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Staff and wire report Hill County Clerk and Recorder's Office announced that the county Satellite Voting Office on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation will be open today and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office is at New Stone Child College in the foyer of the Kenawash Building, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road. At the Satellite Voting office, people can register to vote, drop off their ballot, update their voter registration, receive a ballot and vote in-person....
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees decided today in a 6-1 vote to return to in-class teaching Wednesday. The students will return to the Phase 2 model the schools were using, with students broken into two groups, each attending class two days a week and having a remote learning day on Fridays. This week, Wednesday will be an “A” day, Thursday will be a “B” day and Friday will be an “all learner remote day.” Next week, the students will resume having "A" students in...
From Montana Department of Corrections HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced today a new partnership with the Montana Legal Services Association to form the Montana Eviction Intervention Project, a new program that will provide civil legal assistance for Montanans facing evictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This partnership is to make sure Montana renters have access to free legal resources that can provide information, guidance and support so people can stay in their homes and not have to wor...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson announced during the Hill County Health Board’s weekly COVID-19 update Friday that the draft of a health officer order to increase COVID-19 restrictions if the county rate doesn’t drop will be put out for public review today. The order would limit the amount of people permitted at social gatherings to 25 regardless of the ability to social distance and would restrict restaurants, bars, casinos and similar establishments to 50 percent capacity for one month. Lar...
By Carol Schmidt MSU News Service BOZEMAN – When it comes to transformation, Montana State University photography professor Christina Z. Anderson is a triple threat. A noted artist and author, Anderson is an expert on alternative photographic processes and the magic that happens when art and science meet on a photographic medium. Through her own experiences, she has also become an authority about the impact of teaching -- the alchemy she said can occur when a student's life c...
Press release Hill County has a board position open on the Hill County Weed District. The board holds five regular meetings, in March, June, August, October and December, normally held on the third Friday of the month. An annual meeting normally is held in Great Falls in January for continuing education. The weed board updates the county weed management plan on an annual basis for the management of noxious weeds. People who are interested in serving on the board are asked to send a letter to the Hill County Commissioners...
Press release The Montana State Parks and Recreation Board will meet using Zoom, on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 9 a.m. Details on how to access the meeting will be posted at http://stateparks.mt.gov the day of the meeting. The Board will hear public comment and take action on the Somers Beach acquisition and state parks capital program projects. Additionally, the board will hear updates on the Missouri Headwaters State Park planning process and from the Montana State Parks Foundation. The meeting is open to the public and public co...
From Montana Department of Corrections Responding to a request from the Montana Department of Corrections, Gov. Steve Bullock and Major Gen. Matthew Quinn have activated the Montana Army National Guard to provide operational assistance at Montana State Prison where staff and inmates have been impacted by COVID-19. The facility saw its first positive cases among staff and inmates earlier in October. Since then, 61 staff members and 166 inmates have tested positive for the virus. The facility has a total of 701 staff members an...
Havre Police Department Travis Vaughn Standing horn of Havre, 42, was arrested on charges of failure to register as a sexual or violent offender and resisting arrest, after a caller on Washington Avenue reported a trespasser Monday at 9:09 a.m. -- A hit and run crash was reported in the Havre area Monday at 5:20 p.m. -- Monday at 6:53 p.m., a Fifth Avenue caller asked to speak with an officer about a theft. -- A caller at a First Street business reported at 8:28 p.m. Monday...
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. The meeting agenda is: Public comments on non-Agenda items Public Comments on Agenda Items Claims Budget Adjustments Drug court Employment Resolutions Ordinances Contracts PILOT agreement Task Order #12 Beaver Creek Dam Spillway and Stilling Basin Improvements Board Appointments Policy Updates County Permit Approval Subdivision/Survey Approval County needs Bid package — Control panels at detention center MACo Wellness Program and blood c...
By Katheryn Houghton Kaiser Health News COVID-19 cases are surging in rural places across the Mountain States and Midwest, and when it hits health care workers, ready reinforcements aren’t easy to find. In Montana, pandemic-induced staffing shortages have shuttered a clinic in the state’s capital, led a northwestern regional hospital to ask employees exposed to COVID-19 to continue to work and emptied a health department 400 miles to the east. “Just one more person out and we wouldn’t be able to keep the surgeries going,...
