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Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., met with the Hill County Commission Monday to discuss a number of issues and to hear the needs of Hill County. Among the issues Rosendale discussed was immigration and the possibility of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers being brought to Montana for processing and possible release. The last few weeks have seen conflicting reports that the Biden Administration may be considering transferring immigrants and asylum seekers to northern...
Editor's note: This version corrects the headline. Ground crews at Havre City-County Airport began training Monday on three Tecnam P2012 airplanes that were delivered that morning as part of Cape Air's eventual refleeting of their Montana services with larger planes. Cape Air Managing Director of Marketing and Public Relations Erin Hatzell said the new planes seat nine passengers and feature 30 percent more space than their predecessor, the Cessna 402, and feature more modern...
While numbers of new COVID-19 cases have declined in the state and in this part of north-central Montana in recent months, the disease has not gone away, with Hill County reporting its 43rd COVID-19-related death and four new cases Monday and the state’s governor catching the disease as new cases creep up in some parts of the state. Hill County Health Department reported the death and new cases in a release Monday afternoon. Prior to that, Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties had listed no active cases in any of the c...
Havre Police officers were involved Monday evening in a high-speed pursuit on First Street that ended in a rollover crash at the junction of U.S. highways 2 and 87, and with one arrest on multiple charges. Havre Police Capt. Aaron Wittmer said that Monday at 6:28 p.m. an officer saw Jalen Jaret Watson of Havre, 19, driving a vehicle on Third Avenue between First and Main streets, and recognized him as a person with outstanding warrants. The officer attempted to pull Watson...
Following a meeting Monday night Havre City Council members amended the budget to include a Community Development Block Grant/Home Fund Grant to help with the cost of developing a downtown master plan. Havre was awarded $20,000 by The Montana Department of Commerce through its Main Street Montana program to develop the master plan. The total cost of the master plan is expected to be between $40,000 and $50,000. The Hill County Community Foundation has provided $5,000 in...
Dane McGuire has joined Havre Daily News as a new reporter. McGuire came to Havre from Jerseyville, Illinois, where he grew up, because this job had everything he was looking for, he said. His immediate family is in Jerseyville and were supportive of his journey to Montana despite the big adjustment, McGuire said. "They knew I was getting very anxious because I graduated in 2020 and didn't have work until I came to Havre," he said. "I am right where I need to be, and I got a t...
Hill County Health Department Monday reported the 43rd COVID-19-related death in the county. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 105,333 with 218 new cases, 961 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 33. The number of deaths was 1,477. Blaine County Health Department reported March 30 being being notified of no new cases, 752 total, none active, no active hospitalizations, 24 deaths. The department said it would not list case numbers unless they change. Hill C...
Beaver Creek Park usage is steadily increasing, Superintendent Chad Edgar said at the Hill County Park Board meeting Monday. Edgar also let the board know that the south end cattle guard replacement has been delayed because the road department no longer wants to install it due to liability issues, further delaying the completion of the south cross fence. The board will be working with a contractor to replace the cattle guard in the future. Edgar provided a park update that...
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 Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Agreement for ambulance services The Cavalry LLC Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Project Funds Accepted: Fresno Reservoir Road Surface Preservation Project...
Havre Police Department A Third Street caller reported Monday at 1:23 p.m. that a garage door had been spray painted. -- Officers investigated after a First Street West business caller reported at 5 p.m. Monday having a shoplifter in custody. -- An arrest was made on a warrant Monday at 5:53 p.m. at Carpenter Park on Fourth Street. -- Tanner Joseph Walker of Hays, 38, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants and on charges of obstructing a peace officer or other...
Press release Northern Montana Health Care presented the C.A.R.E. - Compassionately Achieving Remarkable Excellence - Award to Lindsay Perry, RMA, OT, a member of the Ortho Team at Northern Montana Specialty Medical Center last week. Perry was nominated for this honor by her co-workers. "For over a month, Perry was the only permanently assigned member of the Orthopedic Nursing Staff," one of her nominators said. "Her exceptional leadership abilities allowed her to...
A settlement is finally on the way in a dispute some 150 years old, in one of the earliest lawsuits filed claiming the federal government had mishandled trust moneys it held for Native American tribes. "It was what I call FILO, first in, last out," Native American Rights Fund attorney Melody McCoy, who is representing the plaintiffs, said. McCoy said final approval in a settlement of a claim going back to land transfers in 1863 and 1892 was made in November 2020, and NARF is...
