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Dr. Greg Holzman is entering his final days as the state’s medical officer after being among the familiar faces in Montana's battle against COVID-19 during a torturous time for the state. “It feels good, it will be nice to take some time off,” he said as he approached his last day with the state on April 16, leaving a position he has held since 2015. From the onset of the pandemic, Holzman was a fixture at news conferences led by then-Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, and provided information and fielded questions from reporters along with other Department of Public Health and Hu...

Tester provides details on American Rescue plan to Montana mayors   Havre Daily News/File photo Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is drawn from a phial into a syringe Feb. 12 at a vaccination clinic in Chinook. Sen. Jon Tester gave an update to Montana mayors about what they could expect from a COVID-19 relief bill passed by the Senate Saturday and expected to be passed by the House today. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a call for Montana's mayors about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package - American Rescue Plan - that recently passed the U.S. Senate and how it will be distributed.

By TOM LUTEY Speaking for the first time about the newly passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Tuesday that the broad sweeping bill would accelerate the medical and economic response to the now year-old pandemic. Flanked by the Montana mayors and a representative of frontline health care workers, Tester said during a Tuesday press conference that much of Montana still strains under stress of the pandemic. Local governments are still incurring pandemic-related costs. Schools have yet to the normalize. Restaurant and entertainment venues r...

Pro-Union parade draws more than 50 people   Havre Daily News/Colin Thompson A car with a "Union Strong" poster participates Friday on First Street in Havre in a parade supporting unions and opposing right-to-work legislation in the Legislature Havre saw a "Union Strong Car Parade and Celebration" last Friday evening, with almost 50 cars, many with more than one occupant, drive through Havre in support of local union workers in response to right-to-work bills making their way through the Montana Legislature. The event saw participants from the Teamsters, the Montana Federation of Public Emp...

People speak against Hill's immunization bill   Ed Hill Havre's freshman Rep. Ed Hill, a Republican, had his first hearing on his first bill this week, with one person speaking in support and a number of people speaking against his proposal to change Montana's immunization laws, saying it would endanger the health of school children and other Montana residents and could lead to outbreaks of diseases eradicated in the state for decades. House Bill 332 was heard Wednesday in the House Education Committee, with Hill saying it is just a bill to modernize definitions of immunization and immunizi...