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The North Star School District announced Wednesday night that no school will be held at North Star Elementary in Gildford Thursday. "There has been another positive COVID-19 test, and due to concerns about the possibility of further transmission we will cancel school for the day," the district said in a press release. Grades four and five have been conducting classes remotely this week and will continue to do so today, the release said. Grades kindergarten through three will...
The number of COVID-19 cases and COVID-19-related deaths continues to climb, with the state setting a new record this morning for the number of cases confirmed in one day and a new death reported in Hill County. The 10 a.m. COVID-19 response map reported that 932 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Montana Wednesday. That brings the total confirmed in the state to 25,640, with 9,096 active cases, 1,091 active hospitalizations and 278 deaths. Hill County reported another...
The Havre Daily News won 32 awards at the Annual Better Newspaper Contest held by the Montana Newspaper Association, including winning eight first-place awards in its category and closing out three categories in the advertising section. The awards were presented Thursday during the Montana Newspaper Association annual meeting, held this year in Whitefish. "This was another great year for the Havre Daily News," Havre Daily Publisher Stacy Mantle said. "I am so proud of what...
Blaine County Health Department is holding drive-through flu shot clinics this week in Harlem and Turner. The Harlem clinic will be Tuesday, 2-6 p.m., at the VFW parking lot, and the Turner clinic will be Wednesday, 2-6 p.m., at the Turner Fire and Ambulance Hall. People should watch for signs that will indicate the flow of traffic. To speed the process, people can pick up flu forms in advance at Harlem EZ Mart and Big Flat Grocery. And people with health insurance need to bring their card, so the health department can bill...
Sunnyside Intermediate School has listed its September students of the month. The fourth grade students of the month are Brooklyn Butler, Brynna Hopper, Grady Morse, Lexi Sparks and Liza Hart. The fifth grade students of the month are Corrine Acor, Ilah Durbin, Jason Navero, Reese Kacher and Kerrington Kraske....
Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said in a release this morning that the lobby of the Havre Police Department is again closed due to the increase of cases of COVID-19 in the area. "We want to keep all of our staff healthy and safe," the release said. "With that being said, if you need assistance please call the Havre Police Department at 406-265-4361 to speak to the dispatcher, the release continued, "and, as always, if you have an emergency, please call 91...
It's hard to believe, especially this fall, that the postseason high school golf has already arrived. And for the Havre Blue Ponies, that means the final 36 holes of the season are upon them, and they'll be a fun and exciting 36 holes, no doubt. Thursday and Friday morning, the Ponies will tee it up against the best-of-the-best as they take part in the Class A state tournament at the famed Butte Country Club. And for the first time in five seasons, both the Pony boys and...
The Havre High golf teams are hoping to find success at the Eastern A Divisional Tournament. But, before the Ponies could get ready for the postseason, they played two tough courses to close out the 2020 regular season. On Thursday, Havre was at Eagle Rock Golf Club for the Billings Central Invite, where the HHS boys shot a season-low 332 to place third behind stalwarts Billings Central and Laurel. The Havre girls also finished fourth in the tourney. Individually, Blue Pony...
A press release issued late Monday morning said Sen. Fred Thomas, R-Stevensville, has called a Montana Legislature Joint Rules Committee meeting for Thursday morning at 11. This will be a hybrid meeting held out of Room 317 in the State Capitol and through Zoom. As the Joint Rules Committee does not have a webpage, the meeting materials will be posted on the Legislative Council meeting materials page at https://webprod.legmt.gov/committees/admincom/lc/meeting-info as soon as they are available. These are public meetings. For...
By Havre Daily News Staff The Havre High golf teams are entering the home stretch of the 2020 season. And this past week, the Blue ponies played in two of their biggest tournaments yet. Thursday, Havre traveled to Glendive for the Glendive Invitational, while the Ponies also played in the full-field Sidney Invite on Friday. And while HHS head coach George Ferguson said both courses were challenging, he thought his teams did very well. “I am excited about how these two t...
By Havre Daily Staff Oftentimes, the Havre High golf teams get just one regular season home meet per year. But COVID-19 has actually given the Blue Ponies a second chance to play at home this season. And for seniors like Carlee Kato, it will be a day they get to be honored, while playing on their home course one last time. Havre will host Lewistown in a dual meet Thursday at both Prairie Farms Golf Course and Beaver Creek Golf Course. At Prairie Farms, before the start of the...
There is still so much uncertainty surrounding the fall, and fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Havre High golf teams are now two tournaments into their season, in spite of the uncertainty. Monday afternoon, the Blue Ponies completed a big milestone for HHS sports when they wrapped up play at the Fergus Invitational in Lewistown. The 18-hole tournament held at Pine Meadows Golf Club in Lewistown was the first out-of-town sporting event Havre has played since...
