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Editor’s note: This version corrects that the Senate passed the bill Thursday. The Senate acted quickly Thursday to unanimously pass a bill that includes funding for the system that provides much of the water running through the Milk River, money that could repair a catastrophic failure that shut the system down. The Senate passed Thursday by unanimous consent the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act, sponsored by by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and c...
By Emily Mayer The good news continues this week in Havre a century ago. Like today, the year 1924 saw a lot of rainfall and for the first fourteen days of June, it was reported 4.62 inches of precipitation had fallen, which was making farmers very happy. An interesting agricultural related article was printed on the front page of the June 15, 1924, edition of the Havre Daily Promoter: CRAWFORD WEEDER TO BE PRODUCED IN CANADA W. M. Hoskins has just returned from Canada where he has been to interest capital in the manufacture...
Press release People can sign up for summer reading at Havre Hill-County Library. People can enjoy a story walk around the library, enjoy some activities, and complete a scavenger hunt using all five of their senses! Cartoon Club is Tuesdays and Saturdays, 1 p.m., starting June 18, Enjoy six episodes of a cartoon (call library for details) . The same six6 episodes will play Saturday. Popcorn and drinks provided. Participants are welcome to linger and chat. July 26, 6 p.m., minutes for the Havre-Hill County Library Summer...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Tuesday that he made another request for assistance in dealing with Monday’s catastrophic failure of the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that provides much of the water in the Milk River each year. Taster said in a press release that he called on President Joe Biden Tuesday to include the Milk River Project in his administration’s domestic supplemental package, which would make federal funding available to assist in the reconstruction of the St. Mary’s canal. “While it is too early t...
Updated 1:58 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2024 The Montana Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation area manager said today the bureau is waiting for the water to finish flowing out of the breached siphons on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works and is working to get a feel for impacts caused by the breach and looking at possible models for replacement or partial repair. “We’re currently in an analysis, data gathering stage and we’re going to be in that posture for at least...
Posted 2:45 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2024 Editor’s note: This version corrects that Babb did experience flooding. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said a siphon on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that provides much of the water to the Milk River each year breached about 8:45 this morning, causing flooding at a motel and shutting down the diversion. "Emergency response teams have been deployed to contain and evaluate the damage," Ryan Newman, Reclamation's Montana Area Offic...
Editor’s note: This version adds the name of the crash victim, Robert Micheal Grimm, Robert Micheal Grimm of Havre, 39, died in a single-vehicle crash in Philips County early Friday morning June 24. Phillips County Coroner had not returned by printing deadline calls asking if the name of the crash victim has been released by the time this story orginally was filed, but released the name after the deadline. Montana Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred on U.S. Highway 2 at Mile Marker 462 near Malta. The Ford F-150 d...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the date of the field day. The local ham radio club again is inviting people to come watch — and use — amateur radios June 22-23 in Havre. Hi-Line Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the American Radio Relay League — ARRL — Field Day from noon Saturday, June 22, to noon Sunday, June 23, at Veterans Memorial Park on 11th Street west across from Montana State University-Northern’s Tilleman Field, club member Heather Hinckley said. Hinckley said the field day is an opportunity...
Work is set to start on repairing a major part of the system that has been called “The Lifeline of the Hi-Line.” U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced last Thursday that a more-than $88 million contract that is funded through his bipartisan infrastructure law has been awarded to Montana-based NW Construction to complete the St. Mary Diversion Dam Replacement project. The contract is part of the up to $100 million Tester secured for the Milk River Project through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Tes...
Posted 4:20 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2024 Phillips County Coroner this afternoon released to Havre Weekly Chronicle the name of a man who died in a car crash between Dodson and Malta last week. Robert Micheal Grimm of Havre, 39, was the man who died in the crash last Friday, June 7, 2024.. Montana Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred on U.S. Highway 2 at Mile Marker 462 near Malta. The Ford F-150 driven by Grimm was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 2 at 5:25 a.m. Friday when it drifted off the right side of the road and...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection did an about-face this week and announced that it has decided to extend the summer hours of the Port of Wild Horse at the U.S.-Canadian Border north of Havre to its usual summer hours for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. After U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., sent a letter to a letter to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Troy A. Miller the last week of May asking for the summer hours to resume, CBP said the agency planned to continue with the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours, with...
