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Press release U.S. Bureau of Reclamation received the first sections of the 90-inch replacement pipe for the St. Mary Siphon, marking a major milestone of the extensive project to restore the damaged siphon. This milestone sets the stage for replacing the critical infrastructure that delivers water to the Milk River Project, a lifeline for north-central Montana ranchers, farmers, and communities. The St. Mary Siphon is an essential component of the Milk River Project, one of M...
A Havre HIgh School student is organizing a march Monday in support of CI-126, the initiative that would put a woman being able to choose to have an abortion in the state Constitution. Dylan Kunz, 16, said the march will start at the Havre High School West Parking Lot Monday at 6 p.m. and proceed to Hensler Auditorium in Montana State University-Northern's Applied Technology Center, where a presentation on CI-126, the open primary initiative, and CI-127, which requires a...
Press release City of Havre PWS ID # MT0000524 11 October 2024 During the month of February 2024, the City of Havre Water Treatment Plant experienced failures in filtration treatment and disinfection. On the 19th of April 2024, the City of Havre public water supply issued a boil water advisory due to a giardiasis outbreak. This boil water advisory was downgraded to a health advisory on the 29th of May 2024. This health advisory was to remain in effect until the public water supply distribution system was flushed, additional m...
Press release With absentee ballots for the general election arriving in mailboxes, the League of Women Voters of Montana offers the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. This “one-stop shop” for election information provides Montana voters with simple, accessible tools to help them navigate the voting process. VOTE411 provides personalized candidate information, voter registration details, polling place locations, and other helpful election information for all voters nationwide. “From local ballot initiatives to impor...
Crystal J. Glade Northern Montana Health Care marketing and public relations coordinator Northern Montana Care Center in Havre recently received the Montana Health Care Association's 2024 Group Volunteer of the Year Award for its "Introduction to Volunteering" class, led by Volunteer Services Director Elizabeth (Lizzy) Lindbom, who traveled to Helena last week to accept the award. The Introduction to Volunteering class was created to give younger students, whose parents are...
Press release City of Havre PWS ID # MT0000524 11 October 2024 During the month of February 2024, the City of Havre Water Treatment Plant experienced failures in filtration treatment and disinfection. On the 19th of April 2024, the City of Havre public water supply issued a boil water advisory due to a giardiasis outbreak. This boil water advisory was downgraded to a health advisory on the 29th of May 2024. This health advisory was to remain in effect until the public water supply distribution system was flushed, additional m...
Hill County Park board members met Monday evening and talked about issues including funding for the new Camp Kiwanis Lodge. The board is looking to get help from the public with funding for the lodge. The costs for this project have exceeded what the board has saved up for, and the intention is to begin raising more money to complete the project. The photos of the layout of the new lodge can be viewed on the Facebook page Beaver Creek Park - Camp Kiwanis. Montana Fish,...
Staff and wire Some help is available for for farmers and ranchers impacted by June’s catastrophic failure of the STt. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana announced it is accepting applications for the St. Mary Initiative. Farmers and ranchers in Blaine, Glacier, Hill, Phillips, and Valley counties including the Blackfeet Nation and the Fort Belknap Indian Community directly impacted by the St. Mary Canal siphon failure should visit their local NRCS office now to a...
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Havre weekly Chronicle is hosting a local candidate forum Thursday, Oct. 17. The forum is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. in Montana State University-Northern’s Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center. Candidates in contested local races have indicated they plan to attend. That includes the Hill County Commission candidates, Libertarian Sam Ayres and Bill Lanier. Local legislative candidates also have indicated they would attend. For House District 27, incumbent Democrat Paul Tuss and f...
Katlynn Bodner, HRDC Child Services Director, is helping host the Domestic Violence and Head Start Awareness Walk Saturday, Oct. 12. Registration starts at 9 a.m., and the walk starts at 10 a.m. “We are starting at the HRDC building, registration will be through the north doors. There is a one mile and a 5k option. Lunch will be served after the walk,” Bodner said. Erika Postma, Victim Services Director, will also be assisting in organizing and putting on this community event. “As you may know, October is Domestic Viole...
