News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 76 - 100 of 1079
The U.S. economy is in the midst of strong economic growth, bolstered by meaningful increases in middle income wages and business investment, Patrick Barkey, director of the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said Wednesday. Barkey presented his data at the Bureau’s 43rd Annual Economic Outlook Seminar in Hensler Auditorium in Montana State University-Northern’s Applied Technology Center. The Havre seminar was the last of nine stops across Montana, where economists talked about current econo...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to show Penny Hadford and Dana Kjersem both filed as candidates Monday. A flurry of filings late last week and Monday before the 5 p.m. filing deadline has added numerous candidates to races of local interest. Conor Burns of Havre filed Thursday to run as a Libertarian for the House District 28 seat now held by Hill County Democratic Central Committee Chair and state Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre. No Republicans filed to run for the seat. HD 28 comprises most of Havre. Burns, 36, i...
A water boil order put in place by the Chippewa Cree Tribe on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation last month has been lifted, a post made Friday on the tribe’s official Facebook page says. The order was lifted, the post says, after tests conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded tap water from the reservation’s water system was safe to drink and no longer needed to be boiled to kill bacteria. The order was put in place in February when the reservation was plagued by water shortages caused by low water press...
A water main break that shut down water service in the area of Seventh Avenue between Third and Fourth streets and led to streets being blocked off this weekend has been fixed and water turned back on, Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said this morning. A repair clamp was placed on the break, Peterson said. Barricades blocking the area were still in place early this morning, but Peterson said he assumes it will again be open to traffic after public works employees finish filling the hole and cleaning the area....
A boil order put in place by the Chippewa Cree Tribe on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation has been lifted, a post made Friday on the Tribe's official Facebook page says, The order was lifted, the post says, after tests conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that tap water from the reservation's water system, is safe to use, and no longer needed to be boiled to kill bacteria. The order was put in place in February when the reservation was plagued by water shortages caused by low water pressure and a loss...
For decades, John Steinhardt performed at nightclubs and bars around the world, but recently he has spent much of his time sharing the stage with young musicians at Hays-Lodge Pole High School. Steinhardt, who sings and plays guitar, keyboard, harmonica, trombone, trumpet, bugle, banjo and drums, was hired by the school district last year as its first music director in eight years. Altogether, Steinhardt has 15 years of experience teaching music at schools in California,...
Dan Nelsen, a retired school administrator from Fort Benton, filed Thursday with the Montana Secretary of State’s office to run for the Montana House of Representatives in House District 27. House District 27 stretches from the Canadian border down to Great Falls, and includes the communities of Kremlin, Gildford, Rudyard, Hingham, Joplin, Inverness, Big Sandy and Fort Benton. Republicans Darrold Hutchinson, a farmer from north of Hingham, and Joshua Kassmier, a crop adjustor and former Fort Benton mayoral candidate, will fac...
The customized printing and embroidery shop fivehead's, 615 First St. West now has a coffee shop. Keith Eldridge said he and his family purchased The Press, an espresso bar and Christian bookstore, in January after reaching a deal with its previous owner Carla Steckel. The Press had been located in the Holiday Village Mall until it closed in December. The Press is now in the front of fivehead's. Eldridge said he and his wife, Loretta, decided to purchase the espresso bar as a...
The fiscal situation and uncertain future of the Great Northern Fairgrounds was the topic of a special meeting of the Great Northern Fair board Wednesday night at Bear Paw Veterinary Services. Nearly 40 people were at the meeting, where board members and the Hill County commissioners fielded questions throughout the two-and-a-half hour meeting about the current fiscal situation of the fairgrounds and possible solutions to sustain it going forward, The meeting came after the...
Havre Clerk/Finance Director Doug Kaercher filed with the Montana Secretary of State's office Tuesday to run as a Democrat for the open district 1 seat on the Montana Public Service Commission. "I am looking forward to a new challenge, but mostly I can see some places where I think I can work across the aisle with the current commissioners to make sure we have affordable rates for the citizens of Montana," Kaercher said. District 1, represented by Commissioner Travis Kavulla,...
The Havre Fire Department’s new fire truck is now in production, Fire Chief Mel Paulson said Monday as he updated the Havre City Council about the department’s activities. The department is expected to receive the truck sometime in July or August, Paulson said. “So I am pretty excited about that,” he said. A $485,000 grant the department received in late 2016 will pay for the new truck. The new truck will have the capacity to hold 1,000 gallons of water, compared to the 750 gallons a truck typically can hold, Paulson said. T...
Members of the Associated Students of Montana State University-Northern Senate and Northern’s Sweetgrass Society held a news conference in Cowan Hall Monday, as members of both groups said they are committed to ensuring the university is free of discrimination. The conference came a week after the administration at Northern and the Sweetgrass Society, a Native American student group on campus, announced they reached an agreement to resolve a discrimination complaint filed a...
