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  • UPDATE: Hoffman-Cluchey found safe after DOJ issues missing person alert

    Montana Department of Justice|Updated Aug 1, 2019

    UPDATE: Hoffman-Cluchey has been found safe, according to Missoula PD. The Montana Department of Justice has issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory on behalf of Missoula PD for Mia Hoffman-Cluchey. Mia is a 24 year old white female, 5 feet 2 inches, 120 lbs with hazel eyes and brown hair. Mia was last seen wearing a red strapless top with sleeves and short black shorts. Mia has a tattoo on her left rib cage with the script "If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever." Mia was last seen on 7/30/2019 at...

  • 500 acres consumed in wildfire

    Derek Hann and Ryan Berry|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Several fire agencies responded to a large field fire south of Fresno Road between Havre and Kremlin on the Fresno High Grade earlier today. After almost three hours of battling flames, a patchwork group of local departments and neighboring farmers were able to extinguish the fire - but not after losing around 500 acres of wheat and pasture. Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department Chief Josh Bebee said the firefighting effort went well despite the losses of crops. "We managed to...

  • Tester speaks on multiple issues in teleconference

    Derek Hann|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Tuesday during his monthly rural conference call that before the U.S. Senate takes a recess for the month of August, there are a number of bills he is working to get pushed through. Recently Tester’s bipartisan bill to push rural broadband coverage received approval by the Senate Commerce Committee and is moving on to the Senate floor, he said. He added that his bill requires broadband providers to fix their inaccurate coverage and wire maps to better represent what areas are covered. ...

  • Local businesses gearing up for school

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Local businesses in Havre are hosting back-to-school fundraisers and events, and are accepting donations to provide supplies for local students during the upcoming school year of 2019-20. For the third year in a row, Tom Lafond State Farm of Havre will be accepting school supplies starting Aug. 1 clear through to the end of the month. “We take any and all school supply donations,” State Farm Manager Angela Twombly said. “Pens, pencils, markers, crayons, paper, notebook, hand sanitizer, Kleenex, wipes, erasers, backp...

  • Supaman to share message of hope, resiliency at powwow

    Updated Jul 31, 2019

    With mental health and substance abuse rising in the state, the Chippewa Cree Wellness Coalition has reached out for Crow Agency resident hip-hop artist Christian Parrish Takes the Gun, known professionally as Supaman, to speak Thursday at this year’s Youth Powwow. “When we tell our stories it empowers the listener, they can relate to it,” Supaman said. The Wellness Coalition invited Supaman to speak, during the dinner break between the afternoon powwow and the 7 p.m. Grand Entry, Elinor Nault, executive director and court ad...

  • Carolyn Anderson: Up close and personal

    Pam Burke|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Driving across the stark north-central Montana prairie on an early-January afternoon is, perhaps, the best preparation for walking into Carolyn Anderson's art studio that looks over the tail waters from Fresno Dam. Something about the low winter sunlight scuttling into the infinite, muted tones of tan grass stalks - accented by white patches of snow and dark slashes of leafless trees and shrubs - that readies the eye to take in Anderson's oil paintings. Anderson, a nationally...

  • For the Record, July 31, 2019

    Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Havre Police Department Thomas Joseph Main of Havre, 42, was issued a summons on a charge of theft by disposal of stolen property after a Montana Avenue caller reported Tuesday at 3:59 p.m. finding his property at a pawn shop. -- Kaleb Emanuel Freyholtz of Hingham, 29, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and Charlye Jillian Garcia of Hingham, 29, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant, during a vehicle stop on First Street...

  • The Postscript: The Wren House

    Carrie Classon|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Nobody was using the old wren house. My grandfather built it. Grandpa started building birdhouses when he retired from milking cows and his second oldest son took over. That son, my mother’s brother, is now 87 and retired 20 years ago. It’s a pretty old birdhouse. “My dad never built fancy birdhouses,” my mother explained. Grandpa put on a tarpaper roof and, if you needed to clean it out, you had to unscrew the back. But they were sweet little birdhouses, painted bright...

  • Bullhook Color Run registration ends today

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Pre-registration for the Bullhook Community Health Center Color Fun Run/Walk ends today, and participants are encouraged to register now. Bullhook will be hosting its fourth-annual color run Saturday, Aug. 10 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Bullhook Community Health Center, 521 4th St., parking lot to celebrate the end of National Health Center Week. The course is either 1 mile or 5 kilometers through Havre. Those who pre-register are guaranteed a T-shirt and a few other goodies. Registration will also be available the day of...

  • VA outreach visits set for August

    Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Press release Judy Loendorf and/or Steve Mulonet, service officers for Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits need to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork — DD214 — with them. Wednesday, Aug. 7 Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — County Extension Office, Room 19, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 Browning — Eagle Shield Building, 9-11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Rocky Boy...

  • Blue Pony netters will be home when it matters most

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    There's just three weeks left until the Havre High volleyball team begins preparing for the 2019 season. And there's a little over a month until the Ponies play their first matches of the new year. And yet, it's November that the Ponies will be most excited about. That's because the Havre High gymnasium will be the site of the 2019 Eastern A Divisional Volleyball Tournament, and that means, Havre's quest to make it to the Class A state tournament will through its own...

  • Culture Shift: Lights are a year older, as new season approaches

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    GREAT FALLS - A common sentiment emerged from Frontier Conference Media Days Tuesday in Great Falls and that's the fact that the league is going to be as tough and competitive as ever. Yet, when the coaches and media released their preseason polls, there was consensus at the top as the College of Idaho was picked to finished atop the league in both polls. Southern Oregon was also the No. 2 choice in each poll followed by Montana Western. That's where the consensus ended. The...

  • Ventenata added to Montana noxious weed list

    Updated Jul 31, 2019

    Press release HELENA - The Montana Department of Agriculture has updated its noxious weed list to include ventenata - Ventenata dubia. The Noxious Weed Listing Workgroup recommended adding ventenata to the Priority 2A list at its meeting March 21. The amendment was adopted June 21. Priority 2A weeds are common in isolated areas in the state and require eradication or containment where less abundant. Management can be prioritized by the local weed districts. "Ventenata is...