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Watch for profiles of other candidates in this and other races in upcoming editions of Havre Daily News. Former Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., is returning to politics, running again for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives against a crowded primary field that doesn't include the seat's current occupant Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont. Rehberg said his campaign is an effort to curb the effects of the Joe Biden Administration's leadership of the country, which he said have bee...
Former long-time Congressman and lobbyist Denny Reberg is looking to get back into the U.S. House of Representatives, declaring his candidacy for Montana’s eastern district seat, joining a crowded field of primary opponents, one that does not yet include the seat’s current occupant Matt Rosendale. Rehberg announced his candidacy Wednesday, touting his years of experience in public service and painting a dire picture of the country under Democratic leadership which he cited as his primary reason for his run. “Joe Biden is ma...
Press release The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center announced their 16th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame, including legacy inductee Clarence Cuts the Rope of Hays and living inductee Leon Lasalle of Laredo. The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana. "The Hall of Fame exists to honor those who...
In late August, it was reported that Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had entered their “final days.” The 39th president is 98 and his bride of 77 years is 96. Their grandson, Josh, told People Magazine that they are “still holding hands” and that Jimmy is still eating his favorite peanut butter ice-cream. The former president has been in hospice care since February, declining lifesaving assistance. He recently revealed final plans for his burial near his modest home at Plains, Georgia, and has requested that President Joe Biden d...
Press release Mae Nan Ellingson and Jerry Loendorf, Montana Constitutional Convention Delegates and Co-Chairs of the Constitutional Convention Celebration Committee, today announced the preliminary plans to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Montana’s 1972 Constitution in May and June of 2022. The Constitutional Convention Celebration Committee — CCCC — was created to celebrate Montana’s Constitution on its 50 Anniversary in 2022, to recognize the Convention and the 100 delegates who wrote the document and publicize the pro...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in an interview with Havre Daily News that getting $100 million in funding that likely will go to the St. Mary Diversion is a really big deal. "It will be massive," he said. "... It's a big deal. The most important part, really, is the predictability it provides for agriculture and municipalities." Tester, one of the senators who crafted the bipartisan infrastructure bill that has passed Congress and been signed into law by President Joe Biden,...
Watching Arizona’s freshman Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema trying to figure out how to vote on President Biden’s budget plan reconciliation bill reminds me of a Montana situation almost 44 years ago with freshman Sen. Paul Hatfield. In both cases, there was an important upcoming vote in which every vote counted. Both Hatfield and Sinema had let themselves become essentially the final necessary vote, breaking a political rule to never let yourself be the final vote because of the disproportionate blame that could be laid at...
Montana Free Press by Alex Sakariassen Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate approved a $1.2 trillion spending plan aimed at addressing critical national infrastructure needs. The bill is poised to inject billions of dollars into Montana's highways, bridges, water systems and broadband, and the fate of that funding now rests with the U.S. House of Representatives, which began debating the proposal's path this week. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester was among the bill's chief...
The new location of the Merril Lundman VA Outpatient Clinic will open in the Holiday Village Mall in Havre on inauguration day, Jan. 20. A press release from the Montana Veterans Administration Health Care System announced the opening and says the new location will provide more than 3,000 square feet of space, nearly tripling the size of the previous location. The original Merril Lundman VA Clinic located on 13th Street was named after a Havre-area veteran who fought to get a clinic in the area until his death Dec. 22, 2007,...
Praise abounded for the Senate passing Wednesday what some are calling the greatest conservation bill in decades. In a 73-25 vote, the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act which gives permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provides $12 billion to work on deferred maintenance in U.S. national parks. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., both of whom are original co-sponsors of the bill, each held press conferences on its passage W...
Editor's note: Watch for profiles of the Republican gubernatorial candidates in Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney is facing businesswoman Whitney Williams of Missoula in the Democratic primary. "I think with my background and experience, first of all Montana is my home and it has been my home all my life. It's where my kids have chosen to be, I think that's very important, and I've always felt this way with all of my public service, that I've...
Editor’s note This version adds Montana secretary of state candidate Rep. Forrest Mandeville, R-Columbus, and that Mike Knoles has announced he is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race and corrects that Steve Bullock is a former attorney general. Some new filings are changing the tone of several races in the 2020 election, including Montana's governor stepping into the race for U.S. Senate after months of calls from the Democratic Party. Gov. Steve Bullock has joined a c...
January 22, 2020, Carra Johnson lost her life to a battle with cancer in Annandale, Virginia. Carra battled and won her first two but her last battle was one she could not overcome. Born December 15,1946, to Norton and Mary Johnson of Kremlin, Montana, she graduated from Kremlin High School and went on to college from there. She moved to Annadale, Virginia, in 1974 and lived her entire life there. After a short marriage that ended early, she spent the next 25 years of her...
