Archive For November 2011
Montanans should be tested for HIV
November 30th, 2011
Editor: As we recognize World AIDS Day on Thursday, we encourage all Montanans to join the global fight to prevent the spread of HIV and support people liv...
The 800-pound black-gold gorilla in the room
November 30th, 2011
Regarding the Nov. 25, Havre Daily News story headlined "Baucus asks businesses how to boost border trade:"
Frances Kathman
November 30th, 2011
Frances Kathman, 96, of Chinook, a housewife, passed away Nov. 25, 2011, due to natural causes. The rosary will be recited on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at 7 p. m., at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Chu...
New hospital housing project draws attention
November 30th, 2011
Northern Montana Hospital’s foundation is looking to build an addition south of the Sletten Cancer Center in the next few years, piquing the curiosity of their neighbors.At last Monday...
Tour of Havre light displays offered
November 30th, 2011
Hi-Liners will get an opportunity to see many of the finest Christmas light displays on Tuesday, Dec. 20.The Hill County Community Foundation, Atrium Mall Merchants Association and North Cen...
Lights grapplers face a busy month
November 30th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is off to a great start in 2011. But the Lights have an ultra-tough December ahead of them. Northern goes...
Hi-Line area spikers honored
November 30th, 2011
A number of prep athletes from across the Hi-Line were honored recently for their volleyball prowess. The District 6C East recently released its 2011 All-Confe...
Local Bowling Report: Surber makes it through Hi-Line Lanes Challenge
November 30th, 2011
On Saturday, 30 eager bowlers took to the lanes all with the same objective in mind, to overcome the lane conditions and come out victorious in the annual Hi Line Lanes Challenge. Only one,&n...
Breaking Sports: Cat, Griz playoff games will be aired on ESPN GamePla...
November 29th, 2011
After a week of Montana football fans bombarding ESPN with calls and emails, and Montana's congressional delegation putting pressure on the sports mega-giant, the network has decided to air the Un...
Our View: Enough said. It’s time to enforce cellphone ban
November 29th, 2011
Signs warning motorists that the city of Havre bars cellphone use of any kind while driving are now at the four major entrances to the city. People entering the city limits are now awa...
Great job on Memorial Park decorations
November 29th, 2011
Editor: Thank you to the folks who put up the artistic Christmas decorations in Memorial Park on 5th Avenue. You guys did an especially nice j...
Thankful for a successful dinner
November 29th, 2011
Editor: Many thanks to the Havre Community for the countless blessings we have been provided. First of all to our generous benefa...
Havre, it really is the people
November 29th, 2011
Editor: Are people from Havre, the nicest people on the planet? I'll say yes, based on last weekend's trip to your great town fo...
Big Sky championship ring taken in marijuana raids
November 29th, 2011
HELENA — A 2006 Big Sky Conference championship ring belonging to a former University of Montana quarterback was seized in a series of raids on medical marijuana providers this month.F...
First meetings set for county disaster plans
November 29th, 2011
Hill and Blaine counties are conducting a required update on a planning process that has helped in dealing with disasters in the last two years.Hill County has set Tuesday, Dec. 7, as the da...
Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years
November 29th, 2011
LOS ANGELES — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has been sentenced to the maximum term of four years behind bars.Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced Tuesday, three weeks afte...
Pioneers dominate Six-Man North and All-State honors
November 29th, 2011
After a run to the Class C Six-Man semifinals for a second consecutive year, the Big Sandy Pioneers dominated the Six-Man All-State honors from the Northern Division.
Payback: Skylights trounce Blue Hawks
November 29th, 2011
It was just over a year ago – Nov. 12, 2010 to be exact that the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team suffered a horrific 89-50 loss in Dickinson, N.D. Flip the cal...
Blue Ponies excelled in fall sporting events
November 29th, 2011
With winter just around the corner, fall has flown by already, and so have the fall sports seasons at Havre High. Now with boys and girls
American Airlines parent seeks Chapter 11 protection
November 29th, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices an...
Breaking Sports: Skylights crush Dickinson State
November 28th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team avenged its worst loss of 2010 with its biggest win in so far in 2011. Monday night, the Skylights improved to 8-0 on the season with...
$184K seized from ex-Griz QB in marijuana probe
November 28th, 2011
HELENA — Federal agents seized more than $184,000 from bank accounts associated with a former Montana Grizzlies quarterback and his medical marijuana and automotive detailing businesses, acco...
Montana copper heiress signed 2 wills
November 28th, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Months after Montana copper mining heiress Huguette (hew-GEHT') Clark died in New York comes a big surprise: a will in which she leaves almost everything to her family &mdash...
Woman alleges long affair with Cain
November 28th, 2011
WASHINGTON — In an explosive allegation, a Georgia woman said Monday she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former...
$184K seized from ex-Griz QB in marijuana probe
November 28th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — Federal agents seized more than $184,000 from bank accounts associated with a former Montana Grizzlies quarterback and his medical marijuana and automotive detailing businesses,...
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank announces retirement
November 28th, 2011
NEWTON, Mass. — Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts announced his retirement Monday effective at the end of next year, closing out a congressional career of more than three decades...
Promotion set to encourage shopping locally
November 28th, 2011
Local merchants are in the second week of a special event set to encourage people to shop locally, with local receipts earning a chance to win a big-screen television.Bill Evans, co-owner of...
Rep. Barney Frank to retire, closing long career
November 28th, 2011
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, his office said Monday, closing out a career of more than three decades in Congress cap...
Skylights stun Dragons
November 27th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team is on a roll right now. And nothing proved that fact more than what the Skylights did Friday night in Billings. ...
Mariani sparks Titans, again
November 27th, 2011
Special teams are a huge part of the NFL — of any football game really. And no one knows that better than former Havre Blue Pony and Tennessee Titan wide receiver Marc Mariani. &n...
Syracuse fires assistant basketball coach Fine
November 27th, 2011
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University fired associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine on Sunday in the wake of an investigation of child molestation allegations against him."At...
New Mass translation launches in American parishes
November 27th, 2011
CLAYTON, N.C. — English-speaking Roman Catholics who have regularly attended Mass for years found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing printed cards or sheets of paper to foll...
Crowded GOP field courts far right voting block
November 27th, 2011
HELENA — Montana Republicans think the time is ripe for them to retake the governor's mansion they previously held for 16 years before losing in 2004. But here's the problem: The sheer numb...
Breaking Sports: Skylights fall to Minot State
November 26th, 2011
In a second straight exhibition game, the MSU-Northern women's basketball team came up just short against NCAA DII power Minot State University. Saturday afternoon in Billings, the Beavers defeate...
Obama to be just at fan at this basketball game
November 26th, 2011
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama was just a fan at this basketball game.Obama, who plays in pick-up games as often as he can, including one Saturday morning, brought his famil...
Third teen charged in Glacier High School hazing
November 26th, 2011
KALISPELL (AP) — A third Glacier High School student accused of hazing teammates on a freshman football bus has been charged with misdemeanor assault.KCFW-TV reported Friday the 15-yea...
Breaking Sports: Skylights stun Minnesota-Moorhead
November 25th, 2011
It won't count in the record, but it was a huge win none-the-less. On Friday night in Billings, the MSU-Northern women's basketball team upset NCAA DII power Minnesota-Moorhead 65-61 at a tournam...
