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Editor’s note: This version includes the Sunday morning updates to the state COVID-19 response tracking map and includes updated versions of parts of a story posted Saturday on this website. Hill County has reported two new COVID-19-related deaths, along with a new record daily total of cases being reported in Blaine County. Hill County Health Department reported the two COVID-19-related deaths were confirmed Saturday, and 23 new cases of the illness were confirmed in the c...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson announced today that the Hill County Health Board will be considering ideas for how to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the county based on suggestions collected from the public in the past week. That comes as the county set a new record on daily confirmations, with 34 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the county Thursday. The state also set a new record, with 715 new cases confirmed Thursday and the death toll...
Blaine County Health Department has reported the first COVID-19-related death in a county resident, as more cases continue being confirmed in the region and across the state and a new case was confirmed in the Havre school district. More lockdowns are occurring in the area, increased restrictions are being considered and more businesses are closing down temporarily due to the pandemic. The Blaine County Health Department reported Friday evening one of the Blaine County...
During an emergency meeting of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees today, the trustees voted to keep the schools on the blended plan in effect through next week. Nothing has changed, although Wednesday will be used as a virtual class day because Thursday and Friday are professional development days. Events and activities will also continue through this weekend and will be revisited at the school board meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Havre Middle School. Watch for a...
HMS Seventh-Grade Student of the Month for September is Selah Dawson. Selah is the daughter of Scott and Serena Dawson. She has two sisters, Sophia and Savannah Dawson. Selah participates in Havre Middle School band and is a player on the basketball team. In her spare time, she is involved in Girl Scouts and softball and enjoys hanging out with her friends. At the middle school, Selah is an exemplary student in all aspects. Mrs. Criner commented on how she excels academically...
Press release Two Havre women overcame the 2020 pandemic to graduate from the U.S. military. Caitlynn R. Ruby and Tymarie E. Hewitt, Caity and Ty, as known by their family and friends, have been best friends since middle school. As 2020 seniors, they planned to finish out their year with prom, track, graduation and shifts at Pizza Hut - among other teenage activities. With prom dresses and track gear at the ready, they continued to make plans. The year 2020, however, had a...
You know, Lord, the wind! Is it forever the wind? It’s hard to have an excess of praise as the windy air crisps the skin and cracks the lips. It’s not quite that bad right now, but one day it surely felt like the foehn wind that came right out of the book, “Wolf Willow’ by Wallace Stegner, which we quote: “The wind that hundreds of miles to the west started up the mountains warm and wet had dropped its moisture on the heights and then came down on our side, totally wrung dry … dry and gaining temperature at the rate of one...
Artitudes presents "Covid Pastime" by Linda Warneke during the months of October and November. A watercolor artist, Warneke has been home and expanding her expertise by using alcohol inks to create interesting pieces. An innovative artist, Warneke sees shapes in nature and recreates them as zentangles over her alcohol ink designs. Warneke's artwork is posted on Facebook under Artitudes Gallery. View them online or come to the gallery to see them in person. Gallery hours are...
Havre Police Department Robert Scott Shellenbarger, a homeless man from Oregon, 29, was arrested on a charge of violation of protective order, after a caller at a First Street West caller reported suspicious activity Wednesday at 11:48 a.m. -- A 14th Street caller asked Wednesday at 3:21 p.m. to speak with an officer about a neighbor's dog killing the caller's rabbits. -- A hit and run crash involving a red truck and a white Pontiac was reported Wednesday at 5:16 p.m. at a...
Havre Daily News staff As the state and this part of north-central Montana continue to see COVID-19 cases climb, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is again going into lockdown and Threat Level 4 status, shutting down Sunday at 6 p.m. and staying in lockdown until Sunday, Oct. 25 at 6 a.m. All tribal departments under central services will be closed, but Rocky Boy Health Center and Gramma’s Market will not be closed to public access, a resolution passed by the Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee said. The lockdown does not...
Gov. Steve Bullock said during a press conference Wednesday that Montanans have to get a hold on the COVID-19 pandemic to stop record-setting surges in new cases and new deaths in the state. “If we keep trying to return to the way things used to be before COVID-19 too soon, we delay our actual return to that old normal,” Bullock said. “Pandemics don’t go away on their own, and they don’t spread on their own either. It is our actions as Montanans that have brought our total case count to over 16,000 and nearly 200 deaths, it’s...
This year's race for Montana governor has Libertarian candidate Lyman Bishop facing Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., who is making his second bid for the seat instead of running for re-election to the U.S. House. Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock cannot run for re-election due to term limits and is challenging Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in Daines bid for a second term. Bishop said he brings a different attitude to the race. "For me, (as a...
