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The Havre Police Department is experiencing an outage in its 911 communications system and as a result emergency calls are being temporarily routed to the Hill County Sheriff's Department, a post on the police station's Facebook page posted late this morning said. Larry Virts, dispatcher with the Police Department, said because of the outage, 911 calls will not ring into the department. Emergencies can still be reported by dialing 911 and calls will be routed up to the Hill County Sheriff's Department. Despite the outage,... Full story
Havre will host this year’s Law Enforcement Memorial Day Parade, which will include a parade, that is set to march down First Street and Fifth Avenue, and a presentation by Montana Attorney General Tim Fox, among others. “This is the day and time to pay tribute to those who are fallen and are remembered in our hearts and in the memory of our country,” a news release from the police department says. The event will happen Monday, Peace Officers Memorial Day, during National Police Week. Havre Police Assistant Chief Jason Barku...
By Havre Daily News staff Hi-Line Funeral Services has announced it is welcoming Bill Cronin to its team. Cronin has more than 30 years of experience in funeral services, and is very dedicated to serving the community along with the surrounding Hi-Line areas in people's time of need, Hi-Line Funeral Services said in a press release. The funeral home is located at 310 Dell Lane in Havre....
U.S. Sen Jon Tester praised on Wednesday a short-term spending bill passed by Congress that he said will avert a government shutdown and prevent cuts to federal programs rural America depends on. "I understand if the government shuts down Montana loses," he said during a telephone press conference. The $1.1 trillion stop-gap funding measure, passed both Houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Donald Trump last week, funds the government through September....
A Havre man who admitted to incest with a young relative was arrested immediately after his hearing Wednesday afternoon in District Court. Theodore Slate admitted to having sexual contact with a gradeschool-aged relative and was taken to the Hill County Detention Center, where he is being held without bail. District Court Judge Greg Pinski from Great Falls, who presided over the change of plea hearing via video, said 70-year-old Slate's offense is too serious and the minimum...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Wednesday he is concerned about President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey and reiterated his call for an independent investigation into possible Russian interference in last year’s presidential election. “There may be nothing to this, but, if there is, we need to hold people accountable and move forward,” Tester said. “I’ve pushed hard for an independent prosecutor on this and I think it’s time. This isn’t about politics; this is about getting to the bottom of a for...
An adjunct professor at Montana State University-Northern has filed a racial discrimination claim with the Montana Human Rights Bureau against the university, an attorney with the bureau said Wednesday. Human Rights Bureau Attorney Tim Little said Yvonne Tiger, who is listed as a professor in the university’s Arts and Sciences department, filed the claim in December and the investigation is ongoing. Little said the bureau has 180 days to investigate and resolve the claim. Tiger declined to comment on the complaint. “My pri...
For years, I’ve been privileged to be Kathy’s guest, generally on the 24th floor of the El Moro Tower, fronting the Great Pacific Ocean, in Mazatlan. When we were young and foolish, we might, and I hedge my bets, have run up and down the stairway for exercise; an attempt to balance the effects of the rich food nobody forced down our gullets. We might have. If we were young. And foolish. Without hesitation, we head for the elevators. (In all fairness, I’ve never seen anybo...
Havre Police Department Tanner Joseph Walker of Havre, 34, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, possession of dangerous drugs and violation of conditions of release after a Second Avenue caller made a suspicious activity report Wednesday at 7:26 a.m. —— Officers investigated after a caller from the Havre-Hill County Library reported Wednesday at 10:44 a.m. that a dark green bicycle had been stolen. —— Officers investigated a non-injury motor vehicle crash after it was reported by a Third Street business caller...
From Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking any information regarding an antelope buck that was shot and left about seven miles south of Malta during the evening hours of May 7. The incident occurred on private property near the intersection of Alkali creek Road and Skinner Road. Anyone with information about the crime is encouraged to call Malta-area Warden Ben Morin directly at 406-654-7630, or call FWP's 24-hour wildlife tip line...
From Havre Area Chamber of Commerce The Assistance for Business Clinic, or ABC, is set for Wednesday, June 21, at the Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center on the Montana State Univerisity-Northern campus. “If you are in business, you can’t afford to miss this,” said Debbie Vandeberg of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. Vandeberg urged people to contact the Chamber at 265-4383 soon to register. Pre-registration is encouraged, especially for people who want Continuing Professional Education credits, Conti...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team tried to get their season started last Sunday in Great Falls. Tonight, they'll try again. After last Sunday's game at the Great Falls Outlaws was canceled, the North Stars will be at home tonight for one game against the outlaws. The first pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Legion Field. Tonight's game is part of some early-season scheduling changes for head coach Dick Fuzesy's team. The North Stars were originally supposed to make...
The North Star Knights made winning the District 9C track meet one of their primary goals at the start of the season, and Wednesday at the Havre Middle School track, they accomplished what they set out to do. Yet it didn’t come easy, as North Star and Chinook were neck-and-neck for much of the meet and were tied in points following 13 events. But some late points by the Knights, including a first-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay, delivered a fourth-consecutive 9C c...
Momentum means everything in sports, and right now, the Havre High softball team has it. The challenge for the Blue Ponies will be keeping it. Behind possibly its best offensive day of the season last Saturday, Havre went 3-0 at its invitational tournament and improved its overall record to 7-5-1. The three wins gave the Ponies some much-needed momentum, which they will look to build on this weekend in Butte at the Laverne Combo tournament. They will open the jamboree-style...
For the second straight year, the Fort Benton girls dominated the District 9C track meet and in the process, they put the rest of Class C on notice. The Longhorns, who won the District 9C and the Northern C Divisional championships a season ago, took the first step toward successfully defending both, as they cruised to the 9C crown with 221 points Wednesday at the Havre Middle School track. Chinook finished second with 141 points and North Star was a distant third with 67....
