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Articles from the June 25, 2020 edition


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  • Officials warn of COVID safety as case number rises

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Gov. Steve Bullock held a press conference Wednesday to provide an update on the recent spike of COIVD-19 cases in Montana since the implementation of Phase Two of the state’s re-opening as well as to allow public health officials to provide background on the work they have been doing to combat the spread of the virus. “Learning more about the virus and how it interacts in our communities is certainly critical in determining how we move forward in navigating these times,” Bullock said. He said even places in the state that...

  • County Commission votes to proceed with ambulance district

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

    The Hill County Commission met with representatives from the Rudyard Ambulance Service and the City of Havre Wednesday and voted unanimously to proceed with making plans to implement a county-wide ambulance district which will require approval from voters in the next general election. The City of Havre said in a letter in February to the Hill County Commission, which also funds the service in Rudyard, that they believe the county is not contributing an equitable amount of fund...

  • Skidmore charged with homicide in 2017 fatal crash

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    William Joseph Skidmore was in the Hill County Detention Center this morning facing a felony charge of vehicular homicide while under the influence stemming from an Aug. 15, 2017, crash near the Havre cemetery that killed Jason Skidmore. William Skidmore was charged Friday after new evidence processed this month proved a woman he said was driving the car at the time of the crash could not have been the driver. Skidmore was arrested Tuesday and was being held this morning on the vehicular homicide charge on a $50,000 bond. He...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 803 with 37 new cases

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

    The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 93 with 15 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 78,332 with 3,266 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 21. The number of recoveries was 572 and the number of active cases was 210. The new cases by county were in: Yellowstone: 10 new cases, 139 total Gallatin: 7 new cases, 223 total Dawson: 6 new cases, 9 total Missoula: 4 new cases, 58 total Big Horn: 2 new cases, 70 total cases Flathead: 2 new...

  • Man pleads guilty to having sex with a minor

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Kristopher Alan Chapman pleaded guilty Wednesday in state District Court in Havre to having sex to a minor. In a separate hearing in state District Court Wednesday, Chapman admitted to violating conditions of his release in a 2016 sentence for assault with a weapon. Chapman was charged Jan. 23, 2020, with multiple counts of sexual intercourse without consent and sexual abuse of children and with a charge of indecent exposure after he was accused of having sex with and filming a pre-high school-aged girl. He pleaded guilty...

  • For the Record, June 25, 2020

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Havre Police Department A caller reported finding a gun on Boulevard Avenue Wednesday at 9:19 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street West business reported Wednesday at 10:08 a.m. that a white Chevrolet had been damaged in a hit and run crash that had occurred sometime in the night. -- Kobe Allen Scott Miller of Havre, 20, was arrested on charges of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and on a state District...

  • Obituary - Adrienne Phyllis Hutton

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Longtime Turner resident Adrienne Phyllis Hutton, 92, passed away February 27, 2020. Born October 2, 1927, to Fred and Mary Acelia Richards of Orkney, Sask., she was the fourth of five children. New Year's Eve 1945, she met Graham Hutton of Turner, MT, at a dance in Climax, SK. They were married November 27,1946. In 1948, they bought the Frank Jones farm where they raised their children, Phyllis, Linda, Cheryl, Karalee and Miles. Adrienne was a wife, mother and homemaker. She...

  • Obituary: Robert 'Bud' Boyce

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Robert “Bud” Boyce, 88, passed away surrounded by his family due to natural causes at his Havre residence Sunday, June 21, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and due to COVID restrictions, a private family memorial Mass will be held. His family would like to invite his friends to a celebration of Bud’s life at 1:00 p.m. today, Thursday, June 25, 2020, at Pepin Park, where everyone can gather to eat and share stories while social distancing. They have suggested memorial donat...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Life in the slow lane

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Life is such a mixed bag of tricks, isn’t it? In the morning we slide out of bed, make coffee, check the obits to see if we made headlines, put our two hands (some of us are greedy) in the bag and pull out the tricks of the day. Such a mix. Michelle from Oconahua up the road wrote, “Ana’s Mom was hilarious. Always cracking people up in town. She was quite the outspoken young person, the youngest and last of 18. She was the favorite of her father. He was a strict and hones...

  • Tool available to connect to lenders participating in PPP

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced Friday the launch of a dedicated online tool for small businesses and non-profits to be matched with Community Development Financial Institutions, Minority Depository Institutions, Certified Development Companies, Farm Credit System lenders, Microlenders, as well as traditional smaller asset size lenders in the Paycheck Protection Program. SBA’s Lender Match is an additional resource for pandemic-affected small bus...

  • OUTDOORS: The wildlife loves summer, too...

    Updated Jun 25, 2020

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  • OUTDOORS: Parker Canyon Creek: A hiker's paradise

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Hiking and biking in the Bear Paw Mountains is a popular past time. But, many people don't know that, there's much more to hiking the Bear Paws than what's inside Beaver Creek Park. Now though, Rocky Boy's Mike Geboe is changing all that. Geboe has started offering guided hikes and biking, as well as other outdoor activities as part of Parker Canyon Creek on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation adjacent to Beaver Creek Park. "I have spent a lot of my career working in the...