U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte R-Mont., is leaving his office in a bid to become Montana's governor, and faces Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Libertarian candidate Lyman Bishop in the November election. Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock cannot run for re-election and is challenging U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in Daines' bid for a second term. Gianforte lost the 2016 race for governor to Bullock, then won a special election in 2017 to take the seat when it was vacated by Republ...
In the race for Montana's governor, Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney is facing Libertarian candidate Lyman Bishop and Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., who is making his second bid for the seat instead of running for re-election to the U.S. House. Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock cannot run for re-election due to term limits and is challenging Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in Daines bid for a second term. Cooney said he is brushing off attack ads running against him. "This is politics...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s 10 a.m. update was 16,677 with 615 new cases. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 851 with 263 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 381,665 with 381,655 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 197. The number of recoveries was 10,656 and the number of active cases was 5,824. Local cases by county: Hill: 4 new cases, 271 total, 89 active, 177 recovered, 5 d...
The 2020 election in Montana will feature a vote on CI-118 and CI-190 which, if voted for, would legalize the use, possession and distribution of marijuana for recreational purposes for people 21 or older. David Belsky, founder and CEO of FlowerHire, a staffing firm for the hemp and cannabis industries, said he thinks these measures are a step in the right direction for Montana, and that legalization will benefit everyone regardless of whether they’re users or not. Belsky said there are major benefits to legalization, the f...
By Alex Sakariassen, Kaiser Health News Throughout the 2020 election cycle, candidates' positions on health care have been particularly important for voters with underlying and often expensive medical needs - in short, those with pre-existing conditions. It's no surprise, then, that protections for people who have chronic health problems like diabetes and cancer have become a focal point for candidates nationwide - among them, Matt Rosendale, the Republican contender for...
From U.S. Small Business administration HELENA — The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded the Montana Department of Commerce a $525,814 grant to assist small businesses hoping to export their products and services abroad. Nationwide, the SBA awarded $19 million in funding to 48 state international trade agencies through its competitive State Trade Expansion Program — STEP — to support export growth among American small businesses. “Over two-thirds of the world’s purchasing power resides outside the United States. T...
Press release BILLINGS — U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced Wedensday $1,894,452 in Department of Justice grants to improve services for crime victims in Montana. The Chippewa Cree Tribe at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation received $394,452 of the distribution. Montana Legal Services Association received $1,000,000 and Montana Board of Crime Control received $500,000 "It takes remarkable courage for crime victims to recover and to hold the perpetrators accountable so they harm no more victims. We are very pleased these fun...
Republican candidate State Auditor Matt Rosendale faces former state Rep. Kathleen Williams, D-Bozeman, faces in the race to take the seat of U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., in the U.S. House. Gianforte, who won a special election in 2017 to take the House seat when Ryan Zinke left to become secretary of the interior and defeated Williams to retain the seat in 2018, is running for Montana governor this year. He faces Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Libertarian Lyman Bis...
Former state Rep. Kathleen Williams, D-Bozeman, faces Republican candidate state Auditor Matt Rosendale in the race to take the seat of U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., in the U.S. House. Gianforte, who won a special election in 2017 to take the House seat when Ryan Zinke left to become secretary of the interior and defeated Williams to retain the seat in 2018, is running for Montana governor this year. He faces Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Libertarian Lyman Bishop...
The City of Havre has put a proposal on the ballot to change Havre to a charter form of government. The last time the city put that on the ballot was in 2016. The City of Havre has attempted to create a charter government and put the matter on the ballot before, but until now that shift to charter government had been accompanied hiring a city manager who would have taken many duties now handled by the mayor. This proposal keeps the council-mayor form of government without hiring a city manager A municipal government may...
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen visited Montana State University-Northern Tuesday as part of her Stars and Stripes initiative. Arntzen is in a repeat of the 2016 election, where she defeated Democrat Melissa Romano for the open seat vacated by termed-out Democrat Denise Juneau. Romano is challenging Arntzen in this year's race, with Libertarian candidate Kevin Leatherbarrow also a contender. She said she wanted to come back to see Northern's Diesel T...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 820 with 235 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 376,176 with 3,456 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 193. The number of recoveries was 10,518 and the number of active cases was 5,352. Local cases by county: Hill: 16 new cases, 268 total, 104 active, 159 recovered, 5 deaths Liberty: 1 new case, 22 total, 2 active, 20 recovered Blaine: 19 new cases, 100 total, 67 active, 4 active...
The Havre Community Pool will be closed Monday, Oct. 12. For more information call 265-5781 or 8161....