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The Trump administration has reversed its decision to close a Job Corps training center in Anaconda, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Monday. Daines said in a press release he secured President Donald Trump’s decision to keep the Anaconda Job Corps training center open. The decision follows Daines’ call with Trump Saturday, where he stressed that the Anaconda center was one of the top centers in the country, and must remain open. After speaking with Daines, Trump told him the site would remain open, a release fro...
Havre High School art teacher Stacey Freier is concluding her career in teaching after 37 years June 5. "It's a good decision, but there is a lot that I'm going to miss," she said. Freier graduated from Hellgate High School in Missoula in 1978, but she said she wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl. She said that after high school she had a great opportunity when she was offered a full-ride basketball scholarship to Northern Montana College, now Montana State...
A new marathon is coming to north-central Montana. At the Hill County Park Board meeting Monday, Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jody Olson told the board about a planned marathon set for 2020. Olson said Montana State University-Northern Chief of Staff Rachel Dean proposed hosting a full marathon of 25.2 miles in 2020 to the Chamber. She added that Dean wrote a grant application to the state Department of Commerce’s Tourism Department, which awarded the Chamber $12,700 for the event. She said the event a...
The topic of zoning and starting an Airbnb in Havre came up during Havre City Council’s meeting Monday. Council member Lindsey Ratliff brought up during the public comment portion of the meeting a citizen’s questions about zoning areas to establish an Airbnb. “They need to specify what their request is so it can go to the zoning board, or if they are trying to change ordinances, if that is what their request is,” Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said. “To me, personally, you’re not going to be able, probably, to change the ordinan...
After days of dry, hot weather, the weather for the weekend may be drowning some outdoor plans. National Weather Service had elevated fire conditions warning out for north-central Montana Monday and today, centered from Havre to Harlem Monday and from Cut Bank to Havre today, due to winds, high temperatures and low humidity. People are advised to use extreme caution to avoid causing sparks in the regions, as finer fuels such as grasses have dried up and could catch fire easily today, the warning said. The warning for Monday...
The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce has presented the lineup for this summer’s Sounds on the Square. The performances, sponsored by NorthWestern Energy and Triangle Communications, run from from 6 to 8 p.m. each Wednesday on Havre’s Town Square on the 300 Block of First Street. The first three weeks feature some local country. June 12 will have a performance by Milk River Band, followed by ROC Band June 19 and Plowed Under Band June 26. The series takes a rock turn July 3 with Stevie Nixon, followed by some Southern Rock Jul...
A rainy forecast for the weekend is changing the venue of a new offering from Montana Actors’ Theater, its Spring into the Past Festival. MAT moved its production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” to June in an attempt to find better weather to hold it in conjunction with a festival, but the forecast has shot down that attempt. Highs are expected to stay in the 80s today through Thursday, then cool, rainy weather is expected to hit Thursday night with highs predicted in the 60s Friday and 40s Saturday with a 20 percent chance of rain F...
Press release The Alzheimer’s Association and financial services firm Edward Jones have entered into an historic partnership, whereby Edward Jones has committed $4.7 million over two years to support the mission of the Alzheimer’s Association, Havre area Alzheimer’s Association Ambassador and Edward Jones financial advisor Jennifer Tilleman said. The team is giving local residents a chance to help the partnership this Thursday with a fundraiser at Havre’s Pizza Hut. Funding through the partnership will enhance the associa...
Carrie Classon, wife of Havre-native Peter Heimdahl and writer of The Postscript column has invited book clubs to discuss her memoir, “Blue Yarn: A Memoir About Loss, Letting Go, & What Happens Next.” Classon said she would like to chat live with book clubs about her recently released book. People can contact her directly at [email protected] to schedule a time for their book club to ask questions and discuss the book with her. Learn more about Classon and her memoir at https://www.carrieclasson.com/...
The Havre-Hill County Library is swinging into summer with a Blast Off Carnival to start the Summer Reading Program: A Universe of Stories, and the rest of its schedule of special summer events. The event is free and open to the public. The carnival is set for Wednesday, June 12, in the library parking lot at 402 Third Ave. The event will include games, caricatures by artist Betsey Lee and Summer Reading sign up. Story Time will not take place that day. People don’t need a library card to attend any programs such as Story T...
