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As confirmed cases of COVID-19 surge in this region and throughout Montana, the superintendent of Rocky Boy Public Schools announced the district has extended its distanced learning-only to Oct. 30. Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre said the district's board met in a virtual meeting Friday and unanimously voted to extend remote learning to Friday, Oct. 30. Rocky Boy has been using distanced learning since it opened, but planned to switch over to a blended model using partial...
Press release Davey Elementary School's regular school board meeting is Monday at 6 p.m at the school. Viewing the meeting by electronics will be available, too. People can call 265-6970 for more information....
Havre Police Department Kris Pepos of Havre, 37, was issued a summons on a shoplifting charge after a caller at a First Street West business reported a non-combative male shoplifter Thursday at 7:33 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street business reported vandalism to a front window Thursday at 8:47 a.m. -- Justin James Billy of Box Elder, 45, was arrested on a trespass to vehicles charge after officers received a Thursday at 10:12 a.m. report of an intoxicated man trying to...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 3. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Ordinance No. 912 — An Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 6, Section 1, Salaries Of Elective Officers, Of The Havre City Code. 2. Resolution No. 3828 — A Resolution Assessing A Speci...
Hill County Park Board will meet Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: 1) Approval of minutes: 2) Approval of agenda: 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda Requests for next meeting 4) Cabin Business: #4 Eagle Lane #40 and 42 Mooney Coulee 5) Old Business: Monitoring progress Monitoring presentation in November. South cross fence Cabin inspections Campfire ban status Delinquent cabin 6) New Business: 7) Committee Reports: Rules and Regulation...
It is mandatory for everyone to wear a mask or face covering for ages 5 and older with no exceptions Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting 5:30 p.m. — Park board meeting Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Fire restriction conference call 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting 3:30 p.m. — DNRC Water Rights and permits Wednesday Office hours Thursday 10:00 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments fr...
Hill County Health Department has reported two more locations where people may have been exposed to COVID-19. Health department releases this afternoon said people at Tip-It Saturday, Sept. 26, between 9 p.m. and midnight and people at Magic Diamond Casino Tuesday, Sept. 29, between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. may have been exposed to the illness. "Please be vigilant in watching for symptoms," the releases said. "If symptoms do arise, please contact the Northern Montana Flu Clinic at...
Editor’s note: This version adds comments from Amtrak spokesperson Marc Magliari about how cash sales tickets will not be sold in the Havre and Shelby Amtrak stations. A representative of Amtrak said agents will be coming back to the Havre Amtrak station today, while the head of Havre-based Bear Paw Development Corp. will be testifying this month in a Senate hearing about the rail passenger service as Amtrak cuts the Empire Builder to running three days a week. Amtrak Spokesperson Marc Magliari said in an email Wednesday nigh...
Fall is here again and that means pumpkin patches in the area are starting up. Chinook is hosting a pumpkin patch at Finley's Garden by the Water Plant located at 400 Indiana Street. Ken Finley of Chinook is the organizer of the pumpkin patch. It will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds from the pumpkin patch will be donated to the Blaine County Library and other children's programs. Some have already gone on, with events in Havre...
Gov. Steve Bullock and some health care experts pleaded with Montanans during a press conference Wednesday to follow recommendations to slow the spread of COVID-19, which is exploding in the state. The state this morning reported 429 new cases confirmed Wednesday. Bullock said many of the cases are coming from congregate settings like schools, assisted living facilities, prisons and increased community transmission. Bullock said four more schools in the state have seen their first positive cases in the past week. He said 65 p...
by Chris Aadland Montana Free Press A federal judge rejected Wednesday a lawsuit brought by Republican groups seeking to halt mail-in voting during Montana’s November election, calling the plaintiffs’ claims that voting by mail would lead to widespread fraud “a fiction.” Last month, President Donald Trump’s campaign, the Montana Republican Party, the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee sued Gov. Steve Bullock and Secretary of State Corey Stapleton, alleging that Bullock’s...
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation's tribal government has announced that, due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Blaine County and on the reservation, the reservation is going into shut down status for two weeks, starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday, as the state has his highest new case number and the Hill County Health Department is warning people that, if they were at a Havre bar, they may have been exposed to the virus that causes the disease. The Hill County Health...