Giveaway House helped during crisis
November 25th, 2011
Editor: The Giveaway House was faced with the furnace being condemned. Kim Hickman, with Hanson sheet metal and Hickman Inc., stepped up to the plate and d...
Wanting to thank unknown helper
November 25th, 2011
Editor: On Nov. 19 I was taking care of my family's dogs. Somehow the dogs got out of the gate and were on the run. I looked everywhere, and I called the...
Giveaway House helped during crisis
November 25th, 2011
Editor: The Giveaway House was faced with the furnace being condemned. Kim Hickman, with Hanson sheet metal and Hickman Inc., stepped up to the plate and d...
Our Views: Hi-Line darts and laurels
November 25th, 2011
Laurel — Opportunity Link Inc. received a $1.5 million grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development this week. Under Executive Director Barb Stiffarm's...
If it gets me food, I’ll give thanks
November 25th, 2011
Like many people, I think Thanksgiving is the best holiday we have going for us, but for me it falls just a smidge short of being the absolute perfect holiday because I balk at being bossed a...
Unlike Washington, in Helena, parties kept talking
November 25th, 2011
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have dropped the ball once again. The two parties are unable to make an agreement on how to reduce the national debt, unable to set aside their differenc...
Robert Buhmann
November 25th, 2011
Robert Buhmann, 89, a retired beekeeper, passed away Nov. 22, 2011, due to natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook. &nb...
Baucus asks businesses how to boost border trade
November 25th, 2011
Montana’s senior senator is making a call to Montana business owners for ideas on how to improve the nation’s northern border to increase trade and jobs in Montana.“Togethe...
MAT seeks actors for February comedy
November 25th, 2011
The local acting troupe is looking for thespians to help stage its February play, a comedy that explores the relationships of men and women in the 1800s and the impacts of a new therapeutic device...
MAT seeks actors for February comedy
November 25th, 2011
The local acting troupe is looking for thespians to help stage its February play, a comedy that explores the relationships of men and women in the 1800s and the impacts of a new therapeutic device...
Earlier deals, longer hours woo Friday shoppers
November 25th, 2011
Big crowds on Black Friday can be both a blessing and a curse.Early signs point to bigger crowds at the nation's malls and stores as retailers like Target and Macy's opened their doors at...
Ice Hawks ready for the puck to drop
November 25th, 2011
The chill in the air doesn’t just mean the end of fall, this time of year also brings hockey to Havre. Second year head coach Tyler Boyce will try his ha...
Chinook, C/J-I players touted
November 25th, 2011
It was a very good year for the Hi-Line’s two Northern C football powers. Chinook reached the Class C semifinals and Chester/J-I advanced to the quarterfinals. ...
Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal at Ariz. base
November 24th, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz.Giffords arrived...
Festive Thanksgiving Day Parade heads through NYC
November 24th, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Spectators cheered and sang on Thursday as the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its way through the crowded streets of Manhattan beneath brilliant sunshine.A...
High court rules for newspaper in Billings police records case
November 24th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an internal document related to the investigation of a Billings police department employee suspected of misconduct should...
Breaking Sports: Northern's Will Andrews named Frontier Conference De...
November 23rd, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern football team totaled 14 selections on the 2011 Frontier All-Conference Team, released Wednesday night by the league office. A total of 11 MSU-N players were h...
Judge grants Beach a new trial for 1979 crime
November 23rd, 2011
HELENA — There is enough evidence of innocence to order a new trial for a man who has spent nearly 30 years in prison for murder — but not enough proof yet to set Barry Beach free...
FBI arrests 7 in Amish haircut attacks in Ohio
November 23rd, 2011
MILLERSBURG, Ohio — The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married wome...
How I won the football pool at work
November 23rd, 2011
As I walked into city hall for a Monday night council meeting, Richard, our public works director, said to me, “Did you know you are tied with Reece for first place in the...
Walleyes Unlimited fund rescue gear
November 23rd, 2011
The season of giving is coming up quickly, and the Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited is already in the spirit.At Monday night’s Havre City Council meeting, the council approved a gi...
Put limits on mercury, maintain pristine Montana
November 23rd, 2011
Editor: After a trip outside our beautiful Big Sky Country, it is not hard to come home and appreciate all that we have. &nb...
Local Bowling Report: New Years Eve Jackpot on tap
November 23rd, 2011
Just think, New Years Eve is just around the corner and we will be having Jackpot once again at 8 p.m. The cost will remain the same as in the past at $15 per person. It is advised to get you...
Cats, Griz honored by the Big Sky
November 23rd, 2011
The Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats have been making headlines all season long. On Tuesday, both teams made plenty more as the Big Sky Conference released its postseason awards.&...
Analysis: Gingrich gambles in bid to catch Romney
November 23rd, 2011
An AP News AnalysisWASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich, a political gambler his whole life, is banking on unorthodox stands on immigration, Social Security and other issues to propel him past M...
Judge grants Beach a new trial
November 23rd, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of a Poplar girl is getting a new trial. KULR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/rrj5q1 ) a Dist...
Court says Yellowstone grizzlies still threatened
November 22nd, 2011
BILLINGS — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region need continued protection under the Endangered Species Act due to the decline of a tree species t...
Obama pushing for payroll tax cut extension
November 22nd, 2011
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama, the home of the nation's first presidential primary Tuesday, urged Republicans to support a payroll tax cut next week .Obama argued tha...
George Brekke
November 22nd, 2011
George “Scrud” Brekke, 74, a fuel distributor, passed away Nov. 9, 2011, due to a heart attack.Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at 11 a. m. at the Harlem...
Baucus: Tomorrow a new day for deficit reduction
November 22nd, 2011
In the midst of the leadership of a committee tasked with cutting the nation’s deficit admitting defeat, members of Montana’s congressional delegation say now is the time to move forwar...
Jobless rate, statewide and on Hi-Line, goes down
November 22nd, 2011
The jobless rate in Montana declined slightly last month, and continued its downward trend on the Hi-Line.Statewide, the jobless rate was 7.6 percent in October. For the second month in a ro...
Our View: Coming through for the Havre Food Bank
November 22nd, 2011
Civic groups, school organizations and social clubs have all done their part in recent weeks in contributing to the Havre Food Bank. It's been heartwarming to see t...
Tester working for veterans
November 22nd, 2011
Editor: My wife and I recently returned from our first trip to Washington, D.C. We toured the usual places and were impressed with the monuments and museum...
Thanks for food bank fundraiser support
November 22nd, 2011
Editor: We would like to personally extend our gratitude to the Havre community, volunteers and business sponsors for supporting the Havre Food Bank Fundraiser Dinner which...
From Chinook to Laramie: Stroh commits
November 22nd, 2011
Chinook Sugarbeeter Ben Stroh has been one of the Montana's prolific prep wrestlers for the last three years. He has three state titles, and is about to embark on his senior season, where hopefull...
Lights place seven in Spokane
November 22nd, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is going through a grinder right now. And two days after the No. 7 Lights lost a hard-fought dual to No. 1...
UM, MSU playoff games won't be shown statewide
November 22nd, 2011
The Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats are in the FCS Playoffs for the first time together in some time. But when both teams play their respective games on Dec. 3, fans of both teams will...
