Week of July 15, 2026
Week of July 15, 2026
For the past decade, Hoops for A Cause has been about more than basketball. It has been about communities coming together to support families facing some of life's toughest challenges. This year, the annual fundraiser will help two young girls with strong ties to the Frontier Conference community, 14-year-old Isla Doney of Havre and 9-year-old Callie Finnicum of Great Falls. Both are currently fighting cancer. Isla is battling leukemia, while Callie is fighting osteosarcoma, a rare and...
Havre Police Department Thursday, July 2, 2026 Tevin Austin Cichosz of Havre, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving without a driver’s license, first offense failure to carry or produce proof of insurance, tail light violation, expired registration and on a pick-up-and-hold order by officers making a motor vehicle stop on Fifth Avenue at 1:16 a.m. Officers issued a summons to Amelia Hintz of Havre, 37, on a charge of endangering the welfare of children by officers responding to a call at 6:58...
The meeting opened with comments from Bear Paw Development Corporation's Paul Tuss regarding a forthcoming ROI report for recent projects done in collaboration with the city. Next was Havre City Council's unanimous ratification of updated collective bargaining agreements for Havre Dispatchers, Havre Police Department, and City of Havre Fire Department employees as well as the confirmation of two new Havre Police Officers. Welcome Officers Escobar and Evens! Mayor Wade Bitz announced the...
The Hill County Truck and Tractor Pull is back for its 5th year at the Great Northern Fair. The event will take place in two segments on Saturday, July 18th with the first part of the event taking place from noon – 3pm and the evening part from 7pm – 10pm. Tickets are $20 for all-day admission and kids 10 years and younger get in free. Locals are encouraged to participate. Check-in begins Saturday from 9am - 11am for locals. Pros check-in will take place from 9am – 5pm. Last year the...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and its partner, A-Core Concrete Specialists, Inc., began a roadway improvements project on First Street (U.S. Highway 2) in Havre last May. The project will improve a 2.3-mile section of roadway from east of Ninth Avenue Northwest to 22nd Avenue North. Construction is expected to last about four months and cost $3.5 million. Improvements will include: Sealing concrete pavement cracks and joints. Repairing and replacing damaged concrete panels....
The Hi-Line Rodeo Team will host the opening evening event of the Great Northern Fair, the Havre Junior Rodeo, on Wednesday, July 15. The rodeo begins at 3:00pm and will take place at the main outdoor grandstand arena. Tickets are available at the fair office or at the gate for $10. The Havre Junior Rodeo is open to contestants 18 years old and younger. Buckles will be awarded to the winners of each event, while second place and third place finishers will receive prizes. Events include barrel...
GOOSE ‘EM! The journalist Molly Ivins once observed that politicians are goosey. This is an election year when politicians are particularly goosey. So… Goose ‘em! Goose ‘em with your presence at gatherings of people who agree on an issue. Goose ‘em with petitions for a better, freer country. Goose ‘em with your vote. The U.S. Constitution protects your rights, and mine, to assemble, petition, and vote. Politics affect you, your life, your future. Politicians need your support. You have power. Use it. Pick your cause: overturn the...
Out of our way, I spent several hours in ER after Doc tossed me and I really banged up my back and ribs. I was told by some real deal cowhands that such injuries go along with the trade. Today, years later, after a fall over a lawnchair, those same injuries have reawakened. I am in pain that the asperin cannot touch - and I need to sleep sitting up for the time being. But as the old timers told me -if you are going to cowboy, you are going to get hurt from time to time. I found the same is true in discipleship. Christ is Head of the Church,...
After a one-year hiatus, the JCI Hi-Line Jaycees are bringing the demolition derby back to the fair in Havre under the new name The Great Northern Wreckoning Demolition Derby. It will offer thousands of dollars in prize money, a chance for spectators to get behind the wheel, and several added competitions. The event is planned for Sunday, July 19 starting at 6:00pm. The derby did not take place in 2025 as organizers took time to reevaluate the event and add new features aimed at making it even...
