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Box Elder Middle Schoolers took home some national awards last week from the the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California, with four projects winning places at the top of their categories. The event sees more than 6,000 middle school, high school and college students from around the U.S. compete in project categories ranging from web design and broadcast news to multimedia promotions and business planning in a series of events. “It’s like speech and debate for white collar act...
The Great Northern Fair Board will be holding a special meeting Tuesday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds’ Community Center to disscuss ways to address the fairgrounds’ western bathrooms. For the past year the board has been attempting to find a way to replace these bathrooms, but at a meeting last month members of the board said the price tag on the project was so high that even if they canceled all other projects and spent every cent they had, they would still be well short of paying for the more-than-$200,000 pro...
Keely Larson KFF Health News-UM Legislative News Service Republican leaders' banishment of a transgender lawmaker from floor debates in the recently ended Montana legislative session seized the nation's attention. It also overshadowed significant health policy changes and historic levels of health care spending. The session likely will be remembered for GOP leaders removing Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, one of two transgender representatives in the Capitol, from House floor...
The Hill County Commission put out a call for help providing food for the Hill County Detention Center during its weekly business meeting Thursday, and heard complaints about communication with the public. During the public comments section of the meeting, Hill County Park Board member Lou Hagener said he believes the commission’s posting of agendas and vacancies on local boards and committees is insufficient. Hagener said the agendas the commission puts out are often vaguely worded or confusing, and he specifically took i...
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (May 3, 2023) — When every second counts, blood products can provide lifesaving care. The American Red Cross asks the public to give blood during Trauma Awareness Month in May to keep hospitals prepared for all transfusion needs, including emergencies. Type O negative blood donors are especially needed right now. The power of type O blood Type O negative is the universal blood type and what emergency room personnel reach for when there is no time to determine a patient’s blood type in the most serious situa...
Press release Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for April is Brynna Hopper. Brynna is the daughter of Ryan and Emily Hopper. She has one sibling, Alivia Hopper. At school, Brynna strives to maintain a high GPA. She also participates in the middle school choir. In her spare time, Brynna likes to hike, paddleboard and spend time with family and friends. In the classroom, Brynna is always prepared, ready to learn and excels at her work. She is courteous to...
Law enforcement officers came into Havre Wednesday carrying the torch on their leg of the Montana Special Olympics Torch Run. The run was set to start again this morning, taking the torch, the journey of which started in Wolf Point, south on U.S. Highway 87 toward its final destination at the opening ceremonies of the 2023 State Summer Games in Bozeman May 17. A release from Special Olympics Montana said the relay has 10 starting points around the state with hundreds of...
The Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting an open house at their new and long-awaited fire hall south of Havre from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Department Chief Josh Bebee said the event is a thankyou to the community that supported the construction of the hall, which the department has been trying to get for years. "We are so happy," he said. " ... Just having a place that we can call home, it's an amazing feeling." Efforts to get a fire hall for the department hav...
Press release The Hill County Conservation District will hold a public hearing May 18 on its proposed revisions for natural streambed and land preservation act rules governing the administration of the district’s stream permitting program. The revision will include changing the time frame for an applicant to appeal a board decision from 15 days to 30 days per House Bill 383 that become law during the 2019 legislative session. The permitting, covered by 310 rules, is under protections covered under the Montana Natural S...
The unofficial election results for local school boards are in, with local districts announcing new returning board members as well as the results of local levy requests. While Turner Public Schools and Chinook Public Schools canceled their elections, holding the elections by acclamation for unopposed candidates, many others had votes for school board members as well as levies. These results are unofficial until the elections are officially canvassed by their respective districts. In Havre Tyler Gibson, Kevin Johnson and...
In addition to the regular activities held every week at North Central Senior Center in Havre, a series of events is set for this month starting Thursday with a walk to local greenhouse Downtown Gardens at 12:45 p.m. North Central Senior Center Activity Director Heather Williams said they will begin the short walk at the center and arrive at Downtown Gardens around 1 p.m., though people who have trouble walking are welcome to meet them there. Winter said Downtown Gardens will be giving the seniors a class on successful...