Rotary Club’s Annual Father’s Day Fish Derby is set for this weekend. Registration is Sunday, Father’s Day, from noon to 1 p.m. and fishing is from 1-3 p.m.at Rotary Pond in Beaver Creek Park. The event is free of charge and free lunch provided for all children and concessions sold for a small fee. Prizes will be given in Division 10 and under and Division 11-13....
Havre Daily News staff Havre Parks and Recreation Department announced that the Pepin Park summer program will run June 17 to August 8, Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A full schedule will be released on the program....
The Hill County Conservation District’s June board meeting has been moved to Wednesday, June 19, at 1 p.m. Unless otherwise specified, all HCCD board meetings are held in the USDA Service Center at 206 25th Ave W. Havre. The HCCD Board will be making a determination on a 310 stream permit application for Beaver Creek at the June meeting. A 310 permit is required to make any modification to the banks or bed of a perennial stream in the state of Montana, District Administrator Emma Korntheuer said. “Our recent application was...
Press release Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for May is Ivan Whiteman-Grant. Ivan is the son of Brueshana and Sunny Whiteman-Grant. He has two siblings, Ely and Brityn Whiteman-Grant. Ivan plays the trumpet in the middle school band. Outside of school, he is involved in track. In his free time, Ivan likes to play video games and spend time with his family. In the classroom, Ivan is a hard worker who excels in his academics. He is driven to do his best...
Press release Four Fort Belknap graduates of the Young Medicine Movement Program — YMM — have been selected for research training at the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Summer Internship Program — NINDS SIP — in Bethesda, Maryland, and at Northern Arizona University Cultural and Academic Research Experience — CARE — in Flagstaff, Arizona. Elayna Adams, a 2024 graduate of Chemawa Indian School, Salem, Oregon, has been accepted into the NAU CARE Program. She will train...
Watch for more on this in upcoming editions of Havre Weekly Chronicle. Havre City Council heard at its meeting Monday a recap of the incidents and actions before and during the six-week boil advisory the city was under until it was downgraded last week, and answered some questions from the audience of more than 30 people at the meeting. Havre Public Works Director Trevor Mork gave an update Monday, and said that information about the advisory, actions taken and actions planned is available for review at Havre City Hall. The...
Hill County Park Board members met up at Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis in Beaver Creek Park Monday to finalize preparations for the summer, as well as discuss and approve other projects that are overdue to be taken care of. In regard to cabin business, the board approved transfer of ownership, adding co-owners and retained improvement requests from a few cabin owners. Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said he is looking to improve the concrete outhouses, as "they are in...
Staff and wire The Primary Election is over, with voters selecting who will advance to the November general elections and, in Hill County, rejecting three proposals to study forms of government and for a tax to support county roads but passing a new levy to support the Havre City-County Airport. Out-of-city voters rejected a proposal to impose a mill levy to support work on county roads, 485 for and 789 against, but voters in the county passed a measure to impose a levy to support work at the airport 1,728-1,425. Proposals...
The Hi-Line Cruz’n Association is again bringing a plethora of classic cars to the area with its 36th Annual Bear Paw Rod Run, with this year’s theme Saturday Night Fever. The event brings car enthusiasts from around the state as well as across the state line and across the border. It starts with registration Friday from 5-9 p.m. at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, with registration again opening Saturday and running until 1 p.m. One of the highlights for the public is the annual Show & Shine, running Saturday from 11 a.m...
Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission The third building on Northern campus was the girl's residence hall, known by most as Donaldson Hall. The building provided rooms for 116 women attending college at Northern. The living room at Donaldson, now known as the Commons, was a social and elegant setting for college dance and receptions. The room was complete with fireplace and attractive furnishings. The grandness of Donaldson Hall quickly became the iconic symbol...
