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  • From FSA - Montana FSA dates and deadlines

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    From USDA Farm Service Agency Farmers and ranchers are reminded of the following program dates and deadlines. Contact your local FSA office for assistance. Ongoing: Producers are reminded to contact FSA right away for notice of loss deadlines and any NAP and livestock disaster program requirements. June 3 to Aug. 23: Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup period July 16 to Sept. 13: 2019 CRP Summer/Fall Managed Grazing Period (prior approval required) June 17 to Sept. 20: Dairy Margin Coverage signup period...

  • From FSA - Montana Farm Service Agency is hiring in four locations

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    From USDA Farm Service Agency The Montana Farm Service Agency is seeking to fill four full-time, permanent program technician positions at county field office locations across the state of Montana. FSA offers benefits such as health insurance, life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, and flexible work schedules. Potential applicants interested in learning more about open positions with the Montana Farm Service Agency and/or applying for these positions should click on the links below: Farm Program...

  • From FSA - Nomination deadline nearing for County Committee elections

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    From USDA Farm Service Agency USDA Farm Service Agency is accepting nominations for County Committee members through Aug. 1. Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the County Committee. Individuals may nominate themselves or others as a candidate. Organizations, including those representing beginning, women, Native American tribes and other minority producers, also may nominate candidates. Committees make important decisions about how federal farm programs are...

  • MAT youth production 'She Kills Monsters' premieres Thursday

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    Interns working for Montana Actors' Theatre are bringing to the stage a story this week about a young woman learning about her younger sister by entering a role-playing game. "She Kills Monsters" is coming to The Little Theater in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall starting Thursday at 8 p.m. Qui Nguyen wrote "She Kills Monsters," which had its Off-Off Broadway debut in 2011 in New York City at The Flea Theater. When young woman Agnes Evans loses her family to a...

  • Fair board says 2019 Great Northern Fair a success

    Derek Hann|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    Although the final numbers and counts aren't in, the Great Northern Fair Board members agreed Tuesday during the board's monthly meeting at the fairgrounds that this year went well and they are beginning to think about what can be done next year. "Overall, it was a job well-done for everybody," Recently hired fairgrounds manager Frank English said. "Counting more smiles than frowns. We have more smiles than frowns, so I call it a success." At the meeting the board and members...

  • Heat brings red flag fire warnings to the region

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    High temperatures and gusty winds are bringing fire warnings to north-central Montana. National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for today running from Glacier County down to the Butte and Bozeman regions and running east to parts of Valley County. “Any spark, man-made or nature-caused, may cause new fire starts,” the warning reads. Heat roasting much of the United States crept into north-central Montana this week, with the high recorded for Havre at the City-County Airport 92 degrees Monday and 99 degrees Tue...

  • Correction - Tuss, Morrow appointed to Montana council on climate change

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    In a front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about Gov. Steve Bullock appointing people to the Montana Climate Change Council, the name of Montana State University Assistant Vice President of Research and Economic Development Jayne Morrow was misspelled....

  • Correction - Indian relay horse injury

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    A front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a horse that was injured Sunday during the Indian Relay competition at the Great Northern Fair misreported the name of the team the horse was part of. The name of the team is Fights Alone....

  • Agenda - Havre-Hill County Library Board

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    Havre-Hill County Library Board will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Havre-Hill County Library Meeting Room. The meeting agenda is: Minutes Sign monthly budget Library Director’s Report • Summer Reading • Foundation Old business New business • New employee Policy review Correspondence Public comment Adjournment Schedule: • Books and Babies is every Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. • Story Time is every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. • Lego Time/Robotics is every Thursday, 3:30-5 p.m. • Aug. 7 at 5 p.m.: Deadline to record minut...

  • For the Record, July 24, 2019

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    Havre Police Department Jaden James Blacktongue of Havre, 18, was issued a summons on a charge of partner or family member assault, after a caller on Fifth Street reported a possible disturbance at 1:08 p.m. Tuesday. —— Bailey Houston Fiddler of Box Elder, 22, was arrested on charges of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, resisting arrest and shoplifting, after a caller at a First Street business reported a male shoplifter Tuesday at 3:16 p.m. Hill County She...

  • Obituary - Scott Young

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    Scott Young, 69, passed away Saturday, July 20. Visitation will be Thursday, July 25th, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. His Celebration of Life Service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the 4-H Chuckwagon at the Hill County Fairgrounds. Please visit Scott's online memorial page at www.hollandbonine.com to leave a message of condolence for his family. A full obituary will follow....

  • Obituary - Herbert "Herbie" Hanson

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

    Herbert "Herbie" Hanson, 70, passed away in a motorcycle accident on the Bear Tooth Highway Saturday, July 20, 2019. A motorcycle motorcade will lead Herbie to his viewing, beginning at noon, Sunday, July 28th, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. All are welcome to join in sending him off in the way he would have wanted. The motorcade will proceed through various areas of town before arriving at St. Jude Catholic Church. His viewing will begin at 1 p.m., followed by his prayer...

  • The Postscript: Marital privilege

    Carrie Classon|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    I’ve been having my husband, Peter, cut my hair. I’m not sure I would recommend this to everyone, but I have almost no hair. Actually, I have the usual number of hairs, but they are so fine that a hair that falls from my head into the sink is invisible to the naked eye. Peter cuts his own hair and kept insisting he could cut mine. I was waiting weeks to get an appointment with a stylist and, when I finally got in, pay an extraordinary amount per milligram of hair cut. The hai...

  • Sports Photos: New fun for local youth golfers...

    Updated Jul 24, 2019

  • Locals ride in NHSFR

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    A pair of local contestants competed at last weeks Cinch National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The NHSFR ran July 14-20, with local rodeo standouts Mary Gibson and Cole Hould competing. Gibson, who will be a freshman at Havre, competed in goat tying in Wyoming, where she finished 19th in performance 2, and 23rd in performance 13. Overall, Gibson's average was a 36.96 for 105th place. Hould, who is home schooled, and is in grade 11, competed in the bull...

  • Havre 12U All-Stars play good ball at state tourney

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    The Havre 12U All-Star baseball team had a strong run in the postseason recently. Earlier this month, the squad traveled to the Cal Ripken 12U East State Tournament in Glendive, where they made it to the Final Four, before being eliminated by host Glendive, 8-6 in the semifinals. Havre went 3-0 in pool play, defeating Miles City 13-3. Glasgow 9-5 and Glendive 7-6. The team was composed of Kash Keller, Matt Lemer, Jevin Jenkins, Tre Gary, Dax Ostwalt, Bodhy Lassle, Colter...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Kasee Henderson, Havre High Football

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 24, 2019

    If it seems like Kasee Henderson, Havre High's All-State left tackle, is bigger, faster and stronger than he was a season ago, that's because he is. However, as much as Henderson's body has grown, it's the growth he has shown as a player that has so many college football teams interested in where he will play when his Blue Pony career comes to a close. "I didn't really think I would play college football when I was younger," Henderson said at this week's Blue Pony Football...