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  • Crash on Highway 87 near Box Elder kills one

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 19, 2024

    Filed 10:42 a.m. Thursday, July 18, 2024 Updated 8:54 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2024 This version corrects who was killed in the crash A two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 87 near Box Elder at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday resulted in the death of one woman with two other people taken to the hospital. The name of the person killed, a 74-year-old Havre woman, was not available by the time this story was filed. The Montana Highway Patrol crash fatality report said the two vehicles, a Ford F-150 and a Chevrolet Tahoe, were northbound on U.S....

  • Fort Belknap Indian Community becomes fourth tribal nation to enter USDA CREP conservation program

    Updated Jul 17, 2024

    Press release BOZEMAN — The Fort Belknap Indian Community is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help conserve, maintain and improve grassland productivity, reduce soil erosion and enhance wildlife habitat through the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. The Fort Belknap Indian Community is entering into a CREP agreement with USDA’s Farm Service Agency to enroll eligible grassland, pastureland, and other agricultural lands within the boundaries of the reservation, as well as on other eligible land own...

  • Chinook, Harlem and Havre asking residents to conserve water

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 17, 2024

    The cities of Chinook, Harlem and Havre are asking residents to voluntarily reduce lawn irrigation to conserve water while the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works are repaired. "Following the recent conditions of the siphons at the St. Mary Diversion, the Havre, Chinook, and Harlem communities have been working with Montana Rural Water to find ways to conserve water along the Milk River," Havre Public Works Director Trevor Mork said in a release this morning. "With our...

  • Museum board members discuss updates

    Christy Bambrough|Updated Jul 11, 2024

    H. Earl Clack Museum board members met Monday evening to review updates for the museum. The board discussed what could happen with a new $1.25 million grant to promote tourism. A new room that has been dedicated to Bill Dritshula will be open to the public soon. A metal dinosaur dubbed “Stygi” will be finding a new home in the museum and should be on display soon for children and public to enjoy. The next museum board meeting will be on August 12 at 6 p.m....

  • Gianforte talks about $1.25M tourism grant in Havre

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 10, 2024

    Gov. Greg Gianforte met with community representatives this morning to talk about a $1.25 million two-year grant awarded to Havre Tourism Enhancement Project to increase tourism and revitalize downtown Havre. Gianforte told the group that the main thing is the Havre community has to decide how to implement the grant. "I'm not here to tell you what to do," he said. The first year's disbursement, $250,000, is to be used exclusively for planning, Bear Paw Development Corp....

  • Havre Public Schools' Russell receives Spirit of Montana Award

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 10, 2024

    Gov. Greg Gianforte was at Robins School Administration Building this morning, presenting the state Spirit of Montana Award to Havre Public Schools Special Services Director Cheryl Russell in a packed room full of school district employees there to congratulate Russell on receiving the award. Russell said after the presentation it came as a complete surprise. "It means a great deal to me," she said. "It's an incredible honor, and I am proud every day to serve our students,...

  • Fire hits Midtown Care Care Center

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 9, 2024

    Editor’s note: This version corrects the day of the fire. 13 years to the day after reopening from a fire, another fire devastated Midtown Car Care Center in North Havre. Havre Fire Department’s media report said the fire department responded at 2:41 the morning of Friday, July 5. Janet Robinson, bookkeeper and office manager for Midtown Car Care Center said no one was hurt, and the house next door where she and owner-operator Mike Breum live was saved without damage. She sai...

  • BOR to start work fixing the St. Mary Diversion

    Updated Jul 8, 2024

    Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Friday that U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced it will start work "immediately" to rehabilitate the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that supplies much of the water that flows through the Milk River each year. Tester said in a release that the administration of President Joe Biden announced Friday that the work will be done, following a catastrophic failure June 17 of two siphons in the system that carries water across 29 miles and...

  • Senate passes Fort Belknap water compact with funding for St. Mary repairs

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 8, 2024

    Montana’s federal lawmakers are scrambling to pass a bill they have been working on for years — decades in the making — that would provide funding to rehabilitate and repair the failed irrigation system that provides much of the water in the Milk River each year. The Senate acted quickly last Thursday to unanimously pass a bill that includes funding St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance, money that could repair a catastrophic failure that shut the system down. The Senate passed Thursday by unanimous consent the Fort Belkn...

  • Name of Havre man killed in Glacier County car crash released

    Updated Jul 8, 2024

    The name of the 18-year-old Havre man killed June 27 in a one-car crash in Glacier County has been released by the Glacier County coroner. Michael Wayne Spotted Eagle died from injuries sustained in the crash. The Montana Highway Patrol report said Spotted Eagle, a passenger in a Cadillac Escalade that went off the road on U.S. Highway 89, was tossed from the vehicle, hitting the ground and sustaining fatal injuries. The crash report said information about the driver was unknown at the time of the report being filed. The repo...

  • Man Hill County Sheriff's Office sought information on has been identified

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    Hill County Crime Stoppers has canceled the request for information for the Hill County Sheriff’s Office to identify a man who was a person of interest in an investigation which was listed as a Crime Stopper story on Page A7 in the July 3, 2024, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle. The man has been identified....

  • Crime Stoppers - Law enforcement looks for help identifying man

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    Press release Hill County Sheriff’s Office says they no longer need help identifying the man in these photos. He has been identified. The Hill County Sheriff's Office is asking for help from the public to identify this man. He is currently a person of interest in an ongoing investigation. Anyone who has information to help identify this person is asked to call the Hill County Sheriff's Office at 406-265-2512, or Crime Stoppers at 406-264-4444....

