Archive For March 2013
2013 Havre Daily All Hi-Line Boys Team
March 31st, 2013
When it comes to high school boys basketball, the Hi-Line never has a shortage of quality players or great teams. And the 2012-13 season was no exception.
HHS tennis teams shine in Conrad
March 31st, 2013
The weather continues to be a big story for spring sports, or more so, the lack of bad weather so far. And that was the case for the Havre High boys and girls tennis teams as they tripped to Conrad...
Blue Ponies get four games in Great Falls
March 31st, 2013
With the start of the season now behind the Havre High softball team, the Blue Ponies were able to do some good things. And now moving forward, the Ponies are looking to keep the momentum rolling a...
Women's health funding faces cuts in Montana
March 31st, 2013
HELENA — When Jennifer Strickley first learned she had ovarian cancer, it was Planned Parenthood that detected the disease. She had been going to a Planned Par...
Mayor: Deaths of Texas DA, wife 'not a random act'
March 31st, 2013
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Two months after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down, a north Texas district attorney and his wife were found killed in their home, authorities said....
JOANN LOVIGLIO and KATHY MATHESON, Associated Press
March 30th, 2013
PHILADELPHIA — The recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who had just sat down on the bench at a north Philadelphia train station often wondered if he was a good person, and perhaps ne...
Making something out of nothin’
March 29th, 2013
The general method at this point is to sit at the computer staring at the screen or the keyboard or the wall or the solitaire game and think about what's been going on in my life. &nbs...
Hi-Line darts and laurels
March 29th, 2013
In the spirit of the holiday season, let’s concentrate on some good news the area has seen in the last week:Laurel — Chinook High School senior Rob Klingaman wil...
Barbara Werk
March 29th, 2013
Barbara P. Werk, 66, of Hays, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at her residence of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 7 p...
House OKs Hansen plan to simplify income taxes
March 29th, 2013
HELENA — A plan to simplify income taxes sponsored by a Havre lawmaker was endorsed in the Montana House Thursday as lawmakers continued to advance plans aimed at reducing...
Erickson faces lawsuit from fight outside of bar
March 29th, 2013
A Havre man convicted of a felony charge for striking a man while in the parking lot of a Havre tavern two years ago now faces civil charges stemming from the same incident.
Tom S. Woo
March 29th, 2013
Tom S. Woo, 94, passed away on March 28, 2013, in Helena after a brief illness. Tom Woo was born in China, in a small village in Guangdong province on Oc...
HHS tennis teams set
for Conrad Duals
March 29th, 2013
It’s week two of competition for the Havre High tennis teams, and the Blue Ponies are hoping to take the next step. Havre competed indoors in Cut Bank la...
Ponies face tough AA foes on the diamond
March 29th, 2013
Early season competition doesn’t always mean easy things are easy. The Havre High softball team know this first hand, as they will fac...
Strong debut for Blue Pony track teams
March 29th, 2013
The unpredictable spring weather stood up, and the Havre High track team was able to open its season on time. Thursday, the Central A Blue Ponies were in Cut B...
House advances Kris Hansen plan to simplify income taxes
March 28th, 2013
HELENA — A plan to simplify income taxes was endorsed in the Montana House on Thursday as lawmakers continued to advance plans aimed at reducing taxes.House Bill 581 would reduce the s...
Judge blocks part of voter-approved immigrant law
March 28th, 2013
HELENA — A Montana judge has blocked part of a voter-approved law that requires proof of citizenship or legal standing to receive state services, but he left most of it intact to "preserve t...
Our View: Making a point on immigration with humor
March 28th, 2013
Sometimes humor is the best way to make a point. Thus was the case in the Montana Senate Wednesday. Republican members proposed a plan to en...
When online ‘activism’ meets the real world
March 28th, 2013
Something happened on Facebook on Tuesday. You may have seen some of your friends changing their profile picture to a pink equality sign on a red background. That image symbolizes support for...
Remembrance of things past
March 28th, 2013
When I was 7 years old, somewhat of a lost child, uncertain about every aspect of my life, my Indiana cousin Shirley, two years older, took me under wing. Shirley spoke wit...
Agreement with Sivertsen over Legislature
March 28th, 2013
Editor: For one of the first times in north-central Montana, the vast majority of the Democrats I talked to in the last couple of days agree nearly 100 per...
Montana needs to end oil, gas holiday
March 28th, 2013
Editor: It’s disappointing that the Legislature tabled Senate Bill 295 — the bill to repeal the oil and gas tax holiday. Had it passed, the bil...
Daines coming to Havre in statewide tour
March 28th, 2013
The newest member of Montana’s congressional delegation is returning to the Hi-Line and Havre next week in the midst of a statewide Natural Resources Tour. &nbs...
Hunts for Easter eggs are on this weekend
March 28th, 2013
The Havre Optimist Club would like area families with young children to take part in the annual Easter egg dye at Saddle Butte Custom Smoking, tonight at 6. &nb...
Sugarbeeters take fourth in mascot contest
March 28th, 2013
The Chinook High School Sugarbeeters put up a serious fight in a national contest, but could not pull off the championship competition. The Chinook High...
