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The regular October meeting of the Cottonwood Schools board of trustees has been canceled....
Tuneful Tuesdays will be held every Tuesday from 4-6 p.m. at the Havre-Hill County Library. Barb Zuck will be playing relaxing music with her Harp. The event is free and open to the public....
Press release The Havre Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—the official sponsor of Fire Prevention WeekTM (FPWTM) for more than 100 years—to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!TM” The campaign works to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. According to NFPA, smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a home fire by more than half (54 percent). Meanwhile, roughly three out of five fire deaths happen...
Press release The Family Roots Group will meet Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Church of Latter-Day Saints in the Meeting Room, 1315 Washington Ave. People are asked to use the parking lot entrance on the east side of church. The also are asked to bring a laptop and mouse if they have one....
Havre Daily News Staff Havre Public Works announced that, with the bulk water station by Lions Park on 16th Avenue again up and running, the water fill station at the City Shop Complex will not be available to public users after this week. It will be closed to public users after Friday, Oct. 4, a release said. “Since our new Bulk Water Fill station is up and running, and things are going very well, we will be closing down fill access at the City Shop as of Friday, Oct. 4,” a release said. The 16th Avenue Bulk Water Station is...
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fall means it’s time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines — and a lot of older adults also need protection against another risky winter virus, RSV. Yes, you can get your flu and COVID-19 shots at the same time. Don’t call them boosters — they’re not just another dose of last year’s protection. The coronavirus and influenza are escape artists that constantly mutate to evade your body’s immune defenses, so both vaccines are re...
The next Hill County Park Board meeting is Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Beaver Creek Perk meeting room at 137 Second St. The meeting agenda is: 1) Approval of Minutes 2) Approval of Agenda 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only and agenda requests for next meeting, limited to one minute 4) Cabin business 5) Old business Lodge Flood repairs and stream management Cabin inspection plan 6) New business 7) Committee reports Grazing committee 8) Group reports Cabin owner’s report Friends of Beaver Creek P...
Havre City Council will meet Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall The meeting agenda is: CALL TO ORDER 7:00 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL MINUTES COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC COMMENT on Agenda Items: 1 — 5 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 1. Ordinance 932 (first reading) — AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION d/b/a NORTHWESTERN ENERGY A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AND FIX...
MONDAY — October 7, 2024 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. — Clerk and Recorder Meeting in the Commissioner Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director Meeting in the Commissioner Office 5:30 p.m. — Hill County Park Board Meeting at Beaver Creek Perk TUESDAY — October 8, 2024 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — LEPC Meeting at City Hall EOC Room in the Basement 1:30 p.m. — 911 Meeting at City Hall WEDNESDAY — October 9, 2024 9:00 a.m. — Me...
Births A boy was born Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, to Mariana Lee Bullchild and Maximino Padilla Jr. of Havre. The full For the Record will print in the Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle....
By Rachel Nania, AARP For many, life changed in an instant on March 11, 2020. After more than 118,000 cases in more than 100 countries and 4,291 deaths, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. Cruise ships stopped sailing, schools shuttered, sports teams canceled their seasons and families quarantined. “The world came to a standstill,” says Preeti Malani, M.D., a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Michigan Medicine. “And people went months and months without seein...
Three Gros Ventre, or Aaniiih, children have returned to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation nearly 135 years after they were sent to one of the first Native American boarding schools in the country, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Alameda Heavy Hair, Bishop Shields and John Bull — all of those names are Americanized versions given at the boarding school — were recovered two weeks ago by a group from the Fort Belknap Indian Community, brought back to Montana and given a wake last Thursday, funeral and burial Friday on Fort Bel...
Havre was again filled with a rocking' weekend for Festival Days, starting with the library book sale Thursday with it and other events running through Sunday. Once again the parade filled Fifth Avenue for more than an hour Saturday, the Kiwanis Pancake Feed filled people Saturday morning, the car show thrilled fans Friday, 48 hours of softball entertained on the field, people could watch both high school and college football over the weekend, and more. Havre Area Chamber of...
