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A blizzard that far surpassed expectations has shut down, delayed or rescheduled multiple events and services in this area, including public and school bus services, school classes and other services, with more expected to come. A winter storm warning is in effect for part of this region through 5 a.m. Wednesday, with more snow expected in the following days and the temperatures predicted to again drop to well-below zero. Liberty County was part of a winter weather advisory in...
Several local schools announced they would close today due to the blizzard conditions, with others announcing limited or altered busing. North Central Montana Transit is not running today. Havre Animal Shelter also announced it is closed to the public today and the Havre office of The Salvation Army announced it would be closed today due to the weather. Blaine County Library is closed, and Chippewa Cree Tribal Court announced it is starting at 10 a.m. Aaniih Nakoda College...
Havre Public Schools will be offering a Cree language course next year as part of an increased push to improve cultural education for Native American students in the district. The course, which was approved unanimously by the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees in a meeting Monday evening, was set up as part of the state’s Indian Education For All Program with the help of Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Revitalization, a program based in Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Havre Public Schools IEFA Director Jessica Ken...
U.S. Sen Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Tuesday that he today secured $77.56 million through his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, IIJA, for the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System. The funding, which was awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation, will be used for core pipeline construction on segments 7 and 8, and the continued construction of a water treatment plant and segments serving the Havre, Chester and Shelby Hub service areas. “Montanans sent me to the Senate to deliver for our com...
Havre Daily News staff With warm weather and snow on the ground, Havre Trails members are going snowshoeing Sunday at 11 a.m. on Eagle Creek in Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and the public is invited to join them. Organizers have asked that people bring their snowshoe gear, wear comfortable shoes, and dress in warm layers. The trek will start out from Bear Paw Ski Bowl parking lot and people will hike for about 1 1/2 hours on a 2-mile roundtrip, mostly on level terrain with a short climb at the end. Rocky Boy group hike e...
The Bear Paw Ski Bowl is now open and earlier than usual after a massive amount of snow hit the area in December. Bear Paw Ski Bowl Mountain Manager Dave Martens Jr. described conditions at the bowl as, “excellent bordering on dynamite,” in an interview Friday afternoon as he and his crew of volunteers were about to set off, taking gear up to the mountain. Martens said he couldn’t account for the effects of the last week of snow, but December was great for them, allowing the bowl to open earlier than it has in quite a few y...
6 was a busy year in this part of north-central Montana with good news and bad. Here is a list of some of the stories Havre Daily News covered in the past year. Havre Public Schools, and the local community, mourned the loss of the head of the school district. Superintendent Craig Mueller died at the age of 50 Oct. 22, just a year-and-a-half after taking over as the permanent superintendent. Mueller originally came to Havre to take the position of Havre High School...
Havre Public School students had the opportunity to learn about - and make - some traditional Native American clothing last week at Havre High School. Local designer, artisan and fashion show coordinator Rebekah Jarvey of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation held a class at the high school's food and consumer science classroom last Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Havre Public Schools Indian Education for All Coordinator Jessica Kennedy-Stiffarm said the students from...
Students at Highland Park Early Primary School were treated to a number of activities Friday meant to introduce them to aspects of Native American culture and history. Native elders from around the area came to the school and helped with a number of activities students engaged in, including learning about the reservations' flags, and the significance of certain symbols and animals. Students were also able to take a beading class with Renita Longknife, an elder from Fort Belkna...
The Chippewa Cree Tribe Business Committee on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation swore into office its four new members this morning. Ethan Broncho, with 579 votes, Joseph “Joey” Rosette, 495, William “Corky” Corcoran, 468, and Lenore Myers-Nault, 422, were sworn in at 9 a.m., the tribe announced, and the Business Committee will have its reorganization meeting at 1 p.m. The four new members beat Daryl Wright II, 388, Theodore Edward Whitford, 346, Jody Ann Lamere, 324, and Michelle Billy, 306, in the general election Nov. 8. T...
by Alan Sorensen For Havre Daily News Recovered from the Bear Paw Marathon? Ready for another try at setting personal best times? The Run Bear Paw Giant Downhill, which will feature 5-mile and 5K runs and a 1-mile Zombie Walk Saturday, Oct. 29, is the place to do it. Enjoy the fresh air and glorious beauty of the Chippewa Cree Recreation Area as you careen downhill from the Bear Paw Ski Bowl to the reservation line. Entry forms are available at Master Sports, Down Under,...
Press release The Hill County Election Department and the Chippewa Cree Tribe reached an agreement for an Alternative Voting Office for the 2022 Federal General Election. Hill County will have an alternative voting office open Wednesdays, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, 2022. It will be located on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation at the New Stone Child College in the foyer of the Kenawash Building, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road, Box Elder, Montana. Late registration and absentee voting will be available for all Hill County residents f...
