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  • Road conditions today cause two-hour delay in Havre Public Schools start

    Updated Dec 19, 2024

    Havre Public Schools says it is on a two-hour late start today due to hazardous road conditions....

  • Variety show and Christmas party tonight at Community Alliance Church

    Updated Dec 13, 2024

    Havre’s Community Alliance Church reports it is hosting a variety show and Christmas party tonight at 7 p.m. The show and party will be at the church at 925 Eighth Street....

  • AGENDA - Great Northern Fair Board

    Updated Dec 12, 2024

    Editor’s note: Havre Weekly Chronicle received this agenda after the Tuesday printing deadline for the Dec. 12, 2024, edition. Tuesday, December 17th 2024 @ 5:30 GN Fairgrounds Conference Room CALL MEETING TO ORDER: ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: Michelle Bob Ken Kaleb Briana RECOGNIZE AND RECORD PUBLIC ATTENDEES: APPROVE MINUTES – PUBLIC COMMENT (ANYTHING BROUGHT UP HERE WILL BE ADDED TO NEXT MONTH’S NEW BUSINESSS TO BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON) FAIR MANAGER’S REPORT CIVIC GROUPS REPORT DONATED HOURS REPORT COMMITTEE REPORTS BUILDIN...

  • Holiday season in full swing in area

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 10, 2024

    Editor's note: Anyone who wants their Christmas event in Havre Weekly Chronicle can email Tim Leeds at [email protected] or call 406-265-6795. This version of the article refers to several other events and their stories that were left out of the print vershion The holiday celebrations kicked off last week inducing Thanksgiving community dinners and events through the weekend, with more to come. Along with dinners Thursday, events went on through Black Friday and...

  • Great Northern engine is Preservation Commission 2024 ornament

    Updated Dec 9, 2024

    This version corrects information about Gary Springer's retirement. Press release The Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission has selected the GN 2584 Engine as this 13th historical ornament. The first ornament was presented in 2011, it depicted the historical Havre Post Office. The ornament was a sellout. This year's ornament idea was brought to the Commission by Gary Springer, a retired railroad employee. Springer started work for the railroad 40 years ago and retired 10...

  • Corrective surgery taking Havre 10-year-old to Seattle

    Christy Ulmen|Updated Dec 9, 2024

    Eagle Doney and Tracy Day Child have to take their son, Lawrence, to Seattle, but not for a pleasure trip. Lawrences suffers from fibrous dysplasia, which is causing growths in his face, which will likely lead to affect his his vision and could impact the protections of his eyes, as well as causing a growth in his face. Lawrence, A 10-year-old fifth-grader, said the biggest impact for him right now is, "Kids are bullying me." Doney said something needs to be done before it...

  • Biden announces water funding including for St. Mary Diversion, Fresno Reservoir

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Funding to finish three major water infrastructure projects vital to this region was announced Tuesday, with money to finish funding the replacement of siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works, funding to guarantee completion of the diversion dam and headwaters project and funding to remove and replace joints on the spillway at Fresno Dam west of Havre. The funding for those projects are part of an $849 million investment from President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda to revitalize aging water d...

  • Havre High FFA gain sees success at Ag Expo

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    By Havre High FFA Chapter Reporter Daceen Verploegen and FFA advisor Allison Denton Editor's note: Watch for more on the renewed FFA chapter at Havre High School in an upcoming edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle. A total of 33 Havre FFA members traveled to Bozeman November 13-16th. The chapter spent their time competing at Ag Expo, sponsored by John Deere. This is single-handedly the largest competition offered to all chapters across the state besides the State Convention in...

  • MAT puts on 'The Sound of Music' for Christmas

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Montana Actor’s Theatre is bringing to the stage a production that has been a Christmas staple since the film version was released in 1965, “The Sound of Music.” The play is based on the true story of the Austrian family the von Trapps: how a young governess, Maria, handles watching over the seven children of the widower Capt. Georg von Trapp, how Maria and he fall in love and are married, and their escape in 1938 from the Nazis during the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria. The musical, with music and lyrics by le...

  • Out Our Way: Casting stones

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    John 8:7 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone' Out our way the test that matters for a cowhand is not what he says he can do, but what he does. There is a reason I am the designated "dust eater" at the round ups and when we move the herds to summer or winter pasture. I can talk the talk but not really walk the walk. ("or ride with pride") Granted, Doc's outstanding klutziness and jackhammer gait, are factors - but even on smooth riding Babe, you could tell my...

  • Pastor's Corner: Hope, not optimism

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    This past Sunday, did you light a candle on an Advent wreath? If you did, what was it called? Some churches might have called it Love, or Peace. At First Lutheran, we lit the candle of Hope. No matter the order, all Advent wreaths I've ever met have had a candle of Hope. Hope. NOT optimism. In day-to-day conversation, we might use hope and optimism as synonyms, like one farmer saying, "I'm hopeful we'll get a lot of moisture soon," and his buddy replying, "Yeah, I'm...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    You know, Lord, a friend shared that she had read about slowing down time - and that so much has changed since the electric clock was invented in the 1840s! That was most interesting to watch or think about how we today keep time, no matter where we go or what we do, it seems like most folks, especial the younger ones, all know about smart watches, smart phones, and laptops. Chuckle chuckle! Seems like the entire pace of life seems faster now - even our leisurely walking has...

