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Fourth annual brewfest returns to Chinook Saturday
The group looking to rehabilitate the Chinook city pool and its Sweet Park have an event set this weekend for people to get together and have some fun while helping in its effort to fund repairs. “The Friends of the Pool and... — Updated 9/27/2023
Local loans available for new, growing businesses
The local economic development agency is reminding people interested in starting or expanding a business that it can help them out. Bear Paw Development Corp. announced it has loan funds available, from various sources at the... — Updated 9/25/2023
Legislative listening session set in Havre next week
Local residents are invited to a legislative listening session in Havre Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the Havre Eagles Club starting at 6 p.m. Havre resident Andrea Melle will be opening the session, Montana House Appropriations... — Updated 9/22/2023
Fort Belknap students continue pathways in nursing, public health and STEM
Programs at Aaniih Nakoda College on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation continue to move forward in health and science, technology, engineering and mathematics - STEM - fields,... — Updated 9/7/2023
Havre Trails sets its annual brewfest for Saturday
A local group that promotes hiking and biking and improving local trails is holding its annual Summer Brewfest this weekend in Pepin Park. Havre Trails' brewfest is set to run from... — Updated 8/25/2023
OPI hosting online meeting on controversial special needs voucher bill
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen will host Wednesday her department’s third monthly virtual community discussion on education legislation passed during the 68th legislative session, focusing this month... — Updated 8/22/2023
Driver leads police on high-speed chase down First Street
After a driver led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through downtown Havre Tuesday morning, the Havre Police Department is looking for information anyone has for the... — Updated 8/16/2023
Temperature expected to break 100 Thursday
National Weather Service predicts a minor break in the heat today, but it is expected to be back in full force Thursday and Friday, before cooling off a bit again. After temperatures in the 90s — Havre hit 95 Monday and Weather... — Updated 8/16/2023
Governor encourages Montana homeowners to apply for property tax rebate
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte issued a release Tuesday encouraging people to file for the property tax rebate issued by the Montana Legislature this year. Montana had a massive — estimated at $2.5 billion — surplus in revenue... — Updated 8/16/2023
Harmful algal blooms at First Lake
Hill County Health Department reports that a harmful algal bloom has been detected at Beaver Creek Reservoir, also called First Lake. This is the third reported sighting in the area, with a sighting reported at Bailey Reservoir in... — Updated 8/7/2023
West Nile virus found in Hill County mosquitoes
West Nile virus has been confirmed in a Hill County mosquito pool, Hill Clounty Health Department reports, with the county joining Blaine County as an area with the virus confirmed. No cases in humans or horses had been reported... — Updated 8/7/2023
Harmful algal blooms at First Lake
Hill County Health Department reports that a harmful algal bloom has been detected at Beaver Creek Reservoir, also called First Lake. People are warned to use caution at the... — Updated 8/4/2023
Havre's Pfc. Mark Hinkle being honored at veterans memorial softball classic
A highly decorated U.S. Army private who died serving his country in Viet Nam is one of the service members being honored this weekend at the 10th Annual Veterans Memorial Softball... — Updated 8/4/2023
USDA Invests more than $20M in health care in rural Montana
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana is touting $20 million in investments it has made to improve rural health care in the state, with more than half of that here in this part of north-central Montana and ano... — Updated 8/3/2023
Hearing for Tom Patrick canceled pending further investigation
A hearing scheduled for Monday in a case involving local businessman Tom Patrick was canceled after the Hill County Attorney dismissed the case against him pending further... — Updated 8/1/2023
Hearing for Tom Patrick canceled pending further investigation
A hearing scheduled for this afternoon for local businessman Tom Patrick was canceled after the Hill County Attorney dismissed the case against him pending further investigation. Patrick, owner of Patrick Construction, is accused... — Updated 7/31/2023
Tester, Daines led Fort Belknap Water Compact passes Senate
A historic deal more than a century in the making requiring the federal government to ensure members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community have water — and ensures water is available to everyone along the Milk River — took anot... — Updated 7/31/2023
Rocky Boy celebration runs this week
The Rocky Boys Annual Celebration starts at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this week, with events for youths and adults, competitors and spectators alike, starting with the Youth... — Updated 7/31/2023
MAT youth production of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' starts this week
Montana Actors’ Theatre is bringing a children’s classic to the stage this week and next with its youth production of “The Velveteen Rabbit.” The Margery Williams story asks children — and adults — what it means to be... — Updated 7/26/2023
Burn bans, water restrictions starting
With dry heat following a wet winter and spring, burn bans are going into effect and this region is in a Red Flag fire warning today until 9 p.m. At 12:01 a.m. today Hill County... — Updated 7/25/2023
Patrick arrested on felony charges at site of BNSF derailment
A prominent Havre businessman was arrested on felony charges Friday at a derailment site where his own company had equipment. An incident report from Hill County Sheriff’s Office said Tom Patrick, 70, was taken into custody... — Updated 7/25/2023
First lady reads at Story Time in Havre
The children at a Havre-Hill County Library Story Time last week had a special guest reader, when First Lady Susan Gianforte read "Sleep Train" by Jonathan London. Gianforte is... — Updated 7/24/2023
Fort Belknap water compact passes Senate committee
An agreement more than a century in the making to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — Wednesday when the Fort Belknap Indian Community... — Updated 7/21/2023
Name released in Blaine County traffic fatality
Editor’s note: A version of this story was posted on the Havre Daily News website Wednesday morning. The Blaine County coroner has released the name of the person who died early Monday morning when she was struck by a vehicle on... — Updated 7/20/2023
House proposes slashing Amtrak budget
A proposed budget for Amtrak in the House Committee on Appropriations has raised some alarms, including the CEO of the national passenger rail service saying cut from the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations will not work. “The... — Updated 7/17/2023