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Matthew Brown Associated Press FORT BELKNAP AGENCY - Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm plows that turned open prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed into cropland and cattle pastures. Now with guidance from elders and outside wildlife groups, students and interns from the tribal college are helping reintroduce the small predators to...
Fort Belknap Indian Community announced on a Facebook post last week that a tribal police officer under investigation after he shot and killed a suspect has been returned to his regular duties with the Fort Belknap Law Enforcement Services effective immediately, although the FBI says it is still investigating the incident. Fort Belknap Indian Community said in Facebook posts Oct. 23 and 24, 2021, that the officer, identified in last week’s post as Bradley Norton, had shot and killed a man Oct. 23, 2021, after a chase that s...
After having to cancel their weekly business meeting last week due to not noticing it properly in local media, the Hill County Commission met in a special business meeting Monday and passed a trio of time-sensitive resolutions. The first was an amendment to the county budget so they can receive and disburse funds from the Stonegarden program which is meant to bolster border security. The commissioners also approved two requests for prosecutorial assistance from Hill County Attorney Lacey Lincoln which would allow her to...
District 4 Human Resources Development Council held a meeting Monday evening to hear from community members about what their personal needs are and what they feel the needs of the region are so HRDC can put together a community needs assessment. HRDC does one of these assessments every three years and HRDC Executive Director Carilla French said they are meant to be a profile of what the area's needs are and what resources they have. French said she and the HRDC staff as a...
Staff and wire report Back by popular demand, the Hi-Line Arts Council announced it is sponsoring a live holiday concert with renowned pianist Philip Aaberg tonight at 7 p.m. in the Havre High School Auditorium. Aaberg is a Chester native who has received both Grammy and Emmy nominations and is Harvard educated. Christmas from the Hi-Line will be a high-energy, high-spirited concert that evokes the vastness and grandeur of Montana through music. "I am so pleased to bring a...
Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press This story is excerpted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest that showcases a more personal side of Montana Free Press’ reporting. In anticipation of eventual delisting, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has produced a proposal to guide grizzly bear management in Montana, which is home to more than half of the Lower 48’s grizzlies. In an introduction to an Environmental Impact Statement accompanying the plan, FWP Director Henry “Hank” Worsech said the proposal forwarded by FWP wil...
Press release The North Star speech and drama team of one — Emily Conner — headed last weekend to the balmy metropolis that is Malta. Conner placed third in dramatic solo acting and managed to place North Star first in the team drama sweepstakes competition — great job, Emily. This weekend, the team of three, Conner, Ecko Fraser and Joshua Campbell travel to Choteau for the “Tinsel Town Madness Meet.” The Knights are coached by Linda Lett....
Press release Milk River Gobblers has announced the winners from the Three Rifles Raffle it held to help fund the Community Christmas Dinners. Bill Mangold won a Glock G20 10mm pistol, Bob Smith wan a Tri-Star 12-gauge G2 shotgun and Mar Lauiher won a Weatherby 300 Winchester mag bolt rifle Gobblers members said they would like to thank all who participated in the drawings and to remind everyone to keep an eye out for the upcoming banquet in February with more guns and prizes. All proceeds from the drawing went to to the...
Press release GLASGOW — For several years, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 has a shoulder season that allows antlerless elk hunting with a specific B-license. This year’s shoulder season will run from Dec. 15 through Feb. 15, 2023. Elk licenses — general elk or B-licenses — valid during the archery and general seasons are not valid for the shoulder season in Region 6. Hunters must have previously applied for this opportunity during the June 1 license drawing, and received their elk B-license that is valid during the...
Press release Fresno Chapter Walleyes Unlimited, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the City of Havre are working together to collect Christmas trees for perch habitat for the purpose of enhancing fishing at Fresno Reservoir. Trees will be distributed at various locations around Fresno Reservoir in the spring by Montana FWP and the Fresno Chapter. The collection location will be Memorial Park by the Sixth Avenue softball complex with a dedicated container for Christmas trees provided by the city of Havre starting Saturday,...
Students at Highland Park Early Primary School were treated to a number of activities Friday meant to introduce them to aspects of Native American culture and history. Native elders from around the area came to the school and helped with a number of activities students engaged in, including learning about the reservations' flags, and the significance of certain symbols and animals. Students were also able to take a beading class with Renita Longknife, an elder from Fort Belkna...
Staff and wire report Havre's city government has released updated information on the urban deer hunting set as part of its urban deer management plan approved by the state, with the urban hunting season starting Thursday this week, Dec. 15, and running through Feb. 15. The hunting areas have been approved and are online at the city website, https://www.ci.havre.mt.us . The plan was developed by the city and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks after several years of discussion on...
