Archive For March 2012
Ex-NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf arrested in Montana
March 31st, 2012
HELENA — The West Texas district attorney who prosecuted former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf in 2009 said Saturday that he'll file a motion to revoke Leaf's probation following his arrest in M...
Hundreds attend funeral for slain Montana teacher
March 31st, 2012
SIDNEY (AP) — Residents of a tight-knit eastern Montana town mixed calls for justice with sorrowful relief Friday as they mourned a high school teacher who was kidnapped, strangled and...
Kan., Ill., Md. tickets win $640M lottery jackpot
March 31st, 2012
RED BUD, Ill. — Three lottery tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland hit the world record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said Saturday, dashing th...
Richard L. “Moldy” Morsette
March 31st, 2012
Richard L. "Moldy” Morsette, 58, died Friday, March 30, 2012, at Northern Montana Hospital, after an undetermined illness. His wake service will begin Saturday at his moth...
Delaney to be MU interim football coach
March 30th, 2012
Former UM associate head coach Mick Delaney will serve as the interim head football coach, and Jean Gee has been selected as the school’s interim athletics director. ...
Mourners file into Sidney High gym for teacher's funeral
March 30th, 2012
SIDNEY (AP) — Sidney residents called for justice Friday as they mourned a high school teacher who was kidnapped, strangled and her body buried in a field in North Dakota.Hundred...
GOP appeals decision to dismiss ethics charges against governor
March 30th, 2012
HELENA — The Montana Republican Party is asking a state court to reverse a decision to dismiss the GOP's ethics complaint against Gov. Brian Schweitzer.Earlier this month, the commiss...
Thousands expected to remember kidnapped teacher
March 30th, 2012
SIDNEY (AP) — Sidney officials were expecting thousands of people to gather Friday for the funeral of a high school teacher who was kidnapped at random and strangled in January.F...
Mega-mania as jackpot increases to $640 million
March 30th, 2012
OMAHA, Neb. — Lottery ticket lines swelled as the record Mega Millions jackpot grew to $640 million, thanks greatly to players who opened their wallets despite long odds of success. Officials...
Firefighters battle large grass fire
March 30th, 2012
A large grass fire is reported south of Havre. The fire apparently stretches from Lorado Road toward Beaver Creek Park. though it has not struck park property yet.
A perfect world is a doubt-free world
March 30th, 2012
I wish I were one of those people who is totally self-assured — you know, the kind who never starts a sentence with "I wish." They always think in abs...
Whooping cough case in Havre
March 30th, 2012
Hill County has a confirmed case of pertussis, a bacterial infection usually known as whooping cough.A 10-year-old Havre student has been diagnosed with the disease.The Hill County He...
Jobless rate down in Montana, stable on Hi-Line
March 30th, 2012
Montana’s unemployment continued to drop in February, moving down 0.3 points to 6.2 percent.Montana’s unemployment rate has been declining since August 2011. The national unemplo...
HHS track teams travel to Lewistown
March 30th, 2012
Track and field is back in action across Montana, and after an early cancelation for the Havre High Blue Ponies, they too will compete this weekend. Last weeke...
Blue Ponies anxious to hit Conrad's courts
March 30th, 2012
The Havre High tennis teams are feeling a bit anxious. That’s because the Blue Ponies are already one meet behind in their 2012 season. ...
George Ferguson Column: A dark day for the Griz, but I can't judge ye...
March 30th, 2012
Covering the University of Montana football team over the last six years has been something I’ve enjoyed immensely. How could I not? The Griz are the premier sports program in our great state...
Breaking news: UM fires football coach, athletic director
March 29th, 2012
HELENA — The University of Montana has fired football coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O'Day.Assistant athletic director Greg Sundberg says O'Day and university Preside...
Breaking News: University of Montana fires head football coach, athlet...
March 29th, 2012
MATT VOLZ,Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The University of Montana has fired football coa...
Tester: We must move forward on health care
March 29th, 2012
U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Wednesday that if the U. S. Supreme Court throws out the health care reform passed by Congress, it will lead to the country going back to a system that didn&rsq...
Tester: Keystone oil should be used in US
March 29th, 2012
U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Wednesday that the U. S. government should require oil coming into the country through a proposed pipeline from Canada stay in the country.Tester said he...
FSA certification map packets available
March 29th, 2012
Packets for farmers to use to certify their 2012 crops are available at the county office, the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Hill County Farm Service Agency executive director said Wednes...
‘Free’ health care will be way more expensive
March 29th, 2012
Editor: Since there are a lot of letters appearing about how wonderful “Obamacare is working," I though...
Small-town post offices: Are you listening, Uncle Sam?
March 29th, 2012
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” In my formative years, that level of ser...
Trayvon Martin's parents seize on video of shooter
March 29th, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's family has seized on a police video of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, saying it does not show the injuries Zimmerman claims he suffered...
Redistricting panel takes Montana listening tour
March 29th, 2012
HELENA — The panel charged with redrawing Montana's legislative districts said Wednesday during a stop on its statewide listening tour that public comment will be critical to crafting a fair...
HHS softball starts at Great Falls Jamboree
March 29th, 2012
Just like many teams across the state, the Havre High softball team is still attempting to tie any loose ends before the start of a new season. But getting the opportunity to start the season again...
Ponies excited to hit the diamond
March 29th, 2012
Saturday means the start of a new season for the Havre High softball program, and compared to most teams in the state, the Blue Ponies are still young. And as...
Pope urges greater openings in vast Cuban Mass
March 28th, 2012
HAVANA (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against "fanaticism" in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundr...
Why I support the Keystone XL Pipeline
March 28th, 2012
Eastern Montana’s oil fields are leading the way to better American energy security, more Montana jobs and a stronger economy. But Montana needs the Keystone XL pipeline to...
Affordable Care Act protects Montanans
March 28th, 2012
In the coming weeks and months, the Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act. This law has been debated contentiously and has become subject to partisan polit...
Lawmaker chastised for wearing hoodie in House
March 28th, 2012
WASHINGTON — Rep. Bobby Rush donned a hoodie during a speech on the House floor Wednesday deploring the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, receiving a reprimand for violating rules o...
Program offers relief from energy bills
March 28th, 2012
The effects of winter this year may have been lighter than usual, but energy bills can still be heavy burdens on low-income households.Teresa Wynia, from the District IV Human Resources Deve...
Hansen gets ‘honorable mention’ award from Montana Chamber
March 28th, 2012
Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, has been awarded an "honorable mention" for her "pro-business voting record," by the Montana Chamber of Commerce.“Representative Hansen was a strong voic...
Rayford Lee Cresswell
March 28th, 2012
Memorial services for Mr. Rayford Lee Cresswell, 70, of Leesburg, Ga., will be Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 2 p. m., at Mathews Funeral Home, with Rev. Tony Haefs officiating. The family will recei...
A Blue Pony jumps her way to Missoula
March 28th, 2012
Sammy Evans has been working on leaving her mark on Havre High for the last four years. Now heading into her senior track and field season, Evans still has a couple of loose ends to tie up before a...
