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The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees discussed policy revisions, received an update on enrollment and heard a presentation from MAPS Media Institute at their monthly meeting Tuesday evening. The MAPS Media Institute is a free-of-charge non-profit organization that instructs students in media arts, one that is looking to provide services to Havre Public Schools, specifically to their Native Language students. Havre Public School Indian Education for All Director Jessica... Full story
The H. Earl Clack Museum Board has added Montana State University-Northern professor Kyra Kaercher to its ranks at its regular meeting Monday night where members discussed their ongoing work at Havre History Center, the buffalo jump and more. Board Co-Chair Lela Patera said Kaercher is an extremely knowledgeable and well-traveled archeologist and will be a valuable addition to the board, which now numbers nine. Patera said Kaercher has students who are interested in working... Full story
Press release The Havre Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®), the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week - FPW - for more than 100 years, to promote this year's FPW campaign, "Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention." The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take when cooking to keep themselves and those around them safe. According to NFPA, cooking is th... Full story
Havre Daily News staff People have been invited to join Havre Trails and Hays-Lodge Pole High School science teacher Rod Benson for a hike up Miles Butte south of Chinook Sunday, Oct. 15. The event requires an RSVP, which can be made online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScl6O0c-BWESDeWmvRR1Ci0bmEvtxHpQJ 9uoqLPRk78iRS9ew/viewform . People can contact Lindsay Bennett at 406-344-2991 for more information. A Havre trails flyer says the hike is 4 miles total, roundtrip, on private land. The top of the butte offers a... Full story
Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. recently announced that Josh Gomez has been selected as the director of the organization's Food and Agriculture Development Center. Gomez previously served as the organization's Community Development Specialist, worked in various capacities at Montana State University-Northern and served in the U.S. Army and Montana Army National Guard for 20 years, including two deployments to the Middle East. Gomez earned associate and bachelor's... Full story
Havre Fire Department responded to three fires in the Havre area over the weekend. Saturday at 8:33 a.m., Havre firefighters were called to a structure fire on the 2600 Block of 34th Street Southeast, in the Saddle Butte area of Rural Fire District 1. Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage said that seven personnel in two engines and an ambulance were on-scene. In mutual aid, Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department also sent crew members with two engines and a water tender, and Chinook Volunteer Fire Department sent a crew with a water... Full story
Unofficial primary election results for the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council have been released, sending 18 candidates for eight seats to the general election later this year. Each seat’s election will send the two candidates with the most votes to the general election held later in 2023. The River Gros Ventre District will see Dominic R. Messerly and Cecelia “Boppers” Shortman advance to the primary, with 107 and 143 votes respectively. Joey Kill Eagle will not advance, having come in third with 79 votes. Randall “Butc... Full story
Press release Havre resident Katie Kuhr went to Kalispell in September as part of REAL - Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership - Montana. For Kuhr and other members of REAL Montana Class V, this was the sixth session in their two-year educational program. The seminar was held September 14-16, and experts presented on the current state of the Montana timber industry, forest health, state and federal regulation, and how timber harvest impacts local economies. The class... Full story
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Chinook, with an in-person classroom course. Class will be held 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, and Friday, Oct. 13, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience. In-person courses are led by volunteer instructors who are passionate about preserving Montan... Full story
The Hill County Commission voted Thursday to amend their public school levy from 95 mills to 77.9 mills, bucking Gov. Greg Gianforte’s Department of Revenue, which directed the counties to collect the full 95 mills in an apparent break with tradition for Hill County. For many years the county has collected 95 mills for the state’s school equalization efforts, which supports schools in lower income areas, but a spike in property valuations has caused the value of those mills to rise dramatically. Counties across the sta...
Bullhook Community Health Center is preparing for phase one of its plans to expand its facility, with work on abating, and eventually, tearing down nearby uninhabitable properties to begin next week. Bullhook Community Health Center CEO Kyndra Hall said the clinic has been planning to expand for more than two years, making sure all the proper studies were done and regulations followed so they can begin work clearing out the nearby properties, making way for an expanded...