Multiple new cases of COVID-19 and COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in the area, including cases in people associated with Havre Public Schools that is in distanced learning to try to reduce the spread of the virus. Hill County reported three new COVID-19-related deaths Friday and another Sunday. Blaine County reported two more COVID-19-related deaths Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in Hill County to 22 and to five in Blaine County. The total number of cases in Hill County grew from 670 Friday...
Renovations on Highland Manor in Havre, which its new prospective owner Beki Brandborg of Echo Enterprises in Helena has been planning for the last few months, are due to go on in the wake of the Montana Board of Housing electing to fund the project in full Monday. Renovations are planned for all 32 apartments with approximately $83,000 available for each one, with additional funds for sidewalks, parking lots, and upgrading the playground on the property. Brandborg said most o...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,237 with 360 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 476,325 with 10,718 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 303. The number of recoveries was 18,343 and the number of active cases was 9,855. Local cases by county: Hill: 28 new cases, 740 total, 283 active, 14 active hospitalizations, 435 recovered, 22 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 28 total, none active, 28 recovered Blaine: 10 new cases, 285 total,...
Kimberly Bolta, a Havre native, recently joined the Havre Daily News staff as a reporter and photographer, hitting the ground running with her first stories this week. Bolta was born in Havre before living in Canada during her early childhood, eventually moving back before her teenage years. She joined the military when she was 17 before she left Havre in 2008 and has since worked as a certified nurse's assistant as well as a private business owner. She said she's been back...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — According to Montana State University Extension educators, parents of children – whether they’re minors, young adults or children with special needs – should think about estate planning with their children’s futures in mind during the coronavirus pandemic. Extension recently released a MontGuide that gives parents estate planning tools to provide for their children in the event of a parent’s death. “If something happens and one or both parents die, who will care for the children? Will there be enou...
Staff and wire report The Havre Elks Lodge No. 1201 is holding a craft show Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Elks Lodge Secretary Brandy Kurtz, one of the organizers of the event, said the craft show at the Elks Lodge, 321 First St., will have lots of different vendors and crafters filling two rooms of the building. The event will be a mix of home-based vendors and crafters, Kurtz said. She added that the craft show will have free admission. People are asked to practice proper social distancing and wear masks. Hand sanitizer...
North Central Senior Citizen Center, Oct. 26-30 Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this by printing deadline Friday. Menu by Earlene DeWinter Subject to Change Tuesday — Salad, roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls, chocolate cake Wednesday — Baked fish, potato supreme, peas, peach cobbler Thursday — Braised beef, mashed potatoes, salad, cookies Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Medicare open enrollment has begun. If you need help verifying your Part D (Prescription) coverage, i...
Havre Police Department Ricky John Clark Jr. of Havre, 24, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault, criminal mischief/vandalism and disorderly conduct after a disturbance was reported on Fifth Street Friday at 12:03 p.m. -- Sierra Marie Flammond of Havre, 28, was issued a summons on a charge of failure to give notice of an accident after a hit and run crash was reported on First Street Friday at 5:18 p.m. -- A caller reported Friday at 5:25 p.m. that a...
Havre High School and The College Board would like to recognize Simon Hart and Grant Whitacre, both seniors, for their remarkable academic achievements and outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT. "We are extremely proud of all they have accomplished thus far and celebrate their success," a release from Havre High said. "We know that they have bright futures ahead of them." As National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program Winners, the College Board will help make it...
It is over a week away, but I'm already thinking about the Sunday after next, Nov. 1. Not because it's my husband's birthday (he's not much into big celebrations for his birthday). And not because it's the last Sunday before what will surely be a tense election week in what seems like a never-ending political campaign season. But because this is a year where the specter of death feels ever-present, and Nov. 1 is All Saints' Day. This feast day of All Saints began many, many...
Out our way, long hours in the saddle make for a hard day - especially for an amateur cowhand like me who spent most days at the study in an office chair. Charlie was far more used to it than I was, and I tried to keep up, but, I confess, I was bone-tired and sore as the sun began to go down. It seemed like the cattle would never get to the next pasture, that there were always two pairs or more who decided to bolt away from the herd and whom I had to chase. And Doc's...
The Havre weather broke a record dating back into the 19th century. The cold in Havre ovenight broke a 139-year record, with the new record, 3 degrees fahrenheit reached at 11:57 p.m. beating the previous record, 8 degrees set in 1881. Blaine, Hill and Liberty counties are under a winter weather advisory and Chouteau County is under a winter storm warning through 9 p.m. Saturday, with 7 to 15 inches of new snow expected in Chouteau County in up to eight inches expected in...