Area preps honored for hoops
March 28th, 2012
Basketball honors continue to pour in for many area boys and girls as All-Conference teams were recently in announced in District’s 10C, 1B and 2B. On th...
Local Bowling Report: Sign up for state bowling at Hi-Line Lanes
March 28th, 2012
For bowlers wanting to go to the state tournaments there is time to enter all of them. The U.S.B.C. Men, Women, and Youth entry blanks are available at the Hi-Line Lanes. Remember, women can...
EPA, oil companies reach Fort Peck pollution deal
March 27th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — Oil companies have agreed to pay $320,000 to the northeastern Montana city of Poplar to relocate water wells and take other steps to deal with a 40 million gallon plume...
Conservative justices question health care law
March 27th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court's conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President...
Vicki Rae Brown
March 27th, 2012
Vicki Rae Brown, 60, of Coram, died Sunday. She was born Oct. 30, 1951, in Shelby.Surviviors are husband, Harry; children, Beverly Moses of Colorado, Cristi Wickert of Whitefish, Walter Brow...
Hays woman charged in undersheriff’s death
March 27th, 2012
Charges have been filed and the suspect has been arraigned in the death late last year of 54-year-old Blaine County Undersheriff Pat Pyette.Mary Louise Stewart, the 61-year-old Hays woman wh...
Northern gets final OK for criminal justice program
March 27th, 2012
A new program, years in the making, has overcome the last obstacle and will soon be offered at Montana State University-Northern.Northern announced this week that a new four-year Bachelor of...
Havre's DeVries among new Lights
March 27th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern football team has begun spring practice, but the Lights’ coaches are also till on the recruiting trail. Late last w...
Skylights ink two new volleyball standouts
March 27th, 2012
After an outstanding 2011 campaign, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball program has added a pair of new recruits for next fall. Northern head coac...
Millions spent on attack ads in Montana Senate race
March 26th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Outside groups have already spent millions of dollars on ads attacking either Democratic Sen. Jon Tester or Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg in Montana's high-profile Senate race....
James ‘Jim’ Blevins
March 26th, 2012
James “Jim” Blevins, 90, of Chinook, a retired postmaster, passed away March 19, 2012, due to natural causes.Funeral services will be held Monday, March 26, 2012, at 11 a. m., at...
Storm brings moisture back to the Hi-Line
March 26th, 2012
What had been a tinder-dry weather year turned around last week as a blizzard that knocked out power across the Hi-Line and Golden Triangle, closing schools and shutting down businesses, also dropp...
20-year-old killed in Rocky Boy crash over weekend
March 26th, 2012
A young man driving on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation died in an automobile crash on Saturday afternoon.Ryle Myers, a 20-year-old Box Elder man, was driving west on Mission Taylor Road...
Deadlines coming up for FSA program sign-ups
March 26th, 2012
The Farm Service Agency of the U. S. Department of Agriculture is reminding producers that deadlines to apply for some programs are right around the corner.Montana FSA Acting State Executive...
Secretary of State was wrong to forgo primary
March 26th, 2012
Editor: For nearly 250 years the right to vote has been America’s ultimate check and balance. For some Montanans, this right has been diminishe...
Neighbors helped out in blizzard
March 26th, 2012
Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank my neighbors for helping shovel and plow snow on March 19. Steve, Dan, Beau and Josh, you guys are a...
MSU-N's Andrews making NFL noise
March 25th, 2012
When Montana State University-Northern defensive end Will Andrews walked off the Blue Pony Stadium Field for the final time back on Nov. 14, 2011, he was hoping his football career wasn’t ove...
Winter won't leave Havre High spring sports alone
March 25th, 2012
Spring sports at Havre High have had a bad run of luck when it comes to weather in recent years. And so far this spring, that luck hasn’t changed for the Blue Pony teams. &n...
Battle over Obama health law reaches high court
March 25th, 2012
WASHINGTON — The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply comes before the Supreme Court on Monday. The justices will decide whether to kill...
Legal training targets tribal justice system
March 25th, 2012
PABLO (AP) — Melody Sure Chief is like many tribal prosecutors in that all of her courtroom experience comes from decades working in the Blackfeet court system.
Man climbs NY Times tower, says he wanted a paper
March 24th, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — A man described by police as emotionally disturbed is being evaluated after he tried to climb The New York Times' 52-story headquarters in Times Square, then said he wanted a...
New arguments filed in campaign finance case
March 24th, 2012
HELENA — The Montana attorney general's office filed new arguments Friday in the ongoing court battle over Montana's political spending restrictions, saying the state's ban on corporate ca...
James “Jim” Blevins
March 23rd, 2012
James “Jim” Blevins, 90, of Chinook, a retired postmaster, passed away March 19, 2012, due to natural causes. Funeral services will be held...
Arrest demands grow in Fla. teen's shooting death
March 23rd, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. — The investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an Orlando suburb is out of the hands of the beleaguered police chief and the county...
Film fest this weekend at Atrium
March 23rd, 2012
As spring begins, it is time again for Yellow Bus Creations to roll out with its annual documentary film festival.The theme of the Sixth Annual Hi-Line Documentary & Independent Film Fes...
Kenneth D. Morsette
March 23rd, 2012
Kenneth D. Morsette, 67, peacefully passed away on March 21, at Northern Montana Hospital. A wake has been arranged for Friday, March 23 at 3 p. m., at Box Elder Catholic Church.The funeral...
Esther (Gettel) Largent
March 23rd, 2012
Esther (Gettel) Largent, 95, of Great Falls, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2012.Funeral services will be Monday, March 26, 2012, at 11 a. m. at Peace Lutheran Church. Burial following a...
Judge blocks more Yellowstone bison moves
March 23rd, 2012
BILLINGS — A Montana judge granted a restraining order Thursday blocking further relocations of Yellowstone National Park bison following objections from ranchers and property rights groups.
Havre Public Schools get grant to cut dropout rate
March 23rd, 2012
Efforts to increase graduation rates in Havre are going to receive some support from the Montana Office of Public Instruction.According to a press release from Montana Superintendent Denise...
Limbaugh: ‘Northern is getting ready to explode’
March 23rd, 2012
The chancellor of Havre’s university said Montana State University-Northern’s economic impact locally and statewide already is immense, and only is going to grow.“I'm so p...
Thanks for talking with us during power failure
March 23rd, 2012
These are difficult and confusing times in the news industry, with the Internet and social media changing the world, but you, our readers, gave us a glimpse of how it can work. &n...
Affordable Care Act has helped
March 23rd, 2012
Editor: As the Supreme Court arguments regarding health care reform draw near, Americans are all considering the impact that the Affordable Care Act has ha...
March madness: The burning questions
March 23rd, 2012
I have questions. the deeply disturbing philosophical questions that keep one up in the night, imagining peace on earth and the easing of one's troubles. —&md...