Education coalition sues state over school funding
November 21st, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A coalition that challenged Montana's public school funding system as inadequate in 2002 is now asking a judge to order the state to restore an $8 million funding cut tha...
Service restored after BNSF derailment
November 21st, 2011
Correction: The story originally said the derailment was west of Glasgow. It was 25 miles east of Glasgow. No one was injured when a large derailment 25 miles east of Gl...
Tree lighting set for Saturday
November 21st, 2011
With the focus on Thanksgiving Day in the early part of the week followed by the crush of holiday shopping starting on Black Friday, the main kickoff of Christmas celebration will be joined by the...
Forecast calls for a fair Thanksgiving
November 21st, 2011
Winter finally reared its icy head in north-central Montana this weekend, but the National Weather service is predicting its leaving for a bit and letting more normal weather to prevail over the ho...
Canadian shoppers to flock to Havre
November 21st, 2011
The holiday season will officially start this week when thousands of Black Friday shoppers descend on Havre stores to purchase Christmas gifts.A special group of about 25 shoppers will be co...
Griz maul Cats. 36-10, in 111th Brawl of the Wild
November 21st, 2011
The Montana State Bobcats were the No. 1 team in the FCS, they possessed the No. 1 defense in the Big Sky Conference and they had a hostile, record crowd of over 20,000 fans on t...
Skylights sweep in Great Falls
November 21st, 2011
After a weekend with two more games, it is still so far so good for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team. The Skylights spent the weekend i...
MSU-Northern men roll to wins in California
November 21st, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team brought a four-week road odyssey to an end with a pair of emphatic wins over the weekend. The Lights...
George Ferguson column: It really is a special rivalry
November 21st, 2011
The final score may have been shocking to many fans on both sides of Saturday's 111th meeting between the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats — I'll admit, it shocked me. But...
Dillon, Fairfield cruise to state titles
November 21st, 2011
The 2011 high school football season is now over. Saturday was the last day of games for the season, and the champions have been crowned. Friday night i...
'Al-Qaida sympathizer' accused of NYC bomb plots
November 21st, 2011
NEW YORK — An "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home remained in police custody after an arraignme...
NYC mayor: Manhattan man arrrested in bomb plot
November 20th, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested.Bloomberg announced Sunday the arres...
Debt panel poised to admit failure
November 20th, 2011
WASHINGTON — A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to me...
AP Exclusive: Bison plan could remove 360 animals
November 20th, 2011
BILLINGS — As many as 360 migrating wild bison would be shot by hunters in Montana, captured for slaughter or shipped elsewhere this winter under a proposal from Yellowstone National Park off...
Passing the smell test: Debt reduction guided by Montana values
November 19th, 2011
I believe we have two choices in life: try or do nothing. For more than two months, I have been meeting with a bipartisan group of 12 members of Congress trying to address...
Police: Laid-off IT worker hacked former employer
November 19th, 2011
MISSOULA (AP) — A laid-off information technology administrator that a Missoula company attempted to hire back on a temporary basis after computer servers crashed was the person who hacked in...
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi captured in southern Libya
November 19th, 2011
ZINTAN, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's former heir apparent Seif al-Islam was captured by revolutionary fighters in the southern desert Saturday just over a month after his father was killed...
Breaking Sports: Skylights win, Lights too
November 18th, 2011
The MSU-Northern women's basketball team improved to a perfect 6-0 on the season after defeating Valley City State 62-52 Friday night in Great Falls. Northern is playing in the UGF Tournament and...
Breaking Sports: Chinook's Stroh headed to Wyoming
November 18th, 2011
One of the most coveted high school athletes in Montana has made up his mind about his future. Chinook senior Benjamin Stroh has comitted to the University of Wyoming where he'll wrestle for the C...
Joe Paterno has lung cancer, son says
November 18th, 2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son.
Great Falls students warned about hazing talk
November 18th, 2011
GREAT FALLS (AP) — The Cascade County attorney's office is warning students at Great Falls High School not to post any online messages about the victims of alleged locker-room hazing o...
House rejects balanced budget proposal, Rehberg backs measure
November 18th, 2011
WASHINGTON — The House has rejected a proposal to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget, seen by many as the only way to force lawmakers to hold the fiscal li...
House rejects balanced budget proposal
November 18th, 2011
WASHINGTON — The House has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have forced Congress to balance its budget every year as a way to reverse years of deficit spending.
Could Penn State scandal happen in Montana?
November 18th, 2011
With the national attention focused on charges that a former Penn State assistant football coach sexually abused children — sometimes on campus — a common question is: Why? Why has it t...
Recognizing the signs of child abuse
November 18th, 2011
The following signs may signal the presence of child abuse or neglect.The child:• Shows sudden changes in behavior or school performance;• Has not re...
Grant beefs up Havre DUI patrols
November 18th, 2011
Communities and states all over the country — including Havre — are preparing to beef up patrols over the holiday season with a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra...
Darts and Laurels
November 18th, 2011
Laurels — Bozeman City Council, following the lead of Havre, has banned the use of cellphones by drivers. The action will save pedestrians and passengers from serious injury and...
Parking ordinance almost enforced
November 18th, 2011
Black Friday is a week away, signalling the return of the holiday shopping season and with it the return of concerns of downtown merchants about the parking situation.After last year’s...
A letter from Occupy Wall Street
November 18th, 2011
Editor: I really wanted to write this letter a little later, but events evolved. I have been at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration for the l...
Jim O’Hara for governor
November 18th, 2011
Editor: Hopefully, by now you have started to see large signs depicting your county courthouses. The man who painted the county courthouse billboards put a...
A special thank-you
November 18th, 2011
Editor: This letter is just to let people know that we would like to say thank you to all of you who helped put out the fire last week at our...
Thanks for support at Red Cross Blood Drive
November 18th, 2011
Editor: The American Red Cross Blood Drive held on Nov. 7 again surpassed our goal of 110 donors. There were 122 donors...
Singin’ the telephone blues
November 18th, 2011
Modern, sleek, stylish, cordless telephones and cellphones are a huge disappointment. Not that I want to go back to the old wooden box mounted on the wall that you "...
Rehberg: Represent Montana, not big money
November 18th, 2011
Montanans should all be gravely concerned by the most recent actions of Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg to undermine worker rights, job training and higher education in America. ...
Okla. St. women's coaches die in Ark. plane crash
November 18th, 2011
STILLWATER, Okla. — The Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach and his assistant coach were killed when the single-engine plane they were in during a recruiting trip crashed in s...
Lights ready to face top-ranked Red Raiders
November 17th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team has already wrestled in some big matches and big duals this young season. But make no mistake, the Lights...
Havre High spikers earn Central A honors
November 17th, 2011
After a rollercoaster season and an extremely tough road through the divisional tournament, the Havre High Blue Pony volleyball team found its share of success. And three...
Unbeaten Skylights get back to work
November 17th, 2011
It’s back to work for the undefeated Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team. Tonight and Saturday, the Skylights (5-0) will be on the road at...
Northern men make a long trek to California
November 17th, 2011
Road games have been the story of the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team’s early part of the 2011 season. And not just road games, but tough ones...
