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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont. visited the soon-to-be-opened Merril Lundman VA Clinic at the Holiday Village Mall Wednesday, and said it is an impressive facility that will make local veterans proud. The new clinic is nearly three times the size of its pervious location on 13th Street was designed to make use of the VA’s Patient Aligned Care Team — PACT — model, which is meant to make it a one-stop shop for nearly all veterans medical needs. Tester said this is especially important since so many veterans have multiple inter...
Pro-Donald Trump protesters stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Wednesday, interrupting a joint congressional hearing to count and confirm the electoral college’s votes in the 2020 General Election that resulted President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Trump. The protesters breached barricades, forcing lawmakers to be evacuated from the building for their safety, but the lawmakers have since reconvened and confirmed the college’s votes despite objections from many Republican members of Congress, with...
Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. interrupting a congressional hearing to confirm the electoral college's votes in the 2020 General Election that resulted President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The protesters breached barricades, forcing lawmakers to be evacuated from the building for their safety. The National Guard has been activated and there are reports of one woman having been shot, though no further details on the incident have been released. 12 U.S. Senators including Steve...
Editor: With his rumpled suit, his old-school haircut, and his folksy ways, Sen. Jon Tester would have us believe he is a friend of working Montanans. Do not be fooled. When Sen. Tester had a chance to vote to raise the minimum wage, he voted no and told the working people in Montana that $8.75 an hour was good enough for them. Trust me, the senator’s corporate handlers were pleased with their boy, Jon. John Snider Ashland, Wisconsin...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a call for Montana's mayors about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package - American Rescue Plan - that recently passed the U.S. Senate and how it will be distributed. On a party-line vote, the Senate passed the bill Saturday after amending the version passed by the House, also without any Republican support. The House is expected to pass the amended version today, also likely on a party-line vote. Tester said Tuesday that even after a year of...
by Chris Aadland Montana Free Press Montana teachers will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a federal order. Already, several independent pharmacies across Montana have announced upcoming vaccination clinics for some school districts. Educators will also be able to get a vaccine through retail chain pharmacies, like Albersons and Walgreens, that are part of a federal pharmacy vaccine partnership. The health departments in Blaine and Hill counties already have held vaccinations for school and university...
Part of the COVID-19 relief package passed on party lines by the Senate last weekend including something directly impacting the Hi-Line — restoration of full service to Amtrak’s long-distance trains, including the Empire Builder. Amtrak had cut days of service to long-distance routes and furloughed employees, citing loss of traffic due to the pandemic. The members of Montana’s congressional delegation all called on the passenger rail service to restore seven-day-a-week runs and put the employees back to work, and the bill pas...
The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group met Thursday and decided to use state funds they received to pay for an ability-to-pay study to be conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation in preparation for legislation that may change the cost share of repairs to the St. Mary Diversion Dam. Under the current arrangement irrigators are requires to pay 74 percent of the costs of repair and maintenance for the structure with the federal government paying the remainder. Legislation is being worked on by the members of Montana’s congressi...
Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont. held a press conference Thursday to provide an update on his efforts on the national- and state-levels to address rural Montana issues, including the Keystone XL Pipeline, the state's vaccine roll-out and Amtrak. Tester said the Keystone XL Pipeline has been one of his biggest concerns since the Biden Administration effectively canceled it which he said he thinks is a bad move, an opinion he's expressed to Biden in person. "I've told President Biden...
The U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, led by it’s recently appointed chair Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a hearing Wednesday to take stock of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’s vaccine roll-out and address concerns held by members of the committee. Tester said, based on everything he’s seen, the VA is doing an admirable job getting the vaccine to veterans efficiently and quickly, and complimented VA Acting Under Secretary for Health Dr. Richard Stone, who was at the hearing, for his work and that of his department...
The Montana House of Representatives unanimously sent to the Senate a resolution urging authorization of funding and work to repair "the lifeline of the Hi-Line." The bill, with primary sponsor Rep. Casey Knudsen, R-Malta, and 23 other sponsors including Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, and Sens. Mike Lang, R-Malta, and Russ Tempel, R-Chester, directs the state government to support funding for the repair and replacement of the St. Mary Diversion and Milk River Project...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced Tuesday that he has introduced legislation to restore cut service and furloughed employees that Amtrak cut last year after the pandemic hit, saying it would bring people back to work and restore Amtrak service to Montana’s Hi-Line communities by bringing back complete long-distance service to routes like the Empire Builder. “Long-distance Amtrak service creates good paying jobs on the Hi-Line, generates revenue for Montana’s frontier communities, and keeps folks connected with family and frien...