Insurance rate review protects Montanans
March 23rd, 2012
This week, Democrats and Republicans alike will have something to celebrate, albeit for entirely different reasons. March 23 marks the two-year anniversary of the Aff...
Blue Ponies hit the court running
March 23rd, 2012
Update at 11:02 p.m. Friday: Ponies' trip to Cut Bank cancelled due to weather.After a not-so-long and unusual winter, the Havre Hi...
Havre High track teams ready for a new and exciting season
March 23rd, 2012
Spring sports just wouldn’t be the same around here, if it didn’t start out with at least one cancelation. That is the case for the Havre High boy...
Kenneth D. Morsette
March 22nd, 2012
Kenneth D. Morsette, 67, died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Northern Montana Hospital. His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Box Elder Catholic Church. ...
Embattled Fla. police chief steps down temporarily
March 22nd, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The embattled police chief at the center of a fatal neighborhood watch shooting temporarily stepped down Thursday, saying he had become a distraction to the investigation...
Ambush elections taking aim at Main Street, Montana
March 22nd, 2012
Small-business owners in our state are struggling: struggling to stay afloat in a lagging economy; struggling to plan for a health care law that will take more money away from their business...
Too much to do and not enough time
March 22nd, 2012
What a week. I had guests from Port Townsend, Wash. David and Vidya arrived Monday afternoon, just in time to walk with me to City Hall for the council meeting. &nbs...
George Francis Harris
March 22nd, 2012
George Francis Harris, 70, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A prayer service will be held 2 p. m. Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Sunrise Alano Club,...
Mildred Ida Swenson
March 22nd, 2012
Mildred Ida Swenson, 85, of Chinook, passed away March 18, 2012, due to natural causes.Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 2 p. m. at the American Lutheran Church in...
Northern begins next year’s budget process
March 22nd, 2012
With two months left in the school year, Montana State University-Northern is starting to look at its budget for the next year, and Chancellor James Limbaugh wants to hear what people think....
NorthWestern gives go-ahead to build wind farm
March 22nd, 2012
GREAT FALLS (AP) — NorthWestern Energy Corp. has given Compass Wind of Denver the go-ahead to build an $86.1 million wind farm in central Montana.NorthWestern spokeswoman Claudia Rapko...
Union head, chancellor agree on many items
March 22nd, 2012
Wednesday’s Chancellor’s Forum drew a few dozen people to hear Sue Ost explain how Montana State University-Northern’s budget works. The largest group of attendees, and the most o...
County moves forward with North Havre sewer repairs
March 22nd, 2012
After a relatively low level of comments and questions at a meeting Wednesday, the Hill County government said it would move forward with a plan to find funding to repair the sewer system for part...
Remains ID'd as kidnapped Sidney teacher
March 22nd, 2012
BILLINGS — A body found in North Dakota was identified Thursday as a missing Montana teacher kidnapped in January.The identification was made after the body of 43-year-old Sherry Arnol...
Judge blocks more Yellowstone bison moves
March 22nd, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — A Montana judge has granted a restraining order that blocks further relocations of Yellowstone National Park bison following objections from ranchers and property rights...
Annual HIT show hits Havre
March 22nd, 2012
With the basketball season coming to an end, local fans can still watch plenty of prep action with tournament season just getting underway. And one of the top...
Area preps earn District 9C, Class C All-State honors
March 22nd, 2012
It was an exciting season of basketball on the Hi-Line and the awards for many of the top players in Hi-Line high school basketball are just coming in. The Dis...
Police: Islamic gunman dead after French standoff
March 22nd, 2012
PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices
Suspect in Afghan case a profile in contradictions
March 21st, 2012
Robert Bales boasted of being one of the good guys, a proud patriot who enlisted in the Army just two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and engaged in some of the fiercest fighting...
Sidney teacher's body likely found in North Dakota
March 21st, 2012
BILLINGS — Authorities said Wednesday they believe a body found outside Williston, N.D., is that of a missing Sidney high school math teacher who disappeared Jan. 7 during a morning run.
Charles Theodore Rider
March 21st, 2012
Charles Theodore Rider, 22, of Fort Belknap, passed away March 18, 2012, after being struck by a car on U. S. Highway 2 near Fort Belknap.Wake and rosary services will be held today at 7 p....
Lona Mariam Brinkman Chapman
March 21st, 2012
Lona Mariam Brinkman Chapman, 96, of Chinook, passed away March 12, 2012, due to natural causes.Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 11 a. m. at Kuper Memorial Cemete...
Fair board declines museum board’s storage space offer
March 21st, 2012
The Great Northern Fair Board voted Tuesday to decline a $50-a-month offer from the county museum board for storage at the fairgrounds, and to again extend a $200-a-month offer.Fairgrounds m...
Survey, activities set by Friends of Beaver Creek Park
March 21st, 2012
With spring upon us, the new group formed to support the major county park in Hill County is looking for help with a fund-raising event and to make improvements to the park.The nonprofit org...
Crews continue work to restore power to area
March 21st, 2012
Crews from around the state are still in north-central Montana working on final restoration of power to the area.“Power is expected to be restored to most homes by the end of the day (...
Sunday benefit will help family after paralyzing car crash
March 21st, 2012
When tragedy strikes individuals in Havre, the town can’t seem to help but rally support for the victims.This Sunday, from noon to 3 p. m., the Eagles Club will be hosting a benefit lu...
Kalispell priest charged with possessing child porn
March 21st, 2012
KALISPELL (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest from northwestern Montana has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with felony sexual abuse of children over allegations of p...
Lights look to build in the spring
March 21st, 2012
When it comes to spring football, it’s generally hit or miss for the Montana State University-Northern Lights as Havre’s version of Mother Nature always has something to say about it.
Local Bowling Report: Sign up for HYBA fundraiser bowling
March 21st, 2012
Dianne and Doug Watson held on to the top spot in the No-Tap Mixed Tournament which concluded over the weekend. Their score of 1,774 was followed by Dianne Wa...
For some, business as usual despite outage
March 20th, 2012
Just as winter was about to end pleasantly, it had to remind the Hi-Line of what it could do, which prompted the people of the Hi-Line to show what they are made of.During the blackout, whic...
Miller leaving Bozeman for school administrator association
March 20th, 2012
A former Havre High School student and teacher and Havre Public Schools superintendent is leaving his current school district to go to work for a statewide association.Bozeman Superintendent...
Fort Belknap man killed by car on Highway 2
March 20th, 2012
A 22-year-old Fort Belknap man died on U. S. Highway 2 Sunday night after being hit by a car, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.The patrol’s report says three Harlem men were dri...
Locals trying to return NAIA tourney to Great Falls
March 20th, 2012
A group, consisting of several former Montana State University-Northern, and area wrestlers is working to bring the NAIA national tournament back to Montana, specifically Great Falls.
Bison arrive at Fort Peck
March 20th, 2012
BILLINGS — Sixty-four bison from Yellowstone National Park were shipped almost 500 miles to northeast Montana's Fort Peck Reservation on Monday, under a long-stalled relocation...
