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While the work on the main entrance of the Hill County Courthouse finally was completed this year, legal wrangling over previous work is continuing and entering a new phase. The Hill County government has filed a lawsuit against Phillips Construction of Great Falls, which was pulled from working on the steps in 2007. The county has been negotiating with Phillips since then. "This will be round two, " Great Falls Attorney Gary Zadick, who is representing Hill County in the case, said this morning. A representative of Phillips...
Napolitano says willing to look at 24-hour port of Wild Horse by Tim Leeds In a turnaround from several years worth of denials, the Department of Homeland Security said it is willing to look at trying the Port of Wild Horse north of Havre as a 24-hour facility. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Alan Bersin and Montana's U.S. senators. Max Baucus and Jon Tester held a town hall meeting in Havre after touring border facilities in Montana. Bersin said during the town hall...
Both U.S. Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin said Wednesday that a new focus is on the northern border, and it takes a different view than working on the southern border. "This is a different type of border It's large, it's sparsely populated and it needs to have lots of smaller ports along its length, but in the meantime we need to work to strike the right balance (between trade and travel and security)," Napolitano said during a town hall meeting...
A branch of the federal agency charged with health promotion for the Native American population is holding its biannual meeting on the Hi-Line this week. The Tribal Counci l Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met in Havre this morning before setting out for an on-site visit and meetings at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The committee will meet at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Tuesday and will meet again in Havre Wednesday. According to the CDC website, the committee advises the...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Gov. Brian Schweitzer, right, talks about a childhood memory of showing a steer in 4-H while visiting Tuesday evening at Jerry and Penny Bergren's home in Havre during a fundraiser for Democratic candidates Dana Sapp Seidel, from left, Jack Trethewey and outgoing Speaker of the House Rep. Bob Bergren. Seidel is running for the House District 34 seat, Trethewey is running for House District 33 and Bergren is running for Senate District 17. Governor backs area Democratic slate at fundraise Tim... Full story
Secretary Napolitano: DHS willing to work with local group on 24-hour Wild Horse by Tim Leeds After announcing the Port of Wild Horse north of Havre will again have a longer period with summer hours, federal officials in Have Wednesday also said the Department of Homeland Security is willing to listen to — and work with — local groups about making it a 24-hour commercial port. "We are going to keep the port open with the extended hours for another 12 to 18 months during that period we are very open to making it into a 24-...
Judge Rice announces retirement Judicial Nomination Commission will search for new district judge Tim Leeds [email protected] After 37 years of working with laws in Havre, District Judge David Rice announced his retirement effective Nov. 30. Rice, 64, said Tuesday he and his wife, Linda, have decided this is a good time to end his legal career. "I have been pondering this for a few months," he said. The state Judicial Nomination Commission will now seek applicants to forward to the governor to select a new judge. Rice... Full story
Schweitzer: Montana budget situation is good Tim Leeds — [email protected] Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said that while the state may still need to tighten its belt, the budget situation for the next two years is promising. "Montana is in a pretty good situation," he said. "You know, there are 48 states that are running deficits. … Montana is in a different situation altogether." While revenues are declining, Schweitzer said, Montana still is in a good position to fund its budget. With a budget of about $1.8 bil...
School board replaces in-school suspension with detention Tim Leeds [email protected] The Havre school board Tuesday unanimously approved replacing in-school suspension with detention in an effort to reduce missed classes. District Superintendent Andy Carlson told the board before its vote that many issues out of the district's control make students miss classes. Suspension is something the school decides on. "It's absenteeism we can control," he said. Kipp Lewis, Havre High School assistant principal, said when he... Full story
NCMT celebrates one year, 18,000 passengers Tim Leeds [email protected] The local bus system held a barbecue Tuesday to celebrate its first year of operation and its transportation of nine times as many passengers as anticipated. North Central Montana Transit system director Jim Lyons said that from Aug. 24, 2009, through Aug. 23, 2010, the system transported 18,012 passengers — the system was approved for creation with the expectation of transporting 2,000 to 4,000 each year. The buses connect with the Rocky Boy's an...
An agent of the local drug task force said Monday that two local state employees, also working as caregivers under the Montana medical marijuana laws, were arrested last week on suspicion of illegally selling marijuana in violation of that law. Agent Pete Federspiel of the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force said Delaine "Lainie" Fitzpatrick, born in 1977, and Malisa Fitzpatrick, born in 1982, were arrested and felony charges are pending on both. Lainie Fitzpatrick is employed by the Child and Family Services division of the...