Hill County Commission schedules and agendas also are posted in the Hill County Courthouse and online at https://hillcounty.us/government/agenda___minutes.php . Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 Payroll and Claims 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health in Great Falls 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. — Unified Disposal Board Meeting in the City Hall Basement 1:30 p.m. — Building Maintenance Supervisor Meeting in the Commissioner Office Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 9:30 a.m. — Health Department Director...
An editorial printed on Page A4 of the Sept. 19, 2024, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle about Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy’s position on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling listed the wrong writer. The writer of the editorial was Walter Schweitzer....
Isaiah 33:6 'The LORD will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is the key for this treasure' Out our way, almost everybody carries a rope on their saddle and some really know how to use it! I know folks who can both throw the hoolihan and score points at the rodeo in regular calf roping. Others, like yours truly, can barely shake out a loop without tripping over the rope. But one thing we all share in...
By Emily Mayer Local news in the papers this week 100 years ago was a mixed bag. Local resident Edward Burke was none too happy about not being able to cash in some accounts held in the Security State bank. This article was printed in the September 23, 1924, Havre Daily Promoter. BURKE BRINGS SUIT AGAINST SECURITY STATE BANK Edward F. Burke, through his attorneys Jos. P. Donnelly and Louis P. Donovan, yesterday started suit in the district court against the Security State Bank for the money he had on deposit at the time the b...
On Wednesday, September 25th, 2024, at 7:30 a.m., students gathered at the flagpoles of Havre High School, Havre Middle School, and Chinook High/Middle School to enjoy donuts and juice AND spend some time praying for their schools. I had the privilege of bringing the donuts and juice for the Chinook High/Middle School gathering. I arrived at 7:30 a.m. I went into the school office to make sure our presence was known and welcomed by the school administration. We handed out...
You know, Lord, a friend shared something 'sweet', like chocolate. Emmy stopped over the other day, saying that she'd been craving something sweet; then remembered the delicious handmade chocolate bar several of her coworkers had given her for her birthday, last week. She'd only eaten part of it, went to retrieve if from the kitchen table where she'd last seen it. Oh! It wasn't there! She began to look everywhere for it - the refrigerator, countertops, dining room, bedroom, he...
Press release GREAT FALLS - Every year, the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee funds the National Agricultural Statistics Service Montana wheat and barley variety surveys. The 2024 report released Friday, Sept. 13, spoke loudly about the impact wheat stem sawfly has on growers and the entire supply chain. This grower survey clearly shapes how the industry develops new varieties and it plays a major role in determining what Montana producers plant. Here are responses that...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that $900,000 of federal grant funding is available to help small Montana businesses accelerate and grow international sales. The U.S. Small Business Administration funding is administered through Commerce’s State Trade Expansion Program. “Commerce’s STEP grant makes world-wide markets more accessible to Montana’s small businesses,” said Paul Green, director of the Montana Department of Commerce. “Since 2011, Commerce’s efforts through the STEP grant...
Press release Two national cattle organizations, United States Cattlemen’s Association and R-CALF USA will co-host the “Livestock Producers Freedom Rally” in Rapid City, South Dakota, Oct. 7, 2024, beginning at 10 a.m. Mountain Time in the Rushmore Room of the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center. The event will focus primarily on animal identification, with speakers to address the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s rule mandating electronic identification ear tags for cattle and bis...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2025 Noxious Trust Fund Grant Program. Established by the 1985 Montana Legislature, the Noxious Weed Trust Fund grants provide funding for noxious weed research projects, development projects, state and community education, and on-the-ground management through a landowner cost share. Applicants may apply for funding up to $75,000 per project. Applications are due Monday, January 6, 2025, via WebGrants at http...
Press release As part of his continued effort support Montana small businesses and agricultural producers, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, secured $1,399,985 for Old Salt Meat Company to finance meat processing in the state. Old Salt Meat Company is a cooperatively owned livestock processor focused on driving value and return to producers while helping consumers access to locally raised beef. The funding will be used to establish a USDA-inspected slaughter facility, scale up their fabrication space under USDA inspection, and...
