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Due to problems with the press, Havre Weekly Chronicle will be online only today. Technicians are working on the press today, and the Chronicle expects this week’s edition to be printed and on the street and in the mail Friday....
In a slightly shorter - but still often contentious - meeting about Havre's boil advisory, Havre City Council heard an update on the timeline and background of the boil advisory, comments from the public and an announcement that the city is in the process of distributing some free bottled water. The presence of active Giardia, a microscopic parasite that can cause illness, has not been confirmed in Havre's water supply but because three cases of Giardiasis were confirmed in...
• Local law enforcement and the Montana Highway Patrol are increasing patrols and presence from the end of May through the beginning of June as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Click It or Ticket Enforcement. • While non-seat belt use is a secondary offense in Montana, wearing a seat belt is still required by law. • Seat belts are one of the most effective ways to increase your chance of survival in a crash, reducing the risk of death for a front...
Press release ERLANGER, Ky. – American Veterans and RecruitMilitary® will co-host the National Virtual Veterans Career Fair Tuesday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mountain Time. The event is free to veterans, their spouses, active-duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and Reserve. More than 90 employers actively seeking the unique talents of America's veterans will be on-site representing a range of industries, from construction to medical to administr...
By Emily Mayer Editor’s note: Havre Weekly Chronicle did not receive last week’s Celebrating History in time to publish it in the May 16 edition. The full column follows. There was a lot of news regarding the two big local hospitals in Havre 100 years ago. First, this bit of good news was published on the front page of The Havre Daily Promoter’s May 11, 1924, edition: “SACRED HEART ONE OF BEST HOSPITALS IN NORTHWEST “Tomorrow will be observed throughout the country as National Hospital day and in keeping with the day the f...
Posted May 16, 2024 Due to production problems, this week’s edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle could not be mailed Wednesday. The production manager expects the paper to be mailed and be in racks and outlets today. The paper expects that the problem has been resolved and the Chronicle should be back to its normal schedule next week. The paper’s staff said they apologized to subscribers for the delay....
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a series of public meetings on bear awareness, including how to minimize conflict. The events are open to the public, and area landowners and recreators are encouraged to attend. • Chinook: o Saturday, May 18, 3-5 p.m. o Blaine County Library o 112 4th St W • Havre: o Saturday, May 18, 7-9 p.m. o Hill County Electric Building o 2121 US-2 o Hospitality Room • Zortman: o Sunday, May 19, 12-2 p.m. o Zortman BLM fire station o 1 mile southeast of Zortman on Bear Gulch...
Judy Vosen, Local Red Cross blood drive volunteer coordinator The recent Havre Community Red Cross Blood Drive held at St. Jude Parish Center Monday, May 6, was a huge success. We had a few first time donors again this month. From 112 registered donors there were 108 units successfully collected. The Red Cross team arrives early on a Monday morning every other month, and remains in the area until Thursday evening. During that time an average of 300 units are collected from the Havre area out of five different blood drive site...
Press release Montana State University Extension Hill County has invited people to an interactive lunchtime workshop May 22 to explore emotional intelligence. A release said the seminar presented by Ashley Kent of the MSU-Extension Government Center will discuss what emotional intelligence is and how it can impact professional and personal relationships and which tools and tips people can implement by the end of the day. The release said the workshop is for everyone including local community and nonprofit leaders, coaches,...
From Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services The Office of Public Assistance and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services office located at 48 Second Avenue in Havre will be closed to the public and employees Thursday, May 23, and Friday, May 24, to address building maintenance issues. Normal business operations will resume on Tuesday, May 28. Havre OPA employees working remotely during the office closure will be responding to calls placed through the Public Assistance Helpline and via email...
Press release The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum announced it will launch its new exhibit “Into the world of the Dinosaur Mummy” Saturday, May 18, with free admission and a special showcase beginning at 4 p.m. Utilizing tourism grant funds from the Montana Department of Commerce Eastern Montana Initiative, the project invested in technologies to develop an interactive wall exhibit, a marketing plan that included an updated website and social media campaign for an augmented exhibit focused on the Mummy Dinosaur, Leonardo. Dis...
GREAT FALLS - A man accused of firing a pistol at two women in a housing area on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation admitted to an assault charge Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Gilbert Raymond Martinez of Fort Belknap and North Dakota, 32, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Martinez faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the location of the rally. A cross walk followed by a rally to call for Box Elder being made a Native American Dependent Community is set for Saturday, May 18. “Because of the darkness of alcoholism, drug addiction, missing and murdered indigenous persons and violence in north-central Montana and the Hi-Line, we will carry a cross, walk and pray,” a flyer about the event says, saying people can call Pastor Rich Jesperson at 406-680-7080 fro more information. G. Bruce Meyers said Tuesd...
