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  • FWP solicits public input on its plan for managing wolves

    Updated Oct 27, 2023

    by Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press Montana has a new draft plan to guide its management of wolves, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced late last week. The proposal has implications for a lawsuit over state lawmakers’ attempts to reduce wolf numbers and a petition seeking the restoration of federal protections based on claims that Montana’s laws and regulations jeopardize the animal’s recovery. The Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan drafted by FWP would replace the 20-year-old document that’s guided...

  • Smudge the Rez wraps up in Havre

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 26, 2023

    The last stop of the Rocky Boy Health Center's Smudge the Rez Tour was held at the Holiday Village Mall in Havre Wednesday, with music, dancing, prizes, burning sage, food and speakers from local organizations talking about the services they provide to those in need. The series of events and ceremonies were set up to address the increase in suicide the Rocky Boy area has seen in the past few years, and to raise awareness about local services. People crowded into a vacant area...

  • 1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana

    Updated Oct 26, 2023

    Staff and wire report The first major snowstorm of the season dumped snow across the state, with a few inches dropping across this portion of north-central Montana but up to a foot of snow falling in the Helena, area by Wednesday, sending an army of snowplows and sand trucks out onto the roads. Residents woke up to swirling snow and the sound of shovels on sidewalks just days after temperatures rose into the lower 80s. Trees decked out in fall colors and some Halloween...

  • Pershing Hall featured as historic ornament from preservation commission

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 26, 2023

    The Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission is selling its 2023 Christmas ornaments of Pershing Hall at Montana State University-Northern, presenting the first of the ornaments to Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel Wednesday afternoon. Every year, the commission honors a historic building or location in the area, having a Christmas ornament designed to commemorate it and its historic and cultural importance to the area, and this year the recipient was Pershing Hall, which they...

  • Havre Community Pool reopens

    Updated Oct 26, 2023

    Press release Havre Community Pool announced it has fixed the problems with its chlorinator and reopened Wednesday. The announcement said the pool also is looking to hire lifeguard and receptionist positions, with hours ranging from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. People can pick up applications at the pool or city hall, and PDFs are also available to print off at https://www.ci.havre.mt.us/employment ....

  • Little Texas concert canceled, being rescheduled

    Updated Oct 26, 2023

    Press release Havre Chief of Police Gabe Matosich said the Little Texas concert scheduled for tonight at The Bigger Better Barn on the Great Northern Fairgrounds has been canceled. The show, sponsored as a fundraiser by the Montana Association of Chiefs of Police, will be rescheduled, Matosich said. Wee Bit Smaller Productions, which was putting on the show, will be announcing when it will be rescheduled, he said....

  • Havre man connected to Arizona teen Navarro charged with sex crimes

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 25, 2023

    A Havre man, who court documents say was living with a teenager reported missing four years ago in Arizona when she was 14, has been charged in state District Court with crimes related to images found on his cellphone. Edmund Davis, 36, was charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse of children and is being held in the Hill County Detention Center on $1 million bond, as ordered by state District Court Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz. The first charge, for possessing electronic communication images of a child or children 12 or...

  • Quick pics: Snow, snow and more snow

    Updated Oct 25, 2023

  • Havre Community Pool still closed

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 25, 2023

    The Havre Community Pool is still closed due to issues with their boiler and a recent breakdown of their chlorinator. Havre Community Pool Receptionist Megan Miller said they don’t really have a timeline for when they are going to be reopening, but they are attempting to fix these as fast as they possibly can. “We don’t really know when we will be able to open,” Miller said. “Hopefully soon.” The pool’s opening had already been delayed due to issues with the boiler, but the chlorinator problems developed recently....

  • Quick pics: A dedication for Veterans

    Updated Oct 24, 2023

  • Snow returns to Havre as temps plummet

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 24, 2023

    Snow has fallen in Havre and nearly two full months before winter begins as temperatures plummet below freezing after a short few weeks of cool weather. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory beginning at 6 p.m. tonight and ending at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with a 90 percent chance of snow tonight and 80 percent Wednesday, reducing to 50 percent as the day goes on. As for snow, the weather service is predicting a 60 percent chance of snow early in the day and 30 percent later in the day, reducing to 20...

  • Quick pics: Boots on the ground to stamp out hunger

    Updated Oct 24, 2023

  • Havre Elks organizing blanket and coat drives

    Updated Oct 24, 2023

    Press release Havre Elks Lodge No. 1201 is organizing its Blanket Drive and a Coat Drive for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, and is recruiting recipients for the bedding and coats as well as donations for both drives. If people would like to sign up themselves, their family, friends or someone in need of blankets, comforters, sheets and other bedding, or for coats for all ages and sizes, they can call Brandy Kurtz at 406-390-0091. The first distribution of bedding and coats is Nov. 15 and the second is Dec. 13 in the...

