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Havre High School head speech and debate coach Tim Leeds said he is still looking for judges for the eastern Class A Speech, Drama and Debate Divisional Tournament Saturday at the high school. “We have had a great response, but this is a pretty big tournament and we are losing some judges who signed up due to the illnesses running through the area,” Leeds said. “I am hoping a few more people will be able to step up and help us out.” People can send an email to [email protected] or sign up online at bit.ly/...
As new COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the state and the region, more jurisdictions are closing. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation announced Tuesday that it was going into lockdown at 12 a.m. today, effective until Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 11:59 p.m. The shutdowns affects all non-essential businesses within the Fort Belknap Indian Community, a release on the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council Facebook page said. Essential businesses providing food and fuel are on limiteed...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 2,051 new cases, 11,242 active cases, 242 hospitalizations and 2,964 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 218,047 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 69 new cases were reported from Saturday through Tuesday and 53 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 130 active cases in the county and 3,843 total cases. The county has had 71 deaths. Havre Public Schools reported Tuesday that 7 new cases in people asso...
The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a woman who died in a house fire in Harlem early Tuesday morning. Blaine County Undersheriff Chris Adair said Shenia Sterns, 25, died in the fire which was called in around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. The fire was responded to by the Chinook and Harlem fire departments along with the Fort Belknap Volunteer Fired Department which provided mutual aid. Adair said the fire is still being investigated by the Montana State Fire Marshal so there are no details available r...
The Great Northern Fair Board is considering a request by Scott Doney and Spencer Smith to let them organize a truck pull for the 2022 Great Northern Fair, a matter brought to the board at its monthly meeting Tuesday evening. Doney said they don't have much nailed down and were mostly just looking to gauge the board's interest in holding the event the Saturday night of the fair. He and Smith said they'd be willing to do the majority of the work organizing and setting up the...
Press release A registration event will be held for Hi-Line United Soccer traveling team Thursday, Jan, 20, 6-7 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-line. People can contact [email protected] for more information....
Staff and wire report During a visit with Crooked Yard Hops, United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Montana State Director Kathleen Williams announced that 29 Montana agricultural producers, including two in Hill County and one out of Big Sandy, are receiving grants totaling more than $3 million to help generate new products and market opportunities. U.S. Department of Agirculture’s Rural Development Montana Office announced that Prairie Grass Ranch and Douglas W. Crabtree in Hill County and F...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on First Street West Tuesday at 1:05 p.m. -- Chan Bigknife of Box Elder, 49, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault after a domestic disturbance was reported in progress at 5 p.m. Tuesday on Ninth Avenue. -- A hit and run vehicle crash was reported on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest Tuesday at 5:12 p.m. -- A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 West business asked for assistance at 3:15...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at 3 p.m. at the Havre City-County Airport. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of Dec. 21 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Montana Aeronautics Divisions loan and grant 6. New business (A) Hangar rent (B) Loan repayments 7. Approval of the January claims....
ATLANTA - Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation's 103rd Convention adopted policies to guide the organization's work in 2022. Key topics ranged from milk pricing and beef market transparency to urban agriculture. "Delegates from all 50 state Farm Bureaus and Puerto Rico came together to demonstrate the power of grassroots leadership," said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. "The policies set forth will guide Farm Bureau in its mission to advocate for...
From Montana Food Bank Network Thanks to a generous gift from a collection of agricultural producers across the state, 19,800 pounds of hamburger were delivered to the Montana Food Bank Network Jan. 11. The Producer Partnership, a statewide non-profit organization, facilitated this donation through its mission of farmers and ranchers working together to end hunger in Montana. Established in Spring 2020 by Matt Pierson, a sixth-generation Park County rancher, the Producer Partnership reached out to Montana Food Bank Network...
Box Elder Schools Superintendent Jeremy McDonald announced this afternoon that, after contact tracing and testing this morning Box Elder Schools became aware of 10 positive COVID-19 cases associated with the school. "We will be moving to distance learning for the remainder of the week,” McDonald said in the release. “Teachers are preparing devices and school work packets for students.” McDonald said students will be released at 1:00 today, and no practice will be held today...
The increase in COVID-19 numbers in Montana continues, with the state tracking map update - the first since last Friday - reporting almost 4,000 new cases with 13,476 active cases - more than a 10,000 active case increase since the end of December with almost 30,000 new cases confirmed in the state in fewer than three weeks. Local updates for Hill and Blaine counties were not released on the federal holiday Monday, but numbers in previous updates are increasing rapidly. The...
