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Havre Police Department A caller on Fourth Street reported Friday at 7:17 a.m. a truck had been vandalized. -- A vehicle crash between a Yukon and an F150 was reported on First Street West Friday at 9:42 a.m. -- At 4:32 p.m. Friday, a vehicle crash between a Chevrolet Impala and a GMC truck was reported at Seventh Avenue and Fourth Street. -- Officers assisted Hill County Sheriff's deputies at 10:17 p.m. Friday during a vehicle stop on Beaver Creek Boulevard. -- A domestic...
Havre Police Department Someone at the police station Wednesday at 8:25 a.m. reported a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. -- Elizabeth Helene Schmautz of Havre 46, was arrested during a vehicle stop on 11th Street West Wednesday at 11:31 a.m. Charges were not listed on the dispatch log, but the jail roster lists Schmautz as being held this morning on two counts of failure to appear in court and one count of failure to pay fines, along with charges of possession of drug...
A thunderstorm brought high winds to Havre Wednesday, downing trees and power and phone lines in the area, while seemingly missing neighboring communities. Great Falls National Weather Service Meteorologist Cody Moldan said a thunderstorm originating on the Canadian side of the Sweetgrass area, moved east along the southern Alberta border until it reached the Liberty-Hill county line, when it crossed into the United States. It was already a windy day, he said, with strong surf...
From Leadership Montana BOZEMAN — Leadership Montana announced the graduation of 44 community, business, education, health care, non-profit and government leaders from across the state, including Havreites Brad Baldwin of Baldwin Insurance and Jennifer Dees of Northwest Farm Credit Services, for the Class of 2019 of its flagship leadership program. Leadership Montana presents an annual seven-session program of leadership development, education about issues facing Montana today, and opportunities for networking and c...
Havre Police Department A non-injury vehicle crash Friday at 8:38 a.m. between a Pontiac G6 and a Buick Enclave was reported at First Street and Seventh Avenue. -- A summons was issued after a Third Street caller reported Friday at 5:05 p.m. that a white sheep dog was at large and chasing trucks. -- A bike was reported Friday at 9:42 a.m. stolen on 3rd Street. -- Jared Robert Eisenbarth of Woodinville, Washington, 19, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and minor in...
Multiple units from Havre Fire Department and Police Department were on the scene of a gas leak near Highland Park Early Primary School before 10 a.m. Thursday, leading to the evacuation of at least two homes next to the school as NorthWestern Energy employees worked to repair the leak. NorthWestern Energy spokeswoman Jo Dee Black said Tbursday the leak was caused when some contractors, who were not doing work for NorthWestern, hit a line near the north side of Highland Park...
3:40 p.m. — NorthWestern Energy announced that the area where the gas line was broken in Highland Park near Highland Park Early Primary School is isolated and repairs are being made. The fire department was released from the scene. The strong natural gas odor will dissipate now. 11:45 a.m. — Havre Public Schools announced that the summer lunch program and all activities at Highland Park Early Primary School were cancelled today due to a gas leak. 10:45 a.m. — Multiple units...
Dear editor, I am a NorthWestern Energy employee and also a net-metering customer of the company. I bought a home that has rooftop solar installed. I am very interested in the proposal for a new customer class made by my employer to the Montana Public Service Commission in the current rate review application. Being a net-metering customer is a hands-on learning experience for our family. I know that my rooftop solar system typically generates more electricity during the day than my family needs, especially on a beautiful...
Havre Police Department A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported a lost or stolen Smith and Wesson revolver at 11:04 a.m. Friday. -- Joyce Huntley of Havre, 26, was arrested on two state District Court warrants after turning herself in at the police station Friday at 3:10 p.m. -- Kenneth Zane Blatt of Havre, 67, was issued a summons on charges of failing to give notice of accident and no vehicle insurance, after a caller at a Second Street business reported a...
The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce has presented the lineup for this summer’s Sounds on the Square. The performances, sponsored by NorthWestern Energy and Triangle Communications, run from from 6 to 8 p.m. each Wednesday on Havre’s Town Square on the 300 Block of First Street. The first three weeks feature some local country. June 12 will have a performance by Milk River Band, followed by ROC Band June 19 and Plowed Under Band June 26. The series takes a rock turn July 3 with Stevie Nixon, followed by some Southern Rock Jul...
Clausen and Sons General Contractors company, a third-generation family business, is continuing its 59-year tradition of building in northern Montana and supporting Montana families. "It's been fun watching our organization grow over the years," co-owner Dave Clausen said. Clausen and Sons started in Malta in 1960 as Clausen Wholesale, when Clausen's father, Pete Clausen, started the company. At the time, Pete Clausen owned a Ford dealership and a gas distribution company but...
The Legislature adjourned April 25, after 87 days of being in session this year, and state Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, and Rep. Joshua Kassmier, R-Fort Benton, spoke Friday to the North Central Pachyderm Club about their opinion of how the session went and what they accomplished. "It was a good session," Kassmier said. "We accomplished quite a bit. "At the end, it got a little tense," he added. President of the North Central Pachyderm Club Andrew Brekke said that even though...
