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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced he has introduced legislation to provide critical funding for the Milk River Project in north-central Montana.   The Milk River Project, one of the first projects assigned to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation when it was...

Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson told the City Council Monday that the city has won its arbitration in the dispute over work on the Bullhook storm drain system under the city and the bonding company is planning how and when to resume work....

Rocky Boy resident Gavin Tyrone Sutherland is set to be arraigned this afternoon in Great Falls on a charge of second degree murder stemming from a death on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in July. FBI spokesman Douglas Davis said Sutherland was...

Editor’s note: This clarifies that the candidate forum is being held Wednesday. With ballots being mailed out to absentee voters the end of this week, Hill County Clerk and Recorder Susan Armstrong said people are receiving mailers urging them to...

A bad location led to extra time being needed to repair damage that caused an internet, telephone and television outage in a large swathe of north-central Montana, a Charter Spectrum official said this morning. Charter Spectrum spokesperson Danielle...

2:58 p.m. Spectrum gave an update this afternoon on damage that led to internet, telephone and television service boing out Thursday night and still being out this afternoon. Spectrum spokesman Bret Picciolo said the damage occurred on aerial line ov...

Hill County Clerk and Recorder Sue Armstrong said her office has been receiving calls from absentee voters wondering why they are receiving messages telling them to register as absentee voters. Armstrong said the messages are not from election...

A large swathe of north-central Montana lost telephone, internet and television service last night in the midst of NFL Thursday Night Football, Major League Baseball playoff games and prime-time television programming when a fiber-optic cable was...

Despite what an official called “gaps” in the effort to prevent the spread of invasive mussels at Tiber Reservoir, for the second straight year, none have been found in the body of water. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced that divers...

Havre firefighters will be on the streets during Festival Days with boots in hand asking people to help them help Muscular Dystrophy Association. Local 601 of the International Association of Fire Fighters will be on First Street from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m...

Local law enforcement agencies have been receiving a rush of calls recently reporting scams, and are warning people to be cautious. Havre Assistant Chief of Police Jason Barkus said this morning the Havre Police have mainly received calls reporting...

Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of Val Murri’s name. Havre City Council heard Monday that — contrary to rumours flying on social media — the company planning to build a Burger King in Havre is still bringing the restaurant...

City Council heard a request Monday to try to improve the community garden in an attempt to bring more new gardeners in. During the public comment portion of Monday’s council meeting, Havreite Dale Shulund asked if two trees could be cut down in...

A county board and audience members talked about an issue that has arisen several times in county meetings in the last year-and-a-half — public involvement in county meetings. In a nearly two-hour meeting last week, the Hill County Park Board and...

Montana Actors’ Theatre’s main fall fundraiser, the murder mystery gala Death by Chocolate, set for this weekend in the Havre Central Gymnasium at St. Jude Thaddeus School, is showing to a sold-out crowd. This year’s murder mystery, “Play it...

The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians is the closest it has ever been to receiving federal recognition as a Native American tribe. Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., to recognize...