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The city of Havre announced today the boil water advisory issued April 19 has been downgraded to a health advisory. The release announced the downgrade says people with compromised immune systems, infants and some elderly may be at higher risk. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care advisors. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.... Full story
Veterans groups held ceremonies at the Veterans Memorial at Havre's Town Square Monday and events at the Havre Elks Club following for Memorial Day.... Full story
Two women alleged to be connected to the March 28 double-homicide in Box Elder have been arrested on drug charges. Melody Rose Bernard, who operates the restaurant Ziah's Place and the businesss High Society in Box Elder, and Ashley Jocelyn "Green Eyes" Cortez of California were shared in U.S. District Court Wednesday with possessing with intent and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Court documents say both are connected with the March 18 shootings of Darr... Full story
Posted 1:40 p.m., Saturday, May 25, 2024 This week's print edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle went out to the stores and racks today, although press problems forced it to be printed in black and white only. Press delays also prevented it being mailed today. The edition will be mailed to subscribers Tuesday. After 14 work-hours Friday - Thanks to Derek Vaughn and Stacy Mantle of Hill County Printing for Vaughn's help with the press Friday - it appeared Friday evening the... Full story
After resolving one set of problems with the press and doing some printing Thursday, new problems with the press arose this morning, Friday, May 24, and the paper could not finish printing the Thursday, May 23, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle. Technicians have been working on the press all day and hope to have it printed and on the street and in the mail Saturday. All content is available online at www.havredailynews.com. Subscribers can log in at the website and access the full e-edition PDFs. Subscribers who do not... Full story
Press release Photos courtesy Havre Public Schools Education Foundation in no particular order Havre Public Schools Education Foundation presented scholarships in an awards ceremony at Havre High School last Thursday, The foundation presented 37 individual awards totaling $35,775 to 27 different individuals. The awards are: AXEL SCHMAING MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $1,000 Axel Schmaing Memorial award goes to Landon Molitor -- HHS BLEWETT BEST STUDENT/WRESTLER SCHOLARSHIP $500 HHS... Full story
MANCHESTER, N.H. Southern New Hampshire University announced that Josephine Rosette of Box Elderwas named to the Winter 2024 President’s List and Lisa Berry of Havre was named to the Winter Dean’s List. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winte... Full story
PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. — Paul Smith’s College announced that Rhoda Peterson of Havre, Montana, has been named to the Spring 2024 Adirondack Scholars list at the college.... Full story
Press release The Montana Grain Growers Association and the Montana Grains Foundation announced the recipients of their college scholarships for 2024-2025. The Montana Grain Growers Association $1,000 scholarship winners are: Reinhard Bold is a senior at Havre High School and planning to attend Montana State University-Northern to pursue a degree in agricultural operations technology. He strives to take on the family farm and ranch when the time comes. Rhett Wolery grew up on a family farm in Rudyard. He is currently a crop... Full story
A shop has opened in the Atrium offering custom tattoos and head shop items. Owner Memory Spencer and licensed tattoo artist Dylan decided to name the new shop Havre DMs. "I thought it was super funny if we could go, 'Hey, if you are itching for some ink, slide on down to your local DMs," Spencer said. "And then, who's not going to remember that, you know?" Spencer said she had gone through treatment at White Sky Hope Treatment Center on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, then... Full story
Press release The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday $1 million in Brownfields grant funding including in Havre and Box Elder to support the environmental assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of critical properties in communities across northern Montana. The EPA awards are being provided to two grantees. Bear Paw Development Corp. will receive $500,000 in EPA Brownfields funding for high-priority projects in Havre and Box Elder. The Sweetgrass Development Corporation will also receive $500,000 to assess... Full story
By Emily Mayer When this area of Montana was first settled by Americans coming from some other place in the country or immigrants coming from far away places, there were a few ranches followed by the creation of Fort Assinniboine. The Homestead Act had been signed into law in 1864, but farms really didn’t get a big boost until the arrival of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, one of the precursors to the Great Northern Railway, arrived in this area in 1887. With the revision of the Homestead Act in 1910 and h... Full story