Editor, Thank you to my nieces Lila Redding, Karen Cahill, Kristie Rhodes and Kellie Cahill hosting a 90th birthday celebration in my home. All of the birthday cards, flowers and friends who came are sincerely appreciated. Evelyn Wanke Chester...
Editor, Yes! Bob Sivertsen, please continue to fight for Amtrak and the four-lane highway. I care! Come on, Hill County, Havre and the Hi-Line towns of north-central Montana. Raise your voices loud and clear to be heard that we do need Amtrak. Call your state, county and, yes, President Trump officials who should should speak for our concerns. Seems many say, “Oh! Let someone else do it!” Then it doesn’t happen. We have the right to speak our minds in these United States to be heard and do something about it. Soon we may b...
Editor, We at the Havre-Hill County Library invite and encourage everyone to participate in this year’s Summer Reading Program: A Universe of Stories. We are getting things started Wednesday, June 12, with a Blast off Carnival in the library parking lot at 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. We’ll have plenty of games, caricatures by artist Betsey Lee, and of course Summer Reading signup. While you don’t need a library card to attend any of our programs such as Story Time or Lego Time, you will need one to sign up for Summer Readi...
It has been over a month that I have been home from Helena and the Senate floor. Since then, we have had a number of bills that the governor vetoed but had originally passed the Senate and House be a 2/3 majority. This allows the opportunity for both houses to override the veto by a mail vote. There is a two-week turnaround on these voted bills, so we’re still waiting to see what happens. I have been busy on the farm, doing catch-up around the place: dead batteries, low tires, dentist, physical and general clean-up that was n...
Stanley W. Gardipee Jr., 84, passed away due to natural causes at Peace Hospice on Sunday, June 2, 2019. Wake service began at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2019, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and continued until his funeral service. A Rosary was held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, and his funeral was at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, also at St. Mary’s. Burial will follow in the Warrior’s Burial Ground Veterans Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Daniel L. Morris, 70, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at his Portland, OR, residence due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be scheduled in the next few weeks. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Daniel’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com/....
Thomas “Tom” Howard Stevens of Havre, age 71, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019. A Funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Chapel at Northern Montana Care Center. Memorials in Tom’s name may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Tom’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com. Full obituary to follow....
Havre Police Department A Grant Avenue caller reported Monday at 11:20 a.m. that the dashboard of a pickup was burned. -- Doris Youngman Gone of Fort Belknap, 64, was issued a summons on two charges of endangering the welfare of children, after a caller at a First Street business reported Monday at 12:59 p.m. seeing two children left in a hot car with the windows up. -- Monday at 4:38 p.m. a caller reported that kids took the tires and wheels off a car in the parking lot of a...
Montana Highway Patrol reports investigating two crashes in the area over the weekend including one that sent a bicyclist to the hospital. A car versus bicycle crash was reported on U.S. Highway 2 Saturday at 9:36 a.m. Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred about three miles east of Gildford. CPR was being performed on the bicyclist while an ambulance was called. Hill County Sheriff’s Offic and the Highway Patrol also were notified, the patrol reports The victim was transported to the hospital. Highway Patrol also r...
Soon, Box Elder girls basketball star Lilly Gopher will be navigating her first season of college basketball. That will come this fall when she suits up for defending NAIA national champion Montana Western. First, though, Gopher will get one last weekend of high school basketball. Gopher is part of the Montana Girls Team in the annual Montana-Wyoming All-Star Series, which will be played Friday and Saturday night on each side of the border. And, it will be her last high...
A former Havre Blue Pony star basketball player has now achieved the highest honor at Carroll College. Former Blue Pony great girls basketball player Jolene Fuzesy was recently named to the Carroll College Athleteics Hall of Fame Class of 2019. Fuzesy’s induction will be a part of a huge night for Carroll as legendary head coach Mike Van Diest and former Carroll Athletic Director Bruce Parker are also among the inductees. Fuzesy played for the Blue Ponies in her senior season...
Saturday marked the start of summer, at least on the local golf tournament scene, and it couldn't have been a better day for two big tournaments in Havre. At Prairie Farms Golf Course Saturday, the annual Golfing For a Cure Tournament, put on by the Havre Women's Golf Association, was played under warm, sunny skies. The tournament, which made some format changes this year with each four-person scramble team now consisting of two men and two women, was sold-out, with a 24-team...