Montana State University-Northern’s graduation is this Saturday in Northern’s Armory Gymnasium, with local teacher and thespian Jay Pyette set as the commencement speaker. A release from Northern said the doors will open at 9 a.m. and the processional will begin at 10 a.m., with a reception to follow in the library entryway. No seats will be reserved for individuals. A section of lower bleacher seats will be reserved for the handicapped. Handicapped parking spaces are limited. It is suggested people arrive early and use the n...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Department of Emergency Services has given an update on road conditions in the county as of Tuesday. The department advises these are subject to change, and there is no timeline on reopening at this time. It added that crews are working on Road 50 South out of Inverness. The conditions listed are: Inverness Road 50 South Road 30 N to 100 N 15 North from 60 North to North 100 80 North of Inverness Rudyard 115 South Mile Marker 16-30 CLOSED *55 South PASSABLE USE CAUTION* *65 North road...
Press release Hill County Electric Cooperative Inc. will be holding its 78th Annual Meeting of Members Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre. Members will be electing two trustees, one for District 2 and one for District 3. Voting may occur via mail or in person at the meeting. Registration begins at 9 a.m., the business meeting starts at 10 a.m. followed by lunch and prize drawings. Four “Luck of the Draw” scholarships will be awarded during the mee...
The Hill County Park Board voted to impose time limits on public comments at their monthly meeting this week where they also considered consolidating their committees and looked at the coming year's budget. During the meeting, Board Member Lou Hagener presented an updated version of the board's public comments and agenda-setting policy in the hopes that it would be approved. Board Chair Jeff Jensen said the board doesn't need that, and all he wants to change is the time...
The topic of urban chickens was again raised to Havre City Council at its monthly meeting Monday. Havre resident Al Garver has started a petition to allow urban chickens in the city, and told Havre Daily News that he has obtained 290 signatures and he is very pleased with that. He was out of town for Monday, but council member Denise Brewer - Garver said he met with Brewer and council member Heather Parker about his petition - brought the petition up during the public comment...
A COVID-19 outbreak in Blaine County is under investigation, Blaine County Health Department said in a release. The release said public health mitigation steps are in place and public health is responding to the outbreak. The department reported being notified of eight new cases April 19, 14 new cases April 20, 20 new cases April 21-24 and 16 new cases from April 25 to Monday. Kim Berg, chief health officer at Hill County Health Department, said this morning that her department had right around 25 positives reported in...
HELENA (AP) — A judge in Montana temporarily blocked a new rule Monday that would have required physicians in the state to provide prior documentation showing that an abortion is medically necessary before the state’s Medicaid program will authorize payment for the procedure. District Court Judge Mike Menahan wrote that his order “will serve the public interest by ensuring that Medicaid-eligible Montanans continue to have access to constitutionally protected abortions and safe, effective medical care.” All three of the sta...
Press release GLASGOW - Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks honored the service of its Region 6 Hunter and Bowhunter Education volunteer instructors at the annual workshop, which was held Saturday, April 15, in Glasgow. The workshop has been an annual event that invites all the volunteer instructors across the region for a day filled with visiting, updates to the program, demonstrations of new equipment and ideas, and most importantly, honoring years of service in 5-year...
Press release Havre Public Works Department released a notice today asking residents to help their workers Wednesday and Thursday by not parking streetside in the downtown area while they sweep the streets those days. The city will be running its sweeper and support equipment on downtown streets for spring cleaning. Havre Public Works asked that people adjust their travel routes and parking accommodations accordingly and to be aware of men and machinery working in the area. For more information, people can call...
AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA — Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters. Attorneys for the first-term lawmaker sued in state district court in Helena on behalf of Zephyr, a transgender Democrat who represents a liberal district in the college town of Missoula, and several c...
JoVonne Wagner Montana Free Press Indigenous Legislative Fellow for 2023 A legislative conference committee voted against restoring the original language of a bill that would codify the federal Indian Child Welfare Act into state law, as had been requested by the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder. House Bill 317, which was designed to secure protections for Indigenous children under state care while the federal ICWA is threatened in a Supreme Court case, is moving forward with a contested amendment that wou...
Montana Sen. Jon Tester in a press conference Thursday said the biggest news relevant to his committees is bad, unfortunately, with the recent rejection of a bill that would have, among other things, expanded home health care for aging and disabled veterans, expanded work for veterans' service officers, improved the VA's Caregivers Program and bolstered mental health treatment. He said it would also help Native Americans and Alaskans, who serve in the military at a higher...