Press release Havre Area Chamber of Commerce announced it still has several unclaimed prizes for Festival Days Button number drawings at the Chamber office. The winning numbers drawn over Festival Days are: 165 197 264 154 463 303 296 457 169 241 292 230 326 313 87 95 400 216 149 258 115 378 388 46 286 222 36 213 20 39 Anyone with a winning number who has not yet picked up their prize can bring their Festival Days button to the Chamber office at 130 Fifth Ave....
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Dodson man pleaded guilty Thursday to an assault charge after he drifted into the oncoming lane while driving and crashed into another vehicle, seriously injuring the other driver, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Marvin James Cole, 27, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Cole faces a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The cou...
The name of a man who died over the weekend in a homicide at the Fort Belknap Reservation has been released; T’Jay Brock Allen, 25, died of a single gunshot wound early Sunday morning. Fort Belknap Chief of Police Josh Roberge confirmed Monday morning that a homicide occurred on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation over the weekend but couldn’t provide details, nor could Fort Belknap Public Relations Officer Camille Stein. Wednesday, Blaine County Sheriff John Colby told the Havre Daily News Allen’s name and provided some...
Starting Friday, Montana Actors' Theatre will be performing its production of Ken Ludwig's "Lend Me A Tenor," directed by Grant Olson. The classic play was first produced in the 1980s and has been performed several times on Broadway. "Lend Me A Tenor" is about a general manager named Saunders who manages the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, and welcomes world-famous singer Tito Merelli, known as Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as...
After a stretch of cool, damp weather Havre is expected to see temperatures jump back up heading into next week, accompanied by clear skies, albeit temporarily. For the past week highs have hovered between the mid-50s and mid-60s, with cloudy days and damp conditions, but a break from the grey skies may be coming soon. While the National Weather Service predicts no precipitation is on the horizon for the next few days, low temperatures are expected to stick around today and Friday with predicted highs of 56 and 61,...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks GLASGOW — As you are hitting the field this fall, be sure to take a break from scanning the horizon for game and look down at the ground once in a while. Not only will this help you avoid stepping on a cactus or a rattlesnake, but you might also see one of eastern Montana’s rarely seen critters … the greater short-horned lizard, commonly known as a “horny toad.” If you do, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like to know about it. The greater short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma hernandes...
The Hill County Commission will vote Thursday on whether or not to amend their public school levy from 95 mills to 77.9 mills, potentially putting the county, along with many others statewide, at odds with the governor's office. Gov. Greg Gianforte's Department of Revenue has directed counties to collect 95 mills of property tax to support state school equalization funding, the amount that has been levied for years, but many counties have said that, with the high property...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Salmon snagging season on Fort Peck Reservoir started Oct. 1, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries crews will be out on the reservoir collecting salmon for spawning. FWP fisheries and hatchery staff will begin collecting adult Chinook salmon on Fort Peck Reservoir starting the first week of October. The annual collection effort lasts through much of October, with the goal of collecting as many salmon eggs as possible. Salmon eggs are fertilized and raised in the Fort Peck Hatchery...
The City Council members approved Sept. 6 minutes, as well as swore in new council member Wade Bitz. Bitz takes the place of former council member Joshua Miller, who died unexpectedly of natural causes May 14 at age 32, to finish out his term this year. Bitz also was one of five people who won the upcoming City Council elections by acclamation. The council approved canceling the election, with the candidates winning by acclamation because they are running unopposed. Bitz won t...
The Hill County Park Board voted on grazing allocations, consolidated committees and discussed plans for the new Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge at their monthly meeting Monday. Board Chair Jeff Jensen said the Lodge Planning Committee have had a few meetings recently along with their contractor which provided them with some preliminary concept sketches for the new lodge. Jensen said one design has a single floor while another has a loft with bedrooms, but he wanted to stress that...
Fort Belknap Chief of Police Josh Roberge confirmed this morning that a homicide occurred on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation over the weekend but couldn’t provide details. Roberge said he couldn’t say more about the incident than confirming its occurrence, and directed all questions to Fort Belknap Public Relations Officer Camille Stein. This morning Stein said she doesn’t know enough about what happened yet to provide any additional information, but that she would provide details as soon as she is able, possibly by th...