From NorthWestern Energy BUTTE — NorthWestern Energy Montana customers are being targeted by a scam threatening immediate utility shut offs. Customers report that they receive a call and a recording plays, telling the customer to call a 1-800 number to avoid having their utility service interrupted. Customers who called the phone number report that the person who answers the call demands immediate payment. The scammers appear to be calling utility customers throughout Montana. NorthWestern Energy has reported the scam and t...
Editor, Pretending that opposition to continuing Montana’s “Medicaid expansion” had anything to do with the federal budget deficit is a joke that is almost as funny as the proposal by state Sen. Sales earlier this Montana legislative session to “contribute” additional millions of Montana taxpayers’ dollars to building a higher wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Seriously? The current national debt is more than $21 trillion and the current fiscal year 2020 federal deficit is $1.103 trillion — per “thebalance.c...
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA - Montana's House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bill that would allow NorthWestern Energy to purchase another share of a coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana and additional capacity on a key high-voltage power line. Supporters said elements of the proposal could be amended into another bill in the Legislature's final days. Republican Sen. Tom Richmond, one of the bill's sponsors, said the bill had been...
Friday's Havre legislative teleconference from Helena to Havre was canceled because no legislators were able to attend, but Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, and Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, both gave comment Sunday on the past week of the Legislature including on the proposal to continue the state's Medicaid expansion. House Bill 658 introduced by Rep. Edward Buttrey, R-Great Falls, stalled last week in the Senate, with Tempel voting on several amendments to the bill Thursday,...
A front-page story that ran in the April 1 edition of The Havre Daily News misreported that Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci opposed Senate Bill 331 that would allow NorthWestern Energy to purchase part of the Colstrip coal-fired generator facility for $1. Pinocci said he said during the North Central Pachyderm meeting in Havre that he supported the bill — and that he voted in support of it on the PSC — but had concerns about PSC oversight under the bill. He said legislators and NorthWestern Energy amended the bil...
Editor’s note: This April 12 version corrects that Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci said during a meeting of North Central Pachyderm that he supported Senate Bill 331. An ealier version corrected the bill number of the legislation allowing Northwestern Energy to purchase additional ownership in Colstrip for $1. Montana Public Service Commissioner Randall Pinocci, a Republican from Sun River, addressed the future of energy including at Colstrip when he spoke in H...
Havre Police Department A Tuesday 10:41 a.m. report of blood in a hotel room was referred to another agency. -- A 15-year-old was issued a summons on charges of possession of both drug paraphernalia and dangerous drugs after a Seventh Avenue caller reported three juveniles were smoking something in a backpack Tuesday at 7:16 p.m. -- Someone at Sunnyside School reported Tuesday at 8:27 p.m. that occupants of a van were taking pictures of kids at the school. -- A caller on the...
Mark Twain is credited with saying, “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” And so it is with SB 331, which is winding its way through the legislature. This bill authorizes NorthWest-ern Energy to buy more interest in old coal plants and automatically pass the costs, plus profit margin, onto their customers without review by the Public Service Commission. It also puts ratepayers on the hook for more of the decommissioning and cleanup costs in the future. There have been a lot of articles and editorials war...
Havre Police Department Jacob Cole Crebs of Box Elder, 27, was arrested on a charge of escape after a caller with Juvenile Probation reported Monday at 11 a.m. a man had run away from the courthouse on Fourth Street. -- A Havre area caller reported Monday at 12:43 p.m. an unauthorized use of a credit card. -- A Seventh Street caller reported at 12:46 p.m. Monday that someone had broken out a windshield. -- Chereese Amorita Allery of Box Elder, 28, was arrested on two Justice...
This week, in Education Committee, we have had a number of bills that are pushing toward offering more career and technical education in schools. One of the bills has suggested CTE education start as low as fifth and sixth grades. The idea is noble, but in talking with a fifth-grade teacher, she felt the kids at that age are booked with their learning as it is. Then the cost, or fiscal note, is very costly. I can, and do, continue to support dual credit and work force training for juniors and seniors in high school. It is my...
Havre Police Department Two summonses were issued after officers were called to Havre Middle School for juvenile tobacco offenses Friday at 12:07 p.m. -- Two summonses were issued after officers were called to Havre High School for a fight Friday at 1:22 p.m. -- Jordan Miles Hobson of Havre, 26, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants during a vehicle stop on Sixth Avenue Friday at 2:29 p.m. -- Jephrey Joseph Julian of Havre, 32, was arrested on charges of...
Havre Police Department Officers made an arrest during a vehicle stop on First Street West at 1:26 p.m. Thursday. No details were provided on the charges, but Tony Mariani, a woman named in the dispatch log as an involved party, was listed this morning in the jail roster on a felony charge of possession of dangerous drugs with no bail determined. -- Officers made an arrest on a warrant on Second Street Northeast Thursday at 7:52 p.m. No details were provided on the charges....
Editor, We have the chance in Montana to take some control over the future of our electricity costs. The Colstrip power plants have been a reliable source of electricity for our state for decades, and Units 3 & 4 can continue to provide affordable energy for decades into the future. Our legislators should be supporting a plan for NorthWestern Energy to buy more of Colstrip generation. They need to make sure there are controls on what NorthWestern Energy can charge people for the electricity from Colstrip, which is why they...