Wednesday, July 15 9:30 am - 4-H Horse Show - Bigger Better Barn (BBB) 12:00 -9:00 pm - Chuckwagon Open (Concessions/Exhibit viewing) 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Market Animal Weigh in - BBB 8:00 pm - Livestock Officers and Superintendents Meeting - BBB 8:30 pm - Livestock & Exhibitors Meeting - BBB 9:00 pm - Beef/Goat/Sheep/Swine Exhibitors Meeting with Judge - BBB 9:30 pm - BBB and Beef Barn Close Thursday, July 16 9:00 am - Beef Show - BBB 11:00 am - 9:00 pm - Chuckwagon Open (Concessions/Exhibit viewing) 1:00 pm - Rabbit Agility Demonstration - BBB...
The Ram Rodeo returns to the Great Northern Fair on Thursday, July 16, and Friday, July 17, with both performances beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, and children 10 and under are admitted free. The Great Northern Fair has featured rodeo events for more than a century. The tradition dates back to approximately 1924, making rodeo a cornerstone of the fair for more than 100 years. The rodeo is produced by the Northern Rodeo Association and the MSU Northern Rodeo program. Half of the proceeds from the event will benefit the MSUN Team, while...
Wednesday July 15 • Great Northern Fair Junior Rodeo – Begins at 3 PM at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Entries are due by July 12. • Sounds on the Square – Velvet Skyline performs from 6 PM to 8 PM at Town Square. • Northstar Baseball – Away doubleheader at Tri-County beginning at 5:30 PM. July 15–19 • Great Northern Fair – Enjoy five days of fair activities, including the Junior Rodeo, RAM Rodeo performances, Truck & Tractor Pull, the JCI Highline JC’s “Great Northern Reckoning” Demolition Derby, carnival...
I’ve become an early morning person. I don’t know if I’ve always been one. Most years of my life I simply rolled out of bed to do what needed doing without question. Now I’m a woman of leisure. I’ve not had a clock in my bedroom for years. I wake to the light. To the light and to the ever-loud, greet-the-sunrise, bird-cricket-frog-donkey-chicken cho-rus. The birds sing full-throat through the half-hour of pre-dawn light followed by a silence as the sun rises. Then they go about their birdy business-as-usual, noisily. One morning...
You know, Lord, when working in the garden, picking peas, beans or even pulling Rhubarb stalks, a granny’s apron sure comes in handy as a carry-all. My own grandma’s apron is tucked away and not used by any in this generation. Youngsters who come over to ‘help’ cook are usually surprised when given an apron to wear as wearing an apron is an unknown in most of their homes. One can just imagine Grandma in her checkered apron. Daddy’s Grandma was clever; she embroidered her initials in her apron strings. Her Sunday apron is among our...
It was another busy week for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team. Last Monday, the Northstars swept the Tri-County Cardinals in a doubleheader at Legion Park. Havre beat the Cardinals 7-0 in the opener in Havre. Kaden Wall didn’t allow a single in the win. Wall allowed just five hits. Tyson Brandon collected three hits in four at bats in the win for Havre. Brandon tripled in the sixth inning, singled in the fifth inning, and singled in the third inning. Quinn Elliot and Brayden McLain each collected multiple hits for Havre....
Three Havre High softball players have been invited to play in the annual Veterans Memorial Softball Classic next month in Belgrade. Havre’s Bree Hanson will play for the Air Force, while Ainsley Courtnage will play on the Navy team and Riley Doney will compete for Marines team. There are five teams in the tournament, one for every military branch, and they will compete in a 3-game round-robin tournament over two days. There will also be individual events like a special skills contests, a Home Run Derby and, on Saturday, the Catchers Pop to...
