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With only four days left until Election Day, Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte and his running mate Phillips County Commissioner Lesley Robinson stopped by the Hill County Republican headquarters Thursday to energize local party activists It was one of 42 stops on a statewide whistle stop tour in the final stage of the campaign. Sen. Steve Daines, a longtime family friend and former vice president of Gianforte's business, stumped with the candidates....
Press release Medicare’s annual open enrollment is in full swing, with people having until Dec. 7 to review and, if desired, change their Madicare drug plan or Medicare health — Advantage — plan. The most important thing people can ask themselves is, “How well has my current plan been serving me?” The annual open enrollment is the opportunity for people to review the medications and other services their plan covers. The main reason to review the plan annually is to make certain the plan is best for the person’s need at the...
Montana Democratic candidates vying for state and federal office were in Havre Thursday to rally the party faithful and assail their Republican opponents during a campaign rally in the front lobby of The 305 Building on Fourth Avenue. The visit was part of what Gov. Steve Bullock, who is on the ballot, said was an 1,800-mile jaunt that began Wednesday. The tour will take Bullock, Democratic congressional candidate Denise Juneau and other candidates on the ballot to 10 cities...
Producers to receive ballots week of Nov. 7 WASHINGTON — Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin mailing ballots to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the 2016 FSA County Committee elections Monday, Nov. 7. Producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by Dec. 5,to ensure that their vote is counted. “Producers elected to FSA county committees play a vital role in local agricultural decisions,” said Dolcini. “Their contrib...
Due to the federal holidays on Tuesday, Election Day, and Friday, Veterans Day, Havre city garbage truck runs will change next week. The trucks will run Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For people whose pickup is normally Tuesday or Friday, if they will put their cans out on one of those three days, it ail be picked up....
During a monthly meeting Thursday with regional superintendents, the executive director of the Montana Rural Education Association talked about a new policy that will open Montana borders and make it easier for qualified out-of-state teachers to fill some much-needed gaps. "The short version of the rule change is: If you work for five years under a regular license from another state and can come with a good recommendation from a previous employer, you can get licensed in the...
The board of the Havre-Hill County Library is asking Hill County taxpayers to pay a little more to continue to have the full services — and possibly restore others — the library now provides. Bonnie Williamson, retired director of the library and chair of the library’s funding foundation board, said the Havre-Hill County Library relies heavily on the foundation and Friends of the Library, which allows it to continue providing services that are regularly praised by users. But, “operating a library on donations for any buildin...
The Montana State University-Northern Collegiate Stockgrowers Club will host their third annual Meet-N-Greet this Saturday in Northern’s Student Union Building Ballroom. Mary Heller, director of Northern’s Career Center and and an advisor to the collegiate stockgrowers, said the event is fast becoming a local tradition. “I think the event will be bigger than it was last year,” Heller said. “We just seem to be growing.” The Meet-N-Greet will start at 5 p.m with an open-bar social hour. At 6 p.m a prime rib dinner will be ser...
Havre Daily News staff The Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has reminded voters that absentee ballots must be in the Clerk and Recorder’s office by Nov. 8. Ballots received after Nov. 8 will not be counted. If a ballot is mailed before Nov. 8 but does not arrive by Election Day, it will not be counted. Voters are recommended to drop them off at the Hill County Clerk and Recorders Office in the Hill County Courthouse at 315 Fourth Street in Havre....
By Emily Mayer The newspapers continued election coverage 100 years ago, printing columns from supporters urging undecided voters to support their candidates for various reasons at the polls. Candidates and their supporters were just as passionate about electing their choice as today, but the gargantuan difference between then and now is a complete lack of vitriol against the opposition. Print news against any candidates stuck to policy differences, with polite and well-reasoned arguments why voters should not vote for the...
Editor Montana scientists need a stable, reliable, funding source to develop leading Centers of Excellence that move basic research to patient care. That’s why on Nov. 8, we must vote Yes on I- 181, a bond initiative to fund biomedical research in Montana. Importantly, I-181 is a bond issue, not a tax. The program’s financing structure actually protects taxpayers, making a long-term investment in healthcare and medicine, so current taxpayers do not have to shoulder the costs of medical and scientific research that will benefi...
