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Editor's note: This version corrects that the Air Fare breakfast is free with free-will donations accepted. A tradition more than eight decades long continues next week, with the North Central Hangar of the Montana Pilot's Association hosting the Air Fair Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Havre City-County Airport. "One of our goals here is to bring awareness to the public that we actually do have an airport, and it's a fairly busy airport, when you look at a community this size,"...
With dry heat following a wet winter and spring, burn bans are going into effect and this region is in a Red Flag fire warning today until 9 p.m. At 12:01 a.m. today Hill County implemented a burn ban, prohibiting people in Hill County from open burning until the ban is rescinded, and the City of Havre is implementing water restrictions. Under the burn ban no campfires will be allowed and no burn permits will be issued, but barbecuing is allowed provided all safety... Full story
BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II. In her 70 years on the throne, she helped modernize the monarchy across decades of enormous social change, royal marriages and births, and family scandals. For most Britons, she was the only monarch they had ever known. Her death in September was arguably the most high-profile death this year, prompting a collective outpouring of grief and respect for her steady leadership as well as some c...
Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press Throughout the past two weeks, a steady stream of witnesses have taken the stand in Yellowstone County District Court. Each spoke to the perceived pros or cons of three election administration laws passed in 2021 by the Montana Legislature — testimony that collectively addressed broader concerns about voter access and election security that lie at the heart of the case. Thursday marked the close of those proceedings, leaving Judge Michael Moses to review roughly 60 hours of testimony and h...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at the airport terminal Thursday, May 19, at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of April 22 minutes 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North end of South Half Way Lake (B) Airport attorney (C) Underground power 6. New business (A) 2023 budget (B) Essential Air Service 7. Approval of April claims....
Press release Small-scale farmers, food processors and distributors, and farmers markets have been financially impacted by COVID-19 may be able to access up to $20,000 to recover costs related to the pandemic. The National Center for Appropriate Technology — NCAT — is helping food producers access the dollars through the USDA’s Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program. Applications will open in early October. Producers should get prepared for the application period now. People who operate a small farm producing speci...
Members of the Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council met with a representative from the office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Wednesday at Bullhook Community Health Center to discuss their organization’s activities and the area’s behavioral health needs. LAC Chair Andi Daniel and Bullhook Community Health Center Behavioral Health Manager and LAC Secretary Deidre Reiter provided details and answered questions about the challenges the area faces when it comes to mental health care and substance abuse dis...
The headline to a story on the front page of Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News said Havre City-County Airport was upgrading its fleet of planes. Montana Essential Air Service provider Cape Air is upgrading its Montana fleet.... Full story
Hannah VanHoose, Chief of Staff............................................406.799.0801 Nathan Stein, Communications Director..................................847.420.6800 Megan Harbaugh, Budget & Appropriations Advisor...............406.475.0097 Alice Boyer, Committee & Indian Caucus Advisor....................406.544.9182 Josiah Porcel, Grassroots Organizer .......................................406.927.4126 Page 2 Table of Contents I. Talking Points, Page 3 II. Democratic Policy Packages, Page 5 III. Budget Update, Page 8...
Press release KINGS POINT, NY - Cameron James Pleninger of Havre was recently sworn in as a midshipman at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and as a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Pleninger was nominated by Montana's U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, to attend USMMA, located in Kings Point, New York, and one of the nation's five federal service academies. As part of his four-year education, Pleninger will spend one year training as a cadet aboard ocean going...
We are launching into the three-day weekend that unofficially marks the end of summer. I know, I know … it doesn’t officially end until Sept. 22. Yet I will cite the “proof” I learned in grade school in Mr. Olsen’s music class. The Robert Goulet ditty “Summer Sounds” we learned to sing and xylophone along with emphatically proclaims “June, July and August play a symphony/Under starry skies above, Happy summer sounds/The summer sounds I love.” There is no mention of September. As a kid, I can’t ever remember a Septembe...
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., stopped in Havre Tuesday to continue his tour to visit all 56 counties of Montana to discuss with local leaders about what is going on in the area. Several local officials and leaders met with Daines at the Bear Paw Development Corp. meeting room, with much, but not all, of the discussion related tot he COVID-19 pandemic. Daines is running for re-election this year and faces Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, who cannot run for re-election due to term...
It’s cool this morning. There is a different feel to the air. The days are slowly getting shorter, my bird dogs are getting restless and I am listening for that first bugle of a bull elk down in the river bottom. It’s that time when I, and all hunters, anxiously prepare for the glorious days we spend pursuing our quarry in the forests and uplands of our Montana. But this year things are different, and as we take to the field we must acknowledge that difference and change our behavior for the sake of the hunt, our wil...
