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  • Health needs survey begins Tuesday

    Paul Dragu|Updated Jul 31, 2017

    A group of volunteers, on behalf of the Hill County Health Consortium, will conduct a three day door-to-door survey for the purpose of better understanding the health needs of the community. The surveying will begin Tuesday and continue for two more days from noon to 8 p.m. each day. The volunteers will be wearing tan vests and the survey will take about 15 minutes. Every three years, the Consortium - made up of Bullhook Community Health Center, Boys & Girls Club of the...

  • Rocky Boy powwow starts this week

    Alex Ross|Updated Jul 31, 2017

    Editor’s note: This story uses the most current schedule available to the Havre Daily News. The schedule in the special section on the powwow that will be in Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News went to press before it could be updated and may have some discrepancies. Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will come alive with displays of Native American culture this week when dancers and other travelers come to the smallest reservation in the state to take part in the 53rd annual Rocky Boy Celebration. Each year American India...

  • Northern's Collegiate Stockgrowers respond to Lodgepole Fires

    Updated Jul 31, 2017

    From Northern Ag Network SAND SPRINGS — The massive 270,000 acre Lodgepole Complex fires were still raging at zero percent contained when Barry Francis, a student at Montana State University-Northern was already on the phone to ranchers at Sand Springs asking where their Collegiate Stockgrowers organization could provide assistance. "We knew ranch families needed help," said Francis. "And while others might be able to donate hay, or money, or feed supplies, we thought the b...

  • Quick Pics: Tradition and culture and fun shines at Milk River Indian Days

    Updated Jul 31, 2017

  • Speaker talking on GOP women's club

    Alex Ross|Updated Jul 31, 2017

    Montana Federation of Republican Women President Heidi Roedel will be in Havre this week to solicit local interest in starting a Republican Women’s Club in Hill County. Roedel will speak at noon Tuesday near the gazebo at Pepin Park about her organization, what they do and how to start a local club. People are invited to bring a sack lunch. A flyer advertising the event says cookies and drinks will be provided. The county clubs are offshoots of the state federation and The National Federation of Republican Women, Roedel s...

  • Montana's clean energy future should not be financed on the backs of ratepayers

    Updated Jul 31, 2017

    Imagine that you were forced to sign a 25 year contract for gas for your car at three to four times the market price. That’s the exact situation NorthWestern Energy customers were facing without the Montana Public Service Commission’s recent action to reduce the contract length and rate available to small renewable projects known as Qualifying Facilities — QFs. As usual with actions that put ratepayers first, those who would have us promote renewables at any cost are hopping mad. The federal law that the Commission must...

  • For the Record, July 31, 2017

    Updated Jul 31, 2017

    Havre Police Department Officers assisted Probation and Parole after at an Antelope Court address Friday at 8:38 a.m. —— Officers investigated after a First Avenue caller reported Friday at 10:52 a.m. that a pickup truck had been stolen. —— Officers responded after a Havre Job Service caller asked to speak to an officer Friday at 12:39 p.m. about contents on a computer. —— Kenneth Charles Senigal of Kremlin, 18, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants Friday at 1:50 p.m. at the Hill County Courthouse. —— Karri Jo...

  • Correction - Hollingshead-Moyer engagement

    Updated Jul 31, 2017

    An engagement announcement published earlier about the engagement of Tara Hollingshead and Alden Moyer misreported the high school from which Moyer graduated. He graduated from North Star High School in 2007....

  • Obituary - Dorothy M. Schubert

    Updated Jul 31, 2017

    Arrangements are pending for Dorothy M. Schubert of Havre, 83, which will be announced with a full obituary when completed by the family. Schubert passed away July 29, 2017, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. Cremation and services have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home of Havre. Condolences can be left at http://www.hollandbonine.com....

  • 2017 Frontier Conference Football Preview: WR's/TE's

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 31, 2017

    For several teams, there are going to be some changes at the quarterback position this coming season in the Frontier Conference, while others are already set. Either way, however, the wide receivers and tight ends will play a major role in how explosive offenses are around the league in 2017. And, all over the Frontier, there are some very good pass catchers. At Montana State University-Northern, the receiver position has been one of youth and inexperience the last couple of s...

  • Ponies take to the mats of the Far East

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 31, 2017

    Martin Wilkie and Cameron Pleninger have already started to get a reputation for their wrestling in the state of Montana, but earlier this month, the two Havre High grapplers took their talents to the far east, as in Japan. Wilkie, a two-time state champion wrestler for the Blue Ponies and Pleninger, who was a runner-up as a freshman in his first high school season at HHS, were both selected to be part of a Montana team of wrestlers that took part in a cultural exchange trip...

  • Updated Jul 25, 2017