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Havre Daily News staff A mix-up in having Havre Daily News printed out of town and shipped to Havre left the paper short about 1,000 editions to deliver today. The paper will deliver what it received and deliver what it can in make-up printing Friday or credit accounts that do not receive a paper. Subscribers can access the full website and also can access the e-edition, an electronic PDF version of the full paper, on their computers. Subscribers who do not already have access to the e-edition can gain access by going to the... Full story
Havre Daily News staff A version of the following schedule also is available in the 2023 Great Northern Fair special section in Monday’s edition of Havre Daily News. While Hill County 4-H’ers are already active on the fairgrounds, the main activities on the Great Northern Fairgrounds for this year’s fair are set to get underway Wednesday. 4-H did its setup Sunday and started interviews today, along with opening the Chuckwagon, and will continue with activities Wednesday. And Wednesday sees the midway opening with the carni...
Havre Daily News staff Representatives of the Great Plains Veteran Services Center said in a release that they are excited to announce the center’s Second Annual Veterans Stand Down Thursday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Great Plains Veteran Services Center is a non-profit veterans organization formerly known as the Rocky Boy Veterans Center. The center’s purpose is to support veterans and service members by helping them obtain the care and benefits they have earned through their service to this country, the release sai...
A proposed budget for Amtrak in the House Committee on Appropriations has raised some alarms, including the CEO of the national passenger rail service saying cut from the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations will not work. “The funding levels proposed in the House FY24 transportation appropriations bill for Amtrak and FRA rail programs will stop the advancement of passenger rail in its tracks,” Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said in a statment. “If the proposed levels become law, Amtrak will have to radically reduce or suspend servi...
Appraisers from the Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division came to Havre Thursday and held a presentation at the Hill County Courthouse for people in the area curious about their property taxes and how their properties’ assessments plays into them. Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division Region 2 Manager Jason Boggess said his department’s job is to evaluate what a property’s market value is, which is used to calculate how much the owner will pay in property tax each year. Boggess said...
Staff and wire report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency posted air quality alerts for several states stretching from Montana to Ohio Sunday because of smoke blowing in from Canadian wildfires. “Air Quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said Sunday. “This is due to the lingering thick concentration of Canadian wildfire smoke over these regions. While the concentration of smoke in the atmosphere should begin to wain by Monday, there...
The Havre Chamber of Commerce is proud to welcome, fresh off their mainstage appearance at the Under The Big Sky music festival, Izaak Opatz and his band to Sounds on the Square Wednesday, July 19,as part of a Montana tour with Jonny Fritz. Izaak Opatz was last in Havre in June to run the Bear Paw ½ Marathon, and informally played music with friends the night before the race at Triple Dog Brewing. This time around, Opatz will be joined by his band, composed of Los Angeles studio musicians. Opatz has been regularly featured...
Press release GREAT FALLS - The American Red Cross continues to see a concerning trend - blood donations are being sent to hospitals faster than they are coming in. The Red Cross has collected about 50,000 fewer blood donations than needed over the last two months. Donors are asked to make an appointment to give blood now to avoid a looming blood shortage. To help head off a more serious situation, the Red Cross is teaming up with Warner Bros. Discovery for the 35th...
Press release Verizon-Cellular Plus in Havre will be giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to noon. “We are proud to give back to our local community by helping students kick off the school year with a brand-new backpack and essential supplies,” President Adam Kimmet said. “Our hope is that this event will help alleviate some financial challenges for families. It’s very rewarding to see the kids confidently walk out of the store, excited to show off their new backpack and pre...
Press release A free barbecue, Politics in the Park: We Love the Montana Constitution, will be sponsored by the Hill County Democrats in Pepin Park Saturday July 29, at 2 p.m. Featured speakers include Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest delegate of the 1972 Constitutional Convention. All are welcome and should bring a chair and beverage of their choice....