People will have the chance Thursday to help out a Havre woman who has faced a series of medical difficulties, by ordering food from Pizza Hut. Anyone making a purchase at Pizza Hut Thursday can tell cashiers they want to donate to Ingrid "Debbie" Bauer's medical account at Bear Paw Credit Union. Nashae Bauer of Havre said Bauer, her aunt, needs help paying medical expenses. In January, Bauer was taken to the hospital after feeling sick and was diagnosed with sepsis, a blood...
Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., has introduced two bills in the U.S. House of Representatives that would release more than 690,000 acres in Wilderness Study Areas, including 74,650 acres within the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, and has drawn the ire of some conservationists. A press release from Gianforte’s office said Thursday that the Protect Use of Public Lands Act and the Unlocking Public Lands Act will open access to lands found not to meet the criteria for federal wilderness protection. “Nearly 700...
Montana State University-Northern has agreed to a settlement with the Sweetgrass Society, a Native American student group that filed a compliant last year alleging Northern had discriminated against them and violated the university’s free speech policy. Northern and the Sweetgrass Society issued a press release Monday that said both parties signed onto a settlement that resolved the complaint that had been filed with the Montana Human Rights Bureau over Northern’s student senate painting over a step on the university’s Hello...
Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel touched on the impact of state cuts to higher education, Northern's efforts to increase recruitment and retention and the long-awaited completion of the new Diesel Technology Center in his State of the University Address Wednesday. People packed into Hensler Auditorium in Northern's Applied Technology Center to hear the 45-minute speech from Kegel about the current status of the University and his plans for it moving forward. The last year, Kegel said, has been challengi...
Former Chippewa Cree Tribal Chairman Kenneth Blatt St. Marks was arrested Wednesday by Hill County deputies for violating an order of protection filed by his ex-wife, Thursday’s Hill County Sheriff’s dispatch log says. The Hill County jail roster listed St. Marks Thursday but his name was not on the roster this morning. Karen St. Marks, ex-wife of Kenneth St. Marks, called the deputies at 4:13 p.m Wednesday and he was arrested on Highway 87, the log says. A notice to appear from the sheriff’s office says Kenneth St. Marks mus...
Historical and intergenerational trauma of Native Americans will be the topic of a presentation at Montana State University-Northern Monday. The presentation will take place at 3 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in Northern’s Applied Technology Center as part of Northern’s Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs Civil Discourse Spring Series. Turquoise Devereaux and M.J. Desrosier will give the presentation, a flyer for the event says. The presentation, the flyer says, will look at how trauma has manifested in Nat...
President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget represents a step backward for Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a letter to Trump Tuesday, the same day he and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced a hearing for a bill that could provide funding for such projects. Cuts to the Bureau of Reclamation in the president's budget, Tester said, would reduce funding for the project by $8.2 million, and the Fort Peck...
The Havre City Council's Vacant Properties Ad Hoc Committee met Tuesday evening to discuss the elements many communities have in their vacant property registry ordinances or VPROs to address derelict property ownership. A VPRO would require owners of vacant properties to register with the city. A registry of information of owners and vacant and foreclosed properties would be maintained. It could also require buyers of vacant properties have a timeline and plan to rehabilitate...
People fishing or walking on Beaver Creek Reservoir should take extra precautions as the ice could become less stable, Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said Tuesday. Peterson said that in January it was noticed a "weep" or small leak developed in the pressure chamber of Beaver Creek Dam. The dam's guardian gate was closed Feb. 1 to examine the weep and decide how to move forward. The gate was reopened last Tuesday, Peterson said. As the water level on the lake has risen...
After years of construction and planning, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation will officially open a new health clinic for tribal members, a post on the clinic's website says. The Havre Daily called tribal officials for comment but was unable to contact by printing deadline this morning. The website says the clinic's equipment and staff is being moved from its location at 96 Clinic Road to its new location on Upper Box Elder Road. The clinic will start...
For Bear Paw Development Corp. 2017 was "a year of incredible accomplishment" Bear Paw Executive Director Paul Tuss said at this year's annual meeting Thursday in the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building Ballroom. "This good work occurred because Bear Paw has talented, committed and hardworking staff. I am blessed to be able to work every day with people who truly make a difference," Tuss said. Bear Paw Development, the oldest economic development district...
CHESTER - Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., attended a meet-n-greet at Stricks Ag Friday, where he discussed a recent tax cut package as well as trade, rural broadband and forest management, and toured the company's processing facilities. The stop, Daines said, marked the 15th of a tour across the state he is taking to hear from business owners and other Montanans about how they are being impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The legislation was passed by Congress and...
Havre City Council’s Vacant Properties Ad Hoc Committee will meet Tuesday to discuss how next to move forward with addressing the issue of blight caused by vacant derelict properties within the city. City Council Member Caleb Hutchins, who also sits on the five-member committee, said in a Facebook instant message conversation Sunday that the meeting will take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Havre Hill-County Library. The committee was established by Mayor Tim Solomon at the urging of City Council President Andrew Brekke l...
