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  • Pro-Trump protesters storm Electoral College vote confirmation, senators evacuated

    Patrick Johnston|Updated May 5, 2021

    Pro-Donald Trump protesters stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Wednesday, interrupting a joint congressional hearing to count and confirm the electoral college’s votes in the 2020 General Election that resulted President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Trump. The protesters breached barricades, forcing lawmakers to be evacuated from the building for their safety, but the lawmakers have since reconvened and confirmed the college’s votes despite objections from many Republican members of Congress, with...

  • For the Record, Jan. 8, 2021

    Updated Jan 15, 2021

    Havre Police Department A 15-year-old was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting and underage tobacco possession or consumption after a caller at a First Street business reported Thursday at 7:04 p.m. that someone had stolen some merchandise. -- Cherie Shalee Alexander of Box Elder, 33, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 West business asked at 3:49 a.m. today for assis...

  • For the Record, Jan. 11, 2021

    Updated Jan 15, 2021

    Havre Police Department A caller at the clinic on 4th Street called at 9:53 a.m. Friday for someone who wanted to make a complaint. -- Friday at 5:02 p.m., a caller at a First Street West business reported the theft of power tools. -- A 16th Avenue caller reported an assault Saturday at 2:33 a.m. -- Amy Johnson of Havre, 37, was issued a summons on a charge of endangering the welfare of children, after she called Saturday at 9:53 a.m. for a assistance in locating an...

  • Agenda - H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board

    Updated Jan 11, 2021

    Editor’s note: Due to an error at Havre Daily News, this agenda did not print in Friday’s edition. The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board will meet today at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of Havre Inn and Suites. The meeting agenda is: 1. Call to order 2. Roll call of members 3. Reading and approval of minutes 4. Museum Report — Emily Mayer 5. Wahkpa Chu’gn Report — Emily Mayer 6. The Foundation Report — Elaine Morse 7. Committee reports a. Budget and Finance — Val — budget review 8. Unfinished business a. Review Museum status....

  • Montana Association of Clerk and Recorders offer scholarships

    Updated Jan 11, 2021

    Press release The Montana Association of Clerk and Recorder’s is again sponsoring two scholarships for a graduating senior who will be attending an in-state college or university. The first-place scholarship is for $1,000 and the second-place scholarship is for $500. The last day of acceptance of applications is March 12. Application forms are available from the guidance counselor at the high school or from the Hill County Clerk and Recorder, Susan Armstrong, at 315 Fourth St., Havre MT 59501. People who have any questions c...

  • North Star Elementary going remote due to COVID-19

    Updated Jan 11, 2021

    North Star School District announced Sunday that North Star Elementary School in Gildford would be remote this week with the hope of returning to in-class learning next Monday, Jan. 18. The school went remote Thursday after a case related to the school was confirmed to allow for contact tracing and planning for schedules this week. The district uses a four-day week and does not have class Fridays. The release Sunday said a case related to the school was confirmed that day and...

  • Gianforte releases budget, addresses attack on the capitol building

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 9, 2021

    At a press conference Thursday Gov. Greg Gianforte presented his state budget for the coming biennium which includes $100 million in reduced government spending, and addressed the attempted insurrection at the Capitol Building by Pro-Trump protesters earlier this week. "Yesterday was a sad, sad day for America," Gianforte said, " ... our very democracy was under siege." Gianforte condemned the attack on the capitol, and said watching it was a surreal and jarring experience, ha...

  • Havre K-5 students staying in Schedule 2B through next week

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jan 8, 2021

    A release issued by Havre Interim-Superintendent of Public Schools Craig Mueller this morning said the county has not yet met requirements to move to a four-day in-class schedule for Havre schools and the return of grades kindergarten through five will be delayed. A proposal recommended by Mueller Dec. 8 and approved by the Havre school board in a 4-3 vote included having K-five students go to four-day in-class learning if certain requirements were met. The proposal had grades six through 12 moving to four-day in-class learni...

  • Harlem High students work with NASA

    Kimberly Bolta|Updated Jan 8, 2021

    Harlem High School has partnered with NASA and The Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens in the Growing Beyond Earth Project to conduct experiments that expand food options and increase plant diversity for spaceflight. The project was designed to support NASA research on growing plants in space. The project emailed all FFA advisors asking for their help in doing this research via email including teacher Lisa Hamilton of the Harlem High School Agricultural Education Department...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after TODAY's update was 85,568 with 838 new cases, 3,814 active.

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    The number of active hospitalizations was 205. The number of deaths was 1,049. Blaine County reported Thursday evening no new cases, 622 total, 13 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 24 deaths Hill County reported Thursday evening 5 new cases, 1,730 total, 85 active, 4 active hospitalizations, 37 deaths Rocky Boy reported Thursday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 1 new case, 781 total, 36 active, 35 active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active hospitalizations, deaths not listed Fort B...

  • Commission puts out call for county board members

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 8, 2021

    The Hill County Commissions has announced that 14 seats are available on various county boards and while some are being reapplied for by their previous holders, the commission is looking for people interested in serving on those boards. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said this spate of vacancies are mostly the result of terms ending, including one seat on the Hill County Park Board, one on the Hill County Health Board, one on the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission, two on the Tourism Business...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    Monday Regular business hours Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner’s office 10:30 a.m. — LEPC Meeting at the Detention Center 1:30 pm – 911 Meeting at City Hall Wednesday 10 a.m. — Safety meeting in the Timmons room Thursday 10 a.m. — Commissioner Business Meeting in Commissioner’s office Manual Claims Employment Review Resolutions Tax Adjustments County Permit Approval Subdivision/Survey Approval Time for Comments from the public Friday 1 p.m. — Health Department COVID Update Conference Call...