Idaho man charged with attempted assassination
November 17th, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Idaho man accused of firing two shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama or his staff.Ramiro Orteg...
Our View: An open letter to Dr. James Limbaugh
November 17th, 2011
Congratulations on your appointment as chancellor of Montana State University-Northern. You'll find Havre an exceptionally friendly city. Sadly, you will be coming o...
Victory by a landslide
November 17th, 2011
Back when I lived in Washington, a theater group of which I was a member met every Tuesday morning for breakfast at Sheila’s By the Bay, a local café. That’s where we made...
Wool growers fight to protect public land grazing
November 17th, 2011
Agriculture is Montana’s largest economic driver, generating more than $2.4 billion in cash receipts every year. Montana’s 56.5 million acres of a...
Math program adds up to a lot of fun
November 17th, 2011
Havre Public Schools are continuing on Friday the campaign to show how math can be fun and easy.The program has had some popular activities already this year, and Friday, from 2:20 p. m. unt...
Great Northern Fair Board considers online tickets
November 17th, 2011
Great Northern Fair-goers may have a new way to buy tickets for the night shows next summer, with the Hill County Fair Board looking into online ticket sales.Fairgrounds manager Tim Solomon...
Board considers events for 2012 fair
November 17th, 2011
Members of the Hill County Fair Board heard this week about possible activities at next year’s Great Northern Fair, ranging from a mural being painted to alligators and a small child’s...
MSU-N's Maddock earns Frontier award
November 17th, 2011
After a successful road trip to Lewiston, Idaho last weekend, Montana State University-Northern guard David Maddock has been named Frontier Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week....
Mariani honored by the AFC
November 17th, 2011
Tennessee Titans wide receiver and former Havre Blue Pony and Montana Grizzly great Marc Mariani has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after returning a punt 79 yards for a touchd...
Details unfold in shots fired at White House
November 17th, 2011
WASHINGTON — A man clad in black who was obsessed with President Barack Obama pulled his car within view of the White House at night and fired shots from an assault rifle, cracki...
State asks court to lift hold on medical pot law
November 16th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — Montana prosecutors are asking the state Supreme Court to lift a district judge's block of portions of a new state law meant to restrict the sale of medical marijuana.
Man charged in motorcycle-crash death of his son
November 16th, 2011
A Joplin man is facing a felony charge alleging he was driving drunk Sept. 3 when he crashed the motorcycle he was using to drive home, killing his 8-year-old son and putting himself in the hospita...
Havre man charged with rape
November 16th, 2011
A Havre man is awaiting a new judge and his first hearing on a felony charge alleging he raped a Havre woman late last spring.Howard C. Richardson, born in 1961, has requested a new judge to...
12 Christmas trees to highlight festival this December
November 16th, 2011
Planning for the annual Festival of Trees is nearly a year-round event."We started planning in March," said Susan Somers, board chair for the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. Over the...
Breaking news: Limbaugh named Northern chancellor
November 16th, 2011
James Limbaugh has been named chancellor of Montana State University-Northern. Montana State University President Waded Cruzado announced Limbaugh's appointm...
Frontier Conference Notebook: A year of electric performances
November 16th, 2011
The Frontier Conference championship and the league’s automatic bid came down to the final day of the season. And in the end, it was Carroll College registering its 12th straight conference c...
With a great past, Brawl gets bigger and better
November 16th, 2011
Can Saturday get here fast enough? That’s the question for any football fan living inside Montana’s borders right now. Why...
Local Bowling Report: Hi-Line Lanes Challenge coming next Saturday
November 16th, 2011
Hi-Line Lanes Challenge will be Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. The format will be the same as in the past with bowlers bowling six games across 12 lanes each with a different oil pattern from ve...
Judge gives green light to New West's divestiture
November 15th, 2011
HELENA — A judge has given the go-ahead to break up Montana's third-largest health insurance company as part of an antitrust settlement. U.S. Dist...
The Great American Smokeout
November 15th, 2011
The average adult takes 15 to 20 breaths a minute — more than 20,000 per day, according to the American Lung Association. Healthy lungs are important to deliver clean air to...
Feeling blessed by community support
November 15th, 2011
Editor: Once again, the Havre community has done it! The Morris and Anderson families would sincerely like to thank the Havre community for the support we...
Tester is protecting senior benefits
November 15th, 2011
Editor: Members of the congressional supercommittee want to cut Medicare by $400 billion to pay down our debt. Why doesn't Washington get it? Cuts to midd...
Our View: New DUI tools make Montana safer
November 15th, 2011
The Montana Legislature earlier this year passed a law that will save lives, and it got its first chance to do just that in Hill County two weeks ago. The law...
Terry Berger
November 15th, 2011
Terry Berger, 48, of Chinook, a mechanic, passed away Nov. 11, 2011, due to complications of diabetes.Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at 1 p. m., at Chinook High Sc...
Bruington pushes to promote local attractions
November 15th, 2011
The manager of the local museum is proposing an effort to create a video to let people know what there is to do in the region while they are here.H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Manager John B...
New member joins museum board
November 15th, 2011
A new member of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum board was introduced during its monthly meeting Monday, and heard, with the rest attending the meeting, an update on activities ranging from the mu...
Daniel Horton Column: Ponies were much more than a loss to Dillon
November 15th, 2011
I had the opportunity to wa
Lights place four at Cowboy Open
November 15th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team continued to wrestle well on its three-day trip to Wyoming. On Saturday, the Lights were in Laramie, Wyo.,...
NYPD clears park of Occupy Wall St. protesters
November 15th, 2011
NEW YORK — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided Zuccotti Park early Tuesday, evicting dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters from what has become the epicenter of the worldwide mo...
ACLU: Judge shouldn't have dismissed same-sex suit
November 14th, 2011
HELENA — A Montana judge abdicated his responsibility when he dismissed a lawsuit by six gay couples seeking the same legal benefits as married couples, the American Civil Liberties Union sai...
House GOP leader Cantor says deficit deal likely
November 14th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sidestepping controversy, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., declined to take sides Monday on a proposal for higher tax revenues backed by fellow Republicans on Congr...
Lawmakers uncertain on medical marijuana issue
November 14th, 2011
HELENA — Montana lawmakers said Monday they are uncertain whether they should come up with a backup plan should their crackdown on medical marijuana be struck down in the courts or rejected n...
Don't widen gap between rich and poor
November 14th, 2011
Don't widen chasm between rich, poor Editor: If you are concerned about our country’s future, act now. By Nov. 23, S...
Honoring our veterans by creating jobs
November 14th, 2011
I had the honor this week of introducing a jobs bill in the U.S. Senate that enjoyed a rare victory: overwhelming bipartisan support. The Senate passed my VOW...
Hi-Line football championship hopes dashed
November 14th, 2011
It was a chilly weekend for many local sports fans over the weekend, not from the weather but from seeing playoff hopes end after strong seasons and early playoff results.The Havre High Blue...
City seeks tree count
November 14th, 2011
Havre may be one of the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA’s, but the city’s Parks and Recreation Department feels the city and the trees have been a bit distant for the past se...
Supreme Court will hear health care case this term
November 14th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, accepting a case that could rival the historic Bush v. G...
