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The format ion of a Tourism Business Improvement District would increase funds available to market Havre to others, and four hotels, along with the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, are asking the city to do just that. Currently, the Chamber through its tourism committee promotes Havre on a budget averaging between $1,000 and $3,000, s a i d D e b b i e Vandeberg, the Chamber's executive director. "And we feel t h a t we h ave missed opportunit ies," she told Pl a n n i n g a n d Development Committee members during a meeting...
A City Council committee has recommended that Havre place a 90-day moratorium on new businesses needing a zoning variance as a way to keep any more growing operations and medical marijuana dispensaries from opening their doors within the city before general zoning issues can be resolved. At a Tuesday meeting of the Planning and Development Committee, members voted unanimously to place a 90-day moratorium on itinerant vendors selling medical marijuana. Committee Chairperson Janet Trethewey brought before the committee a...
Drug task forces in the state will receive 2009 allocations which are currently in the bank and 2010 allocations yet to come, but the money must be budgeted to keep the seven forces in operation for two years. That is the recommendation from a committee that the Montana Board of Crime Control will vote on in June, said Mike Anderson, the board's chairman. The committee met last week with task force representatives in Helena to discuss funding for the forces. In 2008, the task forces absorbed a 72 percent cut in their funding...
The open sign at Norman's Ranch and Western Wear wasn't lit Sunday. "Because there was no way people could even get in in front of the store," owner Scott Young said. "People just can't get around," he said. But the store is open again, after Young hired a company to clear the parking area Monday. Once the streets are cleared, he said, business should pick back up. It already has with the work done Monday, he said. Business elsewhere was down as well. "Our traffic in here is probably one-third of normal," said David Shaw, a... Full story
The efforts to preserve Donaldson Hall got a boost this past semester from a student with an interest in keeping history alive. "I think it's a really important building on campus, and I think anything that can be done to help it would be a good thing," Jillian Brough, a recent Montana State University- Northern graduate, said. Brough worked to collect information to compile a Montana Historic Property Record for the building, the first step toward securing a place for the building on the National Register of Historic Places....
The Planning and Development Committee planned on discussing issues with Havre's zoning but never made it that far and, instead, amended a proposed ordinance that will place a moratorium on new medical marijuana grow operations and dispensaries in the city. After hearing public comment questioning how the city would be able to verify what businesses will have been in operation before the moratorium goes into effect, committee members voted unanimously to require currently operating grow operations and dispensaries to report...
A process that has largely been devoid of public comment during months' worth of committee meetings exploded with comments during a Havre City Council meeting Monday. Council members, on the recommendation of both the Ordinance and Parks and Recreation committees, approved the first reading of an ordinance change to the section pertaining to alcohol in city parks at the April 5 meeting. The ordinance change allows alcohol in Pepin, Deaconess and Optimist parks with special permits. Alcohol is already allowed in the 6th...
The bids for the addition to Highland Park Early Primary School South has come in at more than $95,000 under budget. "I think the board is very pleased," said Shad Huston, chairman of the Havre Public Board of Trustees, after the board voted unanimously to approve the bids. "That's definitely good news," he said, adding that they're looking forward to breaking ground on the project that will add enough space to the building to have all kindergarten and firstgrade students under one roof. The savings can be placed into a...
After a three-month search, members of the community will have a chance to talk with two finalists for the provost position at Montana State University-Northern. Dr. Peter Johnstone will be on campus Wednesday through Friday, and Dr. Stephen Adkison will be here Wednesday, March 31, through Thursday, April 1. Both will interview for the position, speak with college leadership and administration, and tour the campus and the community. A public forum for each will be held, with Johnstone's Thursday at 7 a.m. in the Student...
Allen John "A.J." Long Soldier Jr.'s death was not negligent homicide, a jury unanimously decided after hearing lengthy testimony during a coroner's inquest Tuesday. Jurors, instead, agreed after 30 minutes of deliberations with numerous witnesses that the star basketball player's cause of death was acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Long Soldier, 18, died at Northern Montana Hospital in the early morning hours of Nov. 23 after being transported there from the Hill County Detention Center where he was being detained. After...
People on both sides of the medical marijuana issue in Havre spoke their minds Tuesday, but the Havre Planning and Development Committee temporarily halted the debate when they voted to place a 90-day moratorium on granting new variances for businesses in town. Committee members also agreed to look into forming a citizens' committee to collaborate with in the decision-making process. The moratorium will prohibit any business that needs a zoning variance to locate anywhere in the city for the next 90 days. Because medical...
Polish-born Gertrude Blanch is considered a pioneer in numerical analysis and computation. Born circa 1897, she later spent 14 years working as a clerk to save enough money for a college education. At one time, before a hearing cleared her name, she was suspected by the FBI of being a secret communist. Molly Herron, who was dressed in a Victorian style dress and seated at a desk with musty books, relayed Blanch's biographical information. The eighth-grader at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic School wants to be a pharmacist, but...
Members of the Highway 2 Association are rolling local highways down the road to additional funding if they are able to have U.S. Highway 2, and other highways between Billings and the Port of Wild Horse designated as an addition to the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway. The current expressway runs through North Dakota and briefly into Montana. The expansion of the expressway to include the Montana roadways would make the roads eligible for additional funding and set them as priorities, said Bob Sivertsen, president of the...
