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Press release Montana Farm Bureau Federation announced that the Miles Community College’s meat processing program continues to advance, including the hiring of a coordinator for the program. The college, along with the Montana Meat Processors Association, had been working for four years to get a meat processing course in place. Montana Farm Bureau was integral in building support for the program and working with MCC and MPPA make this program a reality. “The coronavirus pandemic highlighted strengths and weaknesses in our...
Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday the 2021 signup periods for general Conservation Reserve Program and CRP Grasslands offers. General signup for CRP will be open from Jan. 4, to Feb. 12; signup for CRP Grasslands runs from March 15 to April 23. Both programs are competitive and provide annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation purposes. “The Conservation Reserve Program and the many focused programs that come under it, like CRP Grasslands, are some of our most cri...
A Great Falls-based recycling company with a Havre branch is stepping into climate change reduction as the first Montana business awarded the first certificate by a foundation working to reduce greenhouse gas in the environment. Pacific Steel & Recycling is the first Montana business to purchase carbon offsets from the Well Done Foundation offsets and was issued the very first Climate Benefit Unit Certificate from the foundation. The certificate represents the removal of 21...
Despite the Montana Department of Motor Vehicles being shut down for computer upgrades, people will still be able to do some work online and will have a grace period for renewals. Driver Services Bureau Chief Rebecca Conners said the Montana Motor Vehicle Division in Helena will be closed Friday, Nov. 20, through Friday, Nov. 27, to allow for major system updates. Despite the shut down renewals will be given a three-month grace period. People will be able to renew driver’s licenses online or mail in paperwork for d...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center at City Hall. The meeting will be held live with enough room available for social distancing. Masks will be required. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of Oct. 15 minutes 2. Correspondence 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer - DOWL a. Runway Pavement Preservation Project 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Discussion of FAA Non-primary entitlement funds to Meagher County (B) Big...
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Sentinel Amendment, CARES Act Tax abatement Ordinances Contracts Board appointments Airport Board member Policy updates Hiring procedures County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Bid package Hill Count Courthouse security project Bid package Hill County Detention Center Control Panels Chamber of Commerce dues 2021...
Gov. Steve Bullock provided details Monday about his proposed budget that includes no cuts to government services and no increase in revenue or taxes. “I’ve always said that a budget is a reflection of out values as Montanans,” Bullock said. He said each of the past budgets he’s worked on have focused on fiscal responsibility while making sustainable a prudent investments in things like education and the protection of health care for the people of the state for generations, and this is no exception. “(This is) a budget that i...
The state COVID-19 tracking map update this morning listed the total number of cases in Montana at 49,398 with 1,500 new cases. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 2,161 with 456 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 583,828 with 10,494 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 543. The number of recoveries was 29,105 and the number of active cases was 19,750. Blaine County Monday evening reported 5 new cases, 339 total, 107 active, 8... Full story
Note: This was provided by the office of Sen. Jon Tester WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Monday that the Havre Area Head Start and Early Head Start program will receive $1,145,047 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding to continue providing early education opportunities and child care services for families in Northcentral Montana. “One of the most critical investments we can make is in the next generations of Montanans who will lead our state into the future,” Tester said. “Havr...
Havre Police Department Joshua Ray Ganeulas of Great Falls, 30, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault after a caller on Washington Avenue reported a fight between siblings Monday at 11:17 a.m. -- Monday at 1:05 p.m., a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 East business reported a hit and run vehicle crash. -- A summons was issued after a caller on Second Street reported money was stolen. No details on the charges was provided. -- A Third Avenue West caller reporte...
From Northern Network News In recognition of National Registered Apprenticeship Week, Nov. 8-14, The Montana Department of Labor & Industry presented two awards Thursday. The 2020 Montana Registered Apprenticeship Service Award went to Lorren Schlotfeldt, an instructor at Montana State University-Northern, for providing 14 years of exceptional instruction and helping plumbing apprentices pursue successful careers. The second award was the 2020 Outstanding Education Partner Award, which went to Northern for being a leader in...
