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Press release BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program — EQIP — Conservation Stewardship Program — CSP — Regional Conservation Partnership Program — RCPP — and Wetlands Reserve Easements — WRE. To be considered for funding in the current cycle, producers and landowners should apply by Oct. 27, 2023. “NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners implement conservation practic...
Press release USDA Transition to Organic Partnership Program — TOPP — Northwest Regional Lead Oregon Tilth Certified Organic is casting a wide net with its partners to spread TOPP messaging throughout farming communities, reaching qualified organic mentors, and letting those interested in transitioning to organic know what resources will be available to them through the mentorship program. TOPP leads identify and recruit experienced organic farmer mentors to pair with conventional or beginning farmers who have interest in...
The Havre City Council passed a number of resolutions approving yearly tax levies and assessments on first reading, as well as road closures for upcoming events at their meeting last night, after which the council's ordinance committee recommended some amendments to the city's sign code regarding temporary political signs. The council unanimously passed resolutions levying and assessing yearly taxes on property within city limits to defray the costs of maintaining street, stre...
Havre High School band teacher Cullen Hinkle has been working with high school students, in grades 9-12, to get ready for the start of the school year. Hinkle directed the marching band camp that began July 31 and ran every weekday until Aug. 10 to help begin fine-tuning the students. Hinkle moved to Montana from Louisiana and started as the Havre High band teacher at the beginning of the 2020 school year. One of Hinkle's stories is about the pep band students traveling to...
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen will host Wednesday her department’s third monthly virtual community discussion on education legislation passed during the 68th legislative session, focusing this month on a controversial bill allowing parents of children with special needs to be reimbursed with public funds when sending children to private education. The Legislature passed the bill, House Bill 393, and it was signed into law buy Gov. Greg Gianforte along with two charter school bills. OPI’s onl...
Havre Daily News staff State Auditor Troy Downing, who regulates insurance and securities in Montana, will be in Havre Thursday on a 14-stop tour of the state to educate investors, Montana families, seniors and consumers on safeguarding their finances. “Our agency investigates and prosecutes dozens of investor protection and senior fraud cases every year, but this is only part of the solution. Through face-to-face conversations and education, we can empower Montanans to identify red flags and report suspected fraud,” Dow...
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...
The full For the Record for Friday through this morning will appear in Wednesday's print and online editions. Havre Animal Shelter The shelter this morning held two cats, two 24-week-old kittens and three 1-week-old kittens all of unknown gender, three female cats, five male cats and two male 14-week-old kittens. Additionally, two 16-week-old kittens were being housed off-site. -- The shelter also held two male dogs, four female dogs, two 9-week-old puppies and nine...
Hill County Board of Health will hold a special meeting Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Annex meeting room at 302 Fourth Ave. Call to order Roll call Agenda corrections, additions or deletions Items of old business: • None Items of new business: • Discussion regarding the Lodestar Subdivision Department reports • None Public comment/open agenda Closing remarks Adjournment Upcoming meeting schedule: Meetings are held the third Wednesday, quarterly — January, April, July and Oct...
Editor’s note: This version includes items the commissioners added Aug. 21, to the weekly calendar and the agenda for Thursday’s business meeting. Monday 9 a.m. — Clerk and Recorder meeting in the Commissioners Office. Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire call update meeting in the Commissioners Office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in the Commissioners Office Wednesday Regular business hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Commissioners business meeting in the Commissioners Office Public comm...
Tuesday, Aug. 29, the Havre Police Department will be hosting this year's National Night Out, at the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building, a community event with food, raffles and entertainment meant to build relations and education between the community, local law enforcement and the region's service organizations. Havre Police Capt. Ryan Pearson, one of the event's primary organizers, said the event's attendance has fully recovered from a brief dip...
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., was in Havre Thursday touring Big Equipment and meeting with owner Ron Harmon before sitting down with Havre Daily News for a brief interview, where he talked about congressional priorities and the legal woes of former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden. Rosendale said his top priority, as well as that of his colleagues, upon their return to Congress will be the passage of 11 funding bills that will make sure the government keeps functioning...