  • Havre receives $1.25 million tourism grant

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 3, 2024

    Havre just received a major boost in its planning for downtown and boost up tourism. The Downtown Havre Matters! committee at a meeting Monday discussed $1.25 million in a two-year grant the Havre Tourism Enhancement Project was awarded last week to help revitalize downtown and increase tourism in the area, part of the goals of the Downtown Master Plan recently approved by the city. The grant is being administered by Bear Paw Development Corp. and will be overseen by a board set up to administer the grant, with its general ma...

  • Young Havre man killed in Glacier County car crash

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 3, 2024

    An 18-year-old Havre man was killed last Thursday in a one-car crash in Glacier County. By the Tuesday filing deadline for this story, Glacier County coroner had not responded to requests from Havre Weekly Chronicle for the name of the Havre man. The Havre man was a passenger in the Cadillac Escalade that crashed. The incident report said information about the driver was unknown at the time of the report being filed. The report lists the crash as occurring 6:17 a.m. Thursday, June 27, on U.S. Highway 89 with Browning the...

  • Quick pics: Peeking through the clouds

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

  • Fire department asks people to use fireworks safely

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    Press release Havre Fire Department released a message reminding people to use fireworks safely and legally. “Summer means picnics, barbecues, parades and fireworks displays, especially around the Fourth of July. Summer also means an increase in injuries from backyard grills, bonfires and fireworks,” the release said. The release said the fire department advises people that the best way to enjoy the Fourth of July is to watch a public fireworks display conducted by professionals, but if people plan to use fireworks they nee...

  • Montanans: The 100 deadliest days are here. Plan for a sober ride this Fourth of July

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    Press release As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, Havre law enforcement agencies and the Montana Highway Patrol are encouraging Montanans to plan for sober rides before they start celebrating. The Fourth of July is during what is known as the 100 Deadliest Days: the time period when the most traffic fatalities and crashes occur in Montana and across the country. To help keep drivers and communities safe, MHP and local law enforcement? will be increasing patrols across the state and making DUI arrests to ensure Montanans...

  • Celebrating History: Celebrating Independence Day

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    By Emily Mayer The week of the Fourth of July 100 years ago was much different than it is today. A century ago, this town was abuzz with activity in preparation for the myriad of gatherings and events to take place that week. There were so many articles in the newspapers, it was hard to pick the ones to include in this column. Many of these articles were quite lengthy, detailing the schedules for the multiple gatherings and letting people know when and where to meet. Here is a sampling of all those great activities. A parade...

  • Havre receives grant for water, stormwater engineering report

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that 17 Montana towns, cities and counties will share more than $750,000 of grant funding to help develop and plan infrastructure projects to increase the health and safety for those communities and their residents. The City of Havre will receive $23,040, in addition to the previously awarded $16,960, for a total of $40,000 of MCEP planning grant funding to complete a water preliminary engineering report and $40,000 to complete a stormwater p...

  • MSU announces local graduates

    Updated Jul 3, 2024

    BOZEMAN — Montana State University awarded 1,691 undergraduate degrees, 360 graduate degrees and 188 degrees or certificates from Gallatin College MSU including to local students during its 140th commencement ceremonies held May 10 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. A list of local graduates follows. Students with two asterisks after their names (**) graduated with highest honors, having earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7. Undergraduate students graduating with honors — a cumulative GPA between 3.25 and 3.69 — have a singl...

  • Fourth of July Festival on again in Pepin Park

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 27, 2024

    A tradition of some 25-years to celebrate Independence Day is again on in Havre. The Fourth of July Festival is set to run in Pepin Park Thursday, July 4, from noon to 4 p.m. People are invited to visit the Facebook Havre’s 4th of July Festival group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/870879876606788 or the events page at https://www.facebook.com/events/419212761103444 for more information. Cassie Denny, in her second year organizing the event, said it starts at noon with a Bill Lanier and the Boy Scouts conducting a flag c...

  • Quick pics: Taking to the air waves at the field day

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

  • Milk River Gobblers Youth Fun Day

    Christy Bambrough|Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Milk River Gobblers Public Relations Officer Jeff Dibblee invited the public to kick the summer off by going to the Milk River Gobblers Youth Fun Day. “This is our third year of sponsoring this event,” he said. “The Gobblers thought it would be a great way to pass on the heritage of sport shooting and safe gun handling.” The event is set for Saturday, July 13, at the Havre Trap Club south of Havre, east of the softball complex where Fifth Avenue turns into Beaver Creek Highway, Montana Secondary Highway 234. It is open to...

  • Chinook High reunion set for July 4 through weekend

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release Two overlapping events are set to celebrate Independence Day in Chinook, the Friends of the Pool and Park Brewfest Fundraiser to help with the project to repair and upgrade the Chinook Pool and Ensign Sweet Memorial Park, and the Chinook High School All Class Reunion. “The Chinook High School All-Class Reunion happens every five years in beautiful Chinook, Montana, and, like many organizations, the All-Class Reunion Committee has been struggling to find volunteers to host the event,” a release said. “Thankfully,...

  • A thanks to the sponsors of the Summer Celebration

    Updated Jun 27, 2024

    Press release The organizers of the 2024 Fort Benton Summer Celebration put out a thanks to the groups, businesses and organizations who make the celebration possible. “We LOVE our sponsors,” the celebration website at https://fortbentonsummercelebration.com says. “Thank them by supporting their work. You can be part of the team, too. “We deeply appreciate every individual and business that keeps this fun, free event going!” Benefis Health System Benton Eye Clinic Benton Floor Covering Benton Funeral Home Benton Pharmacy...

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