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Press release Eighty-eight shooters participated in the 43rd annual Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club Spring Shoot held May 27-28-29 at historic Fort Assinniboine south of Havre. The weather started out a little damp Saturday, but the temperature was not cold, although the needed rain did effect some scores. Sunday and Monday were very nice days with only an occasional shower. Shooting conditions would be rated as good. Shooters came from all parts of Montana with attendance...
Montana Actors' Theatre's "Twelfth Night" will open at the Eagles Campground on Beaver Creek Park Friday along with a Ren Faire featuring costumes, vendors and children's games. The faire will open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday with performances of the play at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. MAT Executive Director Jay Pyette said they have more vendors this year than last, with more food and a wider variety of goods, as well as more room...
Havre Police Department A Wednesday 2:57 p.m. caller on Third Avenue reported a trespasser from the previous night. -- A caller on Buttrey Drive reported Wednesday at 4:24 p.m. that an ex had broken into the caller's residence and left sticky notes. -- Lowanda Lynn Arkinson of Box Elder, 50, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a Fourth Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:21 p.m. that four men were following a woman. --...
DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado state senator Mike Johnston claimed victory as opponent Kelly Brough conceded Tuesday night in a runoff election to become Denver’s next mayor. Unofficial results showed Johnston with 54.05% of the vote to 45.95% for Brough late Tuesday night. Johnston was ahead by 8,000 votes shortly after polls closed and that lead grew to nearly 11,000 votes as the night went on. Johnston will be the city’s first new mayor in more than a decade, replacing Michael Hancock, who was elected in 2011 and was term-...
National Weather Service has a flood watch in effect for the end of this week as a storm is expected to bring widespread rain and potential downpours during thunderstorms. “Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone locations,” the flood watch says. “Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.” The watch is in effect for Thursday afternoon through Friday night and covers much of north-central Montana, including Blaine, Choueau...
Staff and wire report The road crossing Fresno Dam has been reduced to a single lane of traffic this week, with the restriction running from Tuesday to June 16, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced. The lane closure is part of the ongoing Safety of Dams project. Delays should be expected while crossing the dam. Traffic will return to a normal pattern during the weekend, June 10-11. All reservoir boat ramps will remain open and there will be no impact to the reservoir water surface elevations this season due to the...
The Hill County Park Board met Monday evening and discussed the park's budget, inspection policies and park conditions as well as voting to delay their officer election and approve the installation of spring tanks on Beaver Creek Park. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the parks' revenue is looking very good this year and even after adding some funds to the capital improvement budget and setting aside the money required by law, they still have a $43,000...
Havre Police Department Collette Marie Stiffarm of Harlem, 33, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant, and Gordon James Bacon of Box Elder, 43, was arrested on a theft charge after a caller at a First Street business reported Tuesday at 1:25 p.m. that someone tried to steal a bicycle. —— Ronald William Britt of Polson, 46, was arrested on a probation violation after officers were asked Tuesday at 2:18 p.m. to assist probation and parole officers on First Street. —— Josephine Arkinson of Box Elder, 41, was arreste...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN - The Montana State University College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station have announced the dates for their annual agricultural field days, which will take place at research centers around the state. The field day for Northern Agricultural Research Center south of Havre is set for June 29. "Summer field days are some of our favorite community events of the year," said Sreekala Bajwa, MSU's vice president for agricultur...
Havre City Council during their monthly meeting Monday evening scheduled a meeting of their ordinance committee to examine the possibility of allowing people to own chickens in town. The council also also declared the vacancy of the council seat previously filled by Josh Miller, who died unexpectedly last month. Council President Andrew Brekke said they are in a unique situation with Miller's seat, as he was appointed to it after Kimberly Bolta won it in the 2021 election,...
Press release The Summer Reading Program at the Havre-Hill County Library starts Wednesday, running from June 7 through July 29, and the theme this year is “All Together Now.” Festivities begin 10 a.m. and run to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, with the Hands Across the Library kick-off event. All who attend may sign up for the program, trace their hand to help decorate the library, paint a rock to spread kindness in the community, and take home a goody bag. People who can’t make it to this event can still register any time after...
The Hill County Park Board met Monday evening and discussed potential changes to cabin inspections and compliance, plans for the new Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis and the park’s budgets, and they delayed their officer elections until potential new board members are seated. Board members debated how strict compliance for cabins should be enforced in the context of ownership transfers and who should be responsible for potential violation, but all the transfers on the agenda were eventually approved. Board Chair Jeff Jensen provi...
