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Editor’s note: This version includes online and mail access to provide comments, which was inadvertently left out of the original version. The Montana Bureau of Land Management is soliciting public comment on their plan to possibly open the Bullwhacker area of the Upper Missouri River Breaks to mechanized and motorized vehicle access. A description of the proposal and maps of the project area are available on the e-Planning website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2030427/510 . Comments may be submitted using...
Most local schools that were planning to be open today announced they would have late starts with several altering or canceling morning buses. The North Star School District with high school in Rudyard and the elementary in Gildford announced Sunday that it would have a late start today, with classes at 10 a.m., and announced this morning that no morning buses would run. The district said in a release Sunday that, due to the extreme cold temperatures and prioritizing the health and safety of students and staff the North Star...
North Central Senior Center Jan. 15-19 Menu Monday, Jan. 15 — Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tuesday, Jan. 16 — Chicken alfredo, veggie, dessert Wednesday, Jan. 17 — Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit Thursday, Jan. 18 — Chicken strips, Tator Tots, veggies, dessert Friday, Jan. 19 — Veggie soup, tuna salad sandwich, dessert News from our gift shop: Happy New Year. Christmas has been packed away once again. Items are added to the gift store often so come and check it out. Cards for all occasions, .25 cents eac...
The Hill County Council on Aging menus listed for the Rudyard, 406-355-4240, and Gildford, 406-376-3170, senior centers has been released, with no meals Tuesdays. The menus for next week are: Monday, Jan. 15 — Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Wednesday, Jan. 17 — Baked ham, au gratin potatoes, veggie, dessert. Thursday, Jan. 18 — Chicken stir fry, egg roll, dessert. Friday, Jan. 19 —Veggie soup, tuna salad sandwich, dessert....
Montana Actors' Theatre will be putting on the Hill Country Revue Variety Show starting next week at the Little Theatre at Montana State University-Northern, a new production featuring music and comedy with an eye toward local humor. MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said the show will be in the same vein as "Hee Haw" or "Saturday Night Live," with a music act as a centerpiece, interspursed with skits and musical comedy set in an alternate version of Havre that kept the name...
As foul weather crisscrosses the country with more on the way, the National Weather Service has put out a wind chill advisory for Hill and northern Blaine counties which will last until 5 p.m. tonight, and a much more serious wind chill warning for the area between then and 5 p.m. Sunday, as temperatures are predicted to plummet further as the week continues. An advisory indicates that conditions will likely cause significant inconvenience or danger without precaution, and a...
Havre Police Department Two summonses were issued after two students were reported with vape pens Wednesday at 8:49 a.m. at Havre High School. No details were provided on charges. -- A caller at a Second Street business said Wednesday at 9:41 a.m. they had video for officers. -- Someone stopped at the police station at 1:46 p.m. Wednesday asking for assistance. -- Zale Helios Thomas of Havre, 18, was issued a summons on a charge of no driver's license and a 15-year-old boy was...
Havre Police Department A written or verbal warning was issued after a Ninth Avenue caller reported a barking dog complaint Tuesday at 10:31 a.m. -- A summons was issued after a student with a vape was reported at Havre High School at 10:37 a.m. Tuesday. No details were provided on charges. -- Two summonses were issued after two students with vapes were reported Tuesday at 3:13 p.m. at Havre High School. No details were provided on charges. -- A Tuesday 4:35 p.m. caller on...
At their monthly meeting Tuesday, the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees was updated on voting items at an upcoming meeting of the Montana High School Association, as well as presentations and updates on a number of other issues. HPS Superintendent Brian Gum said he and Havre High School Activities Director Mark Irvin will be going to the MHSA meeting later this week and they wanted to bring the board up to speed on the voting items they will be looking at. Irvin said...
GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man admitted Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage girl he had contacted through social media and convinced to come to his home on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Jonathan Ray Gonsalez, 39, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse. Gonsalez faces a maximum of life in prison, a $250,000 fine and not less than five years to life of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sen...
GREAT FALLS — A man accused of making threats to blow up the Dodson school admitted Monday to a hoax crime, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Jacob Edwin Wilson, a transient, pleaded guilty to false information and hoaxes as charged in an indictment. Wilson faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory f...
Press release BOZEMAN — Although winter weather and some snow has come back to Montana, it is late in the season as far as snowpack is concerned. “Warm temperatures and lack of precipitation over the last couple months have resulted in a bleak start to the seasonal snowpack in Montana and northern Wyoming river basins,” said Eric Larson, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service water supply specialist. Water year 2024 began with a mid-October snowstorm that brought about two to five inches of precipitation to part of no...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is hosting more than a dozen in-person and virtual workshops this winter for producers to learn about new and expanded livestock risk management products. The “Livestock Roadshow,” hosted by USDA’s Risk Management Agency, will highlight policy improvements based on feedback from America’s livestock producers as part of the agency’s broader outreach and education efforts. “Listening to farmers and ranchers, learning about their needs, and using feedback to m...