  • Grief poem - Partings come ...

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Partings do come, as loved ones leave, many hearts are broken. When loved ones go, its lonely here - many words unspoken. We want to remember dear ones - the bond that we did share, But the pain in our hearts and minds, it is so hard to bear. May the winds of love blow softly and whisper so you'll hear. We will always love and miss you, and wish that you were here. The memory gates will never close, the days that used to be How rich in kindness, love and care, how dear you...

  • Hi-Line Arts Council presents Christmas Concert with Philip Aaberg

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Press release Back by popular demand, the Hi-Line Arts Council announced it is once again hosting a live holiday concert with renowned pianist Philip Aaberg on Sunday, December 15th at 2:00PM in the Havre High School Auditorium. Aaberg is a Chester native who has received both Grammy and Emmy nominations and is Harvard educated. Christmas From The Hi-Line will be a family friendly, high-spirited concert that evokes the vastness and grandeur of Montana through music. "The Arts...

  • Senior Center News, Dec. 5, 2024

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Senior Center News Dec. 1-5 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, Dec. 1, 2024 — Chicken Fried Steak, Mash Potato/Gravy, Corn, Mixed Fruit Tuesday, Dec. 2. Teriyaki Chicken, Mixed Veggies, Baked Potatoes, Frosted Cake Wednesday, Dec. 3. Sloppy Joe’s, Jojo’s, Peas & Carrots, Oranges Thursday, Dec. 4. Sweet & Sour Pork, Pork Fried Rice, Green Beans, Peaches, Jell-O Friday, Dec. 5. Shotgun Stew, Corn Bread, Salad, Peaches Foot Clinic: call 406-265-4776 to schedule. Come to Senior Center First Tuesday of each month for appoi...

  • For the Record, Dec. 5, 2024

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Havre Police Department Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 Officers investigated a report at 7:39 a.m. that the U.S. post office had been vandalized. -- Officers at 8:43 a.m. on 12th Street arrested Matthew Aiden Shearer of Hingham on charges of driving under the influence of marijuana, purchase or possession of an intoxicant by a minor and driving with no driver's license. -- Officers investigated a two-car crash on the 100 Block of Second Street West at 11:50 a.m. -- Officers responding...

  • Notice - Davey School December board meeting canceled

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Davey Elementary December regular school board meeting is canceled....

  • Correction - For the Record

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    The name of Jada Antley was misspelled in a birth announcement in the Nov. 27, 2024, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle....

  • Notice - Cottonwood Schools December board meeting canceled

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Cottonwood Elementary December regular school board meeting is canceled....

  • Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    BILL BARROW, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ZEKE MILLER The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies. The nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, which will be controlled by Republicans when Trump takes office Jan. 20, 2025. Rollins would...

  • Cropping seminars coming to the area

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Press release Montana State University Extension will host its annual cropping seminar series Jan. 6-10, 2025, in the Golden Triangle area. Speakers will cover topics such as noxious weeds, pulse insect management, pesticide updates, and winter barley. Interested individuals can attend in Chester, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Fort Benton, Great Falls, Havre, Shelby or Stanford. There is no charge for the seminars, and all producers are encouraged to attend. The Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Shelby, Chester, Havre, Fort Benton,...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    MONDAY — December 9, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Starting Wage Proposal Meeting in the Commissioner Office 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. — Building Manager Meeting in the Commissioner Office TUESDAY — December 10, 2024 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — LEPC Monthly Meeting in the City Hall EOC Room in Basement 1:30 p.m. — 911 Meeting at City Hall WEDNESDAY — December 11, 2024 1:00 p.m. — Hill County Courthouse HVAC Progress Meeting (Final) in the...

  • USDA announces $2 billion for specialty crops, expand crop storage following natural disasters

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Press release WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Nov. 19 the creation of new programs that will help farmers who grow fruits, vegetables, and nuts overcome market barriers for their products, and help producers access necessary pre-market storage for their crops following severe weather events, including recent hurricanes. Specifically, the new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops initiative will provide $2 billion to assist specialty crop growers in maintaining a strong domestic supply and expanding...

  • Middle School names students of the month

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for November is Lonette Cliff. Lonette is the daughter of Leon Lodge and Deanna Correll. She has six siblings, Mersades, Casey, Lily, Winter, Kolton, and Sundance. Lonette plays the clarinet in the middle school band. Outside of school, she stays active at the Boys and Girls Club. In her free time, Lonette loves drawing, reading, playing the guitar, and spending time with family. At school, Lonette is always kind and...

  • Northern Montana Hospital earns 2024 Performance Leadership Award

    Updated Dec 5, 2024

    From Crystal Glade Northern Montana Health Care marketing and public relations coordinator As part of National Rural Health Day, Northern Montana Hospital recently announced it has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in patient outcomes. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes, and/or Patient Perspective. “This recognition is a testament to the d...

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