Davey School Board special board meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 24, 6 p.m. at the school....
Havre Police Department A theft was reported at a First Street business Thursday at 6:25 a.m. —— Leslie Ann Felton of Havre, 50, was arrested on a charge of theft after a caller at a First Street West reported Thursday at 6:44 a.m. that a woman stole an item, but was still in the store. —— Savannah Marlene The Boy of Havre, 18, Jillian Norain Deserly of Wolf Point, 18, Nataya Rain Bowens of Havre, 19, and a 17-year-old were each issued a summons on a charge of minor in possession after a caller on 10th Street West reporte...
Editor’s note: This version includes an item the commissioners added this morning, Aug. 21, to the agenda for Thursday’s business meeting. Monday Hill County Commission will hold its weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. in the commission office in the Hill County Courthouse. The meeting agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims and payroll Employment Budgets Preliminary Budget for Hill County for the fiscal year commencing 1 July 2023 and ending 30 June 2024 Abatements Jou...
Editor’s note: This version includes an item the Hill County commissoners added this morning, Aug. 21, to the agenda for Thursday’s business meeting. Monday 9 a.m. — Clerk and Recorder meeting in the Commissioners Office. Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Fire Call Update meeting in the Commissioners Office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in the Commissioners Office Wednesday Regular Business Hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Commissioners business meeting in the Commissioners Office Publ...
The City of Havre Public Works Department announced this morning that it has scheduled street repair work to begin Tuesday, Aug. 22, through Friday, Aug. 24, The work is scheduled to take place at: The 1200 Block of Wilson Avenue, 1100 Block of Lincoln Avenue, 13th Street West from Washington Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, the intersection of 6th Avenue/9th Street and Northern Heights Drive. The announcement asked people to plan their routes accordingly to allow for extra time...
Press release As increased West Nile virus activity is reported in the state, a positive infection has been reported in a Hill County horse. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reported the cofirmed case, along with three confirmed human cases, in Dawson, Rosebud and Yellowstone counties, along with another case confirmed in a horse in Pondera County. The people with the three confirmed cases range in ages from the late 30s to early 70s, including two males and one female. All cases were hospitalized for...
The Great Northern Fair members said they look forward to the next year after a successful Great Northern Fair last month, discussing ongoing projects at their regularly scheduled board meeting Tuesday evening. Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said the numbers aren't finalized yet, but based on what he's seen this year's fair went very well and the board members said it seems like it has been a very successful year. Board Vice-Chair Bob Kaul said, based on the reports...
After months of clean-up, cataloging damage and efforts to maintain local infrastructure in the wake of massive flooding in April, the damage in northern Montana has finally been declared a national disaster by the federal government. Counties included in this declaration are Hill and Blaine counties along with Daniels, Park, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley counties and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. This declaration allows the area to make use of federal money to address the damage sustained in the floods that occurred...
Press release Hill County Treasurer Sandy Brown said in a release Thursday that Hill County property owners who are applying for their property tax rebate, and are in need of property information such as their GEO code and 2022 property tax amount, can contact her via email at [email protected] or text at 406-357-5653. She asked that inquiries include name and address of their primary residence....
Havre City Council will meet Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on Agenda Items: 1 thru 9 only. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. Regular agenda Resolution No. 3885 (first reading) — A Resolution Levying and Assessing a Tax on Property within the City Limits to Defray the Cost of Maintaining Street Lights f...
Havre Police Department Letisia Joy Badhawk of Box Elder, 31, was arrested on a charge of violation of a protective order after a Sixth Street caller reported at 9:47 a.m. Tuesday that a woman with a protective order against her just showed up at the caller's residence and stole the caller's phone. -- A bad bank check was reported at a First Street business Tuesday at 1:05 p.m. -- Amari Love Longknife of Havre, 18, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 S...
The board of Cottonwood Schools’ August regular and budget meetings will be Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the North School....
A story on the front page of Thursday’s edition of Havre Daily News misreported that a harmful algal bloom was on Bear Paw Lake. The HAB is on Beaver Creek Reservoir....
