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  • FWP sets meeting in Havre on CWD

    Tim Leeds|Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is hosting a public information meeting regarding efforts to contain chronic wasting disease and changes for the upcoming hunting season. The meeting will be held Monday, March 11 5-6 p.m. in Havre in the conference room at the Great Northern Inn across from the Duck Inn. Last hunting season, FWP discovered CWD in deer across the Hi-Line, one year after the first confirmation of it in wildlife in the state. The contagious neurological disease can infect deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal...

  • Havre Beneath the Streets looking for funds to make important repairs

    Derek Hann|Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Havre Beneath the Streets is seeking some help repairing damage to its popular historic tourist attraction, and a Havre legislator is working to help it get some funds. Christy Owens, office manager for the popular historic attraction and for the Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum, said two of Havre Beneath the Streets rooms have been closed due to water leakage. The leak is coming through the sidewalk on Second Street in front of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles Club which has gla...

  • Rocky Boy roads re-opened

    Tim Leeds|Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Chippewa Cree Business Committee closed roads on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation at about 2 this morning at the recommendation of the Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement, but re-opened the roads about 7:15, posts on the law enforcement department’s Facebook page said. A post late last night said road conditions on the reservation were slippery ice-packed roads with snow cover. People were urged to take precaution while out and drive slower than usual, leaving ahead of time to hav...

  • Obituary - Kenneth C. "Clyde" Sargent

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Kenneth C. "Clyde" Sargent of Havre, 70, passed away peacefully Saturday, February 23, 2019, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls surrounded by his children. A viewing will be held Wednesday, February 27, 2019, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Fifth Avenue Christian Church; burial with military honors to follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Clyde's name may be made to Peace...

  • For the Record, Feb. 26, 2019

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Havre Police Department Officers were called to First Street Northeast Monday at 7:56 a.m. to provide assistance. -- Someone stopped at the police station to speak with an officer Monday at 8:56 a.m. about an assault. -- A Fourth Street caller reported Monday at 11:36 a.m. finding drug paraphernalia. -- At 1:25 p.m. Monday, a BNSF Railway caller reported a non-emergency diesel fuel spill into a containment pit. -- A Fourth Street caller at 2:33 p.m. Monday reported someone...

  • Obituary - Taryn Raschelle Jungers

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Taryn Raschelle Jungers, age 19 passed away on February 19, 2019. She is survived by her parents, Nathan and Tammy Jungers, brother Christopher, sister Layla, grandparents Terry and Lila Andrews, aunt and uncle Karen and Wes Potter, cousins Mariah and Jacob Potter, all from Michigan, and aunt and uncle Terri and Jon Hunt, cousins Samantha Nimmick, Matt Hunt, and Danielle LaRae from Montana and cousin Rochelle Thompson from New Mexico. A memorial service will be held at 4:00...

  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission business meeting

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Hill County Commission has added two items to its agenda which printed Friday for its business meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday. The full agenda follows: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Tax adjustments Resolutions • Resolution No. 19-2578 Corrected Resolution for Health fund (2979) • Hill County Conservation District Budget Appropriation Contracts • Social Media Policy • H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum By-laws • Rotary Canyon Trail — Insurance endorsement • Konftel 300Wx — Confe...

  • Transit system applying for capital and operating assistance

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Press release North Central Montana Transit is applying for $620,434 through the Capital assistance and Operating Assistance Grant programs. The capital assistance grant is funded by the Federal Transit Administration — FTA — and administered by the Montana Department of Transportation. The Operating Assistance Grant is under the Montana Department of Transportation’s Operating Grant Program. FTA funds will be used to purchase two buses and the bus barn for providing transportation services to the Hi-Line area. The appli...

  • Shooter of two bull elk in Blaine County identified

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 game wardens said that due to people coming forward with good information, the person responsible for killing two bull elk in Blaine County last week has been identified and interviewed. Charges are pending in the case. Region 6 Havre wardens had received a TIP-MONT call Feb. 14 about a dead bull elk approximately two miles north of Cow Creek Reservoir off Lloyd Road in Blaine Co., about 30 miles south of Chinook. Wardens responded to the area and located a...

  • Catch and keep or let them swim away

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    It’s often said that Montana is like a small town with long streets. Montanans may be separated by hundreds of miles but it’s amazing how many mutual friends you find you have after talking with someone for five minutes in this giant small town. A defining characteristic of small towns is that people care about one another and rally together in challenging times. Chances are you’ve attended at least a few community benefits to raise money for medical bills or to help a family that had some other misfortune strike. Today...

