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Barbara Jean Anderson, 61, passed away due to natural causes at her residence. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 10, 2023, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. today, September 11, 2023, all at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Eagleman Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Barbara's online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of...
Local public school superintendents met in Havre Thursday to talk about major problems and issues their districts are facing. Montana Sen. Shannon O'Brien, D-Missoula, a candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Montana Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, attended the meeting. Havre Public School Assistant Superintendent Brad Moore, who led the meeting, asked if superintendents could talk about their staffing issues as a jumping off point for a larger conversation. Indeed a sho...
The Hill County Commission is taking steps to develop a capital improvement plan that will seek to address the infrastructure needs of the community, voting to submit a planning grant application to the Montana Coal Endowment Program to begin its creation at their monthly meeting Thursday. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said they are allocating $8,000 in local funds that can be used as a match for grants. Peterson said capital improvement plans seek to access the longterm needs of the community and can be used as a...
After starting the season last weekend in Hardin, the Havre High cross country teams return to the Hi-Line to host the Havre Invitational this Saturday. With the Blue Ponies running at Prairie Farms Golf Course this weekend, HHS head coach Danielle Parsons expects some good finishes from her runners. "It will be a pretty flat and nice course so it'll be a good day for them to be fast," Parsons said. "They can throw it all down there and see what they can really do." The...
The Seventh Annual Honor Our Legacy Fashion Show is on for Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. at Northern Winz Casino, a free event for the community featuring a lineup of Indigenous fashion, modeling competitions, music and art vendors. The event, organized by local fashion designer Rebekah Jarvey, has been expanding in scope year after year as Jarvey has risen in prominence in the fashion industry over the past few years. Jarvey said, as she's participated in more and more fashion shows...
Let’s start this severe case of disabled senior abuse and an EPA water violation by saying the Rocky Boy tribe has people who work for them, sub-contractors, who are merely laborers and do not have any carpentry skills. Mind you there are other departments up here with personnel not qualified to run those positions and that is when and why, you have a break down of how things are suppose to operate. The chain of command does not exist. There is also no senior advocate, either. Maybe I am that self-appointed person. I have b...
Monday, Sept. 4 Hill County Courthouse offices closed for Labor Day holiday Tuesday, Sept. 5 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation regional fire update call in the commissioners office 9:30 a.m. — Health department director meeting in the commissioners office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in the commissioners office Wednesday, Sept. 6 8:30 a.m. — Great Northern Fair Board meeting in the commissioners office for final discussion regarding office employee 12 p.m. — Meeting via phone with Great Wes...
Casandra Lamas won first place in the Montana Meth Project Paint the State contest for her mural, "Spread Your Wings and Fly," on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. All of the grand prize winners receive $10,000. Roundup High School student Julianne Landgren won the teen category, and a Valier Middle School entry won the People's Choice. Lamas said she has wanted to enter the contest for years, and is glad it created an adult category this year. She said the contest has some...
Havre Police Department A Havre-area caller asked Friday at 9:13 a.m. to speak with an officer about a possible check fraud. -- A summons was issued after a caller at Havre High School reported a vape pen on the premises Friday at 10:10 a.m. No information on the charges was provided. -- Jacquline Colleen Chiefstick of Box Elder, 43, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault and on 13 Justice or City court warrants after a Second Street caller reported a...
After a few days of light precipitation in the region, which mostly missed the local area, Hill County was hit harder than many of its neighbors by fires, losing 300 acres in the last week. During a regional fire call Tuesday morning Hill County reported three fires totaling more than 300 lost acres, having fared the worst of all the counties on the call. Roosevelt, Sheridan, Phillips, Blaine, Fergus, Golden Valley and Petroleum counties all reported no fire activities, though most of them saw some precipitation over the...
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — Two Havre residents accused of distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine to the Fort Belknap and the Rocky Boy’s Indian reservations admitted Monday to a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Brittany Alice Bradley, 25, and Daniel First Raised, 32, each pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. The defendants face a mandatory minimum of five years to 40 years of imprisonment, a $5 million fine and at least four...
Editors’ note: This version corrects the location of the harmful algal bloom mentioned in the story. Hill County elected officials and department heads met Wednesday morning and discussed some possible minor changes to county policy regarding sick time and meal reimbursement as well as updates on their department’s activities. Hill County Attorney Lacey Lincoln said she thinks county policy should be shifted to providing advanced payment for meals during travel instead of asking employees to ask for reimbursement. Hill Cou...
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Colorado man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Moises Zamora, 37, of Denver, Colorado, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to possession with intent to distribute meth. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided at Monday’s hearing. The government alleged in court documents that in September 2021, n...