Staff and wire report A group of students at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and Harlem High School has continued its work to look at serious issues through film, with the recently released film "Blood Quantum" which premiered April 29 at the "Guiding the Way from Our Past into Our Future" student film festival held in Harlem. The release was a continuation of the work of Harlem High School's Milk River Productions, guided by the Montana group that provides professional media...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Trails is inviting people to a hike on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, to the top of Mount Centennial. “See beautiful 360-degree views from the top,” a flyer about the hike said. “There are tons of wildflowers along the trail, and bighorn sheep have been seen in the area before.” The flyer notes that Havre Trails has a group hiking permit for Rocky Boy's Reservation. People may hike with Havre Trails under this permit, but people who want to return to hike on their own on reservation land and...
Press release The East Butte TV Club, which operates several TV transmitters on Mount Royal, has changed the NBC programming to KTGF, Channel 50. There is no change to the actual programming on the NBC Channel 50.1. The following subchannels are new: 50.2 is now COZI, 50.3 is Court TV, 50.4 is Mystery, 50.5 is Scripps, 50.6 is QVC. The repairs to the transmitters for PBS and the Canadian channels 7 and 13 are expected to be completed during June. These systems were damaged during the severe winter storm last October and deep...
Havre Police Department A stolen or lost license plate was reported Monday at 9:28 a.m. on Lincoln Avenue. -- Robert Joseph Sunchild of Havre, 40, was arrested on four Justice or City court warrants after a Fourth Street caller asked Monday at 9:37 a.m. for assistance removing a man from the caller's property. -- A Monday 7:04 p.m. caller on Second Street reported a lawnmower had been stolen. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a First Street caller reported...
While weather and flooding caused some events to be canceled, Saturday still saw a number of yearly events return to Havre. The Bear Paw Marathon went on despite the rain, drawing a crowd of runners from across the state and beyond for a route through Beaver Creek Park. This relatively new event has been drawing hundreds of participants in the three years it's been held and has become a major activity for the weekend. See full story on page B1. The North Central Everything...
A major storm dropped a major amount of rain in this part of the state, shutting down some of the events planned for a jam-packed weekend but not even slowing down others, as much-needed 1 inch to 2 inches of precipitation fell from east of Shelby to Harlem and down to Great Falls. "This rainfall was a really beneficial rain to recharge the subsurface moisture," National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Brusda of Great Falls said this monring. " ... This siginificantly...
A front-page story in Friday’s edition of Havre Daily News misreported whom Kelly Brough is facing in the runoff election for Denver Mayor. Brough’s opponent is Michael Johnston....
Havre Police Department Gordon James Bacon of Box Elder, 43, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller at a First Street West establishment reported an intoxicated person passed out in the bathroom Friday at 12:26 p.m. -- An officer initiated investigation of a complaint made Friday at 12:58 p.m. -- Officers investigated a Friday 8 p.m. complaint at the police station of a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. -- Two callers on Lincoln Avenue reported storm drains...
A hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his or her brave deeds and noble qualities. Heroes come in many forms in life. We look up to our heroes. They are role models, shining examples of what we should be. They are selfless, genuinely good persons. Often, they are willing to risk their own life to save another. One of the things I love about living in north-central Montana and the Hi-Line is the people. Just when you think you know everything and...
Editor’s note: A version of this story in Thursday’s edition of Havre Daily News misreported that Havre City Council previously approved people having chickens in city limits, which it did not. Following is the corrected version in full. Havre resident Al Garver is continuing his efforts to push the city to make owning chickens in city limits legal, gathering more than 450 signatures for a petition for the city to change its ordinance. The city of Havre in 2015 considered a proposal to allow people to own chickens pro...
Editor’s note: This version corrects who Kelly Brough faces in the runoff election for mayor of Denver. A Havre High School graduate is facing off Tuesday in the runoff election to be mayor of the 19th-largest city of the nation. Kelly (Broere) Brough is facing Micheal Johnston Tuesday in nonpartisan runoff election for mayor of Denver. The two received the most votes in a crowded election April 4, with 22 candidates, but neither received a majority of the votes, leading to T...
The Havre Fire Department is in the midst of a week-long training about rescuing people from buildings and confined spaces using ropes and pulley systems with the help of Glacier Rescue Solutions. Members of the department practiced Thursday extracting dummy patients using MacKenzie Hall at Montana State University-Northern, first lowering a department member from the roof of the building to the ground, extracting the patient and then lifting the rescuer back up again. Havre...
The Hill County Commission approved during its business meeting Thursday five requests from Hill County Attorney Lacey Lincoln to appoint a special deputy county attorney to assist her in a number of prosecutions coming up, but the commission had to table its other business for various reasons. A memorandum of agreement with Havre Trails had to be tabled since a transfer to Montana Land Reliance hadn’t yet been completed. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said they put it on the agenda in case that transfer had been d...
