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While the U.S. recently reached the disturbing milestone of one million COVID-19 deaths last week, and some areas, including locally, are seeing increases, deaths remain low, as cases become less and less common overall. Blaine County, particularly Fort Belknap has seen a recent spike in cases. Between May 10 and May 19, there were only three new cases, but between then and May 23, 21 new cases were confirmed, and on May 24 alone there were 12 cases, with another 13 the next...
Montana's U.S. senators continue to push for funding for - and changes on how to fund - the system that provides much of the water in the Milk River each year, likely almost all of the water flowing in the river this year. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., both spoke during a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water and Power Wednesday on their St. Mary's Reinvestment Act, which will authorize $52 million to rehabilitate...
Staff and wire report Havre Trails has invited people to a hike up Centennial Mountain on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Saturday, June 11. "It is a gorgeous view at the summit and a moderate to difficult 4.6 mile round trip hike up a two-track road switchbacking up the mountain," a Havre Trails release said. Meeting time/place for Havre residents: 8:30 a.m. at the District 4 Human Resources Development Council parking lot in Havre, 2229 Fifth Ave. Hikers will caravan out to...
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported hearing neighbors yelling and screaming and someone mentioning a gun Wednesday at 7:17 a.m. -- Officers investigated a complaint made Wednesday at 10:26 a.m. on First Street Northeast and involving someone being taken to the hospital emergency room. -- A Wednesday 12:54 p.m. complaint about a herd of deer coming into the caller's yard and eating the plants was referred to another law enforcement agency. -- An arrest was...
The 42nd Annual Memorial Day Weekend Blackpowder Shoot will be Saturday through Monday at Fort Assinniboine, off U.S. Highway 87 south of Havre. This annual shoot is put on by the Bullhook Bottoms Blackpowder Club. Long-time club member and shoot co-organizer Jim Griggs said the club is expecting about 90 participants from around the Havre area, as well as Glasgow, Helena, Missoula and more areas. This is the oldest black powder shoot in the state, he added, and he attributes...
In addition to discussing the district's new Agricultural Education Program, the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees and HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller, at a special board meeting Tuesday afternoon, discussed the logistics of adding baseball to the district's lineup of sports programs, as well as their concerns about implementing it for the coming year. The possibility of implementing a baseball program was brought up at the last regular board meeting two weeks ago, and...
by Sarah Mosquera Montana Free Press MOIESE - The sound of drumming filled the rolling hills of the National Bison Range. Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes and neighbors gathered under a large tent to sing and dance in celebration of a historic event: the tribes' reclamation of management of the Bison Range after more than a century of federal management and nearly two decades of negotiations. "This all dates back to the treaty of 1855, when that agreement...
Havre Police Department A Fourth Street caller asked Tuesday at 9:40 a.m. to speak with an officer about a theft, forgery or fraud. -- A Tuesday 11:46 p.m. caller on Fourth Street asked to speak with an officer about a firearm possibly stolen from a vehicle. -- A hit and run crash at a First Avenue business was reported at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday. -- A Ninth Avenue caller asked Tuesday at 4:56 p.m. to speak with an officer about getting scammed in the purchase of a rifle. -- April...
Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding agricultural producers to sign up for the 2022 Census of Agriculture before June 30. Taken only once every five years by the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, the census provides a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The Census of Agriculture covers land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, a...
U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a 30-day extension to the public comment period to identify the impacts of concentration and competition challenges in seed, fertilizer, other agricultural inputs, and retail markets. The new deadline is June 15, 2022. Three RFIs — requests for information — were published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022, each with a 60-day comment period ending May 16, 2022. USDA seeks information about competition matters as they relate to: (1) fer...
After a months-long search for a new organizer, Havre's Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic is back on track for 2022 after two years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Havre resident and business owner Cassie Denny is now organizing the event in the wake of The Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic Planning Committee losing two key members in Allen "Woody" Woodwick and committee chairperson Sherri Simonson, who left the committee earlier this year. Last...
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 Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Gifted land to the Molitors County needs Closed-door litigation meeting Auditor — denied claim Mail procedure Quit claim deeds...
Havre Police Department David Taylor Eagleman of Havre, 62, was arrested on charges of forgery-counterfeit and theft of labor, services or use of property and on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a First Street West business reported Monday at 10:09 a.m. receiving a fake $20. —— Monday at 10:43 a.m., Child Protective Services reported a sex offense in the Havre area. —— Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 7:05 p.m. asking to speak with an officer about suspicious activity. —— A Monday 8:37 p.m. c...
Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher met with the Hill County Commission Monday morning to discuss the city’s plans for urban deer management and seek the commission’s support. Kaercher said the plan is still in draft stages at this point, but it has been sent to members of the city council was well as Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and he hasn’t heard any objections to it yet. He said this year’s plan would only apply within city limits, but the county owns adjacent land so he wanted to keep them informed and hoped they would s...
Press release The Montana Early Childhood and Family Support Division recognizes that the need for summer care and summer programming for school-age children is important for a child’s development and to the economic viability of Montana. The scholarship is for children entering kindergarten through fifth grade in the fall of 2022. Parents must be employed, attending school or have special circumstances. Families must demonstrate they are paying for summer care — summer/sports camps, Boys & Girls Club, babysitters, nannies, a...
by Alan Sorensen Friends of the Bear Paw Marathon will host a pre-marathon carbo-loading spaghetti banquet for runners and their friends and families from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2022, at the Eagles Club in Havre, the day before the second annual marathon. The meal will be dedicated to the memory of long-time area running enthusiast and run sponsor Ignatius George "Iggy" Stiffarm of Fort Belknap, who passed away on March 2 of this year after a years-long battle with ALS....
Havre Police Department A Friday 7:22 a.m. caller on Sixth Avenue reported a garage window had been broken out. —— A caller asked officers Friday at 8:35 a.m. to perform a welfare check on someone on Fourth Avenue. —— Randee Rae Duran of Havre, 33, was arrested on a state District Court warrant Friday at 10:02 a.m. on Ninth Avenue. —— An officer on Grant Avenue was flagged down Friday at 11:24 a.m. to investigate a hit and run crash. —— A window was reported broken out of house on Second Street Friday at 2:01 p.m. —— Wesley...
Rocky Boy High School held an emotional graduation ceremony Thursday evening featuring teachers, administrators and soon-to-be graduated students thanking and congratulating each other after years of perseverance through some of the most difficult years in recent memory. The first keynote speaker was Junior High Science Teacher Teresa Olson who recounted the various successes and antics of her students over their careers in Rocky Boy Schools. "You are my kids and you will...
The Havre History Center was presented the Havre/Hill County Preservation Award Thursday by the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission at its location in the former Griggs Printing Building. Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Officer Becki Miller said the commission gives out an award like this every May to an organization in town doing work to preserve historic locations in the area. The award was accepted by H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum...
Hill County employees graduated from the Montana State Fund's WorkSafe Champions program Thursday, having completed a nine-week course intended to make the county a safer work environment and reduce costs related to worker injuries. Before officially graduating, all participants finished one last class where they all reviewed the material covered over the pervious eight weeks including things like risk assessment, working with organizations like the Occupational Safety and...
This was provided by the office of Sen. Jon Tester (U.S. Senate) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Thursday the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $13,602,102 in funding for 19 Montana airports, including at Harlem, to expand and repair facilities. Harlem’s airport is receiving $166,500 to install apron edge lights and/or flood lighting, install runway vertical/visual guidance system, install taxiway lighting and rehabilitate access road. “Montana is booming, and it’s critical that the Treasure State has...
Havre Police Department Vandalism at a Pepin Park bathroom was reported at 8:12 a.m. Thursday. -- Officers investigated a 2:42 p.m. Thursday report from Child Protective Services about a sex offense in the Havre area. -- Jaylee Maryn Mount of Havre, 25, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault, unlawful restraint and tampering with a communication device after a caller on First Street North asked Thursday at 8:35 p.m. for assistance in a disturbance. -- At...
Press release City of Havre nuisance weed ordinance, Ordinance No. 888, went into effect May 1, 2022. Property owners with grass or weeds taller than eight inches will receive a notice. If the weeds are not cut or removed within 10 days, the city will remove the weeds and the cost of the removal will be charged to the property owner. Owners will receive only one violation notice per year, and the city will remove the nuisance grass or weeds in violation of the ordinance without any additional notice....
North Central Senior Citizens Center May 23-27 Menu Monday, May 23 — Ham and turkey club sandwich, salad, pickle spear, dessert Tuesday, May 23 — Applesauce, roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli Normandy, rolls, cake Wednesday, May 24 — Chicken pepper steak, rice, egg rolls, pudding Thursday, May 25 — Goulash, garlic bread, salad, oranges Friday, May 27 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping Up with the Pandemic: May 9, six new cases of COVID-19, two recovered, total 4,847, active four, no hospitaliza...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. New business 1. Personnel 2. Consideration of Havre High School agricultural education course descriptions Public Comment — An opportunity for any member of the audience to bring to the attention of the board questions o...