Press release The Hill County Democrats are calling their 2024 Democratic Delegate Selection County Convention for the Democratic National Convention to be held Wednesday, June 5. “We will caucus with the purpose of electing delegates to be sent to the Montana Democratic Party’s Delegate Selection Convention in Havre, Saturday, June 8, to elect Montana Democrats to serve as delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the week of August 18th, 2024,” Hill County Democratic Committee Chair Lindsey Ratliff said.... Full story
Plant a Seed…READ! will be celebrating its 10th year as a nonprofit and 14 years as an affiliate with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Saturday, June 1st from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the former Famous Footwear store location in the Holiday Village Mall. “Come and enjoy a free lunch, games and activities as the children Buzz in with Bees and Books,” Executive Program Director Lorraine Verploegen said in a release. “There will be a Chinese Auction and Raffles items donated by community members and individuals. Proceeds will enroll ch... Full story
At a Hill County Commission business meeting last Thursday, a Havre City Council member said issues arising from the water boil advisory, and restrictions on businesses due to that advisory, have shown a need for greater communication between the local public entities and with the public. That will likely be one of the topics at a special City Council meeting Monday, May 20, at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall when the council reviews the issue and issues raised at the May 6 meeting. After some issues arose with the water treatment...
Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said in a release issued Tuesday that a deputy shot a man in Hill County early Tuesday morning after a chase. There is no risk to public safety at this time and all suspects have been apprehended, Ross said in the release. Hill County sheriff’s deputies responded to notification from Rocky Boy police at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday that tribal officers were in pursuit of a pickup truck leaving Rocky Boy”s Indian Reservation and the occupants of the vehicle were shooting at the officers while fleeing. The...
H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board members met Monday evening to discuss the upcoming summer season preparations for the museum, as well as the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump. Museum manager Caroline Tuss talke about the museum summer hours beginning after Memorial Day "Staffing allowing it, will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week," she said. If the board is unable to staff those hours, the hours may switch to Tuesday to Saturday. The hours for the Buffalo Jump will be 9...
A cross walk followed by a rally to investigate better protection for Box Elder schools is set for Saturday. The cross walk is set to start in Big Sandy at 9 a.m. Saturday at the rest area there and will proceed to Box Elder. “Because of the darkness of alcoholism, drug addiction, missing and murdered indigenous persons and violence in north-central Montana and the Hi-Line, we will carry a cross, walk and pray,” a flyer about the event says, saying people can call Pastor Rich Jesperson at 406-680-7080 fro more inf...
Commissioner Mark Peterson said during a commission working meeting Monday that levels in Beaver Creek are going down, but slowly and it may be high for some time. Peterson said the only major damage so far has been at Evergeen Campground off of U.S. Highway 87 and Beaver Creek Golf Course west of town on U.S. Highway 2, other than on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, which also declared an emergency. The Hill County Commission issued a declaration of emergency last week due to the rising levels of the creek. Peterson said M...
Editor’s note: Due to an editorial error, this story was not published in the Thursday, May 6, edition of the Weekly Chronicle. Hill County Park Board members met Monday evening, May 6, to discuss maintenance for Beaver Creek Park. Jeff Jensen was re-elected as the chairman for the board, and Pam Wilson was elected to be the vice chairman. The committee is waiting for estimates from Clausen and Son’s and Korb construction to replace the Beaver Lodge. Extra funds are still required to proceed with the project, as well as possi...
Press release The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum announced it will launch its new exhibit “Into the world of the Dinosaur Mummy” Saturday, May 18, with free admission and a special showcase beginning at 4 p.m. Utilizing tourism grant funds from the Montana Department of Commerce Eastern Montana Initiative, the project invested in technologies to develop an interactive wall exhibit, a marketing plan that included an updated website and social media campaign for an augmented exhibit focused on the Mummy Dinosaur, Leonardo. Dis...
Press release The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation announced that Erin Lynch, a teacher at Sunnyside Intermediate School in Havre, has been accepted to participate in its workshop for educators sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and the Japanese American Incarceration will teach educators about the conditions that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, at Heart Mountain, Wyo., and nine other camps around the country. The...
