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  • Agenda - Hill County Commission

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Hill County Commission will be attending at Montana Department of Transportation meeting at Havre City Hall at 10 a.m. The Hill County Commission’s business meeting Thursday has been moved to 1:30 p.m. The business meeting agenda includes: • Resolution No. 18-2569 — To provide funding received through a National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region — Community Health Outreach • RSID 22 — Draw Request (Dorsey) • Council On Aging — Position description • Health Dept. request for Nov. 23...

  • Hi-Line Football: Pioneers blast Bearcats, Hawks cruise

    Chris Peterson|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    This past weekend, a number of local high school football teams played important games with playoff implications and one of those games just happened to take place in Chester Friday night. Needing a win to have a chance to play their way into the playoffs, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks hosted Box Elder, which was back on the field after forfeiting the previous two weeks. Yet, with their playoff hopes on the line, the Hawks took care of business against the Bears, scoring...

  • Moisey new director of community development at Bear Paw

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. announced it has hired Lisa Moisey of Missoula as the organization's director of community development, responsible for managing a local government infrastructure portfolio of approximately $25 million. Bear Paw Development has served as a federally recognized economic development district for 49 years and during that time has partnered with local governments to assist in constructing and rehabilitating public works projects that...

  • Tempel, Tuss face off in Senate District 14 race: Paul Tuss, Democrat

    Derek Hann|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Democrat Paul Tuss of Havre is challenging Montana Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, for a seat in the Legislature in Senate District 14. Tuss said he has been executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp. for 18 year this fall and has been involved in economic development in north-central Montana for 23 years. "I have a lot of experience in working both in the private sector as well as the public sector," Tuss said, "and to make the economy of rural northern Montana succeed...

  • Tempel, Tuss face off in Senate District 14 race: Russ Tempel, Republican

    Derek Hann|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Montana Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, is running for re-election for his seat in the Legislature in Senate District 14, facing challenger Paul Tuss of Havre, a Democrat. Before becoming a part of the Legislature for the past year-and-a-half, Tempel said, he was a Liberty County Commissioner for 18 years, adding that he has worked with some of the same contacts during his time in both positions, which has made the job easier. Tempel said he is running for re-election because he...

  • Democrats have a press conference to encourage people to vote

    Derek Hann|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    The Hill County Democratic Party held a meeting today at 7:45 a.m. at the party’s headquarters in Havre to encourage people to vote. Today is the first day people can vote. More than 21 people were at the conference, including Montana Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre; Democrat Paul Tuss, who is running for Montana Senate District 14, and Democrat Doug Kaercher, who is running for the Public Service Commission. Bachmeier is facing challenges by former legislator Bob Sivertsen, running as an independent, and Libertarian Conor B...

  • Museum board meets to discuss success and changes for museum

    Stephen Real|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed the recent success that the museum has had this past month during its monthly meeting held at Havre Inn and Suites Monday night. Museum Director Emily Mayer said the museum has been doing pretty well because attendance at the mall has increased. Festival Days also helped bring people in to the museum. “We had 60 people in the museum on Saturday alone,” Mayer said. She said having the craft show at the mall contributed to an increase in foot traffic for the museum. The pla...

  • MAT's 'God Help Us' opens this weekend

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    A week that started with auditions for a lighthearted holiday production wraps up with local actors taking the stage with a Hollywood legend. Montana Actors' Theatre held auditions for the panto of "Peter Pan" Sunday and Monday, and opens its run of "God Help Us" with Ed Asner Friday through Saturday. MAT Artistic Director Jay Pyette, who is acting with Asner along with MAT's Kate Hagen, said the iconic actor will be in Havre Wednesday. Hollywood director Mitch Levine arrives...

  • For the record, Oct. 9, 2018

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Havre Police Department Monday at 7:30 a.m., a Fourth Avenue caller reported money stolen. -- Esequell Pepe Belasquez of Havre, 40, was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, open container in city, resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and probation violation, after a caller at a First Street business reported Monday at 3:05 p.m. that a man had punched another man in the face. -- A caller at a First Street business Monday at...

