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Hill County Health Department reports that a harmful algal bloom has been detected at Beaver Creek Reservoir, also called First Lake. People are warned to use caution at the reservoir, and any time they detect a possible harmful algal bloom to avoid exposure to the potential harmful substance and to keep pets out of the areas where they see algae, and to make sure children don't get into the water. Harmful algal blooms, commonly called blue-green algae, can potentially be...
From U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wildland fire-fighting crews and aerial resources working the Black Butte Fire, in north-central Montana, were able to suppress the fire's growth Thursday, with containment estimated at about 20%. Aerial perimeter mapping conducted Thursday brought more-accurate and welcome news that the fire's total acreage is approximately 460 acres – smaller than initial ground-level visual estimates. The wildfire located on BLM-managed lands near the M...
A 700-acre fire is burning in southern Blaine County on Bureau of Land Management-managed land in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. A release from BLM says the now-named Black Butte Fire is about 20 miles west of Landusky, burning timber grass and sagebrush, but is in a remote area of the monument and no structures are at risk for the moment. The wildfire was reported Aug. 1 at 1 p.m. when smoke was spotted in the Ervin Ridge area of the monument, the release said, and BLM’s North Central Montana District wil...
Havre Daily News staff Montana Department of Transportation announced it has a project in the works to stabilize an area on U.S. Highway 2 damaged by the heavy flooding this spring. The proposal is to stabilize the Big Sandy Creek bank and complete erosion repair efforts on the ditches located next to U.S. Highway 2 three miles west of Havre. The project begins at mile marker 376, and extends for approximately half a mile, ending just west of the Big Sandy Creek Bridge. Project Design Engineer Chris Ward said that during the...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana is touting $20 million in investments it has made to improve rural health care in the state, with more than half of that here in this part of north-central Montana and another providing services in this region. Rural Development State Director Kathleen Williams announced in a release last week a total of $20 million in recent investments in 11 public organizations, non-profits, and rural health care facilities in Montana through the Emergency Rural Health Care grant...
Havre Police Department A Seventh Street caller reported hitting a parked car Tuesday at 7:37 a.m. -- Angel Rose Gilead of Havre, 21, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a positive test in the 24/7 Sobriety Program at 7:56 a.m. Tuesday. -- Martin Duane Flying Jr. of Havre, 31, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a no show for the 24/7 Sobriety Program at 8:19 a.m. Tuesday. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller at a U.S. Highway 2...
Tensions between the Hill County Commission and Hill County Health Department appear to have arisen over a pair of canceled spring vaccination clinics scheduled at local public schools, with argument ensuing over where responsibility lies for that. Then-superintendents from the districts where clinics were canceled, Havre Public Schools and North Star Public Schools, had not responded to requests for comment by filing deadline for this story. At the end of a meeting of the Hill County Board of Health last week, board member...
AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ Associated Press HELENA - Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company's inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and injured 49 others in 2021, federal investigators said in a final report. The severity of the injuries were made worse by the Amtrak train's lack of seatbelts and windows that weren't strong enough to keep passengers from being ejected when the train...
Judy Vosen Local Red Cross Blood Drive volunteer coordinator The recent Havre Community Red Cross Blood Drive held at St. Jude Parish Center Monday, July 24, was once again a success. There were 103 units collected, 12 of which were double red cell units, more commonly known as Power Red units. Once again there were a few first-time donors this month. Yay, Havre community donors! Thank-you is given to the First Lutheran Church volunteers for providing a selection of delicious...
Havre Police Department Lana Belgarde Saddler of Box Elder, 53, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after contacting police Monday at 11:34 a.m. -- A caller reported Monday at 2:32 p.m. that their laundry was stolen from a First Street laundromat. -- Gary Clayton Standingchief Jr. of Havre was arrested on charges of obstructing a peace officer of other public servant, probation violation and on six Justice or City court warrants after a Third Street caller...
from Motana Farm Bureau Federation BOZEMAN — Much of Montana has enjoyed a wet spring, and green grass has stretched well into mid-summer resulting in fat cattle and extensive haying. However, as the days grow warmer and the chance for moisture lessens, the odds of late summer fires increase whether man-made or from natural causes. For those ranchers and farmers haying, it’s important to check bales for moisture content. “This year, we may see folks putting up wet hay for the first time in a while, especially if they are r...
Press release Farmers and ranchers from around the state will gather to hear from industry leaders, debate grassroots policy, elect board members and more during the annual Montana Farmers Union Convention planned for Oct. 27-28 at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls. “Our State Convention is the place where members and friends come together in community to learn, network, and celebrate and support one another through the joys and hardships that is family farming and ranching,” MFU Member Services Director Rachel Prevost sai...
STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like watermelon, eggplant and tomatoes — eventually transplanting them from his greenhouse into rich Vermont soil, hoping for a bountiful fall harvest. Within a few hours last week, those hopes were washed away when flood waters inundated the small farm, destroying a harvest with a value he estimated at $250,000. He still hopes to replant short-season crops like mustard greens, spinach, b...
Havre Daily News staff Officials have released the name of the fatality that occurred in an off-road side-by-side crash last Wednesday on private property north of the intersection of Sucker Creek Road and Clear Creek Road in Blaine County. Davyd Ferfetskiy of Seattle, 12, died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash when he was partially ejected from the vehicle. Two others were injured as a result of the crash. The crash was reported at 4 p.m. Wednesday to Blaine County dispatch and Blaine County Sheriff’s d...
A hearing scheduled for Monday in a case involving local businessman Tom Patrick was canceled after the Hill County Attorney dismissed the case against him pending further investigation. Patrick, owner of Patrick Construction, is accused of pointing a gun July 21 at another contractor and BNSF officials who were on Patrick's property at the site of a freight train derailment about 8 miles east of Havre. He was arrested on suspicion of felony charges of criminal endangerment,...
The Blaine County area saw golfball- to tennis ball-sized hail Sunday evening causing damage to crops and property. National Weather Service Meteorologist Austin McDowell said reports of hail were submitted to the service between 8:20 p.m. and 9:19 p.m. that evening, and based on his reading of the radar activity it seems like the hail may have fallen throughout the whole hour, or close to it. McDowell said they received reports from Chinook and the surrounding areas, including Fort Belknap, of hail between 1.25 inches in...
