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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Thursday said he wants to stress just how hard people are working in Montana to keep the virus that causes COVID-19 under control and deal with the recent surge in cases and how they need everyone's help. "Our universities, our local public health departments and our health care workers are stepping up in incredible ways right now to do everything that we can to keep combating this virus," Bullock said. "But they will be much more successful if...
ST. MARY DIVERSION - Local, state, tribal and federal partners along with Montana's congressional delegation gathered together Thursday at Drop 5 on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works to celebrate the completion of fixing structures after catastrophic failure earlier this year. "I got the privilege of being the project engineer on this job, and it's a once-in-a-lifetime shot to come across a project like this," HDR Engineering Project Engineer Stan Schweissing said. "...
District 4 Human Resources Development Council is facing a funding problem with one of its programs, the Adult Education Center. The center helps people older than 16 learn skills necessary to begin their careers, including job searching, creating resumes, interview preparation and general career planning as well as other things like driver’s license preparation and study skills. However, the primary activity the program engages in is preparing people for their high school equivalency exam, the HiSET, offering general and r...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 986 with 319 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 425,462 with 5,630 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 235. The number of recoveries was 13,212 and the number of active cases was 8,148. Local cases by county: Hill: 24 new cases, 474 total, 205 active, 8 active hospitalizations, 257 recovered, 12 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 28 total, 6 active, 22 recovered Blaine: 17 new cases, 184 total, 102...
At the Hill County Commission’s weekly business meeting Hill County Commissioner Mike Wendland said work on the Hill County Courthouse’s elevator could begin as early as Tuesday. Wendland said a crane might be in the street that day so people should keep that in mind. The elevator, which has been out of service since late August, has necessitated that the commission set up a voting station in the Timmons Room to provide handicap access for residents of Hill County. During the business meeting, the commission also ann...
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation and stress caused by it, many people are looking for resources for themselves and others who need support. Following are a list of some numbers people can call for help and support. • Montana Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) • RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 • Tumbleweed Runaway and Family Crisis Program: 406-259-2558 and, toll free, 1-888-816-4702 • Friendship Line by Institute on Aging is both a crisis intervention hotline and a warm-li...
Havre Daily News staff Members of the Hi-Line Rodeo Team won some All-Around award buckles at the Montana High School Rodeo Association competition that brought high school and junior high school competitors to the rodeo held Oct. 10-11 at the Bigger Better Barn. Buckle winners were: Mary Gibson, Senior Girls, Cole Detton, Senior Boys, Josie Robbins, Junior Girls, Mitch Detton, Junior Boys...
Hi-Line Rodeo Team 2020 Big Sky Little Britches Rodeo mini-circuit is this weekend at the Great Northern Fairgrounds with the first of three weekends’ worth of youth rodeo coming up Saturday and Sunday, as well as a Wyldman Rodeo tonight that is, in part, a fundraiser for Hi-Line Rodeo. Hi-Line Rodeo is co-hosting the Little Britches-sanctioned events with Laurel-based Big Sky Little Britches — the only National Little Britches Rodeo franchise in Montana. All three wee...
It is mandatory for everyone 5 and older to wear a mask or face covering with no exceptions. Monday Office hours Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting 5:30 p.m. — Fair board meeting Wednesday Office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — County officials meeting 11 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual Claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public 1 p.m. — Beaver Creek Park Grazing Committee meeting Friday 1 p.m. — COVID-1...
Press release The Hill County Commission announced the Havre-City County Airport Board has an open position. It is an unpaid position. Terms are two years. This position represents the rural areas of Hill County. Regular meetings are held once per month. People can send or drop off a letter of interest at the Hill County Commissioners office in the Hill County Courthouse at 315 Fourth St. by Nov. 6. People are asked to include their contact information and why they wish to be on the board....
The Great Northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: Call Meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve last meetings minutes Public comment: (Anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted.) Fair Manager’s Report Civic Groups Report Donated hours Report Committee Reports: • Buildings and Grounds • Commission Policy- • Financial and Events Old business:...
A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of The Havre Daily News about sentences imposed on Jaylen Jake Crazyboy in charges related to a high-speed chase did not state that the sentences will begin after he completes other sentences imposed Sept. 9. Crazyboy was sentenced to 10 years with five suspended Sept. 9 in charges related to a burglary and theft ring. The 10-year suspended sentence will follow that sentence....
Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Thursday at 9:01 a.m. to file a report about an account being hacked. -- Officers were called Thursday at 10:02 p.m. to a the south end of Fifth Avenue where a Dodge Dart had hit a deer. -- A Pike Street caller asked at 3:23 a.m. today for assistance finding his vehicle that may have been stolen. Hill County Sheriff's Office Deputies investigated after a Sixth Street North caller reported Thursday at 3:47 p.m. that...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, Oct. 19-23 Menu by Earlene DeWinter Subject to Change Monday — Shepherd’s pie, salad, rolls, brownies Tuesday — Oven-baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli, rolls, cake Wednesday — Swiss steak, peppers, onions, tomatoes, mashed potatoes, wax beans, pudding Thursday — Philly steak sandwich, macaroni, salad, corn on the cob, dessert Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Open enrollment has begun. If you need help verifying your Part D (Prescription) coverage, it will be done by...
The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Janie Hedstrom in August. —— Kali Jo Henry, born in 1995, was given a deferred imposition of sentence, fined $100 and ordered to pay $29.99 restitution after pleading no contest to theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense. —— Angel Leigh Belcourt, born in 1977, had dismissed by the court a charge of endangering the welfare of a child, first violation. —— Connor David Crawford, born in 1999, had dismissed by the prosecution charges of o...
Out our way, the trail to better pasture often seems to take forever, and few there are willingly take it. The cattle get used to the pasture they are in and though the grass is rapidly dwindling and the reservoir is going dry, they are reluctant to leave it. Yet leave it they must if they are to survive and prosper. And sometimes the trail is hard and foreboding. I recall moving a herd in the fall and while Charlie pushed the main herd ahead, he left the “good old boys club” — the bulls — to me. These big fellows were re...
A Rocky Boy couple has spent the past week fundraising and buying essentials for families in need on the reservation in preparation for and after the start of the lockdown that began Sunday as a result of a COVID-19 surge. Arielle Wolf Chief-Sutherland and her husband, Dustynn Sutherland, began by raising $100 for one family, but their efforts became so popular over Facebook and PayPal that they’ve since bought $100 worth of essentials for 22 families on the reservation. Wolf Chief-Sutherland said they are still accepting d...
Hill County Health Department reported Wednesday evening that three more COVID-19-related deaths were confirmed in the county as the state had a new record in new COVID-19 cases confirmed at 735. That brings Hill County’s death toll from the pandemic to 10 cases. The only other COVID-19-related deaths in this region so far are two confirmed in Blaine County. Hill County, and Liberty County, each had one case confirmed in March and no new cases were confirmed there or in Blaine or Chouteau counties until new cases were c...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 959 with 301 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 419,832 with 5,253 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 230. The number of recoveries was 12,854 and the number of active cases was 7,849. Local cases by county: Hill: 25 new cases, 450 total, 186 active, 7 active hospitalizations, 254 recovered, 10 deaths Liberty: 1 new case, 28 total, 6 active 22 recovered Blaine: 9 new cases, 167 total, 85 active,...
Havre firefighters are getting ready to take to the streets next week for their annual Everybody Loves Firefighters Food Drive for the Havre Food Bank, with some adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Havre Firefighters Local 601 Vice President and head E.L.F. Cody McLain said COVID will change the look of the drive this year. The major changes, he said, they will not be able to have volunteers help, and they will not be able to knock on people’s doors. “We will be operating a contactless E.L.F drive,” he said. In the p...
Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation is holding a Deck the Halls competition fundraiser. “Deck the Halls is a cheerful holiday fundraiser hosted by the Northern Alumni Foundation to support our Northern Students, their clubs and teams,” Northern Alumni Foundation Executive Director Shantel Cronk said. People can submit entries to the competition by the Sunday, Nov. 1, deadline, and people can start voting online Nov. 21, she said The foundation’s competitive decorating contest will feature up to 10 house...
From Montana Governor’s Office After filing a lawsuit against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the United States Postal Service for making unlawful changes to postal services that directly harmed the timeliness and reliability of mail in Montana, Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that the United States Postal Service agreed to reverse the changes. “I’m pleased Postmaster General DeJoy has agreed to reverse the changes that were harmful to Montanans’ access to the mail,” Bullock said. “Montanans never gave up this fight...
Note: This was provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester Hundreds of rural Montana families are slated to receive improved access to high-speed internet, thanks to a $10,890,338 grant secured by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Program. “It doesn’t matter where you live—high-speed internet is critical in the 21st century,” Tester said. “These funds will help give folks in south-central Montana the tools to stay connected, provide new opportunities for families, s...
Press release The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center has announced the 13th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. 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 inductees for District 4, which includes Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, and Liberty Counties, are, Living Award, Lzetta Martha, Combes Halingstad, Turner; Legacy Award, Duane Daniel Werk, Chinook. “The...