Havre Police Department A vehicle crash was reported at 13th Street and Fifth Avenue Friday at 7:54 a.m. -- Evelyn Frances Foursouls of Have, 40, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program no-show at the police station at 8 a.m. Friday. -- Amari Love Longknife was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to an 8:01 a.m. Friday no-show for the 24/7 Sobriety Program at the police station. -- Letisia Joy Badhawk of Box Elder, 31,...
Our prettiest, Charleese Faye Burkybile, 19, passed away Monday, August 7, 2023, at her home in Rocky Boy, Montana. Her wake service began Tuesday night, and funeral services were today, Aug. 16, 2023, at 10 a.m., all at Bob Murie Residence on Parker School Road in Rocky Boy. Please visit her online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family at https://www.hollandbonine.com. Charleese was born August 31, 2004, in Yakima, Washington, to...
With heavy hearts, we bid farewell to our dear Gregory who embraced life's adventures with a big smile, an unwavering faith, and a deep love and devotion to his family and friends. While we mourn his loss, we rejoice knowing that Greg, who was a devout follower of Christ, embarked on his eternal journey on August 11, 2023, and is experiencing his heavenly reward. Greg was born in Montana and made it his lifelong home. He developed a love for all things outdoors ... hunting,...
Havre Police Department A vehicle crash on First Street West was reported Tuesday at 7:36 a.m. -- A vehicle theft was reported at 9:28 a.m. Tuesday. -- A theft was reported Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at a First Street West business. -- Tristen Jace Gone of Havre, 23, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program no-show Tuesday at 8:07 a.m. at the police station. -- Wednesday at 2:38 a.m., a First Street West business reported items had been...
A new facility intended to bring wellness and culture to Rocky Boy by working with its youth took a major step forward last week. The Rocky Boy Health Center broke ground on its new Miyo Pimatisiwinkamik Youth Center in a Thursday-morning ceremony last week with speakers sharing their hopes for the center and how it will help local young people, especially those struggling with addiction. "It's a big day for the tribe, a big day for our people," said Chippewa Cree Business...
Merceline Lamere-Parker, 86, born in Rocky Boy, MT, to Gabe Lamere and Elizabeth Saddler April 28th, 1937, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital August 7th, 2023. Wake services were held Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at the Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy, MT, and funeral services were today, August 9, 2023, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with burial to follow. Merceline was always on the go and loved traveling. She really enjoyed traveling to w...
Rocky Boy's 59th Annual Celebration has ended, one that seems to have been well-received this year by attendees from across the U.S. and beyond. The celebration had events for youths and adults, whether they were competitors and spectators, including rodeos, dancing, music, food, vendors and a lot of good feelings all around. Organizations from around Rocky Boy have contributed to organizing the celebration's various events which included a number of competitive dances with...
Watch for more on the ceremony in an upcoming edition of Havre Daily News. The Rocky Boy Health Center broke ground on its new Youth Wellness Center in a Thursday morning ceremony with speakers sharing their hopes for the center and how it will help local young people, especially those struggling with addiction. Health Center staff and tribal leaders spoke at the event before members of the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation's Tribal Youth Council put shovels in the ground, the...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana is touting $20 million in investments it has made to improve rural health care in the state, with more than half of that here in this part of north-central Montana and another providing services in this region. Rural Development State Director Kathleen Williams announced in a release last week a total of $20 million in recent investments in 11 public organizations, non-profits, and rural health care facilities in Montana through the Emergency Rural Health Care grant...
Hill County will move into Stage 1 fire restrictions Friday after seeing five fires in the past week. During a regional fire call this morning Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel said all five fires were human caused and affected 25 acres of land since the fire call last week, so the county will be implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions. These restrictions prohibit building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire unless noted in the exemptions below or as designated in the specific closure order. Smoking is...
The Rocky Boys Annual Celebration starts at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this week, with events for youths and adults, competitors and spectators alike, starting with the Youth Rodeo Wednesday, Rocky Boy Rodeo Team Roping Jackpot and Youth Powwow Thursday, and the main powwow and rodeo starting Friday and running through Sunday. The annual celebration brings thousands of people to the area from around the nation and across borders, as well. Some special guests are involved...
Havre Police Department A written or verbal warning was issued after a Tuesday 7:46 a.m. caller on Second Street reported neighbor's dogs were howling again. -- A minor fender bender with involved parties getting agitated was reported Tuesday at 7:55 a.m. in a First Street parking lot. -- Brandon Lee Wombold of Havre, 28, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants served on 12th Avenue Tuesday at 10:16 a.m. -- A written or verbal warning was provided after a caller on...