Havre City Council held a lengthy discussion to an over-flow capacity crowd at its meeting Monday about the boil advisory in place in the city. At the end of the meeting, following a presentation by a worker at the water plant that met with extended applause, the council scheduled another meeting Monday, May 20, to debrief over what was said at this week"'s meeting and what answers had been found to questions people asked this week. Havre Department of Public Works Director Tr...
From Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services The Office of Public Assistance and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services office located at 48 Second Avenue in Havre will be closed to the public and employees Thursday, May 23, and Friday, May 24, to address building maintenance issues. Normal business operations will resume on Tuesday, May 28. Havre OPA employees working remotely during the office closure will be responding to calls placed through the...
Press release The office of the Hill County Justice of the Peace announced last week some relocations and possible temporary disruption of service due to work on the Hill County Courthouse. A press release said that, due to replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system on the second and third floors of the Hill County Courthouse, Hill County Justice Court of Record will be temporarily relocated until further notice. The office will be moving the week of May 20, 2024, to the Timmons Conference Room in...
Press release BOZEMAN - Well-above normal precipitation during April was needed given the meager snowpack conditions experienced this year. Total monthly precipitation was above normal last month only in the Powder and Tongue River basins but was not widespread across Montana. "A couple mid-month storms did provide significant snowfall, but April is typically a wet month in Montana, and total precipitation last month did not meet that standard," said Eric Larson, USDA Natural...
Montana State University-Northern held its 2024 graduation ceremonies Saturday, with commencement speaker world-renowned entertainer and rodeo clown Flint Rasmussen providing the graduates with some good advice filled with local references and lots of humor. The graduating class had279 candidates eligible to receive a total of 411 degrees; 115 women and 164 men eligible for 64 certificates, 158 associate degrees, 174 bachelor's degrees and 14 master's degrees. The ceremony...
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management officials signed a Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for a travel plan amendment opening a 0.6-mile primitive road in the Left Coulee area of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument’s Bullwhacker region, providing legal public motorized and mechanized access to that area. In 2023, the Square Butte Grazing Association and Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks finalized a Public Access Land Agreement through a private parcel along Cow Creek. The B...
North Central Senior Center May 13-17 Menu Monday, May 13 — Polish sausage, sauerkraut, veggies, dessert Tuesday, May 14 — Eggs Benedict, fruit, pudding Wednesday, May 15 — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, veggies, dessert Thursday, May 16 — Tuna casserole, veggies, fruit, dessert Friday, May 17 — Potato soup, egg salad sandwich, fruit, dessert Important: We will continue to prepare meals for the Rudyard Center until someone is hired. We will also continue with Meals on Wheels. Please be kind, we are going to...
Matthew 13:22 "The ground of trusting in the riches of this world is sinking sand" Out our way, the upper pastures can be a bit treacherous. The thorn trees and thick clumps of trees in the arroyos can hide unexpected surprises. Being a greenhorn, I did not know that some creek beds get covered in dirt and while they may look dry and solid are actually deep mud holes that, quicksand-like, will grab hold of the unwary and not let go. I have shared this tale a few times before,...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected 28 organizations to host members of USDA’s Working Lands Climate Corps, an effort that will train the next generation of conservation and climate leaders, providing technical training and career pathway opportunities for young people and helping them deliver climate-smart agriculture solutions for farmers and ranchers. Selections were made in partnership with The Corps Network. WLCC is part of President Joe Biden’s historic American Climate Corps...
A circuit rider pastor has a lot of "windshield time" to pray and to ponder ... pondering can take some mighty strange directions at times. While driving down the highway, I wondered, " How many mile markers there are in Montana?" I googled the Montana Transportation webpage ... there are 13,271-mile markers in our state ... Now, that's a lot of highway! We don't pay much attention to the mile markers unless we need roadside assistance. But in that moment of describing the nea...
You know, Lord, it was special listening to several teens talk about their visit to a rest home, visiting a woman named Violet on Mother's Day. They said she smiled as they stopped in to visit with her. The hot, sticky, midday air came into her little group home unabated, but she didn't complain. Instead, she began wracking her mind for a song to sing. Then a huge smile appeared and she sang, "I am running, skipping, jumping, praising the Lord!" As she sang, she swung her arms...
Press release Shores Floral, a Chinook floral shop, recently held a very successful fundraiser for the "Serving of Hope" fund. Tomi Simonson, owner of Shores Floral presented Christen Obresley, vice president of regulatory and community services at Northern Montana Health Care, a check for $7,015 for the fund. The Serving of Hop" fund was created in 2009 when the Men Who Cook for Women Who Wine event was looking for a new cause to support. That event was started in 2007 to hel...
