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Havre City Council member Andrew Brekke and the Havre Police Department call log report people are taking their political animosity to a new level Brekke said people all over town are reporting lost or destroyed Trump signs, including a commercial vendor who was selling signs outside of the Republican Hill County headquarters. “This is beyond embarrassing for our community,” said Brekke, who said Havre police are investigating the incidents. “No matter who you support this is childish and alarming.” The Havre police log lis...
Hill County Health Department this afternoon reported two more COVID-19-related deaths have been confirmed in the county. "Our team sends our deepest condolences to these individual's loved ones," a post on the department's Facebook page said. The post said that the department will not be releasing any additional details to respect the families of the deceased and to protect privacy. That puts Hill County to five COVID-19-related deaths....
The Amtrak station in Havre still has yet to reinstate traditional ticket agents for the Empire Builder despite Congress having ordered Amtrak to do so last year and members of Montana’s congressional delegation have since responded, as has Amtrak. Amtrak Spokesperson Marc Magliari said Amtrak will have customer service representatives who will help people purchase their tickets online, but will not be able to sell tickets directly. He said those representatives can book a passenger themselves if they lack the ability to d...
Republican Roosevelt County Attorney and former Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen faces Governor's Counsel Raph Graybill, a Democrat, in the general election for attorney general. "(I want to be attorney general) because I think Montana oughta have a top law enforcement official who has actually dealt with law enforcement who has actually prosecuted criminals," Knudsen said. "... We are really facing a terrible illegal drug and violent crime problem in Montana. Those two...
Democrat Governor's Counsel Raph Graybill faces Republican candidate Roosevelt County Attorney and former Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen for attorney general in the general election. Graybill successfully argued last month against a lawsuit The Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Montana Republican State Central Committee and Donald J. Trump for President Inc. filed gainst Montana Gov. Steve Bullock for his Aug. 6 directive...
In it’s weekly COVID-19 update call Friday the Hill County Health Board met and discussed Montana’s recent surge in positive cases and Havre Public Schools recent plans for their Phase 3 re-opening. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said Montana has seen between 300 and 450 new cases a day for the last week, representing a surge in the state. “This week alone the state of Montana has added about 2,000 cases of COVID-19,” she said. Montana saw 501 new cases confirmed Friday, listed in the sta...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 754 with 201 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 369,975 with 12,562 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 190. The number of recoveries was 9,649 and the number of active cases was 5,008. Local cases by county: Hill: 1 new cases, 237 total, 86 active, 1 active hospitalizations, 148 recovered, 3 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 20 total, 1 active, 19 recovered Blaine: No new cases, 77 total, 55 active,...
Kathleen Williams campaigned in Havre Saturday as part of her six-day, 24-stop, 2,000-mile tour across the state of Montana Solutions Tour. Williams faces Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale in the race for Republican Greg Gianforte's seat in the U.S. House of Represenatives Gianforte is leaving his office in a bid for Montana governor and faces Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Libertarian Lyman Bishop in that race. Havre was part of her Day 3 in the tour, followed by...
Havre High School held its homecoming last week and crowned its king and queen before the homecoming game Friday with the Miles City Cowboys. See coverage of the game in today's sports section. After a week of decorating hallways, having dressup days and other homecoming events, seniors Kellen Detrick and Tamera O'Leary were crowned king and queen....
Havre Police Department A caller reported a vehicle-bicycle crash on Third Street Friday at 1:51 p.m. Friday. -- A Havre area caller asked Friday at 8:03 p.m. to speak with an officer. -- Tristan Alan Labatte of Havre, 20, was issued a summons on charges of minor in possession and social host violation, also issued summonses on MIP charges were Jonathan Thomas Wolgamot of Havre, 20; William Ryan Brackett of Sagle, Idaho, 19; Bradden G.M. Rowles-Ortiz of Havre, 18; Lynette...
Press release In announcements Friday of appointments to state boards, councils, committees and commissions, two Havreites were listed as appointees to the Youth Justice Council. Kevin Buerkle and Tim Brurud were appointed to the council, which the Montana Board of Crime Control website says is a cross section of public and private employees who are working to prevent or reduce juvenile delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. Buerkle is the chief juvenile probation officer for the 12th Judicial District Youth...
What is wrong with people? In one day this weekend, the state saw almost as many cases of COVID-19 confirmed as it saw in the first three months of its delclared medical emergency. Montana had its first cases of COVID-19 confirmed March 14 and its first COVID-19-related death March 26. By June 1, two-and-a-half months later, Montana had 519 confirmed cases, 17 COVID-19-related deaths and two hospitalizations at the time due to the disease. Sunday, the state had 14,635 confirmed cases, 4,851 active, 191 hospitalizations and...
It has been a season of repetition for the Havre High volleyball team in 2020. Since the beginning of the fall the Blue Ponies have been met with split weekends, where one team will fall to their might and the other will return the favor. Thursday and Saturday, that consistency came about once again. Thursday saw Havre take on the Lewistown Golden Eagles on the road, where the Eagles got the win 3-1, with the set scores being 25-15, 19-25, 15-25, 21-25, followed by a home-game...
Press release Dave Jones of Hingham was recently honored by Hill County Water District for his many years of service to area and regional water distribution systems. "The availability of the clean and reliable water source we now enjoy is largely due to the many efforts of dedicated individuals like Mr. Jones," representatives of the Hill County Water District said. "We wish him the best in his retirement and hope we can keep meeting the ever-changing water needs of our...
Once upon a time, few people, if anybody associated with high school sports in Montana thought that the fall season would last even long enough to see state golf champions crowned. But the naysayers turned out to be wrong as the Class A state tournament took place last Thursday and Friday at the Butte Country Club. And while no Havre Blue Ponies garnered state titles, Havre High senior Josh Warp finished his Pony career with an exciting two days in Butte. Warp became the...
The Havre High cross country teams are busy right now, and that busy stretch started with a successful trip to Malta. Saturday, the Blue Ponies raced in the MAC Invitational in Malta, where both the HHS boys and girls took home first-place honors. The Pony boys beat out local rival Rocky Boy for first with a team score of 15. Havre was led by race champion Caleb Tomac, who finished first at 18:13, while Dylan Young came in second at 18:83 and Riley Pleninger was third at...
It has been a tough 2020 for the Havre High football team, especially when it comes to the Eastern A conference. It has been a season of searching and consistent improvement for the Blue Ponies, who are still looking for their first win of the year. Unfortunatley, the Ponies didn't find that elusive win last Friday night. The defending Class A state champions, the Miles City Cowboys, came up to Blue Pony Stadium for a showdown with Havre on the Ponies' homecoming game, but at...
Staff and wire report AARP has taken issue with political ads on both sides of the aisle using its logo and acting as if the organization is supporting a candidate. An ad from the Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., campaign attacking his opponent, Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, used the AARP logo, as did an ad from the Democratic Attorneys General Association attacking Republican Montana attorney general candidate Austin Knudsen. AARP originally sent out a release saying Knudsen’s opponent, Democrat Raph Graybill, released that a...
