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  • Radio Field Day set in Havre Saturday and Sunday

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 11, 2024

    Editor’s note: This story ran in the June 13 edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle, but misreported the days of the event. The corrected story follows. The local ham radio club again is inviting people to come watch — and use — amateur radios this weekend in Havre. Hi-Line Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the American Radio Relay League — ARRL — Field Day from noon Saturday, June 22, to noon Sunday, June 23, at Veterans Memorial Park on 11th Street west across from Montana State University-Northern’s Tilleman Field, cl...

  • Siphons break in St. Mary Diversion

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 8, 2024

    A siphon on the more-than-100-year-old system that provides much - almost all, in drought years - to the Milk River broke Monday, shutting down the system. The Montana Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation area manager said Tuesday the bureau was waiting for the water to finish flowing out of the breached siphons on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works and is working to get a feel for impacts caused by the breach and looking at possible models for replacement or...

  • Havre gets $1.25 million in first round of tourism grant

    Updated Jul 2, 2024

    Havre one of seven cities to receive $1.25 million for tourism improvements HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Commerce announced last week that $8.75 million of grant funding will be distributed to seven pilot communities, $1.25 million each, including Havre, to increase economic vibrancy and tourism appeal, enhance destination resiliency and diversify tourism-related assets and infrastructure. “This significant investment in the tourism infrastructure for Havre and our area has the potential to be a game-changer in...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jun 28, 2024

    Editor’s note: The city is unable to provide the full agenda in time for Havre Weekly Chronicle’s Tuesday printing deadline for the Thursday print edition. The agenda also is posted on the city website at https://www.ci.havre.mt.us/council-agenda and is posted in Havre City Hall. Havre City Council will meet Monday, July 1, 2024, 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 1 through 4. For items not on this agenda, pub...

  • Young Havre man killed in Glacier County car crash

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 28, 2024

    An 18-year-old Havre man was killed Thursday in a one-car crash in Glacier County. At the time of this story being published, Havre Weekly Chronicle was waiting to hear from the Glacier County coroner if the name of the Havre man had been released. The Havre man was a passenger in the Cadillac Escalade that crashed. The incident report said information about the driver was unknown at the time of the report being filed. Highway Patrol said this morning that no information about the driver was ready for release. The report...

  • Montana receives $43.3 million in PILT to support vital services in communities

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    From U.S. Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that 56 local governments in Montana will receive a total of $43.3 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes funding for 2024. Because local governments cannot tax Federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services. A release from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., lists the Montana payments, which included $1,258,897 for Blaine County, $483,587 for Chouteau County, $...

  • Celebrating History: Elks state convention in the news

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    By Emily Mayer Havre’s activity intensified in preparation for all that was going on for July 4th. Everyone was getting into the act for the state Elks convention, and this article was printed on the front page of the June 22, 1924, Havre Daily Promoter: SPECIAL RATES GRANTED ELKS TO HAVRE PRIZES WILL BE HUNG UP FOR BEST BAND, BEST DRUM CORPS AND NEATEST APPEARING LODGE IN PARADE Fare and one half, regular rates, has been granted by the railroads to members of the B. P. O. E. to attend the state convention in Havre, July 3...

  • Chinook Pool and Park Project thanks contributors

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Chinook's Friends of the Pool and Parks Foundation in the last few days have extended thanks to several more people and groups that have helped the foundation move closer to its goal of rehabilitating the Chinook Pool and the Ensign Sweet Memorial Park. The former Jumping Juniper Garden Club organization donated nearly $1,200 of funds that they had raised over the years to the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation for improvements to the pool and park, the foundation said in...

  • For the Record, June 27, 2024

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Havre Police Department Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Officers making a motor vehicle stop at about the 3100 Block of U.S. Highway 2 West at 9:34 a.m. arrested Tyson Rondo Gruber of Havre, 32, on two state District Court warrants. -- Officers issued a summons, no details listed in the dispatch report, after a caller from the 100 Block of Ninth Avenue reported at 2:28 p.m. that a dog bit someone. -- After receiving a complaint from Third Street at 9:17 p.m., officers issued a summons...

  • Notice - Cottonwood Schools cancels July board meeting

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Davey Schoolregular board meeting for July is canceled...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Editor’s note: The city is unable to provide the full agenda in time for Havre Weekly Chronicle’s printing deadline for the print edition. The agenda also is posted on the city website at https://www.ci.havre.mt.us/council-agenda and is posted in Havre City Hall. Havre City Council will meet Monday, July 1, 2024, 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. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the...

  • Notice - Cottonwood Schools cancels July board meeting

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Cottonwood Schools regular board meeting for July is canceled...

  • Agenda - Commissioner's Weekly Calendar

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Note: Commissioner business meeting date has been changed to Wednesday in Observance of Independence Day Monday, July 1, 2024 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner working session in the Commission Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in the Commission Office 5:30 p.m. — Hill County Park Board Meeting at the Havre-Hill County Library, 402 Third St. Tuesday, July 2, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire call update meeting in the Commission Office 9:30 a.m. — Health department direct...

  • Agenda - Hill County Park Board

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, July 1, 2024, in the Havre-Hill County Library, 402 Third St., at 5:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda requests for next meeting, limited to one minute 4) Cabin Business # 4 Phelps Lane (Transfer) # 12 Sawmill Gulch (Removing a current owner) # 14 Sawmill Gulch (Transfer to daughter) # 12 Phelps Lane (Transfer adding son John) 5) Old business Lodge 6) New business Grazing fees 7)...

