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Press release WASHINGTON — As summer approaches, millions of Americans will hit the road to visit national parks, beaches and campgrounds. While packing that sunblock, bug spray and picnic blanket, people should make sure to also take some U.S. Department of Agriculture food safety tips along for the ride. “USDA reminds summer travelers not to let your outdoor meal become a feast for bacteria,” USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Emilio Esteban said. “Bacteria grows faster during the summer months because it’s warmer an...
Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced assistance is available for dairy producers with the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program. ODMAP is established to help mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. Specifically, under the ODMAP, USDA’s Farm Service Agency is making $104 million available to organic dairy operations to assist with projected marketing costs...
Press release WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced May 19 plans to roll out $3.7 billion in Emergency Relief Program and Emergency Livestock Relief Program assistance to crop and livestock producers who sustained losses due to a qualifying natural disaster event in calendar year 2022. USDA is sharing early information to allow producers time to gather documents in advance of program delivery. Through distribution of remaining funds, USDA is also concluding the 2021 ELRP program by sending payments in the...
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS - Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed legislation giving Native American families preference in fostering and adopting Native children involved with child protective services, a proactive move to protect such rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could undercut them nationally. Gianforte signed Monday the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, after it passed the...
Press release Havre Public Works Department announced that Thursday May 25, work crews will be in at 4 a.m. to begin sweeping the following areas: Between First Street on the north and Second Street on the south and including the following avenues: Fourth Avenue West, Third Avenue West, Second Avene West, First Avene West, Montana Avenue and First Avenue. People who live in the area are asked to park off street if possible. The department will be attempting to get done before...
Press release The Havre Social Security office, located at 123 Fifth Ave., has updated its hours for in-person services. In-person services are now available from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday. Local telephone service remains available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is provided by the Great Falls Social Security office at 1-877-583-4114. People can save a trip. Most Social Security services do not require the public to take time to visit an office. Many Social Security...
Press release Davey School, District #12, announced it has open enrollment available for the 2023-24 school year. People can contact the district clerk at 406-265-6970 for more information....
Staff and wire report Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services has issued an update on road closures for the county as of May 23, 2023. A sudden increase in high temperatures following heavy snow through the winter led to extreme flooding, causing the county and the state to declare a disaster due to the flooding. The disaster declaration also included Liberty and Blaine counties and the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The declaration also allows the chance for President Joe Biden to issue a federal disaster declaration,...
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. that a generator was stolen off the back of the caller's camper. -- A Havre caller asked Tuesday at 8:55 a.m. to speak with an officer about harassment. -- Officers investigated a juvenile harassment incident reported at 3:44 p.m. Tuesday on Boulevard Avenue. -- Two summonses were issued after a 4:58 p.m. Tuesday caller at a First Street business reported past thefts. No details on charges were...
Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will cover up to 75% of the costs associated with organic certification, up to $750 per category, through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program, and Montana Farm Service Agency encourages organic agricultural producers and handlers to apply for OCCSP by Oct. 31, 2023, for expenses incurred from Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023. As part of USDA’s broader effort to support organic producers and in response to stakeholder feedback, this year FSA increased the...
Press release Registration for Montana Farmers Union’s newest Book Club selection “For the Love of Soil” by Nicole Masters is now open. Limited complimentary copies courtesy of MFU are available when people register. Participants must register separately for each Book Club selection. “For the Love of Soil” is the Book Club’s second selection. More than 50 people registered for the club’s first selection of “The Farmer’s Lawyer” by Sarah Vogel, and many of the club members joined in a live Zoom Q&A with Vogel in May. Both...
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a public meeting on the Environmental Assessment of the intent to purchase property for a new FWP Havre field office Thursday in the current office location, 2165 U.S. Highway 2 East, starting at 6 p.m. FWP leases its current field office location along Highway 2. Due to limited office space and equipment storage, no meeting room, a very small customer service and retail space, a small maintenance shop, and limited public parking, a facility that can better accommodate...
