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The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission presented historic preservation awards to the Oxford Sports Bar and the Palace Bar Monday for their efforts to preserve local history. Oxford owner Will DeVries, who took over the bar from his father, Russ, in 2017, said it's great to be able to preserve the historic location while still being able to run a modernized bar, one with history that stretches back to 1900. DeVries said he's only the fifth owner in the bar's his...
Press release Starting Thursday, May 25, 2023, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time. The outdoor, guided walking tours will resume June 16. Exhibits inside the visitor center highlight the dam’s role in flood control and recreation in Flathead County, and hydroelectric generation in the Columbia River System. Displays feature the history of Hungry Horse Dam and its importance to the system. June 16, the outdoor, guided walking tours wil...
The North Central Senior Center will be hosting an all-ages-welcome presentation Wednesday at 11 a.m. on local pollinator species and what people can do to make sure their population remains sustainable and healthy. The presentation, given by Emma Korntheuer of the Hill County Conservation District, will cover things like habitat creation for local species, particularly native bees. Korntheuer said pollinator populations are having a hard time across the U.S., but Montana‚’s pollinator populations are among the most und...
Staff and wire report Air quality in the region continued to be low over the wekend, with the air quality monitor at the Hill County Health Department showing occasions Saturday and Sunday when it tipped into the “very unhealthy” category. The Associated Press reports that smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts. Hill County Health Department now has a permanent air quality monitor ins...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about national debt, immigration and bank failures in a rural press call Thursday where he also weighed in on some state issues, including the recently passed state ban on TikTok. Tester said the biggest issue in Congress at the moment is obviously the ongoing negotiation and debate over raising the national debt ceiling, with congressional Republicans threatening to let the country default if their demands of the Joe Biden administration...
While much of the community mourns the unexpected death Sunday of 32-year-old Josh Miller, a member of Havre's City Council, the Hill County Mosquito Control District is warning that the loss of Miller, who had been an integral part of the district since 2016, will set its operations in the community back significantly. Mosquito Control District Supervisor Terry Turner said Miller's loss is devastating for the district on a number of levels, but on a personal one, it's been...
Press release Registration is open for the MFU Day Camp to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church Youth Center in Chester. The long-running camp is free and open to children ages 5-12. "It's a jam-packed, fun-filled day to get their summer started," said Charlotte Kelly, who organizes the camp. Kelly, a longtime Montana Farmers Union member, said her boys went to day camps and then Arrowpeak summer camps through MFU. "I think, by...
Press release Montana Farmers Union congratulates Montana students receiving $15,000 in scholarship funding from MFU, including a year’s tuition to Montana State University-Northern. “The new age of ranching and farming requires leading edge knowledge to ensure profitability. It’s exciting to have so many applicants who have rural or agricultural roots looking to further their education. It’s the creative minds of tomorrow’s ranchers and farmers that will keep food on all our tables,” said Matt Rains who serves as MFU’s Ch...
Press release HELENA — After a closer review of the licenses that were mistakenly over-drawn last week, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is going to allow the drawing to stand for one bighorn sheep license type and two moose license types. For sheep license 482-20 the quota was supposed to be 15, but FWP mistakenly allocated 20 licenses to hunters. For moose licenses 270-50 and 341-50 the quota was two, but FWP mistakenly allocated three. In these three circumstances, the number of licenses drawn are within the quotas set by...
Havre Daily News staff Fort Belknap Indian Community has put out a call for address updates from tribal members before the next election. A primary election will be held Oct. 3, 2023, and a general election Nov. 7, 2023. A release said it is important for tribal members to update both their physical address and their mailing address before the elections. The release said neither the tribal election office nor the Bureau of Indian Affairs can update addresses for election purposes. Only the enrollment office can update...
Gov. Greg Gianforte declared a disaster Wednesday due to flooding, opening up assistance from the state and the possibility of a federal disaster declaration. “Runoff from recent rainfall and snowmelt has compromised critical infrastructure and roads in Montana,” Gianforte said in a press release. “This order will help impacted communities rebuild and get back on their feet.” Following heavy snow this winter through March — including a likely new record for December snowfall in Havre — and temperatures staying relatively...