By Patricia Kime Kaiser Health News A Learjet 31 took off before daybreak from Helena Regional Airport in Montana, carrying six Veterans Affairs medical providers and 250 doses of historic cargo cradled in a plug-in cooler designed to minimize breakage. Even in a state where 80-mph speed limits are normal, ground transportation across long distances is risky for the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine, which must be used within 12 hours of thawing. The group’s destination was Havre, 30 miles from the Canadian border. About 500 m...
Note: This information was provided by the offices of U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines Montana’s U.S. senators announced that academy nominee Alaynee Hawley of Harlem has been offered an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. “Helping young Montanans achieve their dreams of attending one of our nation’s prestigious Military Service Academies is one of my greatest honors as Montana’s senior senator,” said Sen. Tester, D-Mont. “Alaynee has proven that she’s an exceptional Montanan, as well as a tremendous st...
Note: This was provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., took the Farm Service Agency to task over further delays to disaster assistance support for Eastern Montana farmers who were hit hard by quality losses in the 2018 and 2019, despite the recent rollout of a program meant to make them whole. “After more than a year of waiting, Montanans were initially thrilled to hear that (the Quality Loss Assistance Program) would provide much-needed support for impacted growers,” wrote...
Havre-Hill County Library Staff While our stacks are currently closed to the public, you can still check out books. Here are some of our newest titles. New Fiction Thrillers and suspense novels are a great way to liven up a long winter. Here are some of our newest: “White Ivy” by Susie Yang. Ivy Lin grows up learning to lie and steal from her grandmother, allowing her to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen — and, more importantly, attracting the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political famil...
Editor’s note: This version includes comments by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. The Holiday Village Mall played host to two successful local COVID-19 vaccination clinics, one in the Former Herberger's location run by the the Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, and the other in the former Famous Footwear location, run by the Hill County Health Department, Northern Montana Hospital and Bullhook Community Health Center. The VA's vaccination clinic s...
Montana’s senior senator said Wednesday that members of Congress who objected to certifying the results of the presidential election should have to face the consequences. “If you do stupid stuff, you should make amends, and the enablers did some real stupid stuff,” Sen. Jon Tester said Wednesday during an interview in Havre. He said members of Congress who objected to the votes bear part of the responsibility for the attack by spreading misinformation or by needlessly objecting to legitimately cast electoral votes. “The...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN - The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University, formerly MSU Wonderlust, will partner with the Bozeman Public Library Foundation to host a Friday Forum talk with U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. "How We Work Together to Find Common Ground" will take place virtually from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15. It is free and open to the public. Tester will discuss some of the challenges for Congress in a time of social division and media mi...
One of the more remarkable stories of the year is that of the St. Mary Diversion and it's 22-week-long repair after experiencing a catastrophic failure back in May. Nearly all involved with the effort called it a remarkable example of teamwork and inter-organizational cooperation in a year plagued by social isolation. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman said this project is an example to the nation of what they can do when they work together. "It is truly inc...
Montana’s U.S. senators Monday touted provisions in a COVID-19 relief bill and an omnibus spending bill that includes the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact. The bills passed also include funding for Amtrak. The $900 billion COVID-19 bill is a scaled-down version of proposals that have been in the works since spring but stalled in Congress. Democrats wanted a larger bill that provided more relief to groups like consumers and people who had lost their jobs as well as state and local governments, while R...
Note: This was provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced he is nominating 19 Montana students to be admitted to the country’s four prestigious military service academies, including nominating Harlem student Alaynee Hawley to the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy. Tester selected these 19 students based on their academic accomplishments, extracurricular activities, and commitment to serving and leading in the United States military. To attend the U.S. Milit...
Press release DILLON - A commencement ceremony for Class 43 of the Montana Youth Challenge Academy took place Nov. 23 on the campus of The University of Montana Western in Dillon. In the ceremony, 82 cadets were acknowledged for their completion of the program including Jakob Dillon of Harlem, Jerzy Borowiecki of Havre, Madison La'Mere of Havre and Mara Stiffarm of Hays. Due to the statewide rise in COVID-19 cases, an intimate ceremony with social distancing and masking was...
Staff and wire report Note: Information for this report came from the offices of U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana A push to get more resources, information and investigation for murdered and missing Indigenous persons years in the making took a major step forward this week with the launching of a pilot program on the Flathead Indian Reservation. At a council meeting of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation — CSKT — the CSKT Cou...
Editor's note: Watch for an extended article on this topic in the December Farm and Ranch special edition included in the Dec. 2 edition of the Havre Daily News. Groups and lawmakers including Montana's senior senator are pushing back against a movement to limit agricultural producers' ability to get equipment repaired. About 2014, farm implement companies started limiting farmers' options to maintain their own equipment by limiting the resources and choice of mechanics...