A man who was living with a young woman in Havre when she notified authorities she was the one who went missing as a child four years earlier in Arizona pleaded guilty in Hill County District Court Monday to an unrelated felony count of sexual abuse of children. Edmund Davis, 37, entered his plea before state District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz. A second count of sexual abuse of children will be dismissed under a plea agreement. Snipes Ruiz sent the sentencing date for Dec. 16. The state will be asking the court to sentence...
Democratic Hill County Commission candidate Bill Lanier said his years in the area and his relationships and ability to communicate, along with his experience in county government, will help him if he is elected commissioner in November. He said the time in his life seems right for him to run and he wants to try to make positive changes. He said he wants to put together all of the connections and relationships he has built and the experiences he has had. "I thought it was...
Libertarian Hill County Commission candidate Sam Ayres said that, while he is not from Montana, he loves the state and wants to protect its values. "I genuinely think Montana is the greatest place on Earth," he said in an interview with Havre Weekly Chronicle. "That's a hill I will die on. .... I'm here because I love the Montana way of life." He said he has roots in the state, with his family settling here in the late 1800s, early 1900s, and though he grew up in California,...
Press release The Havre Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—the official sponsor of Fire Prevention WeekTM (FPWTM) for more than 100 years—to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!TM” The campaign works to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. According to NFPA, smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a home fire by more than half (54 percent). Meanwhile, roughly three out of five fire deaths happen...
Press release The Family Roots Group will meet Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Church of Latter-Day Saints in the Meeting Room, 1315 Washington Ave. People are asked to use the parking lot entrance on the east side of church. The also are asked to bring a laptop and mouse if they have one....
Havre Daily News Staff Havre Public Works announced that, with the bulk water station by Lions Park on 16th Avenue again up and running, the water fill station at the City Shop Complex will not be available to public users after this week. It will be closed to public users after Friday, Oct. 4, a release said. “Since our new Bulk Water Fill station is up and running, and things are going very well, we will be closing down fill access at the City Shop as of Friday, Oct. 4,” a release said. The 16th Avenue Bulk Water Station is...
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fall means it’s time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines — and a lot of older adults also need protection against another risky winter virus, RSV. Yes, you can get your flu and COVID-19 shots at the same time. Don’t call them boosters — they’re not just another dose of last year’s protection. The coronavirus and influenza are escape artists that constantly mutate to evade your body’s immune defenses, so both vaccines are re...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team suffered a pair of 3-1 setbacks this past week. Last Thursday saw the Skylights drop a 3-1 decision at Carroll College in Helena. The Skylights fell to the Fighting Saints in four sets (25-23, 25-12, 25-27, and 25-20). In the first set it was a battle until the end. The Saints finished the set with five straight points to win though. Carroll took over the second set early and never looked back. The Skylights then won a...
Arren Kimbel-Sannit Moptnana Free Press Jordan “J.D.” Hall, once a prominent religious and political figure in Montana right-wing circles, was ordered earlier this month to pay more than $15,000 to the Sidney church he once led after a Richland County District Court judge found him guilty of felony embezzlement. As part of a deferred sentencing agreement filed Sept. 10, Hall, who was ousted from Fellowship Baptist Church in 2022 amid claims of drug abuse, domestic violence and embezzlement, must also report to a pro...
Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for September is Bringham Houston. Bringham is the son of Robert and Lacee Houston.He has three siblings, Lincoln, Lucy and Mary Houston. Bringham sings in the HMS choir and participates in basketball, football and golf. In his spare time, Brigham enjoys hunting, fishing, riding dirt bikes and camping with his family. At school, Brigham is an attentive student who is always ready to learn.His teachers comment on how kind...
Three Gros Ventre, or Aaniiih, children have returned to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation nearly 135 years after they were sent to one of the first Native American boarding schools in the country, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Alameda Heavy Hair, Bishop Shields and John Bull — all of those names are Americanized versions given at the boarding school — were recovered two weeks ago by a group from the Fort Belknap Indian Community, brought back to Montana and given a wake last Thursday, funeral and burial Friday on Fort Bel...
Havre was again filled with a rocking' weekend for Festival Days, starting with the library book sale Thursday with it and other events running through Sunday. Once again the parade filled Fifth Avenue for more than an hour Saturday, the Kiwanis Pancake Feed filled people Saturday morning, the car show thrilled fans Friday, 48 hours of softball entertained on the field, people could watch both high school and college football over the weekend, and more. Havre Area Chamber of...