Romney seeks primary-fight breaking point in Ill.
March 19th, 2012
CHICAGO — His confidence surging, Mitt Romney pointedly ignored his Republican rivals on the eve of Tuesday's high-stakes primary election in Illinois and turned his fire instead on the Demo...
BREAKING NEWS: No Print Edition Available for March 19
March 19th, 2012
We will not be publishing a print edition today for March 19 due to the current weather conditions. We hope to update the website when the power returns....
Deal signed, bison going to Fort Peck
March 19th, 2012
BILLINGS — Sixty-five bison from Yellowstone National Park are due to arrive at the Fort Peck Reservation on Monday under a long-stalled initiative to repopulate parts of the West with the ic...
Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in France
March 19th, 2012
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — A motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two small sons and one other child, the prosecu...
Montana's graduation rate shows slight improvement
March 19th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — The percentage of Montana students who graduate from high school has risen over the past decade, though state officials say the dropout rate remains a problem they hope to cut i...
Daniel Horton Column: A trip of a lifetime
March 18th, 2012
KANSAS CITY — I think the best way to describe my trip to Kansas City with the Montana State University-Northern Lights basketball
Frontier enters a new era
March 18th, 2012
When the MSU-Northern and UM-Western men’s and Lewis-Clark State and Westminster women’s basketball teams lost out at the 2012 NAIA national men’s and women’s basketball tou...
Lights prepare for spring drills
March 18th, 2012
After winter without much winter, the Montana State University-Northern football team will get back to work on Wednesday afternoon. The Lights are set to begin...
C-SPAN's founding CEO to depart after 34 years
March 18th, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Lamb, who helped found the public-affairs cable network C-SPAN in 1978 and has been its CEO ever since, will step down at the end of the month, C-SPAN said Sunday.
Romney sails to Puerto Rico win, Illinois up next
March 18th, 2012
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has sailed to a win in Puerto Rico's GOP presidential primary over chief rival Rick Santorum.
Alert thrift store employee salvages rare book
March 18th, 2012
LIVINGSTON (AP) — Thanks to an eye for vintage items and a little Internet sleuthing, the Community Closet's Heather Heath has made museum staff in Michigan very happy.A limited-editi...
Puerto Rico votes; GOP candidates battle elsewhere
March 18th, 2012
WASHINGTON — The GOP presidential race veered offshore to Puerto Rico, where 20 delegates were in stake in Sunday's primary but residents cannot vote in the general election.While fig...
Leader of 'Kony' video group to focus on health
March 17th, 2012
SAN DIEGO — Jason Russell may be the most public face of Invisible Children, the nonprofit group he co-founded to stop African war atrocities. He narrates a 30-minute video on warlord Joseph...
Ex-Rutgers student guilty in webcam suicide case
March 16th, 2012
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case...
Judge approves Blue Cross antitrust settlement
March 16th, 2012
HELENA ((AP) — A federal judge has approved a government antitrust settlement involving two Montana health insurers after one of the companies was broken up.U.S. District Judge Richard...
Woman alleges Griz QB sexually assaulted her
March 16th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson has been served with a temporary restraining order sought by a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her.A Miss...
North Korea plans to launch long-range rocket
March 16th, 2012
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a "de...
John Gates Overcast
March 16th, 2012
John Gates Overcast, 85, a retired rancher of Chinook, passed away March 12, 2012, due to natural causes. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 2012, at 11 a. m., at the United Methodist...
Norman Mosser Jr.
March 16th, 2012
Norman Mosser Jr., 91, a retired banker, passed away March 14, 2012, due to natural causes. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 2012, at 2 p. m., at the American Lutheran Church. Arrang...
Baucus: Postmaster should visit Montana post offices before closures
March 16th, 2012
U. S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is telling the postmaster general, Patrick Donahoe, that he should visit rural Montana post offices before making any decisions to close some of them.The U. S...
Local agencies moving forward after extensive grass fire
March 16th, 2012
Less than a week after a grass fire that burned an estimated 12,000 acres of grassland between Havre and Chinook, the dust and ash have settled and many involved in fighting the fire are looking at...
George Ferguson Column: Thank you is all that's left to say
March 16th, 2012
Over the last two years, I’ve written a lot about the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team. So much so, that there’s little I haven’t already said or repo...
Judge certifies class-action suit against hospital
March 15th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — A state judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Benefis Health System in Great Falls over the hospital's billing practices.Shannon Conway of Great Falls...
The joy of socks: My little addiction
March 15th, 2012
After living 25 years in Washington, after moving back home to Montana, I found myself unpacking boxes of socks. I stuffed, crammed and shoved socks into four large dresser drawe...
Montana sportsmen support roadless areas
March 15th, 2012
We live in Montana for a number of good reasons; one huge one is that our state is home to the best hunting and fishing in the United States. That is why many sportsmen and women across Mont...
Trying to shortchange the IRS
March 15th, 2012
During every tax season it becomes painfully obvious there are two types of American taxpayers: those who know the federal government wastes millions of dollars and those who are, for lack of...
Complaints heard at Rocky Boy meeting
March 15th, 2012
While listening to an earful of complaints at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation about the local government, the organizer of a community meeting said he would report to the Chippewa Cree Tribe&r...
Wednesday gas odor was harmless, officials say
March 15th, 2012
The Havre Fire Department received four concerned calls on Wednesday. Unlike this past week, the majority of those calls were not about growing grass fires, but the heavy stench of gas that settled...
Massive fire ‘contained’
March 15th, 2012
The fire that ravaged 12,000 acres near the Blaine-Hill county line Tuesday and Wednesday is "100 percent contained," and is close to being under control, Blaine County Commissioner Vic Miller sa...
Lights were a few plays away from a win
March 15th, 2012
KANSAS CITY — There was just one block in the entire game, but that one block, it proved to be fatal for the Montana State University-Lights’ 2012 NAIA DI Mens’ Basketball nationa...
George Ferguson Column: Kansas City won't be the end of the line MSU-...
March 15th, 2012
With all due respect to the fine folks of Kansas City, it’s time to move the NAIA national men’s basketball tournament. I’m sorry, but the hi...
Plan establishing judicial districts under fire
March 14th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — A district court judge indicated Wednesday that a portion of a Republican-backed ballot initiative, which many in the GOP hope will tilt Montana Supreme Court elections to their...
On last day free, Blagojevich offers last word
March 14th, 2012
CHICAGO — Prison-bound former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday he has faith in his appeal and that his legal saga "is not over."Blagojevich spoke to reporters outside his...
Fire contained, many firefighters released
March 14th, 2012
The fire that ravaged 12,000 acres near the Blaine-Hill county line Tuesday and Wednesday is "100 percent contained," and is close to being under control, Blaine County Commissioner Vic Mi...
Why weren’t Simpson, Huse honored by Frontier Conference?
March 14th, 2012
Editor: Congrats to the Lights and Skylights and their coaches for their many team and individual achievements this past season and to the Lig...