From U.S. Attorney for District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A man who admitted having sex with a minor girl and to recording the activity on his cell phone was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Former Stone Child College assistant basketball coach Christopher Brown, 32, pleaded guilty in June to possession of child pornography and to sexual abuse of a minor. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the hearing Wednesday. "The defendant not o...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 727 with 178 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 348,709 with 3,551 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 181. The number of recoveries was 9,428 and the number of active cases was 3,891. Local cases by county: Hill: 7 new cases, 193 total, 50 active, 1 active hospitalization, 140 recovered, 3 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 20 total, 6 active, 14 recovered Blaine: 4 new cases, 39 total, 21 active, 1...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on updates to the Montana Forest Legacy Program’s Assessment of Need document. The Forest Legacy Program, which is administered by the U.S. Forest Service and managed by FWP, provides funding for conserving high-value working forests. Montana forest values conserved by the program include wildlife habitat, sawmill timber and other forest products, public access for recreation, watersheds for municipalities and irrigation, c...
From Lewistown Area Fire Restrictions Group With the return of cooler weather, local management has rescinded Stage I Fire Restrictions effective 12:01 a.m. Friday for all lands within Blaine and Valley Counties. Stage 1 restrictions were rescinded in Hill County last Friday. Easing of restrictions means that public land visitors can again use campfires outside of developed campgrounds and posted recreation sites. Burn bans will be in effect for any debris or agricultural burning and may have additional limits. Check with...
Russell Lee Doney was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to house arrest and probation on a misdemeanor count of aggravated DUI, amended from a felony charge of criminal child endangerment for driving while intoxicated with a child in the car, Doney was charged with the felony March 18 when officers found him driving with middle school-aged children in the vehicle after he had been smoking marijuana. The charge was amended to the misdemeanor aggravated DUI July 21. State District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz accepted his...
Havre Police Department Joey Ray Azure of Havre, 25, was arrested on an assault charge, John Martin Holman of Havre, 29, was arrested on an assault charge and on three Justice or City court warrants after a caller on Second Street reported at 1:22 p.m. Wednesday that a man was trying to fight everyone. -- Edward James Lewis of Havre, 69, was issued a summons on charges of possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after an officer initiated assistance...
Individual performers or church choirs are invited to “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord“ Friday at a Psalm sing event at the Atrium Mall downstaris center stage starting at 6 p.m. “The event is just for people to get together and sing and worship their Creator, to express their joy that we’re moving on as a people, as a nation, as a state, as a county, as a city,” Native Nations Chaplains Alliance Chaplain G. Bruce Meyers said. “We are expressing thankfulness, joy, gladness and gratefulness to the Creator, to the Creator God...
A new version of a decades-old Havre restaurant has opened with a new name Bow and Marrow had a soft grand opening last weekend with not only a new style, but a new menu, as well. Bow and Marrow, formerly Andy's Supper Club, is located at 658 First St. W. "The thought behind this was we wanted something that people would typically travel for because we are trying to make a place where people don't have to travel and eat," owner Shaina Hofeldt said. "A lot of times we were...
By Justin Franz Kaiser Health Network Laura Stutzman had no doubts that this year’s Twin Falls County Fair should go on despite the pandemic still raging across the U.S. — and several outbreaks tied to such community fairs. Though she saw few people wearing masks from her volunteer station in the fair’s hospitality tent in southern Idaho earlier this month, she said she wasn’t concerned. Stutzman, 63, had been attending the fair off and on for 30 years, and she didn’t consider this year that different. People in rural communi...
Amidst the cancellations caused by COVID-19 and restrictions in the schools, Havre High School hasn't let that keep it from celebrating homecoming week. "Our goal was to try and keep it as close as possible as we could to a normal homecoming year here at Havre High," Havre High School Assistant Principal and Activities Director Brian Kessler said. He said the big things that are going to be missing this week are the homecoming dance and there won't be a pep rally and...
More cases of COVID-19 are being confirmed in this part of north-central Montana as daily totals for the state continue to outpace anything seen before this month. Hill County reported Thursday evening 10 new cases were confirmed in the county, while Blaine County reported six new cases and Chouteau County reported two. "We can not reiterate enough how important it is to follow the guidance of public health professionals," Blaine County Health Department said in its release...
Democrat Krystal Steinmetz is facing Republican Havre School Board Member Ed Hill in the race to replace state Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Mont, as the representative for House District 28 that encompasses most of Havre. Bachmeier, who is in his second term, did not run for re-election this year. Steinmetz said she supports what the state has done in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I think Gov. (Steve) Bullock has done a good job of helping keep our state safe," Steinmetz...
Republican Havre School Board Member Ed Hill is facing Democrat Krystal Steinmetz in the race to replace state Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Mont, as the representative for House District 28 that encompasses most of Havre. Bachmeier, who is in his second term, did not run for re-election this year. Hill said he thinks Gov. Steve Bullock did what he thought was best in handing COVID-19. "I think the governor did what he felt was best," Hill said. "I think the governor and all of his...
