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Posted 8:10 p.m. The Associated Press at 8 p.m. Mountain Time called the Montana gubernatorial race for incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte. Gianforte faced Democratic challenger Ryan Busse, a former gun company executive. AP also called the presidential race in the state for Republican former President Donald Trump. Posted 8:05 p.m. The polls have closed in Montana and the results of the 2024 election in the state soon will be known. Watch here for updates on election results....
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana BILLINGS — United States Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced Friday that the Justice Department will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in Blaine County for the Nov. 5 general election. The Justice Department enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot. The department regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections in communities all across the country. T...
Havre firefighters will be out with lights flashing on their vehicles and sirens on Wednesday night collecting food for the Havre Food Bank in their Everybody Loves Firefighters food drive. Head Elf Cody McLain said the firefighters will be out from about 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, and if people can put out any food they want to donate and leave the outside lights on so the firefighters know a donation is there. "It's basically like a trick-or-treat situation," he said. The...
Montana Actor’s Theatre is showing, and bringing to life, for the Halloween season a classic sci-fi horror show . In the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the main characters, Brad and Janet, are stuck with a flat tire during a storm. The couple discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a biker and a creepy butler. Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation, a man named Rocky, through dance and song. The movie provi...
By Jessica Ophus According to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling, and news organization, Montanans have a higher rate of anxiety and depressive disorders than the natational average. If that is not concerning enough, Montana is also listed as a mental health care shortage area. To do our part to bridge the gap for some of the 27,000 people served by the Big Sandy Clinic every year, an Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Program will be launched at the BSMC Rural Health Clinic. With the help of a $125,000 2-year...
Press release With assistance from Humanities Montana, the Hi-Line Arts Council is sponsoring a Montana Conversation program entitled "Montana Towns: Then, Now, Tomorrow" with storyteller Hal Stearns on Monday, November 11th at 6 p.m. at Beaver Creek Perk, located in downtown Havre at 137 Second Street. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for...
Editor's note: This version corrects several errors in the print edition and adds the text of CI-128 that the article said would be included. A Havre HIgh School student organized a march Monday in support of CI-128, the initiative that would put a woman being able to choose to have an abortion in the state Constitution. Dylan Kunz, 16, organized to march to start at the Havre High School West Parking Lot Monday and proceed to Hensler Auditorium in Montana State...
Staff and wire report U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced last week that the the first sections of the 90-inch replacement pipe for the St. Mary Siphon had arrived, 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. "This delivery of the replacement pipe...
Press release Former firearms executive and candidate for governor Ryan Busse and lieutenant governor candidate Raph Graybill have scheduled four more public town hall meetings including in Havre as they crisscross Montana in the final days of the election. Busse and Graybill will host four additional town halls in Havre, Glasgow, Sidney and Glendive October 28 through October 30. They have held similar events in Kalispell (Oct. 7), Bozeman (Oct. 9), Great Falls (Oct. 10), Billings (Oct. 15), Missoula (Oct. 16) and Butte...
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...
Havre Daily News staff Montana Actors' Theatre is opening tonight a presentation of a modern classic. "'Enemy of the People' by Henrik Ibsen is one of the cornerstones of modern drama," director Grant Olson said. "This play, written in 1882, was the basis for the plot of 'Jaws,' and touches upon many universal themes and problems that we are still encountering today. The description on the MAT websites says the story is that a small Norwegian town has just begun to win fame...
Editor's note: Due to an error in the editorial department, this story did not run in the Oct. 10, 2024, edition as scheduled. 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...
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...