Montana Sen. Jon Tester held a press call Friday along with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal after meetings with Montana veterans about improving care in the state. Tester said Elnahal is the first Senate-confirmed person in that position in a very long time and he's been doing excellent work so far. Among the issues Tester discussed was the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive...
Press release Havre High School’s speech and debate team traveled east along the Hi-Line to Malta Saturday, where the individuals and the team did well. Havre took first in the team sweepstakes competition, with Class A rival Browning taking second. Havre’s Lincoln-Douglas debate squad, all seniors, closed out the top three places in that event, with second-year debater Sterling Shelton taking first, fourth-year veteran Paige Bertelsen taking second and third-year debater Justin Lickfold taking third. Bertelsen went 3-0 in...
The Hill County Commission did not hold its weekly business meeting scheduled for Thursday morning because the agenda was not sent to local media to publish 48 hours in advance, prompting the commissioners to schedule a special business meeting for Monday at 1:30 p.m. in their office. Montana law states that agendas for public meetings held by the Hill County Commission must be noticed to the public 48 hours before the meeting, but Thursday Commissioner Mark Peterson said he mistakenly did not send the agenda to local media...
Havre High School's band has a new Drum Major in Liana Durward, a senior and former color guard captain, who took over at the beginning of this year and who has been looking to continue improving not only their performance, but their connection to the larger community. Durward started playing music in middle school, as part of a family tradition that included her father and brother, both of whom played in middle school, the former playing percussion and the latter playing...
Press release Plant a Seed ... READ is conducting its end-of-year appeal during the month of December with its call to action being enrolling more children in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. More than 2,000 children from birth to age 5 in Blaine and Hill Counties eligible to receive these age-appropriate books in their name once a month which are free to the families. At this time only 24% of those children are receiving the books. Community members, businesses, service...
Press release Plant a Seed...READ is looking at other areas where we can serve and support our youngest learners. One such activity would be to create an activity-based program combining a preschool and hands on museum, art center, cooking with kids, birthday party room, etc. "Make 'n' Take" workshops for parents would be available and any other ideas community members would see as a need. The focus of this program, for children ages 3-5, is to experience the value of...
A play that Montana Actors' Theatre describes as "part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes," opens Friday in Havre. The troupe's production of "The Play That Went Wrong" by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields opens at 8 p.m. Friday in The Little Theatre in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall. "This comedy is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter," MAT said in a release about the production. The play tells the story of a university drama society's...
ConnectMT held a meeting in Havre Wednesday to discuss a number of ways the state may use the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, passed in 2021, to increase broadband access to unserved and underserved locations in Montana. Christian Piccolo, manager of Summit Consulting, which is working with Montana on developing a plan for using the hundreds of millions of dollars Montana likely will receive to serve these communities. Piccolo said Montana is almost certainly not...
Press release The results are in from the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre check station for the 2022 hunting season. The check station was open for eight weekends from Oct. 8, the open of general antelope, through Nov. 27, the end of the deer/elk general season. Overall, hunter numbers and mule deer harvest were still above average. Biologists gather a lot of valuable information and biological data on game animals brought through check stations. FWP appreciates all hunters’ cooperation in this effort. Note that the h...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday a pair of multi-million-dollar grants through the American Rescue Plan Act to expand health care resources and access in Montana that will have a big impact on north-central Montana. Bear Paw Development Corp. in Havre received $10 million to provide for the construction the Anaakyaaniiin Wellness Center on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Hays and the Bighorn Valley Health Center received more than $6.3 million for renovations to the historic Miles City building in which...
Monday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. District 4 Human Resources Development Council, which serves Hill, Liberty and Blaine counties, will be holding a community needs assessment meeting and they are inviting anyone from the public, whatever walk of life, to talk about what they think the community’s greatest needs are. These meetings, held once every three years, guide the organization’s services, programs and work plan, HRDC Executive Director Carilla French said, as they continue to work with low-income individuals and families to...
Beginning-of-December storms brought significant snow to the region, along with bitter cold temperatures the last few days, but slightly warmer weather is expected in this part of Montana for the rest of the week. After temperatures dropped continually starting Tuesday afternoon — the temperature at the Havre City-County Airport was reported at minus 15 about 9:20 this morning — the forecast called for a high today in Havre of 28 degrees, with temperatures from eastern Blaine County to Liberty County and south to Big San...