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The Havre Fire Department held a controlled burn and training session in conjunction with Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department, Chinook Volunteer Fire Department and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Wednesday at US Bank Park across from Montana State University-Northern. Around 20 firefighters from the different departments spent the afternoon training and going over the plan of attack when fighting brush fires before putting their knowledge to the...
A day before reaching his brewery's one-year anniversary, Old Station Brewing owner Steve Neiffer was presented an award Wednesday for his efforts to preserve and utilize a piece of Havre history. As part of National Preservation Month, the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission chose to recognize Neiffer with its annual preservation award "for his restoration and adaptive reuse of the Old Station Brewing building," Historic Preservation Officer Becki Miller said i...
After a several-month closure for renovations and re-organization, Havre's Salvation Army Sally Ann's Thrift Store is re-opening Friday with a grand opening at noon. Manager Carissa Minnick said the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors will hold a ribbon cutting, a guest speaker will make a presentation, "and, of course, there will be cookies." Minnick said the renovation went very well. The work, which started in January, was on both the exterior and interior and also...
Press release Havre Middle School Spring Choir Concert will be presented Monday beginning at 7 p.m. in the HMS assembly room. “Broadway Meets Havre Middle School” will be the theme of the concert, including selections from the musicals “The Greatest Showman,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Be More Chill,” “Mamma Mia,” “West Side Story” and “Grease.” Featured groups performing will include the sixth-grade and seventh-/eighth-grade choirs, Spotlighters, and various solo and duets. Everyone is welcome to this no-cost event....
From Social Security Administration Every year, on Memorial Day, the nation honors service members who have given their lives for others’ freedom. Social Security acknowledges the sacrifice of these military’s service members, and honors these heroes and their families who may need help through the benefits Social Security provides. Widows, widowers, and their dependent children may be eligible for Social Security survivors benefits. They can learn more about those benefits at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/survivors/. It...
Havre Daily News staff Set Free Ministries is rescheduling its Day in the Park. Set Free Ministries Havre Pastor A.J. Jensen said that with the cold weather predicted, the organizers did not want to bring children out to Pepin Park Saturday. He said the event will be rescheduled for later in the year....
Havre Daily News staff Havre’s Lions Swim Team took six swimmers to Great Falls last weekend, and brought home one first-place and three second-place finishes. “This was our first competition for the long course season; a great start to the season with 20 personal bests,” new Lions Swim Team coach Hayley Coursey said. In Great Falls, Ainsley Courtnage took first in the 25 breaststroke, taking off eight seconds for a personal best, and took second in the 50 breaststroke and 25 backstroke. Isaac Cammon brought home a secon...
Information provided to the Havre Daily News about the video “Prosperity” by Natalie Verploegen that won Triangle Communication’s Best in the West contest misnamed the video.... Full story
Havre Police Department A First Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 7:34 a.m. that a car was broken into during the night and a backpack with a laptop and textbooks was stolen. -- At 7:50 a.m. Wednesday, a First Street caller reported a teenager was refusing to go to school. -- A non-injury vehicle crash between a gold Suburban and a red Dodge car was reported Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. at Sixth Avenue West and First Street. -- A caller at an 11th Street West business reported Wed...
From Forward Montana HELENA — A program to offer student debt assistance to young farmers and ranchers in Montana was signed into law on Friday and will encourage young people to pursue a career in agriculture, Montana’s leading industry. Gov. Steve Bullock signed House Bill 431, which will create a student loan debt assistance program to aid young farmers and ranchers in paying off up to 50 percent of their student loans when they commit to at least 5 years of farming or ranching. Students must have graduated from a Mon...
On April 26, 2019, we lost our precious family member and friend Steven "A.J˘" James Herndon, from a complications of a major stroke. He joins his mother Mary in heaven. Anyone who had the pleasure of knowing this man surely remembers his humility, imagination, kindness, sense of humor, intelligence, unabashed personality, appetite, and love of conversation and alliteration. He was truly one of a kind and loved so because of it. A.J. was born September 8, 1949 in Spokane, Wash... Full story
When Guadalajara rumbled with a 3.9 quake, I neither felt nor heard it but at the same time a weird wind seemingly blowing from all directions hit us hard. That night I lay in bed looking up at the bricks that form my roof. What if . . . I’ll never forget the quake that shook Seattle a few years back and terrified me. It sounded like a freight train headed for my head and the ground rolled. Though a child, I still remember the Yellowstone Quake. Another quake hit this m...
The Fort Benton Longhorns have a rich history of success in athletics. Recently, much of that success has come in girls basketball and track and one athlete who has been an integral part of that is Leah Gannon. Gannon is a senior for Fort Benton and she is getting ready to compete in her fourth Northern C Divisional track meet this afternoon in Great Falls and if everything goes as planned, she will be heading to the Class C state track meet again in multiple events. Yet, as...
The divisional track meet has always been critical for the Havre Blue Pony track teams, but this weekend at the Eastern A Divisional, Havre is taking an even more serious approach as the girls hope to contend for a team trophy. In order to do that, Havre must finish among the top three teams in a deep and talented field down in Belgrade that includes Lewistown, Laurel, Sidney, Glendive, Miles City and Havre, all teams that are projected to score 18 points or more at the Class...
From Bosch, Kuhr, Dudgale, Martin and Kaze Jamie Vines, formerly Jamie Bedwell, has returned to Havre to practice as an associate attorney at Bosch, Kuhr, Dugdale, Martin and Kaze PLLP. She was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up in the Missoula area, near where her father lived as a child. Vines attended the University of Montana and received her B.A. in sociology, with an emphasis in Criminology, with high honors, in 2009 and her J.D. in 2012. After law school, Vines...
From Montana State Parks Montana State Parks is offering a two-part “Be Snake Aware” series at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park. “Be Snake Aware: Part I” will take place Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and “Part II” Saturday, June 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. People who love hiking but get nervous about encountering snakes on the trail can join Dan “The Snake Man” Waitt for this series about snakes. In Be Snake Aware: Part I, people will learn which species of snake call the park home, why they are important to the ecosyste...
From Independence Bank Independence Bank has announced that Karene Faber has been promoted to vice president of consumer lending. In her new position, Faber will oversee the consumer lending, one-to-four-family residential real estate departments and support staff for the six branch locations including Havre, Poplar, Scobey, Conrad, Malta and Glasgow. Faber has been with Independ-ence Bank since 2003 and most recently served as the assistant vice president of consumer...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks nominations of qualified individuals for five open seats on the National Organic Standards Board. The 15-member advisory board considers and makes recommendations on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances and other issues involving the production, handling and processing of USDA certified organic products. Each member serves a five-year term and represents specific sectors of the organic community. Current openings include: • One i...