Miller is the only conservative in governor’s race
March 14th, 2012
Editor: Concerning the race for governor of Montana, there is only one true conservative candidate. He is Ken Miller of Laurel, who was raised...
Gunman kills 1, wounds 3 outside Texas courthouse
March 14th, 2012
BEAUMONT, Texas — A man at court with family members opened fire outside a Southeast Texas courthouse Wednesday, killing one person and wounding at least three others before briefly taking ho...
Discussion planned for North Havre sewer issues
March 14th, 2012
North Havre residents and interested community members next week can hear what the options are to take care of some sewer line problems in the unincorporated community.The Hill County Commis...
Lights take their shot at Columbia
March 14th, 2012
Defense has helped lift the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team to new heights, including a second straight trip to the NAIA national tournament. ...
Local Bowling Report: No-Tap bowling tournament continuing at Hi-Line...
March 14th, 2012
After two weekends of play in the No-Tap Tournament, Dianne and Doug Watson remain on top with a score of 1774, followed by Dianne Watson and Chuck Wimmer with a 1704, 3rd place Sandy Jones of Fort...
Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries
March 13th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the Republican presidential nomination as he sought to push Newt Gi...
AG Bullock continues to lead field in money race
March 13th, 2012
HELENA — Attorney General Steve Bullock continues to lead in the money race among the field of candidates seeking the governor's office, according to the latest campaign finance reports that...
Fire east of Havre rages
March 13th, 2012
The wildfire that started about five miles east of Havre late Tuesday morning, fueled by high winds, was raging out of control Tuesday night. The fire s...
Wild fire rages east of Havre
March 13th, 2012
The wildfire about five miles east of Havre, fueled by high winds, was raging out of control Tuesday night.
Fire chars land east of Havre
March 13th, 2012
A fire east of Havre charred several hundred acres Tuesday Firefighters were on the scene late into the afternoon. Wit
The South's turn: Romney, Santorum, Gingrich vie
March 13th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney collided with rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich on Tuesday in primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, hotly contested Southern crossroads in the struggle for...
Bullock continues to lead field in money race
March 13th, 2012
HELENA — Attorney General Steve Bullock continues to lead in the money race among the field of candidates seeking the governor's office, according to the latest campaign finance reports....
Shocked, saddened by conduct of Northern fans
March 13th, 2012
Editor: March 5 I had the great opportunity to attend the Frontier Conference Championship game in Havre. I saw both the Montana State Univers...
AmeriCorps works
March 13th, 2012
Editor: A member of AmeriCorps VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America, is an extraordinary individual with passion, energy and selfless dedication to the...
Last-minute filings mean more contested races
March 13th, 2012
A flurry of last-minute changes has finalized the candidates in local races, giving a broader depth in the elections.There will be a general election contest for Hill County commissioner, a...
Hill County invites public to emergency simulation
March 13th, 2012
The Hill County government is offering a limited number of seats for people to watch what would happen if county operations had to be moved due to an emergency.Hill County Disaster and Emerg...
1 dead after train-vehicle crash near Chester
March 13th, 2012
CHESTER — Railroad officials say a freight train struck a pickup truck at a crossing in northern Montana, killing the woman who was driving the truck.According to the Liberty County co...
Jobless rate down in Montana, up on Hi-Line
March 13th, 2012
The jobless rate in Montana went down again during January, the sixth month in a row the rate has declined.Montana’s unemployment rate again dropped by 0.1 percent to 6.5 percent in Ja...
Getting to know the Columbia Cougars
March 13th, 2012
A year ago, the Montana State University-Northern Lights face a big and defensive team in the form of Biola University in the first round of the NAIA national tournament.&...
Bullock tops list of last-day filers
March 12th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Crowded primary battles solidified Monday with the last day of filing for access to the 2012 ballot, a busy day topped by the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor formall...
Harlem man seeks GOP nod for state Senate
March 12th, 2012
Harlem resident Douglas Stuart, a Republican, will run for the State Senate from District 17. His announcement on Monday, the last day for filing for the...
Bullock tops list of last-day filers
March 12th, 2012
HELENA — Crowded primary battles are solidifying with the last day of filing for access to the 2012 ballot.Seven Republicans are seeking the governor's office being vacated by Gov. Br...
Joan Eva Curley
March 12th, 2012
Joan Eva (Trottier) Curley, 83, of Montana, went home to be with Jesus, March 7, 2012. She was born Feb. 21, 1929, in Chinook, Mont., the daughter of John and Annie Trottier, and they lived in Val...
John R. Thole
March 12th, 2012
John R. Thole, 45, died on March 11, 2012, at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements are by Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. ...
Tilleman out of senate race
March 12th, 2012
The appointed senator in state Senate District 17 in Blaine and Hill counties withdrew from the race over the weekend, leaving his Republican opponent with no opposition in the June primary....
Rocky Boy community meeting is Wednesday
March 12th, 2012
A member of the tribal government at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has set a meeting Wednesday to discuss issues residents might have with the government, politics and life at the reservatio...
Havre schools look ahead to next year
March 12th, 2012
As the school year enters its last quarter, it’s time again for the Havre Public Schools’ Board of Trustees annual guiding of the year ahead.Tuesday night’s meeting in the...
Local government should be transparent
March 12th, 2012
We hear about transparency frequently. It’s become a buzz word used by politicians, and especially by their critics, so frequently that it seems too often to have lost its meaning. Ever...
George Ferguson Column: Both Northern teams should be flying out today
March 11th, 2012
Without question, the Skylights are an NAIA national tournament caliber team There is nothing but excitement, jubilatio...
US soldier suspected of Afghan shooting spree
March 11th, 2012
WASHINGTON Senior U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to determine what caused an American Army soldier to leave his base in southern Afghanistan and allegedly gun down as many as 16...
International man of mystery runs for governor
March 11th, 2012
HELENA — Neil Livingstone's biography reads like a real-life man of international intrigue, where big paydays and dealings with dictators are commonplace. Now the counterterrorism expert say...
Montana campers evacuated due to escaped campfire
March 11th, 2012
DILLON (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials say about 100 campers had to be evacuated after an escaped campfire burned about 35 acres along the Bear Trap National Recreation Trail in th...
Stand up for Montanans, not big labor
March 9th, 2012
Since the 2008 elections, we’ve seen a battle at both the state and federal level over the power of organized labor and its effort to forcibly unionize workers. Big Labor h...
Your mama said, make smart choices
March 9th, 2012
Most of us grew up with every adult in our lives telling us to "make smart choices" — sometimes that came out as "don't be stupid," but we knew what they meant. ...
Hi-Line darts and laurels
March 9th, 2012
Dart — Pity the poor teachers and administrators at Rocky Boy High School the next time they have to break up a hallway fight. "Act like adults," they will tell the student...
Skornogoski challenges Hansen
March 9th, 2012
A retired Havre educator has filed as a Democrat to challenge a first-term Republican’s bid for re-election to the state House of Representatives.Brenda Skornogoski, a retired business...