Environmental law waiver faces northern skeptics
November 14th, 2011
HELENA — No one can recall the last time an illegal immigrant hiked into the rugged and remote wilderness of Glacier National Park in an attempt to slip into the U.S. But that isn't st...
Mariani strikes again
November 13th, 2011
Add Charlotte, N.C. to the list of places former Havre High star Marc Mariani will never forget. On Sunday afternoon,
George Ferguson Column: Andrews, See and the rest have made my job eas...
November 13th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern football season ended with a hard-fought, 42-24 loss to the second-ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints under gloomy skies Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony St...
Beeters fall just short
November 13th, 2011
When football teams reach the state playoffs, anything can happen. Rankings no longer apply and records get thrown out the window. The team that puts together the best game will win &nb...
Savage ends Big Sandy's season again
November 13th, 2011
The Savage Warriors just seem to have the Big Sandy Pioneers’ number late in Class C Six-Man football games. For the thir
Lights pick up a sweep in Idaho
November 13th, 2011
Playing a tough Cascade Conference power for the third team in three weeks, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were simply not going to be denied. The Lights best...
Saints eliminate Skylights
November 13th, 2011
A season of much-improved volleyball and new milestones by the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team came to an end Friday night in Helena. In the first round o...
Digital map reveals coal tunnels under Red Lodge
November 13th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — Students at Montana State University Billings College of Technology have created a digital, three-dimensional model of coal mine tunnels crisscrossing under Red Lodge th...
For Penn State, a new week after the worst one ever
November 13th, 2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.— For Penn State University, there was the past week — a week of unimaginable turmoil and sorrow, anger and disbelief and shame. And then there is tomorrow.As P...
After week of turmoil, it's gameday at Penn Sta
November 12th, 2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Penn State players left the field with their heads bowed, the fans mostly silent.A lifetime worth of emotions was crammed into the past week. Shock, rage, regr...
Cable network pulls ad attacking Tester
November 12th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A conservative group's television advertisement has been pulled from a cable network amid complaints from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester that it falsely accuses him of supporting tougher...
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake shakes western Montana
November 11th, 2011
MISSOULA — Some western Montana residents felt the earth shake Friday morning.The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 was reported at...
Doctors: Test all kids for cholesterol by age 11
November 11th, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) — Every child should be tested for high cholesterol between ages 9 and 11 so steps can be taken to prevent heart disease later on, a panel of doctors urged Friday in new advice t...
Thanks for support, let council hear your voice
November 11th, 2011
Editor: I would like thank those of you who voiced support and voted for me in the recent election. Because I am a life-long resident myself, I want you to...
Stapleton has already put his life on the line
November 11th, 2011
Editor: The current race for governor features a crowded field of 10 candidates — all attempting to rise to the top. &...
Congress should stand up for our children
November 11th, 2011
Editor: When a natural disaster hits, when our safety is threatened or when an epidemic strikes, we turn to the body that exists to protect us...
Our View: More than talk is needed to help vets
November 11th, 2011
We find ourselves once again bemoaning the fact that veterans will be honored on Friday, while their service, their honor and sometimes their needs are largely ignored the rest of the year.&...
My Aunt Dixie and (Montana-made) Kentucky jam cake
November 11th, 2011
“It is most logical,” I said out loud to myself while snipping the recipe for Kentucky jam cake from the Havre Daily News. You have to understand that I never clip recipes from n...
Weight Watchers offers thanks to community
November 11th, 2011
Editor: On behalf of Weight Watchers of Havre, I would like to thank everyone involved in making our local Lose For Good food drive a success...
Rehberg praises veterans jobs bill
November 11th, 2011
Rehberg praises veterans jobs bills Editor: A good idea is a good idea, no matter where it comes from. And President...
Darts and Laurels
November 11th, 2011
Laurel — The voter turnout in Havre's municipal elections this week was outstanding. Even in wards where there were not contests, people cast ballots in l...
A lesson bearly learned, stays with you
November 11th, 2011
As a warden for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, my dad had to live trap at least one nuisance bear every summer. Due to the nature of the issue, the traps had to be set where humans congreg...
Northern chancellor candidates share their thoughts in videos
November 11th, 2011
The final four candidates to be the next chancellor of Montana State University-Northern visited Havre this week. Following their respective public forums, the Havre Dailiy News got a chance to ask...
Thanksgiving tradition -- a community plans a special dinner
November 11th, 2011
A 30-year tradition continues this year to provide Thanksgiving cheer and camaraderie to local residents. First-year community Thanksgiving dinner organizer Debi Rhin...
Veterans bill clears Senate
November 11th, 2011
Montana’s U.S. senators and representative Wednesday praised the Senate’s unanimous passage of bills to help military veterans find jobs, just in time for their day o...
Taylor stresses experience at Paul Smith's College
November 11th, 2011
Montana State University-Northern’s week of meetings with potential future leaders wrapped up Thursday, shortly after the public forum with the last candidate, Phillip Taylor.
Lights, Saints set for final showdown
November 11th, 2011
The date was Oct. 18, 2006. The scoreboard read, Lights 10, Saints 3. That was the first and last time the Montana State University-Northern football team beat the Carroll College Fighting Saints i...
Game Day Feature: A special odyssey comes down to one game
November 11th, 2011
Senior Day is always an emotional day for any college football player. But when you consider the journey MSU-Northern defensive end Will Andrews has been on, Saturday’s finale against Carroll...
Blue Ponies set their sights on top-ranked Dillon
November 11th, 2011
Havre High has faced some very tough teams this season, but none as tough as the one that confidently awaits them in the semifinals of the Class A state football playoffs. ...
Round three for Big Sandy and Savage
November 11th, 2011
The Big Sandy Pioneers are hoping a change of venue, and the third time will be a charm. On Saturday afternoon, the No. 3 Pioneers (9-1) travel to Savage to ta...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Joey DeVries
November 11th, 2011
Joey DeVries has made his mark in three Havre sports as he has gone through his four years at Havre High. DeVries has played hockey since the age of five, and...
Lights cruise past Western Wyoming
November 11th, 2011
The MSU-Northern wrestling team is now a perfect 4-0 in dual competition. On Thursday night in Rock Springs, Wyo., the Lights crushed Western Wyoming 40-6, win...
Lights travel to Idaho
November 11th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team is coming off a rare loss. Now the No. 15 Lights will get back on the road and try to get bac...
Richard Turner Sr. Obituary
November 10th, 2011
Friends of Richard Turner Sr. will be gathering for a celebration of his life, on Friday, Nov. 11, at the Eagles Club in Havre.
Friday ceremony will pay tribute to veterans
November 10th, 2011
Havreites will be honoring those who have served their country in the military with a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Monument on Town...
Havre schools rethinking Internet filters
November 10th, 2011
The Internet may be changing schools all over the world every year, but in Havre the schools are changing the Internet, by blocking more and more of it eve...
Skylights begin again
November 10th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball season has come down to one match. One match for the Skylights to keep playing. Northern head coach Bill Huebs...
The Dillon machine just keeps on rolling
November 10th, 2011
Football teams don’t reach this point in the season by accident. Take a look at the Dillon Beavers and that should be clear enough, as they prepare to put their flawless 9-0 record on the lin...
