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The Hill County Park Board held it’s monthly meeting Monday evening where members discussed, among other things, finding a way to reimburse employees for the substantial commute to and from their jobs, an issue Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said is damaging his ability to hire. See more on Monday’s Park Board meeting in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News. Edgar said it is very difficult to compete in the local job market when they pay what they do for a job that requires a 20 mile minimum drive every...
Press release HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a virtual meeting Tuesday, April 9, at 6 p.m. to gather input for the 2025-26 fishing regulations. Fishing regulations are now under a process like hunting regulations, going through a comprehensive public review every two years. Fishing regulations are printed during odd numbered years. To review FWP’s proposed regulation changes, people can go to https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/public-comment-opportunities/fishing-regulations . FWP will also accept and rev...
Three people have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Rocky Boy men, Darin Benard Caplette, 41, and Thomas Roderick Yallup, 42, who were killed early Thursday morning in Box Elder, in what appears to be a targeted assault. A release from the Hill County Sheriff’s Office, put out just after the Havre Daily News’ Friday morning deadline, said the three people have been arrested and charged in relation to the deaths, which are being considered homicide. The release says Angel Isaiah Castillo Haffley, 18,...
Friday saw the most well attended Havre-Hill County Library Easter Egg Hunt in years, with local children speeding through the shelves searching for colorful and elusive eggs, and the candy inside. Children's Librarian Ashley Verity said this annual event has been going on for years, and this one went very well, with enough eggs to ensure had a good time and went home happy. Verity said they couldn't do the event during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this has been...
BLURB Montana Highway Patrol released a report Saturday about the dearth of a Chinook man after a single-vehicle car crash the afternoon of March 17 on Montana Secondary Highway 529, also known as Clear Creek Road. Blaine County Sheriff/Coroner John Colby said the man who died was Larry Larson of Chinook, 68. Highway Patrol reports that it is believed that as medical emergency happened prior to the crash. The eastbound Chevrolet Silverado left the south side of the roadway at about 2:05 p.m. March 17, traveling in the ditch...
3:15 p.m. Hill County Sheriff’s office announced that three people have been arrested in the shooting deaths of Darin Benard Caplette and Thomas Roderick Yallup in Box Elder shortly after midnight Thursday. Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said in a release that Angel Isaiah Castillo Haffley of Corning California, 18, has been arrested for deliberate homicide and Angelo Hawk Sanchez, also of Corning, California and also 18, has been arrested for deliberate homicide by a...
The Hill County Commission approved new grants and contracts, revised office rules for the courthouse and revised a written policy for board appointments during its business meeting Thursday. Commissioners have been discussing the matter of board appointment and interview procedures for some time, with Hill County Commissioner Sheri Williams in particular raising concerns regarding insufficient advertising of open positions and a need for a clear written policy regarding the interview process. Earlier this week the...
by Emily Mayer There was some positive news in the papers 100 years ago. This article was published on the front page of the Havre Daily Promoter March 29, 1923. PROSPECTS GOOD TO REORGANIZE SECURITY BANK Stockholders Consider Contract for Organization of New Bank and Take Up Subject With Depositors Stockholders of the Security State bank of Havre, which closed in January, yesterday discussed plans for organizing a new bank and taking over at par a portion of the assets of the closed institution. As a result of a large...
Tensions rose Monday at a working group meeting of the Hill County Commission between Commissioner Sheri Williams and Hill County Clerk and Recorder Lexis Dockter, arguing over who is responsible for the Hill County Council on Aging losing out on a substantial amount of state money. The matter was prompted when the commission was discussing how the county supplements funding of the Hill County Council on Aging, when Williams said the council's funding seems to have gone down...
Easter is on the horizon and numerous organizations in the region are gearing up for their Easter egg hunts. That includes Friday, when the Havre-Hill County Library will hold their Egg Hunt after their 10:30 a.m. Family Story Time. Both events are free and open to the public. “Kids of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to attend,” a release from the library said. Later that day, from 2 to 5 p.m. Aaniiih Nakoda Family Healing Center on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation will have their annual Egg Hunt with prizes for eac...
From today through Easter Sunday local churches will be holding special services for local worshipers to honor the coming holidays. Tonight at 6 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Havre there will be a Maundy Thursday service, as well as one at 6:30 p.m. at St. Jude Thanddeus Catholic to honor the day. For Good Friday First Lutheran Church will also have a Good Friday Service at 6 p.m., as will 5th Avenue Christian Church, which will have communion at the same time. At 6:30 p.m. that day St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church will...