Girl Scouts invite community to Saturday singalong
March 9th, 2012
The Havre Girls Scouts are holding a “Blast from the Past” celebration tonight and Saturday and are inviting former scouts and families, friends and community members to join in the fin...
Farm program signups: starting, under way, nearing deadlines
March 9th, 2012
With the signup for one U. S. Department of Agriculture’s program set to start Monday and the end of another just around the corner, the Hill County Farm Service Agency executive director sai...
Economy adds 227K jobs, jobless rate unchanged
March 9th, 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because...
Suspect in Bozeman crime shoots self on I-90
March 8th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — The Montana Highway Patrol says a suspect in an attempted murder apparently shot himself to death when law enforcement officers tried to pull him over near Reed Point.L...
Gunman opens fire at Pitt psych clinic; 2 dead
March 8th, 2012
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man armed with two semiautomatic handguns entered the lobby of a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday and opened fire, killing one person and wou...
The Seed Show, nostalgia and homemade pie
March 8th, 2012
Only a few days before the 63rd Montana Seed Show and a nearly palpable excitement shimmers in the Harlem air. It’s contagious. As I make my rounds in town, to the post office to pick...
The right kind of investment in our youth
March 8th, 2012
As elected leaders and policymakers struggle to kick-start our economy, a key element of recovery is education and training opportunities for low-income young people. ...
Polls are hogwash, but boy, are they fun
March 8th, 2012
I ask you, “What makes a presidential election year more fun than eating roasted crickets?” Well, sure, there’s watching millions being blown. Money better spen...
Lights were a class act on Monday
March 8th, 2012
Editor: After returning home from our quick trip to Havre for the Frontier Conference championship in the Armory Monday night, I feel absolute...
Havre Principal’s Cup team qualifies for state competition
March 8th, 2012
It took fighting back out of the loser’s bracket at a double-elimination tournament in Great Falls, but a team of Havre High School students has earned a trip to the state Principal’s C...
School board member sentenced for assault on colleague
March 8th, 2012
A Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation official and school board member pleaded guilty to a reduced assault charge for assaulting a fellow school board member.Under a plea agreement, Theodor...
Stamper gets 40 years for rape
March 8th, 2012
Edward Ronald Stamper of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, 37, will spend the next 40 years in prison for raping a woman who passed out after a two-day party.Judge Sam Haddon sentenced S...
Poll: Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared
March 8th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor bette...
National Guard commander to run with Bullock
March 8th, 2012
HELENA — Attorney General Steve Bullock says his running mate for governor will be the state's national guard commander.Bullock, a Democrat, says that Brigadier General John Walsh has...
Young Ponies have grown up
March 8th, 2012
After a one-year hiatus, the Havre High girls basketball team is headed back to the Class A state tournament.
Skylights miss out on national tourney bid
March 8th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team had a great season. A truly remarkable season which culminated with a run to the Frontier Conference semifinals.Unfortunat...
Local Bowling Report: Mariani rolls a 300
March 8th, 2012
On Monday night of last week Shawn Mariani rolled his fourth 300-game at Hi Line Lanes. He finished with a 794 series then added a 236 for a 1,030 series for four games with an average of 257 for t...
Laurie Ann Wells
March 8th, 2012
Laurie Ann Wells, 44, left us on Sunday morning, March 4, 2012. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her. She was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, family member and...
Breaking Sports: Lights to face Columbia, MO. in Kansas City
March 7th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team will take on Columbia University of Columbia, Mo., in the first round of the 2012 NAIA men's basketball tournament next Wednesday night...
Northern Rockies wolf population rose in 2011
March 7th, 2012
HELENA — The wolf population in the Northern Rockies rose in 2011 despite the removal of federal protections and hunts being held in Montana and Idaho.
Apple unveils new iPad with sharper screen
March 7th, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's new iPad model, with a sharper screen and a faster processor, will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next Friday, the company confirmed Wednesday....
Laurie Ann Wells
March 7th, 2012
Laurie Ann Wells, 44, of Polson and formerly of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, passed away March 4, 2012, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Polson.Visitation will be held Thursday, March 8, from...
Local biodiesel goes on sale in Havre
March 7th, 2012
Despite a sharp drop in the temperature outside, the environment was warm at a special celebration in Havre Tuesday as the first sales of locally produced fuel began.“There’s bee...
Harlem responds to bomb threats
March 7th, 2012
Some Harlem Public Schools students have apparently decided they’d rather face the justice system than the school system.A press release from the schools explains how they handled thei...
Hi-Line cities look at joint purchases to save money
March 7th, 2012
It’s hard for smaller towns to afford to do everything a town needs to, which is why some Hi-Line communities have started exploring ways to work together that have worked in other parts of t...
Park board talks beavers, garbage, improvements
March 7th, 2012
Along with approving a cabin transfer and improvements to three cabins on Beaver Creek Park during its monthly meeting Monday, the Hill County Park Board heard about and discussed a variety of topi...
Biodiesel discussed at Northern forum
March 7th, 2012
The owners of the company making biodiesel being sold locally and the owner of the company selling it at the pump answered questions from diesel technicians and others at Montana State University-N...
Billings spent $21K defending against Rehberg suit
March 7th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — The city of Billings says it spent nearly $21,000 defending itself against a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and his wife that alleged negligence by the city's...
On to state: Ponies take on Rams
March 7th, 2012
Obviously, the road to the state tournament is never easy. It takes a lot of preparation and a whole team buying into what the program is trying to do. The Havre High girls basketball team may be r...
Democrats seek hearing into judge's Obama email
March 7th, 2012
HELENA — Two top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee called for a hearing Tuesday to examine a Montana judge's conduct in forwarding an email that included a racist joke involving bes...
Romney says he's ready to fight to nomination
March 7th, 2012
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney said Wednesday he's "prepared to fight all the way" to become the Republican presidential nominee after a strong showing on the biggest night of the GOP presidenti...
US seeks to close Blue Cross anti-trust case
March 6th, 2012
HELENA — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to approve an antitrust settlement involving two Montana health insurers now that one of the companies has been broken up.U.S. Justice D...
Northern looks to spruce up logo, image
March 6th, 2012
Montana State University-Northern is looking for a little consistency, at least visually.As a part of the ongoing Chancellor’s Forum series to share progress on various efforts, Monday...
Super Tuesday voters have their say in GOP race
March 6th, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) — Mitt Romney is angling to solidify his front-runner status and Rick Santorum to keep it a two-man race as voters in 10 states put Super Tuesday's imprint on the Republican pre...
Tester calls for extended summer hours at Wild Horse
March 6th, 2012
Montana’s U. S. Sen. Jon Tester has stepped into the fray over extending hours at the border port north of Havre.Tester sent a letter to the acting director of U. S. Customs and Border...
Our View: We must fight for Wild Horse
March 6th, 2012
The ports of Wild Horse will not have extended hours this summer, and that is disappointing to people on both sides of the border who have worked hard to see that it will be easier for peopl...