Press release BILLINGS — Montana VA Health Care System is hosting a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. July 21st at the Benjamin Steele VA Clinic in Billings to unveil a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation — TMS— Mobile Medical Unit, or MMU, as a possible treatment for depression. Montana VA is also hosting a heath fair at the ribbon cutting to help connect veterans to their benefits. The ribbon cutting and health fair are open to the public. The health fair will feature PACT Act information and toxic exposure screenings. The ribbon cut...
The Hill County Health Department, along with the Montana Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Environmental Quality, are warning local residents to look out for harmful algal blooms as the summer progresses. Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg said the only harmful blooms in this area they’ve been told about so far are at Bailey Reservoir, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has put up signs to warn people. However, Berg said, as the summer goes on and things get hotter they’re almost certainly...
The 2023 Great Northern Fair looks like it will be another jam-packed event with tons of entertainment, rides shows and 4-H events over the course of next week. The Great Northern Fair is one of the biggest local events of the summer in the area and has been expanding its entertainment offerings in the last few years with some acts returning from last year, along with a number of new ones this year. Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English did not respond to requests for an interview about this year’s fair. I...
With the Havre Daily printing out-of-town until its press is again operational, its ownership has decided not to print Tuesdays and Thursdays until the Havre press is again running. The decision was relayed to Havre Daily after a story printed in Wednesday’s edition, saying the paper would print offsite Monday through Friday, already had been sent to Kalispell for printing. Havre Daily News Publisher Don Thoma thanked the paper’s readers for their patience and understanding over the last 15 months while Havre Daily wor...
Press release Local Boy Scouts of America Scouts and units have received a number of honors recently. Havre BSA Units, Pack 4426, Troops 1406 and 1438 and Crew 2406, were selected as the winners for the Community Award for the 2023 BSA Montana Council Anniversary Month Contest. These Havre units were recognized at the Montana Council Awards Luncheon with a plaque, ribbons and scout bucks for each unit. Russell Petty, Kougar Lanier, Chloe Corner, Caileigh Hinkle and Pickle...
Havre Daily News staff A musician from Maryland will be performing in Havre Sunday. Eli Lev said he will be at Triple Dog Brewing Co. with his performance starting at 5 p.m. He said staff at Triple Dog had heard his music and asked him to come perform. HIs biography says he pens lyrics and melodies for everyday enlightenment — “songs that resonate because they’re heartfelt, earthy, and offer the wisdom he’s gained through lifelong travel and self-discovery. His latest project, an EP called ‘Walk.Talk.Dance.Sing,’ was inspire...
An agreement to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — decades in the making took a major step forward this week when the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act was heard in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. “What this water settlement is going to mean for the people in Fort Belknap and in surrounding communities is clean drinking water, water for the future, like we ta... Full story
With the Havre Daily printing out-of-town until its press is again operational, its ownership has decided not to print Tuesdays and Thursdays until the Havre press is again running. The decision was relayed to Havre Daily after a story printed in Wednesday’s edition, saying the paper would print offsite Monday through Friday, already had been sent to Kalispell for printing. Havre Daily News Publisher Don Thoma thanked the paper’s readers for their patience and understanding over the last 15 months while Havre Daily wor... Full story
Editor’s note: This version has been updated to reflect Havre Daily News will be online only Tuesday’s and Thursdays until the paper’s press is again running. While the latest problems have again kept the Havre Daily News from publishing printed copies the last few days, and will limit printed copies for a week or two, Publisher Don Thoma said the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be near. “It’s been just one thing after another,” Thoma added. He said a fix for the latest problem, a glitch in the computerize...
The Havre Public Schools Education Foundation announced it has a new executive director with Krystal Steinmetz taking that position effective July 1. "After serving on the (education foundation) board of directors these past two years, I'm looking forward to supporting the foundation and our school district in a much larger capacity" as executive director, Steinmetz said in a release. "The (foundation) has a long tradition of supporting our schools and we're looking to...
