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HRCD sets Census event Wednesday
Havre Daily News staff District 4 Human Resources Development Council is hosting a “Last Chance to Make it Count” Census event Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. in its Fireside Room in the HRDC building at 2229 Fifth Ave. With the disruption of the...
Supreme court sends man back to Havre for another murder trial
A Havre man is back in state District Court to face a charge that he murdered his brother in 2013. Shane Johnson was convicted of negligent homicide in 2014 in the shooting death of his brother, Travis Johnson, a year before. The Montana Supreme...
KNMC sets up virtual live concert with local performers
The local college radio station is providing some live music Oct. 3 starting at 3 p.m. following the concept of social distancing required by the COVID-19 pandemic. KNMC said in a press release that it has, for the last five years, been working to...
Blaine County Health Department has COVID-19 case
Blaine County has reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the front-line people dealing with the pandemic. The Blaine County Health Department posted on Facebook Wednesday that it became aware...
Man charged in federal court with involuntary manslaughter in crash
Taylor Gardipee Walker is facing a trial of involuntary manslaughter in federal court in Great Falls stemming from “gross negligence … namely reckless driving” Jan. 1, within the exterior boundaries of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation that led...
MHSA postpones speech, debate and drama due to COVID-19
Although fall sports are in full swing in Montana High Schools, Montana High School Association announced Wednesday that the speech, debate and drama competitive season will have its start date pushed back two months. Competitive speech normally...
Chinook schools report confirmed case of COVID-19
Chinook Public Schools now has reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the district. The district announced that Tuesday it was notified of a school-related case of COVID-19 in a student from the elementary school. “School officials are working...
Northern Montana Hospital holding drive-through flu clinic
After holding a successful drive-through in-house influenza vaccination clinic Monday and Tuesday, Northern Montana Health Care is set to hold the same kind of clinic for the general public. The...
United Way holding online auction fundraiser
United Way of Hill County has announced an online auction fundraiser is underway, taking the place of traditional events canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Change Begins With You” online auction is now taking bids on items to help support...
Graybill: Attorney general race could be difference in having a hospital
Democratic attorney general candidate Raph Graybill said the difference between him and his opponent, Republican Roosevelt County Attorney and former Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen, could be the...
COVID-19 confirmed in Havre Public Schools
Havre Public Schools announced this morning that the district was informed Sunday that a person associated with the district had tested positive for COVID-19. A release from the school district said Hill County Health Department reports the person...
Festival Days goes on through pandemic
See a few more photos in albums at www.havredailynews.com. The COVID-19 pandemic canceled many regular Festival Days activities, but it couldn't shut everything down with some groups persevering to...
Census events set at Old Station Brewing Co., Crawford Distillery
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and Bear Paw Development Corp. have partnered to hold two events next week to get people counted in the 2020 Census. “This is our last chance to assure that every resident of Havre and northern Montana is properly...
Northern Montana Care Center reports staff member with COVID-19
Northern Montana Care Center reported Wednesday that a staff member at the care center has tested positive with COVID-19. "This person was identified quickly and has been quarantined per the (Centers...
Northern Montana Care Center reports staff member with COVID-19
Northern Montana Care Center has reported that a staff member at the care center has tested positive with COVID-19. "This person was identified quickly and has been quarantined per the (Centers for...
Crazyboy pleads guilty on car chase charges
A man sentenced last week to 10 years in custody with five suspended for heading a burglary and theft ring in Havre has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a high-speed chase, in which he led law enforcement while awaiting that sentencing...
Hill County confirms third COVID-19-related death
Hill County now has confirmed its third COVID-19-related death. Hill County Health Department reported in a release Sunday that the death was confirmed over the weekend. The release asked people to do their part to reduce the spread of the virus...
City Council approves street closures for vendor, band events
Editor’s note: This adds comment from Hill County Health Director Kim Larson about the proposed street dance. Havre City Council unanimously approved Tuesday closing streets for a vendor event and for a band concert and dance over Festival Days...
Ordinance Committee sends mayor raise to council
Havre City Council’s Ordinance Committee sent to the full council a proposal to give the mayor of Havre a raise, and also discussed adding to city ordinance that it is illegal to feed deer in the city. Council member Terry Lilletvedt brought a prop...
Gray sentenced for negligent homicide in freezing death
Alaynna Gray has been sentenced in state District Court in Havre to 12 years, eight suspended and ordered to pay restitution on a charge of negligent homicide in the freezing death of Kyla Valdez....
New COVID cases in Liberty, Hill Counties; Rocky Boy changes how reporting
New cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Liberty County, its first since March, and Hill County, and Rocky Boy Health Center, the COVID-19 incident command center at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation announced it is changing how it is reporting...
Woman arrested for attempted deliberate homicide
Denise Priscilla Stump, 58, was in the Hill County Detention Center this morning facing charges including attempted deliberate homicide after officers were called by emergency medical technicians to...
New local COVID-19 cases reported in Blaine, Hill counties
New cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Hill and Blaine counties Tuesday, bringing the active number of cases to four in Hill County and two in Blaine County, the respective county health departments report. Hill County reported two new cases, one...
Rocky Boy in lockdown as contact tracing conducted
Rocky Boy Health Center, the COVID-19 Incident Command Center at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, announced in a Facebook post Friday evening that the the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s government announced a Red Threat Level 4 Alert and the tribal...
First COVID-19-related deaths reported in Hill County
Hill County now has reported the first COVID-19-related deaths in the county, along with new cases reported in Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties. Hill County Health Department reported two COVID-19 related deaths Thursday afternoon. The deaths were...