Reader says Havre Daily was unfair on story on Dem leaflet
March 6th, 2012
Editor: Just a quick question from a loyal reader: Tell me, will the Montana Democratic Party be billed by the Havre Daily News&nb...
Dick Bohn will be missed in Havre business community
March 6th, 2012
Editor: I am so sorry to hear of Dick Bohn’s passing. Over the years, I had many business dealings with Dick, and my respect for him inc...
Rocky Mountain Front deserves protection
March 6th, 2012
Editor: It’s been about 30 years since Montana has had any new federally designated wilderness. In my view that is not necessarily bad. Wilderness ha...
Economic/financial mess that we face
March 6th, 2012
Editor: We are all aware that there is an economic/financial problem in our country. How you and I as individuals react to this problem will m...
So Rehberg is against socialism?
March 6th, 2012
Editor: Speaking at a recent Republican kick-off conference, Denny Rehberg said the following: "If you want your mother to take care of you, that's mater...
George Ferguson Column: The Answer: A memorable couple of hours in the...
March 6th, 2012
In some ways, it takes a lifetime to pile up great memories. For the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team, MSU-N students and fans, it took just 40 minutes to compile a hos...
Lights were resilient all year, and again on Monday
March 6th, 2012
In sports, repeating a championship is never easy. Just ask Michael Jordan, the New England Patriots or Lance Armstrong. They’ve all done it.
Sounds of a Championship
March 6th, 2012
“It is an unbelievable felling, it is almost surreal. This is something people dream about as a kid, and to be able to accomplish that with a group of guys like this is unbelievable. This is...
Limbaugh advertisers keep heading for the exits
March 5th, 2012
More of Rush Limbaugh's advertisers say they are dropping his program after the conservative talk show host's derogatory comments about a Georgetown law student.On Monday, AOL Inc. and Tax...
Suspects request new judge in missing teacher case
March 5th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Two men suspected of kidnapping a Sidney schoolteacher have asked that a new judge to be assigned to their case.Attorneys for Lester Waters and Michael Spell filed...
Judge: Inmates can pursue sweat lodge lawsuit
March 5th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Five Native American inmates who filed a lawsuit over strip searches required before and after they participated in religious sweat lodge ceremonies at a private prison in...
Report: Unclear what prompted Yellowstone mauling
March 5th, 2012
HELENA — An investigation into the second of two fatal grizzly bear attacks last summer at Yellowstone National Park was unable to conclude if the same bear was responsible for both deaths, a...
Alfred Rosgaard Sr.
March 5th, 2012
The Rev. Alfred I. Rosgaard Sr., 94, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center, due to natural causes. His funeral service will be 1 p. m. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Messia...
Delma Marie (Windy Boy) Meyers
March 5th, 2012
Delma Marie Windy Boy Meyers of Rocky Boy, Mont., died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, Mont.Her wake service began Saturday and continue through Sunday with her tradi...
Clack Museum set to move
March 5th, 2012
Tuesday will be the last day to take in local history at the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum for more than a month, as the museum begins its move across the Holiday Village Mall.The museum&rsq...
GOP: anti-Hansen leaflets ‘very unusual’
March 5th, 2012
Republican leaders say they are scratching their heads, trying to figure out what prompted state Democrats to circulate fliers critical of State Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, last week.The leaf...
Belcourt in, Singer out in Montana House races
March 5th, 2012
One Hill County resident is in the race for the Montana Legislature and one is out.Rep. Tony Belcourt of Box Elder has filed for re-election with the Montana Secretary of State's office. A...
Ohio becomes a Romney-Santorum dead heat
March 5th, 2012
CANTON, Ohio — Mitt Romney's allies are hoping Super Tuesday's powerful imprint on the Republican presidential nomination will bring clarity, at long last, to the fractious contest and rous...
George Ferguson Column: Tonight has been a year in the making
March 4th, 2012
Almost a year ago to the day, I was sitting inside in the P.E. Center on the campus of Carroll College watching the Montana State University-Northern Lights capture a Frontier Conference championsh...
MSU-N finishes seventh
March 4th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team went into the 2012 NAIA national tournament with a lot of confidence. And Northern went into the second day of the event riding high.&nbs...
Warriors stop Skylights in Frontier semifinals
March 4th, 2012
During two regular season games, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team gave the Lewis-Clark State Warriors all they could handle. Included in that was a stunning win b...
St. Labre ends Big Sandy's season
March 4th, 2012
From the Hi-Line, the Big Sandy Pioneers were the only local team to make a boys state basketball tournament this season. But even after an extended season, they too returned home with no hardware....
Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult
March 4th, 2012
WASHINGTON — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well...
Stories of survival emerge from tornado victims
March 4th, 2012
EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. (AP) — The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or...
Democrats challenge GOP dominance over House seat
March 4th, 2012
HELENA — A large Democratic field running for Congress faces a difficult task: First survive a crowded primary battle, and then retake a seat Democrats haven't won in 18 years.The fie...
Delma Marie (Windy Boy) Meyers
March 4th, 2012
Delma Marie Windy Boy Meyers of Rocky Boy, Mont., died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, Mont. Her wake service began Saturday and...
Breaking Sports: Skylights fall at Lewis-Clark State
March 3rd, 2012
The MSU-Northern women's basketball team put up a good fight for the second straight Saturday night in Lewiston, Idaho. But once again, the Lewis-Clark State Warriors were too tough at home. On Sa...
Breaking Sports: Lights finish seventh at nationals
March 3rd, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team will return to Havre from the 2012 NAIA national tournament with four NAIA All-Americans and a seventh-place finish. The tourney wrapped up Satu...
Girl Scouts mark 100 years of closing gender gaps
March 3rd, 2012
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Recruited over tea at the mansion of a Georgia widow, the first Girl Scouts went on to earn proficiency badges for cooking meals and caring for babies. In a nod to their chang...
Police standoff ends in Great Falls
March 3rd, 2012
GREAT FALLS (AP) — Police in Great Falls say an overnight standoff that included shots fired ended about 10:45 a.m. Saturday with a man in custody and that the area is now safe.Capt. B...
Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 34 dead
March 3rd, 2012
HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A string of violent storms demolished small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early season tornado outbreak killed more than 30 people,...
Breaking Sports: Tough day two for Lights in Iowa
March 2nd, 2012
The second day of the 2012 NAIA national wrestling tournament certainly didn't go the way the Montana State University-Northern Lights were hoping. The day began with four Lights in the quarterfin...
Probe: Former prof pursued HS and college students
March 2nd, 2012
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State University's investigation of a former music professor found he made inappropriate advances to college students and at least one high school student, and that on...
Judge who freed convicted killer Beach to retire
March 2nd, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — A Lewistown judge who freed convicted killer Barry Beach and got sued by his clerk said Friday he is retiring from the bench.Judge Wayne Phillips, 63, said he wants to...
Massive band of storms wrecks Indiana towns, kills 6
March 2nd, 2012
HENRYVILLE, Ind. — Powerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes wrecked two Indiana towns and killed at least six people Friday as the system tore roofs off schools and h...