The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission presented historic preservation awards to the Oxford Sports Bar and the Palace Bar Monday for their efforts to preserve local history. Oxford owner Will DeVries, who took over the bar from his father, Russ, in 2017, said it's great to be able to preserve the historic location while still being able to run a modernized bar, one with history that stretches back to 1900. DeVries said he's only the fifth owner in the bar's his...
Press release Starting Thursday, May 25, 2023, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time. The outdoor, guided walking tours will resume June 16. Exhibits inside the visitor center highlight the dam’s role in flood control and recreation in Flathead County, and hydroelectric generation in the Columbia River System. Displays feature the history of Hungry Horse Dam and its importance to the system. June 16, the outdoor, guided walking tours wil...
Havre Police Department Fraud activity on a bank account was reported Monday at 11:23 a.m. at the police station. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Monday 12:44 p.m. report from a U.S. Highway 2 West business that a man was refusing to pay his bill and leave. -- A Third Street caller reported Monday at 1:23 p.m. that a yellow Yeti cooler was stolen. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller reported Monday at 1:31 p.m. that a man was urinating...
North Star Schools announced that the Gildford railroad crossing is under repair and not accessible at this time. People area asked to use the crossing three miles east of GIldford to travel to and from the North Star Elementary School. Signage is being placed to direct traffic to the school. People who have questions are asked to contact the North Star School office at 406-376-3183 and Principal James Russell.... Full story
The North Central Senior Center will be hosting an all-ages-welcome presentation Wednesday at 11 a.m. on local pollinator species and what people can do to make sure their population remains sustainable and healthy. The presentation, given by Emma Korntheuer of the Hill County Conservation District, will cover things like habitat creation for local species, particularly native bees. Korntheuer said pollinator populations are having a hard time across the U.S., but Montana‚’s pollinator populations are among the most und...
Staff and wire report Air quality in the region continued to be low over the wekend, with the air quality monitor at the Hill County Health Department showing occasions Saturday and Sunday when it tipped into the “very unhealthy” category. The Associated Press reports that smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts. Hill County Health Department now has a permanent air quality monitor ins...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this until after printing deadline Friday. Monday 10 a.m. — Zoom call with Kate Becker, Montana Association of Counties. in Timmons Room 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in Commissioners Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in Commissioners Office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in Commissioners Office 1:30 p.m. — Clerk and recorder survey scanner and copier meeting in Commissioners Office Wednesday 10 a.m. — Safety committee meeting in Ti...
St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group will meet Tuesday, May 23, 2023, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Basement Conference Room of Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: 1. Call to Order — Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras, co-chair 2. Comments by Marko Manoukian, co-chair 3. Introductions 4. Review and approve proposed agenda 5. Review and Approve Minutes from June 28, 2022 Meeting 6. Review and approve Minutes from April 13, 2023 Meeting 7. Coordinator update — Dave Peterson 8. Financial update — Bear Paw Development Corp. 9. Triba...
Havre Police Department A drug offense was reported at a First Street business Friday at 8:41 a.m. -- A caller on Third Street reported Friday at 11:56 a.m. that a vehicle got rear-ended. -- Animal Control assistance was requested Friday at 12:49 p.m. on Baltrusch Trail. -- A lost wallet was reported at 2:49 p.m. Friday. -- A two-vehicle crash was reported on First Street Friday at 5:05 p.m. -- A 12-year old girl was issued a summons on an assault charge after a Friday 8:38...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about national debt, immigration and bank failures in a rural press call Thursday where he also weighed in on some state issues, including the recently passed state ban on TikTok. Tester said the biggest issue in Congress at the moment is obviously the ongoing negotiation and debate over raising the national debt ceiling, with congressional Republicans threatening to let the country default if their demands of the Joe Biden administration...
While much of the community mourns the unexpected death Sunday of 32-year-old Josh Miller, a member of Havre's City Council, the Hill County Mosquito Control District is warning that the loss of Miller, who had been an integral part of the district since 2016, will set its operations in the community back significantly. Mosquito Control District Supervisor Terry Turner said Miller's loss is devastating for the district on a number of levels, but on a personal one, it's been...