Reliable, cost-effective public transportation for rural America is an important economic building block for our communities and often a vital service for our residents. But unlike our urban counterparts, rural public transportation options are often elusive, and seem to get caught in the political crosshairs of the federal government. Whether it’s funding for transit systems, Essential Air Service or Amtrak, public transportation in rural America often fights for the crumbs that are left after metropolitan and urban areas a...
Press release MontanaPBS will continue with the fourth installation of its live broadcast special "Answering Questions About Coronavirus" tonight at 7. The program will be available to view on-air, online via http://montanapbs.org/live and on the MontanaPBS Facebook page. During the special program, host John Twiggs will hold a conversation via video conference with State Medical Officer Dr. Greg Holzman; Jim Murphy, Montana chief epidemiologist, DPHHS Communicable Disease... Full story
Congress passed Friday the third — and by far the largest — aid package to help people, businesses and local governments deal with the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic, and President Donald Trump signed the $2 trillion package into law the same day. The same weekend, Montana had its second death of someone suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, confirmed, and Gov. Steve Bullock confirmed this morning the state has suffered its third and fourth deaths, both from Toole County. “Losing two more Montanans to CO... Full story
Dear Editor: I read the Republican administration’s budget proposal for 2021 — https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/budget_fy21.pdf . It cuts programs essential to our health, economic well-being and communities. Please support the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, also the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act. With our growing population, for example, we need mor...
Tensions about funding and operations of long-distance rail only underscores the legacy that service has on Montana's Hi-Line. At the National Rail Passengers Association Northwest Division annual meeting in Cut Bank last weekend, part of the discussion was of the importance of passenger rail service and its continuation in the United States, but a large portion was also celebrating the 90th anniversary of The Empire Builder, the premiere passenger rail service that has run...
In a telephone press conference from Washington, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, said he plans to vote against President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration once it reaches the Senate. Trump declared a national emergency Feb. 15 to fund building a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, accessing billions of dollars to use for the wall. Congress previously refused to give him money to build a wall, which led to the longest partial federal...
By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress gaveled open for a rare Saturday session days before Christmas as America's elected leaders partially shut down the government, unable to find a compromise over money for President Donald Trump's promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump is demanding $5 billion, but congressional Democrats are refusing to accede in a stalemate that provides a chaotic coda for Republicans in...
Two dozen Harlem High, Class of ’63 grads, arrived at the Great Northern Lodge for our 55th Class Reunion. Hugs, jabber, huge smiles: We provide instant love, just add self. I blurted, “We can no longer say, ‘My, you have not changed a bit.’” I am not sure anybody appreciated my comment. Truth is, undeniably, we have changed. Life has its way with us. But we are still us. Maybe more us. Pretense and posturing fell away over the years. Better usses. We still say, “You look...
The National Rail Passenger Corp. — aka Amtrak — seems to be trying to drive passengers away, and people across the nation need to let their voices be heard. Thursday, a couple went to the Havre Amtrak station — ticket agentless since June 1 due to the wisdom of the corporation — to put their grandson on the train to go to Glasgow. They found out that not only was no one there to sell them a ticket, but also their grandchild couldn’t get on the train any longer unless an adult rode with him, since no ticket agents were ther...
Press release Five Montana Farm Bureau members traveled to Washington, D.C., in early March not only to attend the American Farm Bureau Issues Advisory Committee meetings but to meet Montana’s congressional delegation and visit two agencies that have a strong effect on ag policy — the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and the Department of the Interio. Members included MFBF Director of National Affairs Nicole Rolf; Tonya Liles, a cattle rancher from Terry; Megan Mattson Hedges, a grain farmer from Chester; Chuck Rein, a ran...
Monday and Tuesday's regional record-breaking snowfall for October brought down trees and power poles all over Havre and as far east as Malta, resulting in widespread power outages, countywide road closures and emergency services inundated with hundreds of calls, officials say. Thirteen inches of snow fell in Havre from Monday through Tuesday at its recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Nutter said this morning. The...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a telephone press conference Wednesday that the federal government needs to change how it funds wildfire fighting, and it needs to treat wildfires like it does other natural disasters. "The Forest Service is robbing Peter to pay Paul when they are fighting these fires, and we need to fix that problem," Tester said Wildfire suppression is paid for through funds in the U.S. Forest Service budget. When fire suppression funds run low, the...
