high school boys basketball season started the last couple of weeks, some fans attending the games might notice every now and then a head coach on the sidelines wearing a Hawaiin-style shirt. One of those coaches is Havre High boys head man Walynn Burgess who wears the Hawaiian shirt occasionally to honor his late friend and longtime basketball coach Griff Bye. "He always had his own style," Burgess said. "There's quite a few other coaches around the state that still...
Huntley Project is the premier volleyball program in high school volleyball in Montana. And the Montana State University-Northern Skylights just landed two more standouts from the Red Devils. Northern volleyball coach Jerry Wagner has announced the signing of two Huntley Project High School standouts in Josie Hasler and Macee Murphy to join the Skylight program next fall. "I'm absolutely thrilled that Josie and Macee have chosen to join the Skylights," said coach Wagner. "I wo...