Frontier Notebook: Plenty still at stake in the Frontier
November 10th, 2011
The Carroll College Fighting Saints and head coach Mike Van Diest will be able to hang a Frontier Conference banner for the 12th straight season. The only question is, will it be yet another outrig...
Northern grapplers pummel Trappers
November 10th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team began a four-day road trip to Wyoming with a successful dual win on Wednesday night. In Powell, Wyo., the...
Mental health worker who reported child porn fired
November 9th, 2011
MISSOULA (AP) — An employee of a Missoula mental health center who told police about a client's computer search for child pornography was fired, in part for making the report, ac...
Republican Dow ousts Kaul in Ward 3 race
November 9th, 2011
Another election day of Republican victory has brought the Havre City Council to an even partisan split. Along with two uncontested Republicans and one Democrat being...
Voting results, turnout
November 9th, 2011
Havre had an extremely high voter turnout Tuesday in city elections with only one contested race, both in total registered voters and active voters who had a ballot mailed to them....
Boadway comes to Havre: Joint production of 'Cinderella' at HHS
November 9th, 2011
Theater lovers, music lovers and fans of fairy tales have a chance this week to see a classic as the Havre High School Drama Department and Montana Actors’ Theatre produce Rodgers and Hammers...
ELF food bank food drive will be tonight, Thursday
November 9th, 2011
Firefighters will be back in operation tonight and Thursday helping the community with lights flashing and sirens blaring, but with a different purpose — collecting food for the needy....
Baucus backs dog act to aid vets
November 9th, 2011
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced he will introduce legislation in the Senate to aid veterans with dogs, helping both service members with post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome and h...
Ponies turned strides into a streak
November 9th, 2011
When looking back at a football season, there are always things that a team could have done better. But at the same time, there are also moments that can be looked back on that were said to have be...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Jorge Magana
November 9th, 2011
The numbers don’t lie. The Montana State University-Northern football team houses one of the most explosive offenses in all of NAIA football. And to have a great offense, a team must have a g...
Local Bowling Report: Turner rolls a 298 game
November 9th, 2011
Ron Turner threw a 298 game on the Monday Night Straightaway League. It was his third game in a four game set. When asked what happened on the twelfth ball, he said "I choked." He pulled it and t...
Incumbent parties prevail in governors' races
November 8th, 2011
Kentucky and Mississippi refused to turn their governors' offices over to different parties Tuesday, despite the nation's economic woes, and Ohio restored full bargaining rights to tens of...
Dow wins in Ward 3
November 8th, 2011
Republican Rick Dow, making his first attempt for public office, defeated City Ward 3 council member Democrat Bob Kaul in Tuesday’s voting. Dow’s win is the latest in...
Parenteau, Brekke win, Hingham winners delcared
November 8th, 2011
Bonnie Parenteau has been elected City Council member from Ward 1. The Democrat, running without opposition, got 388 votes on Tuesday. City Judge
Parenteau wins in Ward 1, Brekke in Ward 4
November 8th, 2011
Bonnie Parenteau has been elected City Council member from Ward 1. The Democrat, running without opposition, got 388 votes on Tuesday. City Judge Margaret Hen...
Ky. governor re-elected; Ohio union law goes down
November 8th, 2011
Kentucky's Democratic governor was re-elected Tuesday, and voters picked a new governor in Mississippi — decisions that could foreshadow the public's political mood just two months ah...
Montana torches oil-fouled debris from Exxon spill
November 8th, 2011
LAUREL — State workers on Tuesday set fire to an oil-tainted logjam on an island along the Yellowstone River, the last of dozens of debris piles smeared with crude from an Exxon Mobil pipelin...
Police chief: Videos don't show excessive force on Griz
November 8th, 2011
MISSOULA (AP) — Police in Missoula have reviewed cellphone videos as part of an internal investigation over the use of a stun gun in the arrests of two University of Montana football players....
Congress shouldn’t scapegoat federal employees
November 8th, 2011
Veterans Day is this week, a time when we reflect on the greatness of our nation and the freedoms we all enjoy. As active and retired federal employees, we thank thos...
Church group denounces ‘division and hatred’
November 8th, 2011
Editor: Montana is again experiencing a growth in groups that claim racial, ethnic or religious superiority, and demonize those whom they cons...
Occupy your noggin
November 8th, 2011
Is it just me or do people in the "Occupy" movement seem mostly interested in occupying their time? They'd be better off trying to occupy that vast empty space between their ears; b...
Our View: Solomon’s port proposal a good start
November 8th, 2011
Havre Mayor Tim Solomon was right on target when he wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking her to continue to an experiment under which hours at Wild Horse port...
Museum foundation grills council
November 8th, 2011
Havre City Council may have voted to show its support for the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Foundation’s effort to have a roadside sign be placed by the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump mural...
Election interest focuses on Ward 3, still time to vote
November 8th, 2011
It is election day and time for at least a quarter of Havre’s voters to exercise their democratic power in Ward 3.While nothing too exciting is expected to come out of wards 1, 2 and 4...
Havre man charged with 11th count of drunk driving
November 8th, 2011
A Havre man is being arraigned today for an 11th charge of drunken driving, two counts of assaulting police officers and other misdemeanor counts.Rick Logan, born in 1962, was arrested Oct....
Candidate sees himself as a good fit for Northern
November 8th, 2011
All Montana State University-Northern wants for Christmas is a new chancellor — well, maybe more funding and students wouldn’t hurt — and this week they have begun seriously shopp...
Emergency alert test set for noon Wednesday
November 8th, 2011
A nationwide emergency alert system will kick into operation Wednesday, but officials are urging people not to be alarmed — “This is only a test, is the big thing to remember, ” H...
Council sees one-way solution to alley problem
November 8th, 2011
The afternoon rituals of many Havre High School students will soon be interrupted as a popular shortcut through the alleyway south of 17th Street will be made one-way going east.That will fo...
Hawks, Knights' run ends at Northern C
November 8th, 2011
The high school volleyball season officially came to an end for a pair of area schools Friday night in Rudyard. Both the District 6C East Chester/J-I
Skylights put up a fight against Lady Griz
November 8th, 2011
It was just an exhibition game, but the Montana State University-Northern Skylights certainly made an impression on the famed University of Montana Lady Griz. ...
George Ferguson Column: It's been quite the football ride on the Hi-L...
November 8th, 2011
Over the course of the last calendar year, it would be hard to argue that the Hi-Line is producing some high school football power. Less than one year ago, the...
Lights go 2-1 on a tough trip to Oregon
November 8th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern Lights are finding life on the road to be very difficult. Northern went 2-1 this weekend in three hard-fought games in Oregon. On Thursday n...
Northern places four at Northwest Open
November 8th, 2011
Competing in their first tournament of the 2011-12 season, the Montana State University-Northern Lights found out they have some work to do. The Lights placed...
Eastern Oregon players honored
November 8th, 2011
The Carroll College Fighting Saints are still fighting for the outright Frontier Conference championship, but they did move up in this week’s NAIA Coaches Poll. ...
Rehberg proposes land swap for Jesus statue
November 7th, 2011
HELENA — U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg is proposing a land swap to save a Jesus statue that is facing eviction from U.S. Forest Service land.
Jackson doctor convicted in star's 2009 drug death
November 7th, 2011
LOS ANGELES— Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful ane...