The Great Northern Fair is here, and that means plenty of sport's action this week in Havre. As always, the annual Havre Junior Rodeo kicks off the fair. This year's Junior Rodeo took place on Wednesday night. Following the Havre Junior Rodeo, the annual Great Northern RAM Rodeo hits the arena tonight and Friday night, with each performance starting at 7 p.m. The Great Northern RAM Rodeo is part of the NRA summer circuit and will feature 10 events each night in the Great Northern Arena....
FRIDAY July 17, 2026 8:00 a.m. Road/Bridge Supervisor Mitchell Sheriff Colby County Attorney Harwood DES Velk County Health Dept. Internal Business Employment Review Budgets/PILT Budget Transfers Tax Abatements July 20, 2026 8:00 a.m. Road/Bridge Supervisor Mitchell Sheriff Colby County Attorney Harwood DES Velk County Health Dept. Internal Business Employment Review Budgets/PILT Budgt Transfers Tax Abatements 1:30 p.m. - Museum Board Meeting at the Blaine County Museum TUESDAY July 21, 2026 8:00 a.m. Road/Bridge Supervisor Mitchell Sheriff...
City Council of Havre July 20, 2026 CALL TO ORDER - 7:00 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL MINUTES COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC COMMENT on Agenda Items: 1 – 4 ONLY. For Items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Resolution 3953 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAVRE TO INSTALL A STOP SIGN. 2. Resolution 3954 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HAVRE TO ADOPT A DETAILED PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT PREPARED BY GREAT...
Blaine County Library Monday Beat the Heat Movie at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Story Time at 10:30 a.m. and Crafternoon at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Summer Reading Program 1:30 p.m. Thursday LEGO Club at 1:30...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center What a wonderful turnout for the 250th Celebration of our Nation on Saturday, July 4th at the Blaine County Fairgrounds!! How thrilling to see the patriotism of the people who shared a vision of how our country should be celebrated!! Thank you to Daniel Dahl, the Chinook Chamber of Commerce president for sharing my vision and following through, without expectation. Boy, did the people turn out!! WHAT A BUNCH OF HELPFUL PEOPLE!! Woot, Woot for our Chinook community!! Our VFW Post 4620 gave from the hearts,...
On Friday, June 19th our wonderful Chinook Senior Center hosted our 2nd Annual Senior Swing Golf Thing, which was another huge success! We had the most beautiful weather, and our course was sprayed for no mosquitoes, thanks to our fabulous greenskeeper, Mike Seymour. Naturally, our friend and community supporter: Kevin Elias was on hand to auction our teams off, as well. We had a total of 10 teams in play this year and a great time was had by all. Our friend, Doug Mosser was on the beer cart...
It’s been a while since we have thanked people for donations to the library, and the list is getting long! A hearty thanks to: Donna Clay, Bryan and Theresa Danley, John Pike Construction, Dwane Bigler, Brad Taylor, Barb Ranstrom, Patty Breipohl, Wilma Mellville, Donna Miller, Tyler and Kyli Kropf, Tanis Ross, Ann Davies, Chris Johstad, Marlane Wenzel, Cheryl Kaneshiro, Tanis Ross, Steve Edwards, and Betty Finley. Whether you made a monetary donation or donated books, we appreciate your...
The library has a small display of books celebrating our freedom, mostly about the Revolutionary War, but please come take a browse through those while they’re up. The Friends of the Harlem Public Library will be hosting their Community Appreciation Event on Wednesday, July 22nd, from 4:00-6:00. They will be giving away traveling tacos and Rice Krispy treats. Everything is free! So please join us in celebrating YOU and how important of an asset you are to our community. Next week, Wednesday,...
Summer is one of the busiest and most exciting times of the year for Blaine County 4-H. While many people associate 4-H with the county fair, the months leading up to fair are filled with educational programs designed to help youth build skills, confidence, leadership, and friendships. Through camps, workshops, and project activities, 4-H members spend the summer learning by doing—one of the hallmarks of the 4-H youth development program. One of the highlights of the summer is Multi-County 4-H Camp, where youth from 7 counties across north...
