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Health care in north-central Montana has been forced to adapt amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With more at stake than ever, health care organizations in the region have worked as hard as they can to deal with the evolving situation. Northern Montana Health Care Northern Montana Hospital, even back before cases were found in Hill County was preparing for what would inevitably come, setting up an alternate flu clinic capable of administering tests for COVID-19 and closing its...
Amid the usual handling of grants, management of budgets and approval of various smaller projects the Hill County Commission and Havre City Council both had a busy year in 2020, and not just due to the world-wide crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both county and city have dealt with many issues this year, making progress in some, addressing controversy in others. Ambulance district An issue that came to attention in May was a request from Havre for the county to increase its share of funding for the city fire department to pro...
The number of active hospitalizations was 223. The number of deaths was 950. Blaine County reported Tuesday evening no new cases, 606 total, 14 active, 1 active hospitalization, 23 deaths Hill County reported Tuesday evening 8 new cases, 1,623 total, 59 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 37 deaths Rocky Boy reported Tuesday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 3 new cases, 750 total, 32 active, 32 active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active hospitalizations, deaths not listed. Fort Belknap...
Judith “Judy” Spinler of Rudyard, 78, passed away peacefully of natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital December 29, 2020. Cremation has taken place and a service will be held in the future....
Community Building, Great Northern Fairgrounds Monday, January 4, 2021 5:30 1) Approval of Minutes: 2) Approval of Agenda: 3a) Guest and public comment from December’s Meeting 3b) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda Requests for next meeting 4) Cabin Business: #44 Mooney Coulee 5) Old Business: Monitoring Progress South Cross Fence Cabin Inspections 6) New Business: Park Rates Summary 7) Committee Reports: Rules and Regulation Committee Finance and Planning Committee Grazing Committee: 8) Group Reports C...
Havre Police Department Tuesday at 3:47 p.m., officers were called to investigate a vehicle crash in which a green Ford F150 was reported to have run into a mailbox on 16th Street West and may have then hit a house down the street. -- A caller on Second Street reported Tuesday at 6:33 p.m. that the back window of a vehicle was shattered. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller on Airport Drive reported a case of identity theft Tuesday at 2:53 p.m. -- William James Denny of...
A fellow I know was grousing about the past year. His birthday was coming up and he felt, once again, that this year failed to meet his expectations. He was unhappy with the year, unhappy with himself, unhappy with the fact that he’d even allowed himself to hope that 2020, of all years, was going to be better than the previous ones. “My caring isn’t going to make any difference in how things work out,” he told me. “When I step back to accept that reality, maybe I’ll stop...
From Montana 4-H Foundation The Montana 4-H Foundation will raffle off a final collection of Don Greytak 4-H calendars to celebrate 30 consecutive years of a very successful 4-H calendar project. People who purchase a 2021 calendar have three chances to win the collection by submitting their name into a drawing. The complete 1992-2021 Montana Greytak 4-H calendar collection will be raffled off March 1. This mint collection will be presented in a beautiful birch and walnut box...
Press release The Montana Association of Clerk and Recorder’s is again sponsoring two scholarships for graduating seniors who will be attending an in-state college or university. The first-place scholarship is for $1,000 and the second-place scholarship is for $500. The last day of acceptance of applications is March 12. Application forms are available from the guidance counselor at the high school or from the Hill County Clerk and Recorder, Susan Armstrong, at 315 Fourth St., Havre MT 59501. People who have any questions c...
Press release HELENA — Officials with the Department of Public Health and Human Services announced the expansion of ParentingMontana.org, a website created specifically for parents and those in a parenting role. The expansion includes new resources that provide practical tools to support parents of children 0-4, information for current foster parents and those considering fostering, increased access to the information through audio files, informative “how-to” videos, and a new podcast series featuring national paren...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is slated to finally open its 2020 season January 29-30 in the Armory Gymnasium. Wait, the 2020 season, starting in 2021? Yes, that's right, the second semester of the 2020-21 school year will play host to the postponed 2020 Frontier Conference volleyball season, which means, the Skylights are now just days away from finally beginning a long-awaited training camp, and exactly one month from playing their first regular...
It's been a long wait, but high school wrestling is finally here. And that is music to the Havre Blue Ponies' ears. After a delay to the 2020-21 winter sports season, the Blue Ponies will take to the mat Saturday when they travel to Miles City for a pair of Eastern A duals. And those matches are going to kickstart what is sure to be another exciting year of HHS wrestling. Last season, the Ponies made a lot of progress on the mat, pushing plenty of grapplers to the 2020 Class...
Winter sports are going to be anything but normal. They even started later than normal. And after the Montana High School Association worked to provide set guidelines for the different sports, shaking the normal up a bit, one of the teams that is feeling it the most this season is the Havre High swim team. The Blue Ponies will be back in the water, there is no question there, but there will be plenty of differences to the season. After pushing through a tough year in the...
Frontier Conference Women's Standings Conf. All W-L W-L Carroll 1-0 7-1 Montana Western 1-1 3-1 Montana Tech 1-2 1-2 MSU-Northern 0-0 1-3 Providence 0-0 0-0 Rocky Mountain 0-0 0-0 Frontier Conference Men's Standings Conf. All W-L W-L Montana Tech 1-0 1-2 MSU-Northern 0-0 1-0 Montana Western 0-0 1-0 Carroll 0-1 3-2 Rocky Mountain 0-0 0-0 Providence 0-0 0-0 Wednesday Montana Tech at Montana Western Thursday Carroll College at Montana Tech Monday-Tuesday Montana Western at Rocky...