Blaine County Sheriff and Coroner John Colby has released the name of a Butte woman, who, along with her dog, was killed about 4:45 p.m. Saturday when they were struck by a BNSF Railway freight train just east of Chinook near Lodge Creek. Irina Smith, 41, was the person struck by the train Saturday. A release from the sheriff’s office said its dispatchers received a call from BNSF about 4:48 p.m. Saturday reporting the woman had been struck. About the same time, it said, dispatch received a call from the woman’s husband als...
The Hill County Health Board held a pair of meetings last Friday at which Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson provided updates on the COVID-19 situation in Hill County and amended her order to allow private sports organizations to operate if their infection mitigation plans are strong enough. During the second meeting later Friday, community member Will Rawn said the health department should provide more information to the public about where the...
At the Havre Ice Dome Saturday, curlers were wrapped in warm clothes, some sipping on beers and others dragging the ice, showing a camaraderie amongst everyone involved. The people organizing the activities have been doing so for several years. "I want to say that the club started in 2008 or 2009. We kind of took over about six or seven years ago," Hi-Line Curling Club Vice President Andy Herdina said before the ice was dragged. "The major highlights of the curling club for...
Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line will be holding it’s annual Festival of Trees fundraiser this year, albeit in a very different form with the event being held virtually. Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Marketing and Events Director Krystal Steinmetz said the gala is the club’s biggest fundraiser of the year, typically drawing between 200 and 250 people, and was a great event to participate in. “We’d have food, appetizers, desert and it would be a super-fun evening for everybody,” she said. A press release about the event...
This morning’s update was not available by printing deadline, but the numbers in Sunday’s update were 47,158 total cases with 1,272 new cases, 435 hospitalizations and 520 deaths.The number of active cases was 19,166. Local cases by county: Hill County Sunday night reported 10 new cases, 1,130 total, 260 active, the number of active hospitalizations not available, 844 recovered, 26 deaths Blaine County Sunday night reported 4 new cases, 453 total, 121 active, 9 active hospitalizations, 318 recovered, 14 deaths Liberty Cou... Full story
Havre-Hill County Library Board will meet Thursday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Havre-Hill County Library The meeting agenda is Minutes Sign monthly budget Library director’s report Old business New business • Budget Policy review Correspondence Public comment Adjournment Library schedule: • Story Time every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:15 a.m. via Facebook Live. • January 21 at 5 p.m.: next regularly scheduled board meeting....
Havre Police Department Officers arrested someone on a warrant on 12th Street at 7:26 p.m. Friday, but no details were provided in the dispatch log. -- Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 58, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and open alcohol container after a caller at a Fifth Avenue business reported a man in the parking lot Saturday at 12:43 p.m. -- A caller reported a two-vehicle crash on First Street Saturday at 3:04 p.m. -- A 15th Street caller reported Saturday a...
Press release KINGS POINT, NY - Cameron James Pleninger of Havre was recently sworn in as a midshipman at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and as a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Pleninger was nominated by Montana's U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, to attend USMMA, located in Kings Point, New York, and one of the nation's five federal service academies. As part of his four-year education, Pleninger will spend one year training as a cadet aboard ocean going...
Gov. Steve Bullock and Montana health officials delivered grim news about the state of COVID-19 in Montana and the U.S. "We have a long winter ahead in Montana and, indeed, across the nation," Bullock said. He said infections are at record levels, having passed 100,000 cases a day for seven consecutive days, with hospitalizations also setting records and nearly every state in the nation seeing uncontrollable spread. "In Montana we too are seeing record hospitalizations and...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce will continue the tree lighting ceremony, although it will look different this year, Chamber Executive Director Julea Robbins said. Normally, the tree lighting ceremony is an in-person event taking place on Thanksgiving weekend. It is usually held in Town Square and includes Santa and Mrs. Clause. Santa talks to the children and then lights the Town Square tree. Havre High School’s choir is normally in attendance as well, leading in caroling. H...
Thursday, Nov. 19, the Montana Motor Vehicle Division will be upgrading its systems, disrupting services to the public until full services resume Nov. 23. Motor Vehicle Division informed county officials in the state via email Tuesday and issued a press release Thursday. The release said that, during the upgrade, vehicle and driver services will be unavailable, but customers can still schedule appointments or use mail-in renewal options. DMV did not respond to multiple requests for additional information, including the...
