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  • Benefis CMO: Montana in public health crisis

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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... Full story

  • Completion of St. Mary work celebrated

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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. "...

  • HRDC's Adult Learning program faces funding problem

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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...

  • Hill County has confirmed two more COVID-19-related deaths. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 21,595 with 665 new cases.

    Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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... Full story

  • Hill County Courthouse elevator repairs may begin next week

    Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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...

  • Crisis help and support numbers listed

    Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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...

  • Local Montana High School Rodeo Association All-Around Winners

    Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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...

  • Little Britches Rodeo set for this weekend

    Pam Burke|Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission

    Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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...

  • Position open on Havre City-County Airport Board

    Updated Oct 16, 2020

    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....

  • Quick pics - Snow falls, more on the way

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

  • Rocky Boy couple fundraises for families in need on the reservation

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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...

  • Three more local COVID-19- related deaths confirmed

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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 total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 20,933 with 735 new cases.

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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,... Full story

  • Contactless COVID E.L.F. Drive set for next week

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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...

  • Northern Alumni Foundation holding Christmas decorating fundraiser

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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...

  • Governor secures reversal of U.S. Postal Service cuts

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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...

  • Tester delivers $10.8M to expand high-speed internet in rural Montana

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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...

  • Agenda - Hill County Mosquito Control District Board

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    The Hill County Mosquito Control District Board will meet Monday, Oct. 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Hill County Weed Control Mosquito Control District Office in the Road and Weed Shop Complex at 1405 W. Second St. Anyone planning to attend this meeting must wear a mask and keep the appropriate social distance from other attendees The meeting agenda is: 1. Review Minutes from Previous Meeting 2. Correspondence 3. Unfinished Business a) Budget Update b) Larvicide Applications c) Fogging Applications 4. New business a) Budget review...

  • Agenda - Hill County Weed Board

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    The Hill County Weed Board will meet Monday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Hill County Weed Control Mosquito Control District Office in the Road and Weed Shop Complex at 1405 W. Second St. Masks and social distancing is required. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Minutes Public comment Correspondence Unfinished business New truck East Fork Fire New business Budget Purchase orders Spray crew update Annual meeting...

  • For the record, Oct. 15, 2020

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    Havre Police Department An officer initiated a well-being check on 10th Avenue at 8:09 a.m. Wednesday. -- Jerimi Thomas Rutherford of Harlem, 32, was issued two summonses on a criminal contempt charges after remote breathalyzer test violations were reported at the police station at 4:26 and 4:27 a.m. today. Hill County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's office dispatch log listed no arrests, summonses or investigations for the 24-hour reporting period. Havre Fire Department Emergency...

  • Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees listed

    Updated Oct 15, 2020

    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...

  • Bullock details local enforcement measures in press conference

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 14, 2020

    Gov. Steve Bullock provided an update on local community efforts to combat COVID-19 during a press conference held Tuesday, where he again urged Montanans to work together to slow the spread of the virus. Bullock said Yellowstone County hit 62 cases per 100,000 people last week and Billings is now in the top 20 metro areas in the U.S. in terms of cases. He said local public health in the county has set a goal of bringing the rate of infection down to 40 cases per 100,000 and w...

  • Havre schools going remote, activities continue

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Oct 14, 2020

    In split votes, Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees approved Havre Public Schools to go to full remote learning untill Wednesday, Oct. 28, and extracurricular activities to continue with additional precautions as the number of cases of COVID-19 continue to grow in Hill County including in the school district. Since Sept. 20, more than 20 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in people associated with the district. The school approved 5 to 3 with Havre Public Schools going...

  • Police: Box Elder man killed by Billings officers pulled a gun

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 14, 2020

    Billings police report that a 29-year-old Box Elder man who died after Billings police officers shot him Monday pulled a gun while the officers were trying to detain him. The name of the Box Elder man has not been released pending notification of relatives. Billings Police Chief Rich St. John said officers Ryland Nelson and Justin Bickford of the Billings Police Department shot the 29-year-old Box Elder man, during a physical altercation around 10:20 p.m. Monday. St. John said during a press conference Tuesday that the...

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