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  • For the Record, Dec. 2, 2020

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Havre Police Department Julia Michelle Morin of Havre, 21, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, criminal mischief vandalism and driving with no driver's license after callers on First Street reported Tuesday at 9:03 a.m. seeing a person in a red Jeep stop and slash tires on a pickup truck. -- A caller on Saddle Butte Drive reported at 4:55 p.m. that a vehicle had been hit during the night. -- Lance Kyle Timblin of Sandpoint, Idaho, was arrested on a charge...

  • Brown turns charity efforts toward home

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Havre native Dr. R. Scott Brown has decided to retire from medicine to further pursue charity work and his own music career, both of which increasingly seek to address racial inequality in the United States, and is starting an effort with a tribute to one of his Havre friends. Brown is an anesthesiologist with a sub-speciality in interventional-pain medicine and also has a master's degree in international public health, which he has made use of during his numerous medical...

  • MSU-Northern student receives award for her prolific volunteer work

    Grant Evans|Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Montana State University-Northern Senior Jennell Huff was recognized with The Montana Student Volunteer Award by the Governor's Office of Community Service and Montana Campus Compact campuses. The award was unexpected for Huff. "I was very shocked and very humbled. Very, very humbled to even be considered, and I didn't know until the newspaper contacted me and I was like, 'What are you talking about?" Huff is a business administration major and is pursuing a minor in...

  • School board sets meeting to interview board applicants

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Havre Public Schools announced this morning that the Havre Board of Trustees will meet Thursday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. at Havre Middle School to interview the three finalists for the Board of Trustees appointment to take the place of Trustee Brian Williams, who has resigned. The three final interviewees are Scott Adams, Jim Donovan and Lorraine Larson. A Zoom link will be posted on the district website next week. No other action will be taken at the Dec. 10 meeting. The compilation and results from the boards screening...

  • Governor announces new crisis counseling hotline

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Note: This was provided by the Office of the Montana Governor HELENA —Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday a new crisis counseling hotline funded by a $1.6 million federal grant is now available to aid Montanans struggling with their mental health due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency. “We know Montanans in every corner of the state have been impacted by this virus in various ways and I’m pleased this hotline is available to support anyone in need,” Bullock said. “I encourage Montanans to use th...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's update was 64,340 with 937 new cases, 16,094 active.

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    The number of active hospitalizations was 478. The number of deaths was 713. Blaine County reported Tuesday evening 4 new cases, 528 total, 30 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 19 deaths Hill County reported Tuesday evening 13 new cases, 1,367 total, 237 active, 11 active hospitalizations, 31 deaths Rocky Boy — reported Monday night, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 14 new cases, 658 total, 108 active cases, 86 active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, 3 active hospitalizations, deaths not lis...

  • Mandatory wolf trapping class offered online

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will offer the last online wolf trapping certification class of the season Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. To register for the free class, people can visit the FWP website at http://fwp.mt.gov and follow the links to “Education” and “Wolf Trapper Education & Certification.” Because of current COVID-19 restrictions, FWP will offer no in-person classes this fall. The class will be online via ZOOM. Students will be sent the ZOOM address f...

  • Montana FSA lists program deadlines

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    From Montana FSA Montana FSA has issued a list of upcoming deadlines: • Dec. 7: Voted FSA county committee election ballots due to FSA • Dec. 11: Last day of 2021 Dairy Margin Coverage signup • Dec. 11: Deadline to sign up for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 • Dec. 14: Deadline to sign up for the Seafood Trade Relief Program • Dec. 31: 2021 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Coverage Application closing date for honey • Jan. 2: 2021 Acreage Reporting Deadline for honey covered under NAP — or 30 days after pl...

  • Dec. 7 deadline on FSA county committee voting is near

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    From USDA Farm Service Agency Ballots for USDA Farm Service Agency county committee elections were mailed in early November to eligible voters and are due back to FSA by Dec. 7. If a local administrative area had a committee seat open this year, and eligible voters should have received a ballot in the mail. Producers who did not receive a ballot can pick one up at the local FSA office. Members of American Indian tribes holding agricultural land are eligible to vote in an FSA county committee election if the tribal member...

  • Extension lists sessions offering pesticide points

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Havre Daily News staff Montana State University Hill County Extension is inviting people to a “last chance program” to get six pesticide recertification points. Two training sessions offering pesticide points are available, with each session offering three points. The sessions are both Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds. One session is from 9 a.m. to noon and the other is 1-4 p.m. Each session is limited to 25 people. For more information, people can call MSU Hill County Extension at 265...

  • USDA limiting in-person visits at some service centers

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday it is temporarily restricting in-person visits for numerous service centers in Montana because of elevated rates of coronavirus community spread, but USDA employees will continue to assist agricultural producers with programs and services. USDA is using a phased, data-driven approach to determine which service centers are open for in-person appointments. Field work, including conservation planning assistance, will continue with appropriate social dist...

  • Letter to the Editor - No constitutional right to cause harm

    Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Editor, As a well-known constitutional conservative and private property rights proponent, some may be surprised to find that I take exception and disagree with the four obstructionist members of the Flathead County Health Board and the openly defiant Republican Caucus at the Legislature in Helena. In defending property rights, I have consistently maintained that the owner has constitutional rights to utilize their property as they choose — provided they do not adversely affect the health and safety of others. Likewise, c...

  • The Post Script: Big, ridiculous goal

    Carrie Classon|Updated Dec 2, 2020

    My friend Anita is felting up a storm. Philip is cooking something new and posting a photo of it every day. Megan is reading Shakespeare on video, Jason is doing woodwork projects, Tom and Mary and Katie are sewing thousands of masks, and Peggy is studying Spanish, German and Latin — all at once. Then there are the folks who are just trying to make it through the week, working jobs that demand more and more of them every day. There is no right way to do this. I decided to p...

  • Blue Pony winter schedules announced

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 2, 2020

    The Montana High School Association delayed the start of the 2020-21 winter sports season, as far as competition goes, until January. And, the start of practice until Dec. 7. The MHSA did so for several reasons, all of course, related to the COVID-19 pandemic. And those reasons included giving Montana activities directors more time to piece together schedules for winter sports, since they had to be altered in so many ways due to guidelines for playing during the pandemic. Now,...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Mascio McCadney, Lights Basketball

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 2, 2020

    Shawn Huse has always scoured the country to find the next great Light. Yes, Huse has an expansive recruiting base, and he's always found the talent to help keep the Lights as one of the premier programs in the Frontier Conference. However even as creative as Huse has always been in his recruiting, Detroit hasn't been the norm when it comes to finding Lights, or Frontier players in general. And yet, Detroit is exactly where the leader of this year's Montana State...

  • Updated Nov 25, 2020