From https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Montana USDA in Montana reminds agricultural producers of important Farm Service Agency program dates. People can contact their local service center to apply and with any questions and visit online at https://farmers.gov and https://fsa.usda.gov/mt . Jan. 13, 2024: Inflation Reduction Act Assistance for Producers Who Experienced Discrimination in USDA Farm Loan Programs application period closes. Applications are due Jan. 13, 2024. To ensure timely processing, there will be no...
Press Release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture reminded farmers, ranchers and forest landowners Monday that Jan. 13, 2024, is the deadline to apply for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, or DFAP. The program is made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, which provided $2.2 billion in funding. Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination by USDA in its farm loan programs prior to Jan. 1, 2021, and/or are currently debtors with assigned or assumed USDA farm loan debt t...
The H. Earl Clack Museum board members met Monday evening and talked about future plans for the museum. The museum will be closed for the month of January, but still open for Prehistoric Passport stamps and book sales. Hours of operation have been updated on the website. Museum and Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump Manager Caroline Tuss talked about past and future displays. “The traditional Christmas display was fairly popular with our relatively limited attendance, people really seemed to like it. Especially board members who vis...
In their monthly meeting Monday, members of the Hill County Park Board voted not to participate in an upcoming watershed assessment by the state, potentially forgoing significant grant funding for Beaver Creek Park, in fears that it would give up local control. Board member Lou Hagener said the state is looking at doing a wide-ranging watershed assessment, including Beaver Creek Park, and if they participate in and support the assessment they could gain access to a...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Public Works issued a release about the forecast below-zero weather and how it could lead to frozen pipes and how to help prevent that. “With the cold weather arriving, we here at the Public Works Department thought we might pass along some helpful tips to prevent frozen water pipes inside your residences,” the release said. “Most of us know these tips and tricks, but we have been pretty spoiled this year so far and (we) wanted to remind everyone that being prepared is paramount.” The release...
Havre Police Department A small wallet with a flower design was reported lost on Fifth Avenue Monday at 11:22 a.m. -- The Child Abuse Hotline made a report for someone in the Havre area Monday at 2:02 p.m. -- A 2:46 p.m. Monday report of a sex offense in the Havre area was referred to another law enforcement agency. -- A caller at 2:50 p.m. Monday reported finding two birth certificates outside Hill County Courthouse. -- A caller at 4:05 p.m. Monday reported that two birth cer...
The National Weather Service has issued a High Winds Warning for Tuesday as Havre starts a week of plummeting temperatures and high chances of snow, the area's unseasonable warmth appearing to come to an end. National Weather Service in Great Falls put out a warning this morning to central, north-central and southwest Montana saying there will likely be winds of between 35 and 45 miles per hour with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour between noon and midnight Tuesday. The...
Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press While some snow hit the state and more is in the forecast, More than half of the snowpack monitoring sites used to measure the water supply for Montana watersheds are posting record-low accumulations, according to a report out last week. Several basins in central Montana have one-third of their normal snow-water equivalent — a measurement of water in the snow. About half of all of the basins in the report, including the Upper Missouri, Flathead, and Upper and Lower Clark Fork basins, are p...
Press release Havre High School took a small team of speakers and debaters to a tournament at Shelby Saturday, with the Havre team performing well and winning the Class A team trophy. Havre won with 29 points, while Bigfork High School took second with 15 points and Browning came in third with 9. Sophomore Lyvia Little led the way for the Blue Ponies with a perfect 3-0 record and a first-place finish in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Teammate Trinity Olsen was just behind in...
Press release North Star speech and drama team got back into the season by traveling to Shelby Saturday and represented the school very well. In original oratory, Ecko Fraser took second. In spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, Emily Conner placed first and CJ Berton took third. In humorous interpretation of literature, Troy Barrett placed fifth. In humorous theater Joshua Campbell and Cooper Clawson placed fifth. The Knights speech and drama team, coached by Linda Lett, travels to Townsend this weekend, so wish...
Havre Police Department An 8:30 a.m. Friday caller reported losing a women's black wallet at a First Street business. -- A caller on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest reported Friday at 9:10 a.m. that a dump trailer had been stolen the previous week. The caller reported Sunday at 12:02 p.m. finding the railer on Washington Avenue -- A caller reported to animal control Friday at 2:05 p.m. that a ferret was lost on Fourth Street. -- Officers were called to Fifth Avenue after a caller at...
