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After a special meeting of the Rural Fire District 1 board Thursday, RFD 1 and the city of Havre are still without an updated fire suppression agreement due to issues concerning code enforcement. Mayor Tim Solomon and Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson told RFD 1 board chairman Steve Jamruszka the city wants a new contract put in place. Solomon said the new agreement should include wording about code enforcement. Solomon said new buildings put up in the district, basically a...
Thomas M. Farnham, 64, lifetime Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place at Schnider Funeral Home in Great Falls. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Information will follow once details are finalized. Tom was born on November 2, 1956, in Havre to William and Helen Farnham. He attended grade school and middle school at St. Jude's and Havre High School, where he graduated in 1975. Tom married...
In the wake of announcements about the dispersal of over $28 million in American Rescue Plan funds to counties and cities across north-central Montana little guidance has been issued by the federal government about how these funds can be used. While some county- and city-level officials in the area have general ideas about where this money will be spent, few concrete plans are being made because so little is known about how the money can legally be spent. “We know we need to be accountable for how it’s spent and we have not...
Raymond Gene Watson of Great Falls, Montana, passed away in the early hours of May 7, 2021. He was born to Harry Richard Holland Watson and Nora Myrtle Baumer Watson on January 14, 1933, in Havre, Montana. He was educated in the Havre Public Schools, graduating from Havre High School in 1951. He attended Northern Montana College - now MSU-Northern - from 1951 to 1953. In the summer of 1953, he worked in the Texas oil fields with his brother-in-law. He then moved to Seattle...
Havre community member Tony Gabrielsen has announced his candidacy for City Council. Gabrielsen, 53, is originally from St. Paul, Minn., of Noreweigian descent and was brought up in the Lutheran tradition. This upbringing is what brought his family to Havre. "My grandparents came directly from Norway. My grandmother never did learn to speak English. Four Gabrielsen brothers came from Norway, they were all ministers, Lutheran ministers," Gabrielsen said. His father, K. David Ga...
The process of Havre’s transition to a charter government from a commission-executive government continues after May’s second City Council meeting Monday night. Each of the ordinances — No. 914 through No. 921 — were read for a second time and each was approved for final passage without issue. • Ordinance No. 914 set the effective date for the transition, July, 1. • Ordinance No. 915 moves ordinances, debt obligations, and everyone who’s currently in office to the new form...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 8. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Ordinance No. 914 (second reading) — An Ordinance Providing For The Transition From A Commission-Executive Form Of Local Government To A Charter Form Of Local Government. 2. Ordinance No....
Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci spoke at a meeting of the North Central Pachyderm Club to discuss the 2020-2021 Legislative Session, spending a fair amount of time at the meeting attacking Havre Daily News. The issue of "tech censorship" was the primary subject of discussion. Over the past year, and especially in the months since the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building Jan. 6, many social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter have been...
The Hill County Commissioners Thursday again tabled the matter of a social host ordinance. The commission tabled the agenda item without discussion, with the members saying afterward they want to edit the ordinance before bringing it up for discussion again. “The main concern is they can hold individuals liable even though they don’t know there’s something happening on their land,” Commissioner Mark Peterson said after the meeting. “When you get into the rural areas, fa...
Staff and wire report Havre Finance Director Doug Kaercher, a former Havre City Council member and former Hill County commissioner, has announced his candidacy for mayor of Havre. "I want to put my three decades of experiences in the local government to work for the residents of Havre as Mayor," Kaercher said in a release announcing his candidacy. "My top priority is to use my experience to serve the citizens of Havre in an efficient and effective manner." His release said...
At a meeting Monday night, Havre City Council approved Ordinance No. 914 — an ordinance providing for the transition from a commission-executive government to a charter government. “So the charter was passed last November. And this one is first in the transition ordinances. And it sets the effective date for the transition, which is our fiscal year July 1, and then it officially recognizes the form of government from commission executive to charter with a council,” Counc...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 15. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Interlocal agreement with Hill County for ambulance services outside city limits. 2. Ratification of memorandum of agreement settling contracts for fiscal years 2019, 2020 and 2021 with T...