Verdict reached in case of Michael Jackson doctor
November 7th, 2011
LOS ANGELES — A jury has reached a verdict in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor. Court officials say it will be read about 2 p.m. MST.
A fresh take on cheap produce
November 7th, 2011
Correction: The version of this story that ran in the Monday, Nov. 7, edition of the Havre Daily News listed the wrong dates for the next Bountiful Baskets sign-up period....
Northern looks to 2013 for new auto-tech center
November 7th, 2011
The announcement of the finalists for chancellor wasn’t the only dicussion of Montana State University-Northern’s future happening last week.The university hosted a long-range pl...
Pizza Hut to help Havre Food Bank
November 7th, 2011
Pizza Hut is undertaking a program on Tuesdays in November aimed at helping the Havre Food Bank.If patrons buying food from Pizza Hut also donate a non-perishable food item, the restaurant w...
Donate a turkey, win a newspaper subscription
November 7th, 2011
People who donate a turkey to the Havre Food Bank will be eligible to win a six-month subscription to the Havre Daily News.Starting today, people will get a coupon for each turkey they donat...
Snow pushes south of Havre over weekend
November 7th, 2011
A storm predicted to drop some snow in north-central Montana over the weekend, generally pushed south in the state, but more white stuff could be hitting next week, a National Weather Service meteo...
Penn St officials head to court on perjury charges
November 7th, 2011
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Just hours after stepping down, two high-ranking Penn State administrators face arraignment Monday on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating former defense co...
Blue Pony spikers just miss going to state
November 6th, 2011
It was an eventful weekend of volleyball at the Central A divisional tournament this weekend, and for a while the Havre High Ponies were right in the mix. Friday and Saturd...
Hi-Line Football Roundup: Beeters, Pioneers moving on
November 6th, 2011
When the weekend began the Hi-Line had two dominant Class C 8-Man football teams rolling through the postseason competition. But with another round done and in the books, just one 8-Man squad will...
MSU-N Game Day Note Book: Goose eggs and 'KJ", just part of a specia...
November 6th, 2011
Night games in Blue Pony Stadium aren’t uncommon. In fact, the
George Ferguson Column: Night games too cold for reporters, not for th...
November 6th, 2011
I’m not going to lie, I for one was cold while I was roaming the sidelines Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium. Night football games in November in Montana usual...
Lights Football Box Score
November 6th, 2011
Rocky Mountain 0 0 0 0 — 0MSU-Northern 3 7 7 7 — 24First QuarterMSU-N — FG Juan Garcia 39,...
Skylights swept at Carroll, RMC
November 6th, 2011
Already going through a tough stretch in the season, things didn’t get any easier for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team in its final two matches of the Frontier Conference...
MSU-N women take on vaunted Lady Griz tonight in Missoula
November 6th, 2011
When the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team resumes its season tonight, the Skylights’ perfect 5-0 record won’t be in jeopardy. &nbs...
Big quake follows increase in Oklahoma rumblings
November 6th, 2011
SPARKS — Clouds of dust belched from the corners of almost every room in Joe Reneau's house as the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history rocked the two-story building. &nb...
Deer, antelope harvest down in northeast Montana
November 6th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — Wildlife officials say a harsh winter combined with spring flooding and a summer disease outbreak have reduced antelope and deer numbers, leading to fewer hunters visit...
Penn St ex-coach, others charged in child sex case
November 5th, 2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A former defensive coach who was integral for decades to Penn State's football success was accused Saturday of molesting eight boys, and two school administrators were c...
Substitute teacher faces child porn charge
November 5th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A substitute teacher hired about two weeks ago at Four Georgians Elementary in Helena and who police say downloaded child pornography at home has been charged with felony...
Internal audit finds more unqualified MDT hires
November 4th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — An internal audit of supervisory changes at the Montana Department of Transportation over the past two years found a dozen instances in which the person who was hired or p...
Thanks to all who made Ambassadors game a success
November 4th, 2011
Editor: We, the board and staff from Bullhook Community Health Center, would like to thank the community for its support in attending the bask...
Darts & Laurels
November 4th, 2011
Laural —Havre Mayor Tim Solomon is calling on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to continue her experiment of extending summer hours at the Port of Wild Horse. Twi...
Nothing dies as quietly as conviction
November 4th, 2011
When you're young and really old people, like your parents, tell you "It's the simple things in life that bring you the most joy," you are positive they're full of something you'd get y...
Chinook schools get surprise $40K grant
November 4th, 2011
When Chinook Public Schools Superintendent Jay Eslick was asked to meet in the Chinook High School gym on Thursday afternoon he didn’t know why or that he would end up with an over-size...
Dow, Kaul wrap up campaign
November 4th, 2011
The Havre City Council elections are only four days away, and everyone involved is excited for the people to make their choice. And in the only contested race, the Ward 3 council seat, the c...
Chinook hopes to untangle underground ‘bowl of spaghetti’
November 4th, 2011
Will Mangold came to the Chinook City Council meeting on Thursday night to tell city officials he thought the sewer system stinks. His compl...
High praise for MAT production of ‘The Laramie Project’
November 4th, 2011
Local residents are applauding a play about the impacts of a horrific crime 13 years ago, and what it makes people think about themselves. Barb Jergeson of Chinook s...
Jury: Officers justified in Keeley shooting death
November 4th, 2011
After a short deliberation, a jury in Helena Thursday found that officers were justified in firing the shots that killed a 13-year-old Havre boy outside of Fort Benton in 2007. &n...
Push to have vote on vets job bill by Veterans Day
November 4th, 2011
A trio of senators said this morning they will push to have a vote in the U.S. Senate on a bill to increase job benefits for military veterans before Veterans Day. Se...
Ponies, Broncs ready to kick it up
November 4th, 2011
After earning a first round bye in the Class A playoffs the Havre High football team is ready to take the field. The Blue Ponies have had a long two weeks of focused practice, and are anxious...
Round Two: Beeters, Hawks Pioneers kick off
November 4th, 2011
It has been a week since both the Northern C 8-Man Chinook Sugarbeeters and Chester/J-I Hawks football teams earned dominating wins in the first round of the Class C state playoffs. And after anoth...
Skylights finish on the road
November 4th, 2011
A long season has come down to just two weeks for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. This weekend, the Skylights will put the wraps on what...
Northern C Volleyball (Friday)
November 4th, 2011
Update: The Chester/J-I Hawks and North Star Knights were both eliminated from the Northern C Dvisional volleyball tournament on Friday in Rudyard. Both teams lost to Simms in loser-out action at t...
US added 80,000 jobs in October; jobless rate dips
November 4th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy added 80,000 jobs in October, and job growth in the two previous months was much stronger than first thought, an encouraging sign as the nation searches...
Trial begins in case of Havre boy shot by officers
November 3rd, 2011
A civil trial continues today in Helena over the death of a Havre youth in April 2007 near Fort Benton when law enforcement officers fired 29 shots after a high-speed chase from Chester.Mark...
Cold, snow still expected over weekend
November 3rd, 2011
While the National Weather Service has backed off on arrival time and moisture amounts, a winter-like storm still is forecast for the region over the weekend.The forecast this morning for Ha...
