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With colder weather already hitting and more expected in the coming months, officials are telling people about programs that could help them with their power bills. Particularly in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and layoffs, quarantines and isolation orders, some people are having trouble making ends meet and power bills is one of the problems for them. A release said most people may not think twice when turning up the furnace to deal with colder weather, but 15 percent — three out of 20 people someone might see on the roa...
Reuben Charles Blackwolf of Box Elder, 44, has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Billings to charges of second-degree murder and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. A jury trial before Judge Susan Watters is set for Jan. 11 in federal court in Billings. Blackwolf is accused of killing a person, not named in the court document, Aug. 10 near Lame Deer on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and assaulted another person, resulting in serious bodily injury. No additional information was available in the redacted...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after this morning’s update was 50,582 with 1,232 new cases. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 2,202 with 463 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 591,406 with 7,578 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 561. The number of recoveries was 30,400 and the number of active cases was 19,621. Local cases by county: Hill County Tuesday night reported 14 new cases, 1,160 total,...
From Montana Department of Revenue The Montana Department of Revenue has begun the process to make licenses available for recreational marijuana cultivation and sale by Oct. 1, 2021, following the recent voter approval of Initiative 190. “There’s a lot of work ahead before the first legal sale of non-medical marijuana in Montana, and before the first license is issued,” said Gene Walborn, director of the department. “We look forward to working with the public and all interested parties as we develop guidelines around this ne...
Havre Police Department At 3:51 p.m. Tuesday, someone dropped off a phone that had been turned in to City Court staff. Hill County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's dispatch log listed no arrests, summonses or investigations in the 24-hour reporting period. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to five calls Tuesday and two early this morning. Havre Animal Shelter The shelter this morning held four cats and four 9-month-old kittens all of unknown gender, two...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre Community Food Bank is participating in the annual Town Pump Foundation “Be A Friend In Deed, Help Those In Need” fundraiser. People can donate at a Town Pump gas station or at District 4 Human Resources Development Council at 2229 Fifth Ave. in Havre. Town Pump will match local donations dollar for dollar for up to $10,000. The fundraiser is running through Nov. 30. People also are invited to participate in the “Feeding Our Community Turkey Giveaway.” Turkeys have been donated by the communi...
Press release National Alliance on Mental Illness — NAMI — Havre has provided an update about services it is offering at the moment. NAMI Havre is open five days a week from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is are doing appointments only for now. NAMI Havre is getting ready to do its Family to Family class in January in its office if that is possible by then. People who would like to join that should call 262-7653 to get signed up for it. The deadline to call is Wednesday, Dec. 30. All NAMI’S are working together to get some of the c...
Havre Daily News staff Montana Special Olympics is inviting people to be a below-zero hero. The Havre SubZero SuperHero Polar Plunge to support Special Olympics Montana is going virtual this year to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The deadline to submit plunge videos and photographs is right around the corner, Sunday, Nov. 22. “We encourage you to join thousands of Plungers across the state in this amazing opportunity to showoff your creativity and get ‘Freezin' for a Reason,’” an online message for Special Olympic...
Press release St. Jude’s Bazaar is set to run Saturday, Nov. 21. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at. St. Jude’s Parish Center with some slight changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No luncheon, raffle tickets or Santa’s Attic will be at the bazaar this year. Only cookies, lefse and popcorn will be sold. Social distancing will be practiced, and people must wear a mask. For more information, people can contact Francine at 265-7635....
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...
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...