  • Montana K9 Safety and FWP to host free dog trap release workshop

    Updated Oct 24, 2023

    Press release Montana K9 Safety, along with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, will offer a free workshop for dog owners interested in learning how to free dogs from traps. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 3, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites, 1425 US Highway 2 on Boot Hill Plaza in Havre. For centuries, people have trapped furbearers across Montana. Fur trapping is highly regulated, biologically sustainable, and an important part of Montana’s cultural history and outdoor lifestyle. H...

  • Five bands rock the barn Saturday

    Updated Oct 23, 2023

    This year's Beaver Creek Jam at the Great Northern Fairgrounds drew a crowd of music lovers Saturday to hear bands, including local artists, play in the Bigger Better Barn. The night was filled with classic rock and a bit of metal music along with food, games and giveaways, and attendees gave the event good reviews. "It was good this year," said Mike Peterson. " ... It was a good time." Among the bands that played were popular '60s-style rock band Blue Tattoo, Deep Purple...

  • Quickpics: Crabs, fun and funding

    Updated Oct 23, 2023

  • Quick pics: Spooky circus haunts Havre

    Updated Oct 23, 2023

  • Speech judging clinic set for Wednesday

    Updated Oct 23, 2023

    Press release Havre High School speech and debate has set a judging clinic for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the high school library for people interested in judging for the Havre invitational tournament Saturday. Havre head coach Tim Leeds said the coaching staff will answer any questions at the clinic and help people review the process and ballots used at the tournament. Leeds said conflicts and illnesses have arisen that have left the tournament short some judges, as well as losing contact with some regular judges. “We have a g...

  • Quick pics: Teaching fire safety

    Updated Oct 23, 2023

  • E.L.F Drive to run Monday, volunteers sought

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 20, 2023

    The Annual E.L.F - Everybody Loves Firefighters - Food Drive will be running early this year, Monday Oct. 23, with the Havre Fire Department collecting food from porches around Havre. Firefighters will drive around town between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. and people are encouraged to leave non-perishable food on their porches or sidewalks with the lights on. The food will go to the District 4 Human Resources Development Council's Havre Community Food Bank to help those in need....

  • 2,000-acre fire near Big Sandy is out

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 20, 2023

    A 2,000-acre grass and brush fire about 10 miles from Big Sandy is mostly out with no injuries and no structures burnt after sending plumes of smoke up into the air Thursday afternoon. The Chouteau County Sheriff's Office reported that the fire began around 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Judith Landing area and was largely out by 7 p.m. thanks to the efforts of the Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department along with the Loma Rural Volunteer Fire Department and the Montana Department of...

  • Hill County approves MACo intervention in property tax lawsuit

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 20, 2023

    At their weekly business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission passed a resolution authorizing the Montana Association of Counties to intervene on their behalf in ongoing litigation between the state and counties regarding state education levies. Gov. Greg Gianforte’s Department of Revenue recently directed the counties to collect the full 95 mills of the state’s school equalization levy, which supports schools in lower income areas, but counties across the state, including Hill County, bucked the governor, ins...

  • Fun and fame at the Food Fair and Fashion Festival in 1973

    Updated Oct 20, 2023

    by Emily Mayer Fifty years ago, on a beautiful autumn October afternoon, hundreds of local women gathered at the Armory Gymnasium on then Northern Montana College's campus to attend the 1973 Food Fair and Fashion Festival. This event was organized by the many homemaker extension clubs in Hill, Blaine, Chouteau and Phillips counties, local merchants in those communities, KOJM radio station, the Havre Chamber of Commerce, and others. The purpose of the event was to share...

  • Hi-Line Curling Club announces two free open curl sessions

    Updated Oct 20, 2023

    Press release The Hi-Line Curling Club announced the commencement of the upcoming curling season with two free open curl sessions. "We are delighted to invite the community to our open curl sessions," Hi-Line Curling Club President Carl Little said. "Curling is a sport that promotes teamwork, sportsmanship, and a sense of community. We welcome everyone to come and try it out, regardless of their experience level. It's a chance to have fun, stay active, keep the winter blues...

  • Vincent, Berg butt heads over sanitarian issue during Board of Health meeting

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 19, 2023

    A meeting of the Hill County Board of Health became contentious Wednesday as Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg, also the county's health officer, repeated her request that the Hill County sanitarian be brought back under the Hill County Health Department, a request that received significant resistance. Berg said the duties of the Hill County sanitarian - a position now filled part-time by Clay Vincent, who has been retired as the county full-time sanitarian and...

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