Editor's note: Havre Daily News is trying to arrange interviews with all local legislators to get their views on the last legislative session. Watch for more stories in upcoming editions. Montana Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, said that while his first legislative session was afflicted by more partisanship than he'd like, he feels there were productive things that happened in Helena this year for northern Montana. Tuss, who was elected last year as one of only two democratic flips...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Public Works has given an update on the schedule for street sweeping, and asks people on the days sweeping is happening in their area to park off street so workers can get everything done that day. Friday, May 19, the department will be sweeping the Randolph Addition and by the Havre Middle School. Monday, May 22, the department will start sweeping in the Highland Park area. The sweeping will start on Wilson, Lincoln and Boulevard avenues from Ninth Street on the north end to 13th Street on the...
Havre Daily News Staff The community is invited to take advantage of free blood pressure testing with Janice Holt, RN, at North Central Senior Center, 2 Second St. W. Holt will be at the senior center beginning Friday, 11 a.m. to noon, and then every other Friday at the center at that time. A release from the center said: • The best way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have your blood pressure checked. • Only about 1 in 4 adults with hypertension have their condition under control. • Having hypertension puts...
Joshua Miller, a member of Havre City Council and the Hill County Weed and Mosquito District, died at the age of 32 Sunday. "This has been an incredibly hard loss, not just for the family, but for all that knew him," said Jennifer Tilleman, Miller's sister. "Whether or not people agreed with him, there was always an underlying respect and admiration for his strength and character. I'm afraid Josh is irreplaceable, he's left enormous shoes to fill. Our hearts are heavy." See a...
National Weather Service is warning that smoke from Canadian wildfires is likely to be in this region today and Thursday, although it is expected to clear up some by Friday. Hill County Health Department has announced that, with the assistance and collaboration of Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Montana State University-Northern, it now has a permanent air quality monitor people can use to check the conditions in this area. The monitor is available online at...
Editor's note: Watch for stories on other local legislator's thoughts on the 2023 legislative session in upcoming editions of Havre Daily News. Montana Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, said the 2023 Legislative Session brought a lot of benefits to his district and the state but was not without its disappointments. Tempel said one of the primary goals of his and his fellow Republicans going into the Legislature was to give part of the state's surplus back to the people of Montana...
The Montana Senior Medicare Patrol is warning people that calls are circulating targeting older Montanans with the callers claiming to represent Medicare. “Medicare will never call people on Medicare to ask for or check their Medicare number,” Renee Labrie-Shanks, statewide Senior Medicare Patrol program director at Missoula Aging Services, said in a press release. “As with any unsolicited call, do not give personal information over the phone, whether it’s your Medicare number, Social Security number, bank account informa...
Press release The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to host a public meeting Wednesday, May 24, 2023, from 6-8 p.m. at the Chester Community/Senior Center at 618 E. Adams Ave., Chester, to discuss recreation at Tiber Reservoir, Discussion topics will include camping, fishing, boating safety and more. There will be presentations about land and recreation, state of the fisheries, aquatic invasive species, noxious weed management and marina updates. “The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting,” Reclamation Natural R...
from Carla Jenewein Red Cross blood drive local coordinator The Chinook community hosted a Red Cross blood drive Tuesday, May 9. We had 48 donors presenting with 42 productive units on a goal of 46. Great job everyone. We had three first-time donors, Oliver Standiford and Eleesha Bell and Tess Langford. We also had one donor registering for the first time in a long while, Michelle Sather. We hope this was the first of many donations for all of you. The canteen was hosted by the United Methodist Church. Rita Surber and Cherie...
From U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS —A Havre man suspected of punching and strangling a woman on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation admitted to an assault crime Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Titus Lee Pedraza, 40, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury of a spouse, intimate or dating partner. Pedraza faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and not more than three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. T...