Press release The Hill County Election Department and the Chippewa Cree Tribe reached an agreement for an Alternative Voting Office for the 2022 Federal General Election. Hill County will have an alternative voting office open Wednesdays, Oct. 19 and 26 and Nov. 2, 2022. It will be located on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation at the New Stone Child College in the foyer of the Kenawash Building, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road, Box Elder, Montana. Late registration and absentee voting will be available for all Hill County r...
Press release The Hill County Election Department and the Chippewa Cree Tribe reached an agreement for an Alternative Voting Office for the 2022 Federal General Election. Hill County will have an alternative voting office open Wednesdays, today, Oct. 19, and 26 and Nov. 2, 2022. It will be located on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation at Stone Child College in the foyer of the Kenawash Building, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road, Box Elder, Montana. Late registration and absentee voting will be available for all Hill County r...
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day Monday, Oct. 10, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is holding its Ojibwe Neyio Spiritual Run, a biking, canoeing and running event that both the tribal community and the general public are invited to participate in to bring awareness to mental health, cancer awareness, suicide prevention and cultural awareness. The Spiritual Run will start at 8 a.m. at Crier Hill near the agency, said co-organizer Wilfred “Huck” Sunchild, with the course...
Havre Daily News staff The unofficial results of the Business Committee primary election at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, pending canvassing, have been released on the Chippewa Cree Tribe Facebook Page. Havre Daily News was told that four positions are up for election, with the top eight vote getters advancing to the general election, but no one was available in the tribal offices to confirm that data. The top eight vote getters in the primary are: • Lenore Myers-Nault, 197 votes. • Jody Ann LaMere, 193 • Daryl Wright...
GREAT FALLS — A man suspected of strangling and assaulting a woman on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation admitted today to domestic assault by habitual offender, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Clay Bad Hawk, 25, pleaded guilty to domestic abuse by habitual offender. Bad Hawk faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Chief Judge Morris will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and othe...
Hi, I’m Les Odegard, independent candidate for Hill County Commissioner. Seems like this question is the top question I am asked. Sometimes it’s more like “why would you ever want to be commissioner?” I see this position as an opportunity to continue serving a community that welcomed me in 20 years ago. One that I have made my home. Throughout the past 20 years I have served on the 4-H Foundation Board, Crimestoppers, Havre Wrestling Club, Havre Chamber Ag Committee, Havre Public School Board, currently serving my 11th ye...
Daryl Wright I, Ahs-ki ki-iw (Earth Eagle), aka Buck and Black Dog, 70, passed away due to natural causes at Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, September 24, 2022. A Rosary was said at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2022, and his Traditional funeral service will take place at 10:00 a.m. today, September 26, 2022. All services will be held at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow in the Wright Family Cemetery....
The Eagle Creek Fire in the Bear Paw Mountains appears to be fairly well under control, with the resources deployed to fight the fire headed home at the end of shift today, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Montana Forest Action Plan Project Manager Wyatt Frampton said this morning. Frampton said the fire is 95 percent contained, and although local firefighters will be keeping a close eye on it, the main job of firefighting is done. The incident commander as of last Tuesday, Robert Smith, said it was...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the size of the fire in the subheadline. Work on the Eagle Creek Fire continues with the firefighting perimeter continuing to grow. The perimeter was estimated at 40 percent Sunday and the Inciweb reporting site Tuesday reported the perimeter 60 percent contained. The site has reported the size of the fire at 7,225 acres since Sunday evening. Incident Commander Robert Smith said Tuesday the land crews are primarily working on the edges t...
9:45 a.m. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel said this morning that a full attack continues on the Eagle Creek Fire in the Bear Paw Mountains. Frickel said the fire, first detected on Mount Baldy Wednesday afternoon on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was estimated this morning at 8,200 acres. She said containment is estimated at 60 percent off the reservation and 30 percent on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Frickel said about 150 personnel...
The fire in the Bear Paw Mountains that was reported at 2,000 acres this morning -- but growing rapidly -- was listed at 8,500 acres this afternoon, with Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services reporting at 2 p.m. that it was 45 percent contained but Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation reporting at about 1 p.m. zero percent containment on the reservation side. A post about 1 p.m. on the Chippewa Creek Tribe Facebook page said the fire, which started on the reservation on Mount...
A fire started on Mount Baldy Wednesday and, while fire crews and law enforcement across the three counties the fire has spread to are responding, information on the fire remains somewhat scarce. Chippewa Cree Business Committee Chair Harlan Baker said, according to this morning's update, the fire had reached 2,000 acres but the fire has since spread significantly and that number is now very outdated. Baker said Rocky Boy has sent crews to fight the fire and air tankers from...
David Joseph "Jay" Meyers Sr., 71, passed away due to natural causes at his residence Sunday, September 4, 2022. Wake services began at 3:00 p.m. Monday, September 5, 2022, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2022, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Meyers Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Jay's online memorial page to send...