Havre High head golf coach George Ferguson says he and his Blue Pony golfers are taking things day-by-day during this 2020 season. And, as far as first regular season days go, Thursday was a really good one for the Ponies. HHS hosted the 2020 Havre Invitational Thursday, with boys playing at Prairie Farms Golf Course, and the girls out at Beaver Creek Golf Course. And while Ferguson was more than excited that his boys team took home first-place honors, and the girls were secon...
A lot of thought, planning and preparation has went into the start of the 2020 fall sports season at Havre High. After all, it had to given the coronavirus pandemic continues on. Now however, the time has come for at least one Blue Pony sport to move from practice, prepping and planning to competition. Thursday morning, the Havre High golf teams will make their season debut when the Blue Ponies host the 2020 Havre Invitational, which will be split with the girls playing at...
Northern Montana Health Care posted on the Northern Montana Hospital Facebook page that Northern Montana Family Medical Center will be closed for the rest of the day due to a positive confirmation of a COVID-19 case. The center will be closed for deep cleaning, the post said. People who have appointments will be contacted to reschedule, the post said. Watch for more on this here as information becomes available and in Friday's edition of The Havre Daily New...
Blaine County Health Department Thursday confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in the county, with Hill County Health Department confirming two more, with all of the new cases in both counties identified by contact tracing. The first case in Blaine County was confirmed Sunday. The new cases bring the total in the county to four, all active cases. The total in Hill County as of Thursday night was 24 cases, 21 active and three recovered. Rocky Boy Health Center said Thursday...
Gov. Steve Bullock issued a directive effective today requiring people in public settings and gatherings of 50 or more people where social distancing is not possible to wear a mask or cloth face covering. Bullock said during a press conference Wednesday thes directive is in response to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases and the deaths have come with it. He said in the last month the state went from 55 to over 1,000 cases, with active cases doubling in the past two weeks, with...
A state District Court judge has blocked a Montana law passed as a referendum in the 2018 election that limited the collection of absentee ballots during an election. Judge Jessica Fehr in Billings granted an injunction Sunday blocking the application of the Ballot Interference Protection Act, which the 2017 Legislature placed on the ballot and the voters passed in 2018, saying the law infringes on the right to vote guaranteed in the Montana Constitution. Fehr wrote that the plaintiffs successfully showed that if a...
Hill County Park Board is meeting today at 5:30 p.m. but with social distancing requirements no in-person attendance is allowed. The board did not have its remote access information available when the Havre Daily News went to press Friday, but has released its information since then. The GoToMeeting login is https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/480150685 for people to access the meeting using their computer, tablet or smart phone. People can also dial in using their phone,...
Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy issued an order Monday afternoon opening Hill County golf courses with some restrictions. Gov. Steve Bullock, when he issued his stay-at-home directive March 26 to reduce the spread of COVID-19, allowed people to go outdoors such as to city, county and state parks as long as they followed social distancing requirements. Sheehy's order Monday said that golf courses may operate, with the following restrictions, effective immediately....
Power went out in Havre and areas along U.S. Highway 2 this morning, with some power being restored shortly after 7 a.m. The outage occurred before 6 a.m., with NorthWestern Energy's website originally showing an outage with 690 customers affected, then the map breaking it down into several separate outages in Havre and one marked near Lohman. Some areas of Havre, mostly south of 13th Street, had power about 6:30 a.m. but most of the northern part of town and along First Street and U.S. Highway 2 were out. Power was being...
Montana State University-Northern announced today it is postponing its spring commencement ceremonies and will combine them with its fall ceremonies, usually held the first Saturday in December. Commissioner Clayton Christian, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, issued a directive Wednesday ordering all campuses in the Montana University System to to cancel in-person spring 2020 commencement ceremonies. Northern announced it has decided to expand its fall ceremonies to...
Gov. Steve Bullock issued a letter to Montana residents Thursday about his "stay at home" directive including a link to the directive itself: "Today I today issued a Directive requiring Montanans to stay home and temporarily closes all nonessential businesses and operations to stop the spread of COVID-19. "The order goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on March 28 and will buy us time for health care workers on the frontlines to limit long term impacts to the state's economy. "In...
Gov. Steve Bullock issued a directive this afternoon, that, effective Saturday at 12:01 a.m., people are not to leave their homes except for essential reasons. "We really are in this together and we can get ahead of it together," Bullock said in a press conference that started at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. He said he consulted with public health experts, health care providers and emergency management professionals before issuing his directive. "I have determined that to...
Rocky Boy Elementary School Principal Clintanna Colliflower notified students and parents of the school that pre-kindergarten through second grade students at the school will have learning packets available at the school today from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. People who are unable to pick up the packets are asked to notify the students' teachers so the packets can be taken to the students. The school will have device distribution for students who need devices for online learning...
