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Editor’s note: This version corrects an editing error in the first paragraph of the letter. Editor, Aren’t all meetings of public officials required to be open? If differing perspectives cannot be discussed then — which would give a false impression of total agreement — then when? I am happy to have a public official express my concerns at last, though (Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean) and I have not discussed this issue. When disallowing non-essential travel on Highway 2 was being tossed around, it gave me pause,...
The Hill County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the victim of a fire Saturday that the Sheriff’s Office investigated. Ken Wilson Grazier, 77, was the victim of the structure fire at a residence on the 700 Block of 38th Avenue West Saturday. The fire was reported at 11:22 p.m. and the Havre Fire Department responded along with a Hill County sheriff’s deputy responded. Grazier was found dead at the scene and a coroner was requested and responded. The state fire marshall was contacted and a deputy fire marshall also respo...
The Havre Community Food Bank is handing out free milk this week, due to donations from a local business and state milk producers. Food Bank Manager Samantha Nimmick said the food bank received more than 3,000 lbs. of milk from Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods as well as more than 60 gallons from the Montana Food Bank Network Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6. The food bank distributed milk Tuesday and will again Thursday and Friday, from from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. Gary & Leo’s store’s co-owner and manager Tracy Job said...
Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson and representatives from Great West Engineering as well as M.E.T. Automation & Controls met in Beaver Creek Park to discuss putting new sensors in Beaver Creek Reservoir to help better manage water levels and provide data to people who may need it. At the meeting, the group discussed the kind of sensors to install and what the potential costs of the project might be. Peterson said things are still in the early planning stages and no...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 51 with 21 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 9,583. The number of deaths was 7. The number of recoveries was 2019. The numbers by county were: Hill: 1, zero new cases Liberty: 1, zero new cases Blaine: 0 Chouteau: 0 Toole: 26, zero new cases Flathead: 37, 1 new case Gallatin: 139, 1 new case Pondera: 1, 1 new case Roosevelt: 4, 1 new case Yellowstone: 64, 1 new case Beaverhead: 1, zero new cases Big Horn: 2, zero...
An update on Havre Public School's remote learning plan was discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday. The new district policy, 3650, Pupil Online Personal Information Protection on second and final reading was approved unanimously. "This is part of our remote learning that we need in place to make sure we're protecting people's online personal information," Superintendent Andy Carlson said. "Basically making sure that we're following The Family Educational Rights...
Gov. Steve Bullock said during a press conference call Tuesday a report on who has been impacted by COVID-19 will be released this week and that some extra payments from the stimulus bill, the CARES Act, will be going out soon. He said the governor’s office will be releasing an interim analysis of COVID-19 cases in Montana, which was prepared by the epidemiologists of the Communicable Disease Bureau at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. “What the report did is analyze diagnose cases of COVID-19 in...
Members of the community are invited to participate Friday night in a food collection event and social distancing cruise to honor the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. at Rod’s Drive Inn and run till 8 p.m. People may enter the cruise at any time. “The purpose of this event is to show support for our first responders and essential workers,” Darla Bunton-Welch of Havre said. “I think we need them to know we appreciate all they do especially during this time.” She said she and others ar...
Press release BOZEMAN — This spring, the Montana FFA Foundation awarded more than $90,000 in scholarships and grants to FFA members and local FFA chapters throughout the state including to students from Big Sandy and Chinook. Fifty students will be receiving a combined total of $71,500 in scholarships and grants for college, leadership development, and work-based learning projects. Scholarships for top individuals will be awarded to winners of competitions at the State FFA Convention, date and location to be announced at a l...
Press release BILLINGS — The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the daily routine for everyone, but these can be especially trying times for people who care for someone with cognitive or memory loss. To help, the Alzheimer’s Association is offering an expanded array of free tools and resources, including: • Care consultations — or just moral support — at any time of the day or night through their 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900. • Virtual programs on a variety of topics about Alzheimer’s and related dementias, effective com...
Beth Davidson, 70, passed away due to natural causes surrounded by family at her residence Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Beth's life will be held at a later date. Beth's family has requested that memorial donations be made in her name to First Lutheran Church, 303 6th Ave, Havre, MT 59501, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Beth's...
Beloved Gary W. Grant, 86, passed away Tuesday April 14, 2020, due to Alzheimer’s disease surrounded by loved ones at the Care and Comfort Home. A full obituary will follow. A celebration of Gary’s life will be held at a later date Cremation has been entrusted to Holland and Bonine Funeral Home....
Carol Ann (Passon) Upshaw passed away of natural causes at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook April 8, 2020, just four days after her 76th birthday. Carol was born April 4, 1944, in Havre to Adolph and Inez (Adamson) Passon. She was raised in Havre and attended school there. Besides being a mom to her three children, she was a waitress, cook, bartender and restaurant owner. Carol was proud of the fact that she was born on 4-4-44, and often used it as a conversation...
Press release Hill County will be conducting the June 2 Federal Primary Election as an all-mail ballot election. With the spread and concerns over COVID-19 and per the directives issued by the governor’s office, people and the government have an obligation have a duty to protect election judges and electors. This means that people who are an active or provisionally registered voter in Hill County will be mailed a ballot. Ballots will be mailed May 8. Polling places will not be open Election Day. Anyone who is not r...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding producers to apply for coverage through the State Hail Insurance Program. Montana producers can access and fill out applications for state hail insurance online by visiting the program’s website at https://agr.mt.gov/HailInsurance-Applying . Crop insurance against hail damage is available at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the insured amount and vary by cou...
Press release The Hill County Commission is looking for people who are interested in serving on the Hill County Park Board. The park board is charged with the responsibility for the oversight of several Hill County Parks, most notably Beaver Creek Park. Meetings are held the first non-holiday Monday of each month at 5:30 pm. Park board member terms are for three years. People must have resided in the county for the previous two years, be a registered voter and at least 18 years of age to be eligible. People are asked to mail...
Havre Police Department Corey Ray Earl Sterner of Great Falls, 42, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance, after a caller on Seventh Avenue reported Tuesday at 8:34 a.m. that a man came onto her porch and tried to steal a gas can before taking off in a white car. Hill County Sheriff's Office Nicolette Lailoni Windyboy of Box Elder, 40, was arrested on a charge...
For the 2019-2020 Frontier Conference basketball season, the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Skylights had a combined nine players named Frontier Academic All-Conference. The Northern women's team saw Allix Goldhahn (So., health promotion), Peyton Kehr (Jr., elementary education), Morgan Mason (So., physical education) and Petra Sellin (Sr., business) earn Academic All-Conference honors. The Lights named Academic All-Conference were, Devin Bray (Sr., business...
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Not much can stop the UFC, but last week, the COVID-19 pandemic did. And so far, that's the only thing that's been able to stop Hunter Azure. Many Montana State University-Northern fans remember the name Hunter Azure when it comes to wrestling. Azure may have wrestled only two years for the Lights, but he left quite the impression on the program. Even before his years at Northern, Azure was lighting up the mat for Poplar as a prestigious, four-time Class B-C state champion....
“I love seeing all the people in the park,” my sister told me on the phone the other night. “I can tell who is together because they are walking in little clumps!” I love that idea: Little satellites orbiting the park — usually with a dog — keeping a safe distance from the other orbiting clumps nearby. My sister is in a clump consisting of herself, her husband, their two children, a dog and a cat. (I’m not sure if the cat considers himself part of the clump or not. Possibly...
