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Chinook Volunteer Fire Department reported on its Facebook page Thursday evening that it was fighting seven fires in southern Blaine County. The department said in a post it would appreciate any help with donations people could give, with the doors of the fire hall at 1201 Illinois St. in Chinook open at 6 a.m. and someone staffing the hall to accept donations all day. "Non-perishables are wonderful in all size, shape or form," a post said. An earlier post said the primary...
Members of the Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council met with a representative from the office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Wednesday at Bullhook Community Health Center to discuss their organization’s activities and the area’s behavioral health needs. LAC Chair Andi Daniel and Bullhook Community Health Center Behavioral Health Manager and LAC Secretary Deidre Reiter provided details and answered questions about the challenges the area faces when it comes to mental health care and substance abuse dis...
Saturday Market, a summertime local market put on by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, returns to Havre Saturday after being delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chamber Executive Director Julea Robbins said the market runs all the way through the Saturday of Festival Days, which will be Sept. 18. The market operates from 8 a.m to noon at Town Square on the 300 Block of First Street. Food will also be available for purchase. "Saturday Market has been going on...
Clyde George Webster - September 10, 1933-July 2, 2021. Clyde's funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the Jerry Martin Memorial Fire Hall in Big Sandy, MT. Viewing begins at 10:00 a.m. Clyde, or as he was known around the country, "Web," passed away in the early morning hours of July 2, 2021, with family by his side as "Wichita Lineman" played softly, and the lights blinked twice. Web was born September 10, 1933, in Dillon, MT. Early in his... Full story
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack added more counties including Blaine County to the rapidly growing list of Montana counties declared as drought disaster areas. Some of the counties are being added as primary disaster areas when producers there already were eligible for USDA disaster benefits as counties contiguous to primary disaster areas — including Blaine County — or now are included as contiguous counties when they already were primary disaster areas, such as Hill County. Ag producers have eight months from the...
Havre Police Department Officers responded to a Wednesday 8:50 a.m. request from Havre Fire Department for assistance with two men who were fighting at a medical response scene on First Avenue. -- Two people were issued summonses after a caller at Pepin Park reported two teenagers were fighting Wednesday at 5:28 p.m. No details on charges were provided. Hill County Sheriff's Office The sheriff's office dispatch log reported no arrests, summons issued or investigations in the...
You know how I love the rains, right? As with grandchildren, I love them more when they behave. You know. Sunshine days and rain in the early evenings. Another morning listening to rain pound down while the stupid birds are singing at the top of their lungs, “Here comes the sun.” Stupid birds. There is a lesson in here somewhere. After a leisurely trip visiting relatives along the route from Mexico to Minnesota, John and Carol wrote that they are home, having been towed the...
Havre-Hill County Library staff Over a year ago, the Havre-Hill County Library reopened after being closed due to COVID-19, but something very important was missing. Our Saturday hours. Starting July 10, the library will once again be open Saturdays, and with even more hours than before. We will now be open Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and closed Sundays. Yes, we do have tons of books you can check out for free, but don’t forget we also have wi-fi hot spots, laptops, and iPads available for checkout. Did we m...
Like almost everything that happened in the past year as it relates to COVID-19, planning, and playing out Frontier Conference sports was unlike anything longtime commissioner Kent Paulson had ever seen. And yet, as the league prepares to return to a new normal with fall sports on the horizon, Paulson couldn't have been more proud of how everyone in the conference has handled the pandemic to date. "Looking back, we were extremely successful with what we tried to do in regards...
On June 10, Sha’Carri Richardson finished the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.72 seconds, the sixth-best finish in the women’s 100-meter all time. With her finish, Richardson qualified for the Tokyo Olympics this summer and was favored by many to compete for the United States’ first gold medal in the 100-meter in 25 years. Now because of a positive test for marijuana during the trials, those dreams are gone as she was disqualified from competing in the Olympics. Hopefully Richardson gets another chance in the future to co...
From U.S. Small Business Administration WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration announced last week the extended application date for its new Community Navigator Pilot Program. SBA will now accept proposal submissions through July 23 and anticipates making award decisions by September. The new initiative, established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, will leverage a community navigator approach to reach the nation's smallest businesses, with a priority...
From U.S. Small Business Administration WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman announced last week the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program, signed into law by President Joe Biden as part of the American Rescue Plan. The program provided much needed economic aid to restaurants and other establishments struggling to make ends meet as a result of the pandemic. “The $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund provided desperately needed relief to more than 100...
