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Full Amtrak service returns to the Hi-Line Amtrak service returns to the Hi-Line and last updated 2021-05-25 15:17:25-04 GREAT FALLS — Full, daily Amtrak service returned to the Hi-Line this week. Furloughed Amtrak employees and full service to the Empire Builder route was signed into law as part of the American Rescue Plan in March. The legislation mandated a full return to service 90 days after the bill’s March 11 signing. Cuts to service were imposed late last year, reducing service from seven days per week to three. Civic and economic leaders along the Hi-Line were happy about ...

Pandemic and ARPA funds discussed at county officials meeting COVID-19 continues to affect young people   Last updated 5/21/2021 at 1pm Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said at a meeting of county officials Thursday COVID-19 continues to affect younger people in the community as cases steadily continue to crop up. Berg said a possibility exists that these latest case may be the result of a variant, not just because of the age group it affects but because there seems to have been a noticeable shift in symptoms. She said fewer and fewer people seem to be losin...

Kaercher announces run for Havre mayor   Doug Kaercher Staff and wire report Havre Finance Director Doug Kaercher, a former Havre City Council member and former Hill County commissioner, has announced his candidacy for mayor of Havre. "I want to put my three decades of experiences in the local government to work for the residents of Havre as Mayor," Kaercher said in a release announcing his candidacy. "My top priority is to use my experience to serve the citizens of Havre in an efficient and effective manner." His release said Kaercher - pronounced "Care-Ker" - is a lifelong Havr...

St. Mary Working Group seeking funds from American Recovery Plan   Last updated 5/6/2021 at 11:50am A group trying to rebuild the system that supplies much of the water to the Milk River each year talked Wednesday about how money from the latest COVID-19 relief bill might help. A major topic at the meeting of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group was House Bill 632, the bill the Legislature passed to set up use of relief funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. The St. Mary Diversion and Co...

Park Board discusses lodge stabilization, veteran memorial campground and beaver trapping   Havre Daily News/Colin Thompson Clouds hang in the sky Monday in Beaver Creek Park. Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said Monday during a Hill County Park Board meeting that park usage is up and it recently saw its busiest weekend of the year. The Hill County Park Board met Monday evening and discussed a number of issues surrounding Beaver Creek Park, but the most immediate was the need to stabilize the lodge. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said Friends of Beaver Creek Park recently helped...