Baucus hopeful on deficit-cutting efforts
November 3rd, 2011
There are only a few weeks left for the congressional supercommittee to solidify a plan for the U. S. government to get a hold on its debt, committee member and one of Montana’s U. S. senator...
PDL Ventures in last days, Rocky Boy tribal rep says
November 3rd, 2011
An online business started two years ago by the tribal government at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation — that gained national attention — is nearly shut down as its replacement is of...
Our view: Gov. made a good choice in Tuss
November 3rd, 2011
Kudos to Paul Tuss on his appointment to the Montana Board of Regents. The executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp. has a knowledge of the Hi-Line like no one...
My mystical experience with birds and other flying objects
November 3rd, 2011
I consider myself to be a somewhat mystical person. Some days I am opti-mystic and other times I revert to pessi-mystic. Last Friday I drove to Conrad to visit frie...
Butte man faces charge after water district fight
November 3rd, 2011
PHILIPSBURG (AP) — A 73-year-old Butte man faces a felony aggravated assault charge after another man was punched in the stomach during a heated argument at a water district meet...
Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence
November 3rd, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Many people who participated in a massive demonstration that put Oakland at the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street movement are disavowing the violence that took place...
Central A Volleyball Preview: Ponies take on the Central A at home
November 3rd, 2011
What the Havre volleyball program has or hasn’t accomplished this season no longer matters. What is important is the Blue Ponies have consistently progressed through the entire season and ent...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Sadie Seidel
November 3rd, 2011
Junior Sadie Seidel is quietly one of the top volleyball players for the Havre High volleyball program. Standing at 5-8 and producing for the Blue Ponies as an outside hitter, Seidel has consistent...
Hamilton Broncs hitting their stride
November 3rd, 2011
The most dangerous teams in football find their stride when it matters most, the end of the season. That is the story behind the Southwestern A Hamilton Broncs, who have navigated their way into th...
Lights head to Oregon
November 3rd, 2011
A second road trip down, an even longer one up. That’s what the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team is facing this weekend. Ton...
Frontier Notebook: Saints clinch a share of the title
November 3rd, 2011
College football night games don’t happen often at Blue Pony Stadium. But one will happen on Friday night. And it’s ironic that the first night game the Montana State University-Norther...
Northern wrestlers gear up for their first tourney
November 3rd, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team will make the long trip to Powell, Wyo., for Saturday’s Northwest College Open. And this weekend, the Lights will get their first look at...
Kaul has been involved in the community for decades
November 2nd, 2011
Editor: Havre voters have an important decision to make next month as we consider who will represent us on City Council. As long-time Havre residents...
Med pot reform popular, poll shows
November 2nd, 2011
HELENA — A new poll released Wednesday found strong support for the state's stricter medical marijuana law, and showed that potential voters are nearly equally split in the U.S. Senate elect...
3rd ex-employee says Cain harassed her
November 2nd, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — A third former employee says she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Herman Cain when she worked for the pre...
Trial begins in case of Havre boy shot by officers
November 2nd, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A police officer training instructor testified that a Montana Highway Patrol trooper and a sheriff's deputy failed to follow their agencies' policies and procedures and...
Finalists named for Northern chancellor
November 2nd, 2011
It seems everyone is looking for a leader and, this morning, the Montana State University-Northern Chancellor search committee announced four candidates for their search.After months of quie...
Paul Tuss named to Montana Board of Regents
November 2nd, 2011
A month after Havre resident Lynn Hamilton unexpectedly announced her resignation from the Montana Board of Regents, another surprise hit the higher education scene on Tuesday.Gov. Brian Sch...
Up-tempo Ponies have been prolific
November 2nd, 2011
If asked, a lot of people will agree with the timeless saying that defense wins championships. But as the Havre High football team embarks on the 2011 Class A playoffs, and hopes to win a champions...
Hawks, Knights go for it all at Northern C
November 2nd, 2011
It’s another buys weekend of volleyball on the Hi-Line. And for a pair of Class C teams, the chance to get to the state tournament goes right through their own back yard. &...
Local Bowling Report: Pee Wee's begin Sunday
November 2nd, 2011
The Pee Wee League will get underway this Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3:30 p.m. and run for six weeks under the supervision of Chris Drew. Ages are seven and under to 4 or 5 depending on size and capab...
Hi-Line Sports Schedule
November 2nd, 2011
Thursday High School Volleyball Northern C at Rudyard 9:30 a.m. - Sunbust vs Belt30 Min - C/J-I vs Augusta30 Min...
BREAKING NEWS: Paul Tuss named to Board of Regents
November 1st, 2011
Paul Tuss of Havre, the executive director of Bear Paw Development Corporation, has been named to the Montana Board of Regents, which oversees the state's university system.Gov. Brian Schwe...
Rehberg bill would devastate northern Montana
November 1st, 2011
Editor: Dennis does it again. Rep. Rehberg has co-sponsored a bill which can devastate the northern third of Montana. House Bill 1...
70 years after Pearl Harbor, he’s still fighting
November 1st, 2011
Alvin "Bud" Christopherson, 86, last week was back in the town where he spent much of his youth. Bud came to Havre from his home in Salem, Ore. to att...
Our View: Rocky Boy deserves better options
November 1st, 2011
Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation has re-entered the online loan operation, this time connecting up with Plain Green LLC. From all indications, Plain Green is a far mor...
Tyrone P. Brannigan
November 1st, 2011
Tyrone P. Brannigan is at peace with his maker.Ty was born Nov. 15, 1956, in Bridgeport, Conn., to loving parents, Bonnie and Barney Brannigan. He passed on Oct. 19, 2011.His schoolin...
Wild Horse port hours back to winter schedule
November 1st, 2011
With the hours at the Port of Wild Horse returning to a winter schedule today, the advocates of upgrading the border crossing to a 24-hour commercial operation are pushing for a second year of test...
Rocky Boy man faces prison term after rape conviction
November 1st, 2011
A federal court jury convicted a Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation man of rape for having sex with a woman passed out after two days of drinking.Edward Ronald Stamper, 37, faces up to life imp...
Two years of work at new landfill
November 1st, 2011
Editor: Over the past six years, the nine-member Landfill Board has had to make some tough decisions on what should be done with the 92 tons of garbage we...
Wednesday is deadline for political letters
November 1st, 2011
The Havre Daily News welcomes letters to the editor about candidates and issues in the Nov. 8 election. The deadline for receiving such letters is 4:30 p.m. sharp on...
Bank of America nixes $5 debit card fee
November 1st, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America Corp. is nixing its plans to charge a $5 monthly debit card fee.The bank said Tuesday that the decision to scrap the plan came after listening to custom...
Feds close Stillwater mine after death
November 1st, 2011
BILLINGS — A central Montana precious metals mine was under a partial closure order Tuesday as authorities investigated the death of a worker who crashed while driving a piece of equip...
MSU-N men ranked to start the season
November 1st, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern Lights are already 4-1 early in the 2011-12 basketball season. Now, the Lights can add the No. 15 ranking in the NAIA to their list as the season starts to hea...
MSU-Northern's Garcia honored by the Frontier
November 1st, 2011
For the second straight week, a Montana State University-Northern player has earned Frontier Conference Special Team’s Player of the Week. Northern kicke...