  • Obituary - Mary Alice O'Bryan

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Mary Alice O’Bryan, 95, passed away in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, on October 2nd, 2018. Funeral services for Mary will be held on October 13th, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at the Harlem Methodist Church, in Harlem MT. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home.... Full story

  • Satellite election office hours set at Rocky Boy

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff The satellite election office on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will be open Wednesdays, Oct. 17 and 24, and Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Stone-child College. The office, which will be operated by officials from both counties, will allow residents from Chouteau and Hill counties to access voting services including late registration and absentee voting services....

  • Obituary - Robert B. "Bobby" Hansen

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Robert B. "Bobby" Hansen died in his sleep on September 30 at his home in Mattawa, Washington. Born in Havre August 12, 1935, to Maxine (Duncan) and Robert A. Hansen, he attended Havre schools until age 17, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. During his time in the Navy, he married Sonya Sorenson from remlin. They had three children together before eventually divorcing. Bobby spent most of his adult years living in the Seattle area where he worked as a firefighter, master... Full story

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Cassidy Acor, Havre High Volleyball The Havre High volleyball team likes playing at home. And junior Cassidy Acor certainly showed that Saturday. In Havre’s three-game sweep of Class B Conrad, Acor led the Ponies with 13 kills and a pair of solo blocks. For good measure, Acor also served eight aces in Havre’s second defeat of Conrad this season. Acor is one of Havre's top hitters and blockers from her middle position. Acor is also a three-year varsity tennis player for Hav...

  • Local football playoff picture coming into view

    Chris Peterson|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    It might be hard to believe, since it seems like the high school football season just started, but the reality is the playoff push is underway and, in fact, a few local teams have already shifted their focus to postseason play. One such team is the Big Sandy Pioneers, which as of right now is the only Hi-Line team that has punched its ticket to the postseason. But that doesn't mean Big Sandy doesn't have anything to play for this weekend, as it gets set to host...

  • Frontier Notebook: Five Frontier teams ranked in Top 25

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Just when it looked the Frontier Conference might be a forgone conclusion, the Frontier title is now anything but. And we owe the big question marks ahead to the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears. The league returned from the bye week last Saturday, and the Bears, who have had a roller coaster of a first half of 2018, did the unthinkable and shocked the No. 2 Southern Oregon Raiders 34-21 Saturday at Herb Clint Field in Billings. The result itself was stunning considering...

  • NAMI Havre support meetings every Tuesday

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Press release National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI, Havre is having family support group meetings Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at 625 Fourth Ave. People at the meetings talk about issues like: ADHD ADD Autism PTSD Eating disorders Bipolar 1 and 2 Borderline personality Depression These are some of the things the group can talk about, along with much more. This group is for people who are living with mental illness and people who have family members and friends living with mental illness. For more information, call the NAMI...

  • I 186 guarantees waters are protected

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Our ranch is just downstream from the Kendall Mine. Our family has raised cattle, grain and hay on this land since my husband’s grandfather purchased the place in the 40s. In the 80s, Kendall, a gold mine, was permitted on the edge of our property. Today they call it an “old mine.” But I have children older than this mine — children who went on to get advanced degrees in things like chemistry and environmental engineering and landscape design because they saw what happened to our family and wanted to do something about i...

  • Support education, vote for Six-Mill Levy

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    Montanans have the opportunity to continue their tradition of common sense investment to support education this election year as we see Legislative Referendum 128 on the November election ballot. The Six-Mill Levy supports all students in higher education and the state of Montana. In my position as president of the Associated Students of the University of Montana, I have had the honor and privilege to meet some amazing students at the University of Montana that value the education they seek and the state they live in. Not...

  • Hi-Line Volleyball: Chinook, North Star keep winning

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    With district tournaments just a couple of weeks away, every volleyball match on the Hi-Line is becoming critical. Last week began with a slew of matches Tuesday and Thursday nights, including Chinook winning a five-set thriller of Malta in a non-conference match. The Beeters outlasted the M-Ettes by scores of 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 25-14 and 15-3. Kourtney Hanson had a huge match for Chinook with 29 kills, eight blocks and three aces. Thursday night saw North Star sweep Hays-Lo...

  • Quick Pics: Crocheting care for cancer patients

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

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