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Editor’s note: This corrects that the county clerk and recorders are the election administrators and ballots must be returned to the county clerk and recorder offices. As authorized by a directive from Gov. Steve Bullock intended to reduce the...

Gov. Steve Bullock issued new directives Tuesday on the COVID-19 pandemic including to protect renters and homeowners forced to stay at home, help medical facilities stay open and deal with the disease and to help find people who may have been...

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...

Montana took one more step toward a lockdown due to coronavirus Thursday, the same day the first COVID-19 death was announced. Gov. Steve Bullock late Thursday afternoon announced he was issuing a stay-at-home directive effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday....

Montana State University-Northern said in a release Tuesday that many students have made alternate living arrangements and are not returning to the university’s dormitories while it moves to online education during the novel coronavirus 2019...

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock Tuesday extended directives he had made on the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic, keeping schools closed and limiting restaurants to delivery and pick-up services and more through April 10 and mandating social distancing....

More restrictions have been announced due to the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, including checkpoints and screenings at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation announced in a post on the...

Havre Public Schools sent out an automated call this morning asking its students, and their families, to make sure they are in contact with the student’s teachers. The best way to contact the teachers is through the teachers’ emails, the message...

Havre Salvation Army announced some changes it is making due to the presence of the novel coronavirus 2019 in the state to protect its employees, volunteers and customers, including not accepting donations until further notice. Salvation Army said...

With work underway to erect the first phase of Montana State University-Northern’s athletic complex — a new football stadium on the practice field on the west end of campus — the university announced it has received two more major donations...

The Havre Daily News has been deluged with notices of closures, cancelations and reschedulings caused by the confirmation of COVID-19 in Montana. Following is a list of some of the notices the newspaper has received. If people need to get notices of...

The first Montana resident has been confirmed to have contracted the novel COVID-19 virus, although she was not in Montana when she contracted it and was in Maryland when tested. “Since the case was announced earlier today, public health officials...

The official Montana candidates are now in for the 2020 local, state and federal elections, with deadlines yet to come for people to file as write-in or independent candidates, and many races are full to the brim. Monday at 5 p.m. was the deadline...

Local groups and organizations are holding a workshop in Havre next week to look at a high-priority concern in Montana — the entry of feral swine. “While feral swine are not yet in Montana, we are aware of their expanding range in Saskatchewan...

Choirs from two local high schools are among those featured Tuesday in a statewide broadcast of Montana Public Broadcasting System, with the Big Sandy and Havre High School choirs performing in the “Celebrate America Across Montana” PBS pledge...

With the deadline to file as a candidate creeping closer, more people have filed in some major races or have announced their picks for lieutenant governor. Incumbent Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont, filed for re-election Friday, citing his endorsement by...