Press release The Hi-Line Arts Council recently announced the organization’s inaugural “Art Alley Spring Celebration” event, scheduled for Saturday, April 17, from 3-8 p.m. The event is designed to introduce Havre and the Hi-Line to the recently designated “Art Alley,” located in downtown Havre between Second and Third Streets and Third and Fourth Avenues. The east entrance of the alley begins between Helmbrecht Studio and Crawford Distillery. The Havre City Council has approved the closure of Fourth Avenue between Second an...
Following a meeting Monday night Havre City Council members amended the budget to include a Community Development Block Grant/Home Fund Grant to help with the cost of developing a downtown master plan. Havre was awarded $20,000 by The Montana Department of Commerce through its Main Street Montana program to develop the master plan. The total cost of the master plan is expected to be between $40,000 and $50,000. The Hill County Community Foundation has provided $5,000 in...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items one through four. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution No. 3832 - A Resolution Amending The Budget In The CDBG/Home Fund (2940) Of The City Of Havre, Montana. 2. Consider street closure of Fourth Avenue between Second and T...
By Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission Part 1 of a 2-part series Since St. Mark's ended services this year, I thought it was fitting to run this article again. The article was printed in the Havre Daily News Friday, March 21, 2014, and Friday, March 28, 2014. It is a beautiful church with a lot of history. Organized in 1898, the missionaries who held services for the Episcopalians occasionally in Havre until 1907 were Bishop Brenner, the Rev. Harry...
Monday 1 p.m. — Council On Aging Advisory Board meeting 2:30 p.m. — Levee meeting at Bear Paw Development Corp. Tuesday 10:30 a.m. Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting at Hill County Detention Center 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — 911 Meeting at City Hall 5 p.m. — HRDC budget and finance Meeting at HRDC facility Wednesday 10 a.m. — Safety meeting in the Timmons room 1 p.m. — Havre Trails meeting in the commissioners’ office 2 p.m. — Hill County levee check in Thursday 10 a.m....
Havre City Council Monday unanimously approved a variance to allow a local group to put up 40 ribbons and signs downtown in memory of the 40 Hill County residents who have died from COVID-19-related causes. Will Rawn, a member of the group, said they had received a one-month approval from the Montana Department of Transportation to display the white ribbons and signs, and removed the signs Sunday but wanted to put them up downtown. He said the group back in December discussed...
Havre saw a "Union Strong Car Parade and Celebration" last Friday evening, with almost 50 cars, many with more than one occupant, drive through Havre in support of local union workers in response to right-to-work bills making their way through the Montana Legislature. The event saw participants from the Teamsters, the Montana Federation of Public Employees, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way, and others drive through...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda Items: one through six. For Items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda 1. Presentation and approval of the audited financial statements for fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. 2. Resolution No. 3831 - A Resolution To Authorize Adoption Of The 2018 Edition...
The Havre group Downtown Montana Matters has been working to beautify the alley between Second and Third streets and Third and Fourth avenues with LED lights and artwork as part of their mission to make the town more enjoyable to walk in. One of the group's members, Debbie Vandeberg, said the organization, formerly called the Havre Main Street Group, was created as a result of a meeting years ago about becoming an official Main Street program through Montana's Department of...
The Havre City Council approved road closures for a local marathon and the appointment of a new probationary police officer at their monthly meeting Monday evening. Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Julea Robbins said her organization was going to hold a marathon last year, the inaugural Bear Paw Marathon, but it had to be cancelled because of the pandemic. She said they will likely be able to hold it this year and the Chamber has put plans in place to do so safely by host out-of-state runners remotely as...
Havre City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items one through 4. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda 1. Havre Area Chamber of Commerce request for approval of the Bear Paw Marathon route within city limits on June 5. 2. Approval of the Independence Bank pledged securities for the...
The 2020-2021 winter season has been uncommonly mild so far, and City of Havre Public Works Department has been able to take advantage of the weather in a number of ways in the past weeks and months. Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said the longer the mild weather holds, the less potential there is for road damage in the coming months. When moisture finds its way into and under the roads then freezes, it can expand and damage roadways, but because the weather has been so mild there’s very little frost in or on t...
Gov. Greg Gianforte, in the first press conference of his term, announced changes to the state's vaccine distribution program, expanding Phase 1B to include Montanans older the age of 70 - it previously was 75 - and adding people older than 16 with underlying health conditions - previously scheduled for the next phase of vaccinations - but bumping front-line essential workers, such as teachers, first responders and grocery store employees, along with those in congregate care...