Editor’s note: This version corrects an error that misreported that Jaylen Jake Crazyboy had been arrested in Cascade County. A multitude of news items happened in north-central Montana over the past year, with many issues continuing to create headlines throughout most of the year. Following are just a few of the issues covered in the Havre Daily News in 2019. Amtrak ticket agents A year-and-a-half of cuts, congressional action and negotiations continued into the last couple o...
From Montana Grain Growers Association The Montana Grain Growers Association 2019 Convention and Trade Show, scheduled for Dec. 3-5 at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls, promises an exciting lineup of speakers as Vince Mattson, vice-president of MGGA and this year’s convention chairman, builds a program around the theme “Gaining the Upper Hand.” “A primary goal of this year’s convention is to offer growers new tricks of the trade that will help them manage tough times,” Mattson said. “Farmers are usually pretty good at findi...
A man with ties to this part of north-central Montana announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate just in time for the Democratic state convention, held over the weekend in Helena. John Mues of Loma said in his announcement Thursday about running as a Democrat for U.S. Senate that his credentials, along with serving as a U.S. naval officer who served in combat situations including Operation Iraqi Freedom and working as a senior engineer in the energy sector. Mues also has taught on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Mues joins...
Friends and neighbors, I attended the rail passenger conference on Saturday in Cut Bank. One takeaway from the meeting that everyone in Northern Montana needs to be aware of; the 2019 Legislature approved House Joint Resolution 34 – the Interim Study on Passenger Transportation. Now, that may not cause any red flags to emerge, except that it was noted at the Cut Bank meeting, as per HJ 34, there is a renewed push to revive the Hiawatha Passenger Service, Chicago, Billings, Missoula and Spokane. Here’s a bit of history: Apr...
The Montana Department of Transportation hosted its first public tour of proposed projects Wednesday at 11 a.m. Members of the community as well as members of and candidates for the Montana government were welcomed to join the MDT tour of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 232. The tour, which is normally held with local officials to brief them on projects in the area of the commission meeting, was expanded this year to allow members of the general public to attend as well....
A project that will provide treated drinking water for Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and a large chunk of north-central Montana has more money proposed for its completion. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced he secured $4.8 million in an appropriations bill for the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System, which will treat water from Lake Elwell at Tiber Reservoir south of Chester. The treated water will be transported to Rocky Boy and regions off the reservation from Loma to Havre and the North Havre Water Dis...
Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Jared Pettinato talked with voters at Triple Dog Brewing Co Tuesday, part of a six-stop whistle stop tour he is making across northern Montana. Pettinato said in an interview that he has already visited Wolf Point and Glasgow, and will round out his tour with stops in Cut Bank, Browning and Libby. A former U.S. Justice Dept. attorney from Whitefish Pettinato is vying to be the Democratic candidate to take on Rep. Greg...
President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget represents a step backward for Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a letter to Trump Tuesday, the same day he and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced a hearing for a bill that could provide funding for such projects. Cuts to the Bureau of Reclamation in the president's budget, Tester said, would reduce funding for the project by $8.2 million, and the Fort Peck...
Congress is in crisis, and some members of the U.S. Senate suggest fundamental changes that would forever alter the future of that esteemed body. In one dramatic proposal, Montana’s own Sen. Steve Daines has proposed getting rid of the historic Senate filibuster rule: “These are archaic rules from the past that are creating, are going to create barriers for the Senate to act on behalf of the American people. It is time to blow up the filibuster. ... I was pleased to see the president tweet that out,” Daines said July 18. S...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN – Max Baucus, former U.S. ambassador to China and long serving senator from Montana, will reflect on his life in public service in a lecture celebrating his return to Montana at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7m in room 101 of Gaines Hall on the Montana State University campus. The lecture, sponsored by the Burton K. Wheeler Center at MSU, is free and open to the public. However, because space is limited, tickets are required. They may be reserved at: h...
Last week, amid sweltering heat and arid conditions, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation was grappling with a shortage of available drinking water. Chippewa Cree Tribal Water Resources Director Dustin White said July 10 that the water situation on the reservation was critical. Water levels within the reservation's water storage tanks had only 4 or 5 feet of water remaining. Unless people took measures to conserve water, the entire reservation would have...
Montana's U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines reintroduced a bill Thursday to provide a guaranteed annual fund of $80 million over 20 years for rural water projects including the Rocky Boy's-North Central Regional Water System and allow the reservation to purchase a new water storage tank. A joint press release from the senators said the Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act would immediately make funds available to two authorized water projects in Montana,...