A local family is reaching out for help after a crash that left three horses with injuries they are struggling to pay for care for. Local resident Lisa Holt set up a GoFundMe page for her brother and sister-in-law Kenny and Meghan Holt, who sent a trio of horses to stay with friends Chris and Liz Olson in Nebraska while the Holts are expecting their first child. Havre Daily was unable to directly contact the Holts for direct comment. On the GoFundMe page Lisa Holt said it...
Press release Montana Farmers Union has invested $30,000 in burgeoning FFA chapters over the past year through it’s new FFA New Chapter Sponsorship program. Montana Farmers Union’s standing FFA New Chapter Sponsorship program was created in 2023 to help with startup costs associated with building a chapter. The program is specifically for new or rechaptered FFA programs from Jan. 1, 2022, and offers $2,500 per qualifying chapter. Florence, Frenchtown, Harrison, Havre, Augusta, Belt Valley, Scobey, Nashua, Whitehall, Win...
A community non-profit is combining some comedy entertainment with outreach and updates in Turner next month. Big Flat Community Grain Bin Inc. said in a release that it has set Saturday, April 6, as the date for its first hosting of Montana Actors' Theatre dinner theater. "The evening will serve a dual purpose as a brief activities' update for the (Community Grain Bin)," a release from the organization said. This year's MAT traveling dinner theater production is an original...
Representatives of Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation said in a press release they want to give an update on a funding opportunity to help rehabilitate the Chinook pool and Sweet Park. “As you may know, the wonderful Schellin Family pledged $100,000 towards the Chinook Pool and Park Project,” the release said. “… As of today, we are currently at $30,122.16 donated towards the match and we would like to encourage folks from near and far to help match their amazing donation.” The Chinook Pool was built in 1976 and is no...
The Havre-Hill County Library is holding an Easter egg hunt Friday. The hunt will be held in the juvenile book section in the library following Family Storytime which starts at 10:30 a.m. “Kids of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to attend,” a release from the library said. “As always, this library program is free and open to the public....
Democratic candidate for Montana's eastern U.S. House seat was Steve Held was in Havre over the weekend in a campaign swing through the district. Held is among the Democrats running for Montana's Second Congressional District, a campaign with a crowded primary field that does not include the seat's current occupant, Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont. In the Democratic primary, Held faces Kevin Hamm, a Helena community organizer and activist, as well as retired pharmaceutical rep...
Winter returned to this region with a late-March snowstorm last week, with chances of light snow still in the forecast through the weekend, though with warmer temperatures. National Weather Service reports that Havre received more than 7 inches of new snow from Wednesday through Sunday at the service's recording station at the Havre City County Airport. Temperatures also plummetted, from a high of 67 last Monday to highs in the mid-20s from Thursday on and a low of 17 Friday....
Havre Daily News staff Parents of preschool children in the area have been advised by Bear Paw Cooperative that early childhood screenings it sponsors are set for this week. The screenings are by appointment only and parents are asked to call to set an appointment. Chinook, Hartland Colony, Zurich, Davey, Bear Paw and Cleveland school districts parents are being offered screenings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Meadowlark Elementary School in Chinook. For appointments, people can call Callie at 406-357-2033...
Two women were seriously injured Thursday early afternoon in a crash involving their passenger vehicle and two semitractor-trailers west of Harlem. Emergency responders were called to the crash on U.S. Highway 2 near mile marker 420 at 1:30 p.m. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Matt Erickson said that at the time of the crash both visibility and road conditions were poor due to heavy snowfall. One of the semis involved in the crash was pulled to the side of the highway on the westbound side so the driver could clear snow from...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press call Thursday to discuss a number of legislative issues, including the looming deadline for a government shutdown, which will occur at midnight tonight if lawmakers cannot pass a series of long-debated spending bills. Tester is running for re-election and faces Michael Hummers of Helena in the Democratic primary. Tester said Thursday he thinks the final appropriations bills will be passed before the deadline, but he remains frustrated that partisan politics have held up the process for...
Press release Ashleigh Barrett, Ecko Fraser, Quincy McCormick, Madelyn Myers, Savannah Schaumloeffel, Quinn Trueax and Jordyn VanWechel from North Star Schools attended the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America - FCCLA - 2024 State Leadership Conference in Bozeman March 14-15, 2024. FCCLA's 2024 conference drew more than 575 members, advisers, and supporters from across the state with opportunities for personal development, career exploration, and community service....
Press release HELENA — The Governor’s Office of Community Service, Reach Higher Montana, and Montana Campus Compact are announced that some local students are among the 100 Montana high school seniors who have been awarded Youth Serve Montana Scholarships. Harlem High School student Marie Hogan and Havre High School student Maggie Daniels were among the students receiving a $1,500 Youth Serve Montana Scholarship for serving 100 or more hours. This scholarship is offered in two awards, $1,000 for 50-99 hours of service and...