  • MSU seeks Outstanding Agricultural Leader award nominations

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Montana State University's College of Agriculture is seeking nominations for its Outstanding Agricultural Leader award, which will be presented during the college's expanded Celebrate Agriculture Week Nov. 4-9 at MSU. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, Aug. 30. The award recognizes individuals, families or businesses that have gone above and beyond for the Montana agricultural industry in public service, advocacy, production or...

  • FSA seeks county committee nominations

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting nominations for farmers and ranchers to serve on local USDA Farm Service Agency county committees. These committees make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally. All nomination forms for the 2024 election must be postmarked or received in the local FSA office by Aug. 1, 2024. “Serving on a Farm Service Agency county committee is your chance to ensure that other producers who share your interests, your production pra...

  • MSU Extension releases new magazine on Alzheimer's and related dementias

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has created a new magazine on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias that is designed especially for Montana farmers and ranchers. Montana has more than 21,000 people living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, including agricultural producers, said Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist. “Family caregivers (of agricultural producers) have approached me asking about financial and health care powers of a...

  • MFU seeks centennial farms and ranches to honor

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Montana Farmers Union will again celebrate family farmers and ranchers whose land holdings have been in their families and in operation for more than 100 years through its Centennial Farm and Ranch Program during MFU’s Annual Convention this year. Since the mid-1990s, Montana Farmers Union has been honored to recognize its members who have owned the same farm or ranch for 100 years or more. Nearly 200 farms and ranches have since been recognized. When an MFU member reaches this milestone, they are honored d...

  • Senior Center News, June 27, 2024

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    North Central Senior Center July 1-5 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, July 1, 2024 — Beef tip, buttered noodles, corn, chocolate pudding Tuesday, July 2, 2024 — Chicken Cesar wrap, mixed veggies, pears, cup cakes Wednesday, July 3, 2024 — Cheese burgers, tots, green beans, oranges Thursday, July 4, 2024 — Closed for 4th of July Celebration Friday, July 4, 2024 — Potato soup, deviled ham sandwich, salad, mixed fruit IMPORTANT: We have hired a cook for the Rudyard Center and will now be training for a week or two. We will c...

  • Milk River Gobblers announce scholarship recipients

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Milk River Gobblers has listed the recipients of its 2024 scholarships. Five $500 scholarships were awarded, with 22 students from the area applying. The recipients are: Maggie Daniels, Havre High School; Quentin Edwards, Chinook High School; Maddison Doney, Fort Benton High School; Casha Corder, Fort Benton High School, and Reinhard Bold, Havre High School. “The Milk River Gobblers would like to thank all who applied and wish the best of success in the future to all,” the group said in a press rel...

  • Out Our Way: Watch him ride

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Matthew 7:15-20 "By their fruits you will know them" Out our way, they used to say, "Before you can know who is a real deal cowboy, you need to see him ride." Watching me on ole Doc with me bouncing around like I'm on a jackhammer, they knew to put me in the back of the herd riding drag. I have the hat, chaps, boots, rope and all the paraphernalia of a cowhand, but not the skill - and it shows. Like that dude at the fair in Great Falls who didn't know chaps go over your jeans...

  • Local Democrats say hosting state convention was a success

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 20, 2024

    Earlier this month, the state Democratic party came to Havre to host its state convention, and local Democrats said it was a great success. “Hosting the statewide convention in Havre for the first time in several decades was a great way to showcase our community to more than 160 folks from every corner of Montana,” Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre said. “It was also an opportunity to highlight the issues that are important to rural northern Montana, including support for the incredible programs at (Montana State Unive...

  • Committee talks about food trucks, snow and weed removal and SIDs

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 20, 2024

    Havre City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee met Monday to talk about several issues, including the creation of Special Improvement Districts to improve neighborhoods. Public Works Director Trevor Mork said people are asking on a regular basis what can be done to improve infrastructure in neighborhoods, and he said people need to realize the difference between maintenance an improvements or rehabilitation. City taxes paid by residents are used for maintenance of infrastructure, like repairing water main breaks or f...

  • VA invites veterans to Summer Vet Fest in Glasgow

    Updated Jun 20, 2024

    Press release U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Montana VA Health Care System has invited veterans to a special event in Glasgow. The two-day Montana VA Summer Vet Fest is set June 26-27 in Glasgow. A poster fo the event said veterans can come to the event to find out what VA can do for them, getting answer to VA benefits and health care questions and learning more about VA services and veteran resources. Day One, June 26, is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Glasgow VA Clinic at 630 Second Ave. South, with topics including...

  • Fair Board finalizes summer plans

    Christy Bambrough|Updated Jun 20, 2024

    Great Northern Fair Board members met Monday evening to wrap up the last details that needed attention before the fairgrounds take off for the summer. Fairgrounds Manager Frank English discussed many improvements during his fair manager’s report. Renovations and repairs to the horse barn and 4-H exhibit were mentioned, as well as preparations for new bathrooms and second set of bathrooms, which has been a project that English has been focused on for the last year. The Ark Church donated 40-45 chairs in good condition to be u...

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