Cold and snow are back in the region — at least for a couple of days — with below-zero weather in the forecast tonight and snow predicted through Wednesday. But, staying with the up-and-down-weather of the past year-and-a-half or more, relative warmth is expected to come back Thursday. But the long-term prediction for the region still fits the La Niña pattern in the forecast previously, with a greater chance of colder-than-average temperatures and greater-than-average precipitation expected through March. The pattern does...
As with much of rural America, the Hi-Line is facing an ongoing shortage of pastors, but local churches and their leadership have been discussing a number of ideas that may address the issue, like sharing pastors and increasing lay participation. Among the denominations discussing the issue are the Presbyterian churches in the area, which Cory Pierson of Havre First Presbyterian Church said are looking at the possibility of creating a combined inter-denominational parish in th...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 3,924 new cases, 13,476 active cases, 236 hospitalizations and 2,957 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 215,988 cases. Hill County Health Department did not put out an update during the federal holiday Monday. The state COVID tracking map this morning listed 53 new cases. Blaine County Health Department did not put out an update during the federal holiday Monday. The state COVID tracking map this morning listed 2 new cases. Rocky Boy Health Ce...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 24/7 Sobriety Program update reported at 8:02 a.m. Monday. -- Lynnell Leigh Boldt of Harlem, 38, was arrested on two state District Court warrants and a charge of driving without a driver's license while officers were assisting Blaine County Sheriff's Office Monday at 12:33 p.m. in a search for a person with a warrant traveling in a silver Pontiac. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 24, was arrested on a charge of trespass to...
Havre Daily News staff The senior class at Hays-Lodge Pole High School is looking for some help funding its senior activities in a fundraiser made difficult due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The class fundraiser is planned to help pay for graduation as well as a senior trip, planned to tour University of Montana in Missoula then to Silverwood and Boulder Beach in Athol, Idaho. The class is holding a raffle for a $3,000 prize at $30 a ticket. Class advisor Anne Adams said tickets...
Press release HELENA — In 2017 State Fund created the Growing a Safer Montana program to support and foster a safer Montana through the next generation of safety leaders. Historically, Montana ranks among the highest in the nation in workplace accidents and fatalities. GSM aims to improve this standing through two pillars of the program. One pillar is providing personal protective equipment grants provided to Montana high school and middle school trades classes. The second pillar of GSM provides scholarships for higher educat...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Registration is now open for “Teaching Nutrition and Culinary Sciences,” an online course offered by Montana State University Extension and Academic Technology and Outreach. The course is aimed at new and experienced consumer and family science teachers, Extension agents, and other professionals who are looking to improve their skills and confidence in food and nutrition-related teaching and outreach. The course will run from Jan. 24 through March 20. It consists of self-paced weekly readi...
The Montana State University-Northern football program has had some very dark times as of late. Friday night however, the spotlight was shining bright on the Lights once again. Northern announced the hiring of its new head football coach Friday, in former Northern Arizona head man Jerome Souers. "I've coached for over 40 years now, and most recently retired, and then stepped back in as an assistant coach with Southern Oregon University. My time with SOU has been a truly wonder...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Abatement (2) Charter Communications Inc. Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2686 Amending the Narcotics K9 Program Budget (2871) Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Harmon Properties Sub-division #3: Amended Plat of Harmon Properties Subdivision. County needs Council on Aging...
Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 6:13 a.m. asking to speak with an officer about a complaint. -- Gerald Alex Belgarde Jr. of Havre, 39, was arrested on a state District court warrant and two Justice or City court warrants and a charge of driving with no driver's license during a vehicle stop on First Avenue Friday at 12:45 p.m. -- A report of a pickup truck backing into a light pole on Fifth Avenue was called in Friday at 2:59 p.m. --...
Press release Havre High School’s speech and debate program is still seeking a few judges for the Class A speech, drama and debate tournament this weekend. Havre head coach Tim Leeds said the response so far has been good, but some people have conflicting events and the Havre team has lost contact with some judges as they change contact information. Leeds said positions for judging still are open in all events, with a special need for speech and drama events at 2 p.m. Rounds are 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. f...
Fort Peck Summer Theatre has announced its annual winter reading performance, a tribute to legendary American writer Edgar Allen Poe, is set for February. “Ravens and Writing Desks” will feature readings by Pam L. Veis, Andy Meyers, Jay Michael Roberts, Alicia Bullock-Muth, and Sydney Hayward from a collection of mystery, poetry and suspense paying tribute to Poe and his influential work. “This performance of riddles, conundrums and musical intervals is certain to entertain audiences of all ages, while raising a few goose...