Plenty of learning was to be had as hundreds of people bustled through the halls of Harlem High School Friday and Saturday, but it wasn't the typical school day. Instead of sitting in classrooms, the people from along the Hi-Line came to the Montana Seed Show to visit with different vendors and view booths from area organizations. The event, which began with seed potatoes, has grown over the past 61 years and now includes auctions, a chili cook off, a car show and various other shows. Some people came to get their blood work... Full story
Of the 19 people registered with the state to be medical marijuana caregivers in Hill County, four have registered as of this morning with the city after the passage of a moratorium by Havre City Council May 3. The moratorium passed in the form of an emergency ordinance to ban new medical marijuana grow operations or dispensaries from opening within the city limits. It also banned current operations from expanding. But the city had no way of knowing the number of operations actually within its limits, so the ordinance also...
When Planning and Development Committee members met Thursday, they realized that without knowing what and what type of businesses are within the city limits, it will be virtually impossible to revamp zoning codes. "We're talking about zoning, and we don't know what's out there," Mayor Tim Solomon said. Monday, the committee will present a recommendation for a business permit ordinance to the full City Council. All businesses would have to obtain a business permit from the city for a $25 fee. A business is defined as an...
Several changes will be included in courses for next year's Havre High School students that Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees unanimously approved Tuesday, the largest being the creation of a study skills course for special needs students for credit. The students in the current study skills class are required to take the course, during which more is expected of them than students in study halls, Havre High School Principal Jerry Vandersloot said. Students in study halls work on homework or draw, he said, but special...
Area children who received shots during the Lil Shots Carnival are more prepared to face the germs of the world. The carnival, sponsored by the Hill County Health Department and in its third year, sought to bring area youths' shot series up-to-date and educate people about the importance of vaccines, all while providing a fun atmosphere. Monty the Immunization Bear greeted children Friday morning in front of the health department, and the ambulance and fire truck also were big draws. Children who were up-to-date or whose... Full story
The Havre Police Department was inundated with hundreds of phone calls late last night after residents were awakened by a sonic boom. The boom was caused by pilots from the 120th Fighter Wing Montana Air National Guard F-15s participating in night flying operations. The operations will continue through Friday, with the final take off time at 9:30 p.m. each night and approximate flying times of 90 minutes. Training exercises occur every day, and night training is necessary to maintain pilot proficiency in the dark hours. It...
Searching resumed this morning after a 5-year-old boy from Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation fell in Lower Box Elder Creek Sunday afternoon. At approximately 3:30 p.m. Sunday the Rocky Boy Police Department received a report that the boy, who had been playing near the creek with at least one other child of similar age, had fallen in the creek, which is swollen from spring run off. Tim Martin, director of public safety for Rocky Boy, declined to release the name until the boy is recovered. "We have high water runoff on Lower Box... Full story
A medical marijuana patient is short 23 plants after the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Drug Task Force confiscated the surplus Wednesday evening. Agents visited the home on the 200 block of Illinois Avenue in Chinook at approximately 8 p.m. that day to investigate a report of marijuana plants being grown in the basement, said Pete Federspiel, the director of the task force. Charges in the Chinook seizure are pending, Federspiel said, declining to release the man's name until they are filed. He expects them to be filed in Blaine...
In the wake of news of Havre youngster Grace Gibson's death, people turned out in strong numbers to the bone marrow donation registry drive Thursday at Havre Middle School. Grace's sister, Cassy, 3, was found as a match for Grace, but Grace died before doctors were able to stabilize her enough for the bone marrow transplant. Grace, 8, who fought leukemia, was the driving force behind the organization of the bone marrow drive, said Jana Nordboe, the school district nurse who organized the drive. The Havre drive was easy to...
With preliminary budget numbers in, Havre Public Schools trustees will vote Tuesday whether to approve placing a mill levy on the ballot in upcoming May elections. Last year voters approved a levy worth $36,623 in the elementary district and one at $77,603 for the high school district. Because enrollment numbers are up in the elementary schools, enough state funding will come in to allow the schools to continue programing. Without a mill levy, the estimated elementary district budget comes in at $8,220,349. Trustees could... Full story
The purchase of a new ambulance will keep Havre's fleet at three and enable emergency personnel to continue to serve the city and Hill County. Without a third ambulance, "if we have an ambulance that is down or having any kind of work done on it, just even routine maintenance, it leaves us with one vehicle," Fire Chief Dave Sheppard said. Often, there are back-to-back calls and without enough ambulances, emergency personnel must respond in a vehicle without the same medical equipment or the capability to transport patients, h...
Since their return in January, the 118 members of the Montana National Guard 639th Quartermaster Company have been integrating back into the community after a second tour of duty in Iraq. Saturday, the Hero's Welcome Home event will recognize their sacrifices and fighting for the very community to which they have returned. "They just need to be welcomed home," said Carol Johnson, mother to Staff Sgt. Brian Johnson. "Because of these soldiers, you and I can sleep at night," she said, adding that they protect U.S. citizens' fre... Full story