  • Northern Montana Health Care offers 'Healthy Lifestyles' diabetes prevention program

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Press release Hi-Line community members are being offered a chance to prevent Type 2 diabetes together with the “Healthy Lifestyle” change program offered by Northern Montana Hospital. G Guided by trained lifestyle coaches, participants will be able to learn the skills they need to make lasting changes such as losing a modest amount of weight, being more physically active, and managing stress. This class will also be beneficial to Montanans with increased cardio-vascular risks. People with prediabetes — highe...

  • Help available for spit tobacco users during Through with Chew Week

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Through with Chew Week is observed in Montana the week of Feb. 25 thruogh March 1. The Bullhook Dental Clinic is partnering with the North Montana Tobacco-Free Coalition to provide free oral cancer screenings to spit tobacco users during this week. Early detection is a key to successful treatment. Health risks of spit tobacco and other forms of smokeless tobacco The Mayo Clinic concludes that while there is evidence that smokeless tobacco may be less dangerous than cigarettes are, long–term use of chewing tobacco and other s...

  • Chinook blood drive set for March 5

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    A blood drive is set for next Tuesday in Chinook at Wallner Hall, 330 Ohio, from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. People who have not made an appointment to donate can go on-line at https://www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 — 1-800-REDCROSS. Walk-ins are always welcome. There will be walk-in availability throughout the day along with the scheduled appointments. Any healthy person age 18 — or age 16 or 17 with a signed parental consent — or older and weighing at least 110...

  • Quilt show entries for Seed Show coming due

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Press release Only two weeks remain until the 27th Annual Quilt Show at the 2019 Montana Seed Show in Harlem. The dates for the show are Friday, March 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Band Room at the Harlem High School. People can enter their quilts, quilted wall hangings, decorator items, clothing, et cetera. Entries are due by Friday, March 8, by 5 p.m. at the Richman Insurance office and Harlem Public Library in Harlem. Entry forms are available at the Blaine County Library in...

  • Havre Elks hosting an open house

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Press release Havre Elks Lodge No. 1201 is hosting an open house for all residents of Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties Friday between 6 and 9 p.m. at the lodge at 321 Second St. in Havre. “This event is for members of the communities that our lodge serves to be introduced to the Elks organization in a relaxed, casual environment,” Lodge Exalted Ruler Kyle Leeds said “Our members Bill Patera and Clyde Thomas with Fat Billy and the Boyz BBQ will be providing pulled pork sliders and nachos at the event, and our club will...

  • Local News - Middle School holding invitational choir festival

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Press release Havre Middle School is hosting a Middle School Invitational Choral Festival Monday at Havre High School. Seventh- and eighth-grade students from Sunburst, Shelby, Chinook, Turner, Malta, Cut Bank, North Star and Havre Middle School will sing in a large mass choir under the direction of guest conductor Havre High School choral director Danielle Stoll. After a day of rehearsing, an evening concert will be presented at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre High School Auditorium. The repertoire is a diverse program including a...

  • Skylights aiming to keep their season alive at Rocky Mountain

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 26, 2019

    In Frontier Conference play this season, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights have played 15 games against teams in the NAIA Top 25. And if the Skylights want to advance their season, they’ll have to beat a Top 25 team tonight to do it. Northern (13-17) heads to Billings tonight to battle No. 24 Rocky Mountain College (19-11) in the first round of the 2019 Frontier Conference Women’s Playoffs. And for the Skylights, who are 0-3 against the Battlin’ Bears this seaso...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Feb 26, 2019

    Gilbert Snow, Hays-Lodge Pole Boys Basketball Gilbert Snow and the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds took a tough route to the Class C state tournament. They finished third at the 9C and then had to play Winnett-Grass Range on a Sunday challenge game just to get to state. But with the first HLP berth to state since 2016 on the line, Snow delivered. Against the Rams, the senior scored 22 points and dished out four assists as HLP won 65-56. Snow averaged 14 points in three games at N...

  • George Ferguson Column: Wildcats making history with every win

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 26, 2019

    In the 2018 Northern B Divisional girls basketball tournament, the Harlem Wildcats went in with high hopes, only to be left heartbroken after coming up short on qualifying for the Class B state tournament. Fast forward one year and hopes were again high going into the 2019 Northern B. After all, Harlem had another great regular season, punctuated by being the only team to beat Wolf Point this winter. So, not only was Harlem going into last week’s divisional tourney in Malta f...

  • Sports Photo: Havre hockey success over the weekend...

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