Belcourt in, Singer out in Montana House races
March 2nd, 2012
One Hill County resident is in the race for the Montana Legislature and one is out. Rep. Tony Belcourt of Box Elder has filed for re-election with the Montana Secret...
Anti-Hansen leaflet baffles GOP
March 2nd, 2012
Republican leaders say they are scratching their heads, trying to figure out what prompted state Democrats to circulate fliers critical of State Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, last w...
Breaking Sports: Big Sandy knocked out of Class C state tourney
March 2nd, 2012
The Big Sandy Pioneers were eliminated from the Class C bots state basketball tournament Friday afternoon at the Billings Metra. The Pioneers lost to St. Labre, 90-73, bringing their season to an e...
Breaking Sports: Lights push two into semis; Evan Hinebauch upset in t...
March 2nd, 2012
Montana State University-Northern senior Evan Hinebauch won't get the chance to defend his 184-pound national championship. On Friday in the quarterfinals of the 2012 NAIA national tournament in D...
Our View: Racist judge should step down
March 2nd, 2012
U. S. Judge Richard Cebull would serve the nation, the federal bench and the interests of justice if he would resign promptly.Cebull, Montana's chief federal judge, used a federal computer...
Pamville: Free speech vs visual learning
March 2nd, 2012
As the Pamville News editor I stand four-square in favor of our First Amendment rights to free speech, but I worry that a recent court ruling will leave our country's visual learners at an horrifi...
Illinois man named Havre High principal
March 2nd, 2012
Craig Mueller, the Social Science Department chair of Ottawa Township High School in Ottawa, Ill., has accepted the position of principal at Havre High School, Havre Public Schools announced Thursd...
3 seats open on Havre school board
March 2nd, 2012
This is a massive election year in America, and while most of the attention has focused on the presidential race, Havre Public Schools announced its trustee seats that are up for election also....
Tester campaign web ads attack Rehberg
March 2nd, 2012
Montana’s Democratic Sen. Jon Tester has taken to the Internet in his re-election campaign, running an advertisement attacking his challenger, Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont; on web pages browsed...
It's a rubber match with Lights, Argos
March 2nd, 2012
The University of Great Falls Argos are having their best season in 25 years, and certainly their best since the school brought back basketball 11 years ago. T...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Joe Simpson
March 2nd, 2012
Montana State University-Northern senior Joe Simpson has electrified Northern fans with his gutty play, his tenacious defense and rebounding and his high-flying dunks for better than two years now....
George Ferguson Column: Lights fans can be part of something special t...
March 2nd, 2012
When it comes to basketball inside the Armory Gymnasium the last two months, fans of the Montana State University-Northern basketball teams deserve an assist. ...
Skylights head back to LC State
March 2nd, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team has given the Lewis-Clark State Warriors all they can handle in two games this season. On S...
MSU-N has a solid first day at nationals
March 2nd, 2012
The first day of the NAIA national wrestling tournament was mixed with some highs and lows for the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team. Still, the...
Pioneers routed by Falcons
March 2nd, 2012
It wasn’t the way any team would want to start its state tournament, but the Big Sandy Pioneers ran into a very tough Twin Bridges squad. The 9C Pioneers...
Ice Hawks travel to Montana Cup
March 2nd, 2012
Another season of prep hockey is winding down in Montana, and while the Havre Ice Hawks missed out on the state tournament this season, they still have one weekend of action left to play. &n...
Breaking Sports: Lights move four into NAIA quarterfinals
March 1st, 2012
The MSU-Northern wrestling team had a solid first day at the NAIA national tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Lights Anthony Weerheim (141), Mickey Cheff (157), Ethan Hinebauch (165) and Evan Hinebauc...
Breaking Sports: Big Sandy loses to Twin Bridges
March 1st, 2012
The Big Sandy Pioneers were overrun by the Twin Bridges Falcons in the first roudn of the Class C boys state basketball tournament Thursday afternoon at the Billings Metra. The Falcons beat the Pio...
Judge who sent Obama email asks for review
March 1st, 2012
HELENA — An appellate court will conduct a judicial misconduct review of Montana's chief federal judge, who sent an email to friends that contained a racist joke involving bestiality and Pre...
Ethics complaint against Gov. Schweitzer dismissed
March 1st, 2012
HELENA — The commissioner of political practices dismissed the ethics case against Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Thursday, prompting a strong reaction from the Montana Republican Party, whic...
Breaking News: Mueller named Havre High School principal
March 1st, 2012
Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson has announced that Craig Mueller, currently the Social Science Department Chair of Ottawa Township High School in Ottawa, Ill. has accepted the posi...
Federal judge apologizes for racist Obama email
March 1st, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Montana's chief federal judge apologized for forwarding an email to his friends that contained a joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama's mother, but said...
Loved and hated, Breitbart dies in LA at 43
March 1st, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Caustic commentator Andrew Breitbart was loved and hated.The conservative media publisher and activist who died Thursday was embraced by anti-tax, conservative tea partie...
Tester backs efforts to end Citizens United
March 1st, 2012
Montana’s junior senator said in a press conference Wednesday that he supports efforts to overturn a U. S. Supreme Court decision that put corporate money into election campaigns, including a...
Tester sees busy session after election
March 1st, 2012
U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., predicted a flurry of activity after the 2012 election as legislators try to deal with sequestration and setting budget priorities.“I think it’s g...
Medical benefit planned for Chris Patera
March 1st, 2012
Havre resident Chris Patera has undergone several surgeries for his cancer.He also has had extensive chemotherapy since he was diagnosed with cancer in September 2011.But he hasn't l...
Kenneth Marion Hafdahl
March 1st, 2012
Kenneth Marion Hafdahl, a World War II vet, died Sunday, and went to be with the Lord and his beloved wife, Hazel.Born to Knute and Marie Hafdahl on May 6, 1919, in Box Elder, his early chil...
Amiah Patience Solomon
March 1st, 2012
Missoula — Amiah Patience Solomon, infant daughter of Trevor and Alyssa Solomon, passed away on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, from Trisomy 13 at Community Medical Center in Missoula.Amiah is...
Donna Lou Meidinger
March 1st, 2012
Donna Lou Meidinger, 74, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Mont.Private family services will be held. Burial will be at the Mal...
Big Sandy returns to Billings for more Class C glory
March 1st, 2012
For most of the teams across the Hi-Line and across the state, the 2011-2012 basketball season has come and gone. But while most teams are sitting at home, the District 9C Big Sandy Pioneers will m...
Local Bowling Report: No-Tap on tap at Hi-Line Lanes in Havre
March 1st, 2012
The Annual Hi Line Lanes No-Tap gets underway this Friday at 4 p.m. There is a new twist this year with the tournament. It will be held on Friday and Saturday due to the Youth leagues o...
Federal judge says he sent racist Obama email
March 1st, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Montana's chief federal judge said Wednesday that he forwarded an email that contained a joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama's mother, but he did so be...
