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Fire totals home in Smithville
Havre Fire Department responded to two fire calls, one Wednesday afternoon that destroyed a residence in Smithville and another early this morning. Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said that the first...
'Big Sky Reads' stipends available for Montana book clubs
Press release The Montana Center for the Book supports public book clubs in rural areas that engage in deeper, thought-provoking discussions about literature. The Big Sky Reads program, now in its second year, provides $500 stipends to book clubs for...
North Star BPA regional competition results announced
From North Star Schools North Star Schools Business Professionals of America, members along with their advisor, Karleen Wolery, attended their regional competition in Great Falls Monday. Approximately 250 BPA members attend the competition. This...
Lawsuit still threatening St. Mary Diversion
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies is still ready to shut off a primary source of water in the Milk River. Jeff Baumberger of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees operations of the St. Mary...
MAT's farce 'One Man, Two Guvnors' opening Friday
Montana Actors' Theatre is bringing a British farce to Havre this weekend. MAT's production of "One Man, Two Guvnors" has performances starting Friday at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater in Cowan Hall...
Fair board discusses Bigger Better Barn insulation, upcoming events
Editor's note: This version corrects the date listed in the photo captions that the Great Northern Fair Board meeting was held. Insulation for the Bigger Better Barn on the Great Northern Fairgrounds...
Montana Individual Income Tax filing season starts Monday
From Montana Department of Revenue HELENA — The Montana Department of Revenue will open the state Individual Income Tax filing season Monday, Jan. 27. Once again, the department encourages Montanans to file electronically. “E-filing is the...
North Star holds spelling bee
Press release North Star Schools held its spelling bee the morning of Jan. 14 in the high school gym. Participants included Sydney Rigg, Camden Jackson, Hedi Kessel and Kinzie Campbell from the fifth grade; Parker Hansen, Joshua Campbell, Kaden King...
Knights excel at speech and drama at Simms
From North Star Schools The North Star School speech and drama team traveled to Simms early Saturday to compete in the last regular season meet. The Knights did a great job representing and here are the results: In impromptu, Daniel Nerat took...
MSU-Northern civil engineering students visit BLM's BR-12 Dam
By Bureau of Land Management Havre Field Office Manager Ben Hileman, Rangeland Management Specialist Abby Hall and Montana State University-Northern Associate Professor Jeremy Siemens The American...
Havre recognizes treatment plant workers for earning national award
At the Havre City Council meeting Tuesday, Public Works Director Dave Peterson recognized the wastewater treatment facility employees for innovative improvements made to the Havre Wastewater...
Olszewski first candidate to file in race for governor
Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Al Olszewski, R-Kalispell, is the first to file in the Montana governor’s race, filing Tuesday, and he has selected state Rep. Ken Bogner, R-Miles City, as his lieutenant governor. Democratic Gov....
Steinmetz announces candidacy for HD 28
Someone who has experience covering elections is moving to the other side of the coverage. Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Marketing and Events Director Krystal Steinmetz of Havre, a former news...
Kelley having fundraisers to help with surgery, recovery expense
A pizza fundraiser is set for Thursday to help Robert "Rob" Kelley pay for costs of his surgery to remove a tumor behind his left eye, and an online fundraiser has been started, as well. Kelley said...
North Star holds all-school geography bee
From North Star Schools North Star School held its All-School National Geographic Geography Bee Jan. 16 in the high school gymnasium at Rudyard. Student-competitors were selected from among their classmates, based on results from classroom competit...
North Star's Massar headed to U.S. Senate Youth Program
Press release WASHINGTON -The United States Senate Youth Program has announced that a North Star High School student is one of two Montana students headed to the Senate. Hayden Willam Massar of North...
Little Shell author leading Havre book discussion
2018 Montana Book Award author Chris La Tray is coming to Havre-Hill County Library as part of the Winter Reading Series, Thursday at 7 p.m. "I like talking about books and writing with interested...
Rains pulls from U.S. House race, endorses Williams
A slight shuffle in the Montana race for the U.S. House has happened, with a Democratic candidate ending his run and is endorsing another candidate. Simms-area rancher Matt Rains announced he is ending his race and running for the state House of...
Chamber ice fishing tournament set for Saturday
Editor's note: This version corrects the date of the tournament. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce annual Ice Fishing Tournament and raffle is set for Saturday, Jan. 25, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at...
Clerk and recorder association scholarship forms available
Press release The Montana Association of Clerk and Recorder’s is again sponsoring two scholarships for graduating seniors who will be attending an in-state college or university. First-place scholarship is for $1,000 and second-place scholarship...
Winter Fun Day set for Saturday
Hill County Early Childhood Investment Team and Hill County Health Consortium Active Living Task Force are sponsoring a “Winter Fun Day,” Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., at Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building. The event is free fo...
Havre speech and debate wins at Simms
Press release Havre High School speech and debate again saw success, this time at the Simms/Power-Dutton-Brady Pre-Divisional Challenge in Simms. Public forum debaters Joram Randolph and Noah Teasley...
Bachmeier announces he will not run in 2020
Hill County Democratic Party Chair and State Representative for House District 28 Jacob Bachmeier announced Sunday at the Hill County Democratic Central Committee meeting his resignation as the chair...
Warm weather expected to return to area this week
More up-and-down weather appears to be heading to this part of the Golden Triangle, with a week's worth of below-zero weather expected to be followed by temperatures in the 30s and 40s, and the...