  • Agenda - Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business 1. Board performance assessment and meeting evaluation tool review, Policy 1620P D. New business 1. Montana High School Association Annual Meeting proposals and budget 2....

  • Correction - GriefShare startup event

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    A story on page A3 of Thursday’s edition of Havre Daily News misreported the startup date of a GriefShare event in Havre. The event starts Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Fifth Avenue Christian Church with a limit of 12 people. People can call Les Odegard at 390-0022 for more information....

  • Celebrating History: Long George Francis

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    By Emily Mayer The parallels between today and a century ago are uncanny. People were dealing with the aftereffects of a major pandemic-the so-called Spanish flu-as well as looking forward to ringing in a new decade. Economics were also not that great, with a flux of men coming back from the war only to find a dwindling supply of jobs, not to mention both grain and livestock prices tanked due to gluts in the markets coupled by drought in parts of the United States. There is...

  • Fee selected to University of Jamestown Dean's List

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    Press release JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Teagan Fee of Havre, Montana, has been selected to the University of Jamestown’s Fall 2020 Dean’s List for maintaining a Semester GPA of 3.50 or better. More than 300 students were named to the UJ Dean’s List for this semester. The complete list is available online at https://www.uj.edu/university-news?id=52645&uju=20210106LCAEmailMerit ....

  • Senior Center News, Jan. 8, 2020

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    North Central Senior Citizens Center, Jan. 11-15 Menu by Earlene DeWinter, subject to change Monday — Swedish meatballs, rice, Harvard beets, fruit salad Tuesday — Applesauce, pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, sunshine carrots, rolls, cake Wednesday — Chicken, bacon, cheddar sandwich, potato salad, berry peach crisp Thursday — Creamy Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, Riviera vegetables, dessert Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert The Senior Center is providing medical transportation only for now. Remember to call ahead for...

  • Out Our Way: Calving season - Revelation 21:1-5

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    Out our way, the New Year is truly a time of new beginnings - especially out in the pastures, for calving season is nearly upon us. It is a rough time for the ranchers who have to go out and pull calves in the dark and cold - not to mention how rough it is on the cows and the infant calves. But it is a time of celebration too as new life is introduced into the world. As we begin the New Year, many of us are dumbfounded at the dark times that are upon us. Like some, if not all,...

  • Pastor's Corner: A chinook wind

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    As another chinook wind blows in, I feel the urging to contemplate the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is associated with the natural phenomenon of wind, active at creation as Gen. 1:2 notes "a wind from God swept over the face of the waters." The Spirit is a spirit of life, the very breath of God. "Ruach" is the Hebrew word, which appropriately and beautifully requires a bit more breath from the human voice, an added oomph to pronounce. God's Holy Spirit is also associated with the p...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Jan 8, 2021

    Just sharing a poem about the New Year - author unknown - that a friend shared: A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR God of the years that lie behind us, Lord of the years that stretch before, Weaver of all the ties that bind us, Keeper and King of the open door: Grant us hope and courage glowing Whiter and pure as the stars above: Grant us faith in a full stream flowing, From the heights of Your eternal love. Out of the ruins of doubt and sorrows, Out of the aches and pain and tears, He...

  • Schools discuss education plans and Gianforte vaccination schedule change

    Kimberly Bolta|Updated Jan 7, 2021

    Local schools are back in session as of Monday after the winter holiday break. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused all schools to make changes this year and the rise of cases during the September surge caused many to teach students remotely. Most of the schools in the area that went remote were back to some form of in-person learning before the holidays. But the return to school came with a major change in plans regarding COVID-19. The state was in the process of moving to Phase...

  • People warned of COVID-19 vaccine scams

    Updated Jan 7, 2021

    Havre Daily News staff Montana Senior Medicare Patrol is warning people to watch out for scammers taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. A release from SMP says that now that the U.S Food and Drug Administration has approved COVID-19 vaccines, “fraudsters have already started thinking of ways to scam unsuspecting people out of their money.” The release says some things people should watch out for include: People cannot pay to get early access to the vaccine. People will not need to pay anything out-of-pocket to get the...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's update was 84,750 with 713 new cases, 4,916 active.

    Updated Jan 7, 2021

    The number of active hospitalizations was 208. The number of deaths was 1,083. Blaine County reported Wednesday evening 4 new cases and further testing showed a previous confirmation was not a case. The county had 622 total cases, 14 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 24 deaths Hill County reported Wednesday evening 27 new cases, 1,725 total, 93 active, 4 active hospitalizations, 37 deaths Rocky Boy reported Wednesday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 6 new cases, 780 total, 35 active, 34...

  • Local News - Havre pool closed Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King Day

    Updated Jan 7, 2021

    The Havre Community Pool will be closed Monday, Jan 18, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. For more information call 265-5781 or 8161....

  • Glacier National Park announces entrance fee-free days for 2021

    Updated Jan 7, 2021

    From Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2021. The fee-free days are part of the Trump Administration’s unprecedented commitment to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor facilities and conserve natural and historical treasures in national parks for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people. The entrance fee-free days for 2021 will be: • Monday, Jan. 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • Saturday, April 17 — First Day of Nati...

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