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Angel Care LLC announced on its Facebook page that it will be offering free shopping services to the community's elderly members and people with underlying diseases that have a higher risk of contracting severe illnesses from COVID19. People can contact Angel Care at) 262-7892 for details. "Let's work together to assure our community is as safe as can be during this pandemic.," a post on its Facebook page said.... Full story
Much has happened in north-central Montana - and the rest of the state, and the country, and the world - in the past week in response to the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic. Gov. Steve Bullock declared an emergency in the state March 12, and reported the next day that four cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, had been confirmed in Montana. A flurry of local and state orders came out in the next week, closing all K-12 public schools, restricting bars and... Full story
U.S. Department of Agriculture service centers are encouraging visitors to take proactive protective measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and are taking steps to do so. USDA Service Centers in Montana will continue to be open for business by phone appointment only and field work will continue with appropriate social distancing. While our program delivery staff will continue to come into the office, they will be working with our producers by phone, and using... Full story
The Havre Police Department announced on its Facebook page the department is closed to walk-in traffic and people are asked to call the department at 265-4361 for assistance.... Full story
The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation announced in a post on the tribe's Facebook page that the Rocky Boy Police Department will be implementing checkpoints at the entrances to the reservation today at noon. "The primary goal of this action is to promote community safety by monitoring incoming traffic to reduce and or eliminate the spread of COVID-19," the post said. The monitoring posts will be in place 24-hours-a-day. People entering the reservation will... Full story
Rocky Boy Elementary School Principal Clintanna Colliflower notified students and parents of the school that pre-kindergarten through second grade students at the school will have learning packets available at the school today from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. People who are unable to pick up the packets are asked to notify the students' teachers so the packets can be taken to the students. The school will have device distribution for students who need devices for online learning... Full story
Press release Triangle Communications CEO and General Manager Craig Gates said Friday in a letter to the members of the cooperative that its office will be closed to the public starting this week. In light of the recent global pandemic declared by the World Health Organization; Triangle Communications is transitioning to social distancing of its employees. Starting Tuesday, the cooperative’s doors will be closed to the public for the foreseeable future. Once the pandemic is under control here in Montana as defined by the S... Full story
Note: This was provided by the offices of Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines Montana’s U.S. senators announced over the weekend that all Montana counties are eligible for additional funding under the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan Declaration. “This is about giving our counties and working Montanans additional tools for relief they need during the coronavirus outbreak,” Daines said in a release. “I’m glad to have voted to secure this critical funding to help protect Montana small businesses... Full story
Havre Daily News staff Northern Montana Health Care, along with county health departments, the state Department of Public Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care organizations are issuing recommendations to people on how to reduce the chance of contracting or spreading the novel coronavirus 2019, and recommendations on what people should do if they have symptoms of the disease. The coronavirus section on the CDC website says reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms... Full story
Ethel Mae Couch, a lifetime resident of Havre, went to her homecoming in heaven with Jesus March 18, 2020, at Northern Montana Care Center. She was just 22 days from her 100th birthday on April 9. Memorial services will be held at Fifth Avenue Christian Church in Havre, MT, at a future date. Memorials in Ethel’s name can be made to Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Ethel’s online memorial page at http://www.hollandbonine.com to lea... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report made at 8:44 a.m. Friday from a U.S. Highway 2 East business that a trailer had been vandalized. -- Officers investigated a report made at 11:44 a.m. Friday from Second Street that a 2002 Dodge Dakota had been struck while it was parked. -- Havre Animal Control investigated a report made at 2:05 p.m. Friday from Bullhook Boulevard that a dog had bitten someone. -- Officers investigated a report made at 4:03 p.m. Friday...
Dominance is a strong word in the world of sports and is not taken lightly. A team has to earn the title of dominance through a lot of hard work and climbing the ladder of success. Often times, those teams that prove their dominance often go down in history for such accomplishments. In high school sports, that dominant presence is not easily achievable in some cases, and, as many Hi-Line basketball fans know, the District 9C is not an easy conference to dominate. But in the 20...
During this crisis the American people instinctively knew what they needed: food. News showed empty store shelves as politicians warned not to hoard and promised plenty of food. If our market system were functioning, demand would increase the value of food and everyone would share in the profits. But the price the producer received plummeted while the consumer paid more. (National Cattlemen’s Beef Association) acknowledged in a letter to the Whitehouse, that domestic beef supply remains steady while retail demand and boxed b...
I am appalled the Havre Daily News chose to run Ann Coulter’s xenophobic, racist rant. This rhetoric is not harmless. It incites fear and hate and is the last thing we need when facing a crisis. Unfortunately, anti-Asian sentiment is already on the rise, and you made a choice to allow someone to fan the flames of ignorance and bigotry. We live in a global economy. People and cargo travel around the world constantly. COVID-19 is a virus affecting all of us who share this one planet. Scientists have been predicting a p...
Montanans are no strangers to challenging and unprecedented times. In 2017, we tackled the most expensive fire season on record and the largest since the big burn of 1910. Through economic downturns, we have made sacrifices in order to help neighbors in need and rebuilt again. Even dating back to the Granite Mountain mine disaster over a century ago, we made sure we came out of it a stronger community. With coronavirus now reaching our state, we again face challenging and unprecedented times. This pandemic not only gives way...
The Lands Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Spokane, Washington. We are dedicated to the preservation and protection of forests, water and wildlife in the Inland Northwest. Since 1984, The Lands Council has been a community leader, promoting responsible recreation in wild places inherently valuable to the region. We are inspired to preserve nature’s legacy for future generations. As part of our restoration ecology program we actively relocate nuisance beavers. To date, The Lands Council has relocated o...
Havre is a place we are proud to call home, where we enjoy spending our time and giving back to our community. We have been a part of many community activities and we are always willing to help when we can. We’ve been in your community for more than 100 years. We pride ourselves in bringing you the best local news and sports coverage. We will continue to be there for you. During this COVID-19 time, we ask you to share some core values with each other. We can all benefit from being helpful, friendly, courteous and kind to o...
More and more sports continue to be affected by the spreading and growing COVID-19 crisis in the United States, and while winter gives way to spring, and eventually summer, the biggest sport of the warm weather season, baseball, is also going to be affected. Over the weekend, the Havre Youth Baseball Association released a statement about how it is proceeding due to the COVID-19 crisis in Montana. The statement reads as follows: "To Havre and the Surrounding Communities: "The...