The state map was not updated by printing deadline this morning, the total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after Sunday’s update was 105,142 with 107 new cases, 1,060 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 38. The number of deaths was 1,466. Blaine County Health Department reported Tuesday evening being notified of no new cases, 752 total, none active, no active hospitalizations, 24 deaths. the department said it would not list case numbers unless they change. Hill County Health D...
Havre Police Department A Third Street caller reported Friday at 8:29 a.m. that a car was broken into during the night and items were missing. -- Friday at 11:07 a.m., a caller on 15th Avenue reported that a car had been spray painted and broken into during the night. -- A remote monitoring device violation was reported at the police station Friday at 12:33 p.m. -- A caller at a First Street business reported that the building had been spray painted during the night. --...
Havre Daily News staff Free Community Early Childhood Screenings, sponsored by Bear Paw Cooperative, are being scheduled April 6 and 7 for preschoolers in multiple area school districts and colonies. For COVID-19 safety purposes, appointments will be required and masks must be worn. Appointments are being made for Tuesday, April 6, for preschoolers in the Chester, Joplin, Inverness, Sage Creek, Cool Spring, Whitlash, Riverview, Liberty, Rimrock and Hillside school districts. Appointment times will be between 10 a.m. and 1...
At their weekly business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission held the first reading of a county Social Host Ordinance, which, due to an error by the commission, was not officially held at their meeting March 18 that was originally intended to be the first reading. The ordinance would make it a violation for the social host of a party or event who knows, or reasonably should know, that underage people are drinking alcohol to not make reasonable attempt prevent it. The ordinance states that the host does not need to be...
Students at Havre High School are creating three-dimensional art this quarter, a change necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The students are creating sculptures of all kinds, but most common among them are animals, mythical and otherwise, as well as heroes and villains of media modern and ancient. Havre High School Art Teacher Kendall Griggs is overseeing the projects and said the students are creating their sculptures' bases out of wire, tin foil and cardboard, which will...
Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. recently released its annual report for 2020, which details the nonprofit organization’s impact on the five-county, two-reservation economic development district — EDD — in which it operates in northern Montana. Founded in 1969, Bear Paw Development is Montana’s longest-serving EDD and serves the economic and community development needs of Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips and Chouteau Counties and the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations. In 2020, Bear Paw Developme...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 104,853 with 133 new cases, 969 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 47. The number of deaths was 1,454. Blaine County Health Department reported Tuesday evening being notified of no new cases, 752 total, none active, no active hospitalizations, 24 deaths. The department said it would not list case numbers unless they change. Hill County Health Department reported Thursday evening that with again no new cases and changes i...
Note: This was provided by the office of Sen. Steve Daines WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Steve Daines announced Thursday that $11,946,626 will be allocated to various airports across Montana including in Havre to strengthen air travel infrastructure. The Airport Improvement Program allocation includes $250,000 to Havre City-County Airport....
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items one through four. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution No. 3832 - A Resolution Amending The Budget In The CDBG/Home Fund (2940) Of The City Of Havre, Montana. 2. Consider street closure of Fourth Avenue between Second and T...
The Hill County Park Board will hold its monthly meeting Monday in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. 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 the next meeting 4) Cabin business #12 Mooney Coulee #24 Mooney Coulee 5) Old business Monitoring progress South cross fence Wind damage and insurance claim Memorial bench 6) New business Potluck meeting date and location Budget requests 7) Committee reports Rules and...
Havre Daily News staff Havre High School announced this week that it was informed of “some great accomplishments by some of our Havre High students.” Devin Kovacich and Oliver Atkinson were selected to the All-State Jazz Band for 2020-2021. Only 25 students from around the state are selected for this honor, Assitant Principal and Activities Director Brian Kessler said. He congratulated Kovacich, Atkinson and band teacher Cullen Hinkle for the recognition. Lexi Haney received the outstanding lieutenant governor award for the...
Havre Daily News staff Montana Association for the Blind has extended an offer to all visually impaired people 18 and older in the state of Montana to attend an orientation program over the summer. At no cost to the student, the association will be hosting its Summer Orientation Program. The program is designed to help people regain their independence again by teaching skills inside and outside the home. The four-week program will cover how to travel safety, computer instruction, writing alternatives, and more. The classes...