The Hill County sheriff said this morning that a death in Bear's Paw Mountains appears to be a suicide. "There was nothing criminal out there," Sheriff Don Brostrom said. "Everything initially appears to (show) a suicide." He said the body of the victim, whose name had not yet been released this morning, was found just past Bear Paw Lake at 8:20 a.m. Friday. The Montana Criminal Investigation Division helped with the investigation at Brostrom's request. The investigation found no evidence of foul play. Brostrom said evidence... Full story
Project leaders look to future Tim Leeds — [email protected] Water users and local, state and federal officials were looking to the future Friday during a celebration of the first hookup on a project that will eventually supply water to 30,000 Montanans in the region. "This is the beginning of the end," Dan Keil, president of the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority, said in Havre Friday. "Hopefully, it doesn't take as long as it took to get here." A group started the day at TownHouse Inns of Havre, celebrat... Full story
Bear Paw death likely a suicide Tim Leeds — [email protected] The Hill County sheriff said this morning that a death in Bear's Paw Mountains appears to be a suicide. "There was nothing criminal out there," Sheriff Don Brostrom said. "Everything initially appears to (show) a suicide." He said the body of the victim, whose name had not yet been released this morning, was found just past Bear Paw Lake at 8:20 a.m. Friday. The Montana Criminal Investigation Division helped with the investigation at Brostrom's request. T...
Bone faces hearing on murder parole violation Tim Leed — [email protected] Robert "Bobby" Henry Bone soon will be back before the state parole board, this time to see if he will go back to prison for violating parole on a 104-year sentence for a 1987 double murder. Bone, 52, moved back to Havre after being paroled Jan. 31 from his 104-year sentence for the shooting deaths of Richard and Bernadette Cowan on Jan. 21, 1987. He has been held in the Hill County Detention Center without bond since July 19 on a charge of p... Full story
Project leaders look to future Tim Leeds [email protected] Water users and local, state and federal officials were looking to the future Friday during a celebration of the first hookup on a project that will eventually supply water to 30,000 Montanans in the region. "This is the beginning of the end," Dan Keil, president of the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority, said in Havre Friday. "Hopefully, it doesn't take as long as it took to get here." A group started the day at TownHouse Inns of Havre,...
Montana's junior senator, Jon Tester, is looking to get a new perspective on the board that governs passenger rail travel in the United States. Tester is urging President Barack Obama to appoint someone from the West to the open position on the Amtrak board. "Amtrak's importance in Western states should not be ignored," Tester wrote in a letter to Obama. "Some of Amtrak's busiest routes and stations are in the West — as are some of its greatest opportunities for growth and expansion." Amtrak, formed in 1970 through an act o... Full story
A couple accused of transporting and hiding the remains of a young girl before they were arrested near Havre face new charges. Prosecutors in Bryan County in Oklahoma this week charged Denise Wolf with child abuse and child abuse by neglect, and Abel Wolf with enabling child abuse and child abuse by neglect. The couple is accused of transporting the body of Cheyenne Wolf, the daughter of Abel Wolf and stepdaughter of Denise Wolf, from Oklahoma to Oregon, where they hid the body. They had moved from Oregon to Montana and were...
For the first time in a six-state region, a Native American tribe has signed an agreement to act as a sovereign nation in administering its own disaster funding. Raymond "Jake" Parker, chair of the Chippewa Cree Tribal council at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, and Robin Finegan, regional Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, signed a nation-to-nation agreement at Stone Child College at Rocky Boy Tuesday. Finegan commended the Tribal representatives for their persistence, dedication and commitment to...
During a meeting of the Hill County Fair Board, members said they want to quell a rumor apparently going around the county: The board is not planning to kick 4-H out of the fair. "I've heard on the street that the fair board is going to do away with 4-H, but there's nobody here that wants to do away with 4-H," board member Tom Farnham said. Three Hill County 4-H representatives attended the meeting, and discussion of the future of the activity took the first half of the meeting, coming out with an agreement that a commi t tee...
Local, state and federal officials will gather in Havre Friday morning to celebrate another major achievement in creating a regional water system: The connection of the North Havre Water District to the water treatment plant in Havre. The connection will provide treated water to rural residents in northern Hill County, and eventually be connected to the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System once it is completed. The celebration starts at 9 a.m. in Havre, then will tour north to the new system, which began... Full story
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey told a packed house at Malta High School Thursday night that the idea of a national monument in norgthern Montana was "only a concept paper." "There is no plan for a monument. There is no proposal for Montana," he said. A flurry of opposition came about after reports that a federal monument designation was being considered for the Malta area. Ranchers, oil men and others have been very suspicious of federal plans since leaked memos revealed the Obama administration was... Full story
Tester gives Senate update Tax code, defense, and continuing funding among subjects to be tackled Montana's U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said during a telephone press conference Wednesday that he expects some action to take place in the next few weeks, but much major work may be delayed until November or later. "'Tis the season, with the elections looming," he said. "Most people want to go home. "I do too, but I come home every weekend," Tester added. Tester also complimented Bob Abbey, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land...
Tester gives Senate update Tax code, defense, and continuing funding among subjects to be tackled Tim Leeds, [email protected] Montana's U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said during a telephone press conference Wednesday that he expects some action to take place in the next few weeks, but much major work may be delayed until November or later. "'Tis the season, with the elections looming," he said. "Most people want to go home. "I do too, but I come home every weekend," Tester added. Tester also complimented Bob Abbey, director...
The Hill County government is working closely with state and federal agencies to try to resolve a broken drain at Beaver Creek Dam south of Havre. "We want to get at it before it turns cold," Hill County Commissioner Kathy Bessette said Tuesday. Bessette said the commissioners have been in contact with the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service to find the best way to fix, or at least temporarily improve, the problem. Both of those companies have purview o...