Ponies begin a new era on the diamond
March 28th, 2013
It is safe to say that the way the Havre High softball team ended its season a year ago was less than desirable. Now, heading into a new season with a brand new head coach, lots of returning player...
Havre thinclads debut
today in Cut Bank
March 28th, 2013
The beginning of a spring sports season is typically hit and miss with the continuously changing weather. But with nothing but blue skies and moderate temperatures set for the remainder of this wee...
George Ferguson Column: Plenty of memories from winter
March 28th, 2013
Spring is in the air. Kind of. And while I’m not fooled into thinking old man winter won’t return at some point over the next few weeks, or even the next two months, the fact is the day...
Local Sports Briefs
March 28th, 2013
Middle School Tennis begins soon Once again, Havre High head tennis coach George Ferguson will be conducting middle sch...
A boost for gay marriage: Justices question US law
March 27th, 2013
WASHINGTON — Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally marrie...
MSU faculty to vote on whether to keep union
March 27th, 2013
BOZEMAN (AP) — Ballots were mailed out Wednesday to Montana State University professors who will decide whether to keep their faculty union. ...
Lawmakers shuffle big pieces as deadlines loom
March 27th, 2013
HELENA — The Montana House advanced a pay raise for state employees and endorsed the governor's proposed fix for the beleaguered pension systems as lawmakers eyeing compromise turned t...
Senate endorses bill to curb illegal workers
March 27th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The state Senate has endorsed a bill that would criminalize the employment of illegal immigrants. House Bill 297 would suspend...
Our View: Ban drivers from using mobile devices on Montana roads
March 27th, 2013
State Sen. Christine Kaufmann has proposed legislation that would prohibit people from driving while using a cellphone anywhere in Montana. ...
Should the PSC be unconcerned about privacy rights?
March 27th, 2013
The collision of two cherished principles — the constitutional right to privacy and the public’s right to know — is often described as a “delicate balance...
Medicaid expansion is a necessary evil
March 27th, 2013
Joe Balyeat recently wrote a Community Forum column about why the Legislature should refuse the expansion of Medicaid in Montana. As a staunch Republican and a board member of a hospital in...
The problem of the deficit in public retirement funds in Montana
March 27th, 2013
One of the big financial problems facing the currently meeting Montana Legislature in Helena and the newly elected Gov. Steve Bullock is the large shortage of funds in the Montan...
Special vote to fill Rocky Boy chair
March 27th, 2013
With the leadership of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation saying it will call for a special election to fill the vacant chair of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee, the man r...
Warburton seeks end to unisex insurance rules
March 27th, 2013
A Montana legislator touted her proposal to end the ban on considering gender on some insurance sold in the state. She said Montana should stop being the...
Conference topics: Water rights, hunters ed, assisted suicide
March 27th, 2013
Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Chinook, discussed a series of bills with constituents during a legislative video conference in Havre Tuesday. One o...
Blue Ponies gearing up on the track
March 27th, 2013
Spring is back, and so is another prep track season. And weather permitting, or not, the Havre High boys and girls track teams must continue to prepare for another long season of action.&nbs...
More local preps honored in hoops
March 27th, 2013
It was an exciting year for Class B boys and girls basketball, especially on the Hi-Line and in North Central Montana. And many area players were recently honored for their outstanding achievements...
Local Bowling Report: Summer free for kids
March 27th, 2013
Kids bowl free. Yes kids may bowl free from June 1 till Aug. 31. All they have to do is come out and pick up a card to register on line and they may bowl two games free everyday that we are open. A...
Montana tavern owners battling with beer brewers
March 26th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Tavern owners faced off against craft brewers at the Capitol Tuesday, arguing the upstart competition has been allowed to unfairly flourish with too few restrictions.
Columbus parents sue over state tuition assistance
March 26th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Two Montana parents are suing the state schools superintendent over the agency's refusal to provide tuition assistance for their daughter to attend a Christian preschool....
Montana tavern owners battling with beer brewers
March 26th, 2013
HELENA— Tavern owners faced off against craft brewers at the Capitol Tuesday, arguing the upstart competition has been allowed to unfairly flourish with too few restrictions.Both sides...
The Legislature needs to join the 21st century
March 26th, 2013
The Montana Legislature is cruising along at a nice pace, however I’m not convinced that Montana’s business is being conducted in a prudent and responsible manner. &nb...
Chippewa Cree council chair removed from office
March 26th, 2013
The Chippewa Cree Business Committee Monday unanimously voted to remove its chair from his position, with the chair himself refusing to attend the Monday meeting and vowing to co...
Sugarbeeters a distant third in national mascot contest
March 26th, 2013
For a small north-central Montana town to receive a million votes in a national contest may be an impressive total, but with one day to go, it looks like that won’t be enou...
Our View: Sugarbeeters putting forth a great effort in mascot contest
March 26th, 2013
The Hi-Line is well known for its community spirit, and no one can top the residents of Chinook for their loyalty to their community. Chinook folks have...
Skylights add Wyoming point guard
March 26th, 2013
With the departure of three great seniors this spring, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team will have some new faces next fall. One of those a standout high school po...
The Indian Health Service and the state of Israel
March 26th, 2013
The Indian Health Service, underbudgeted and understaffed, operates almost 500 health care centers across the country. Most of them are in areas of significant public health chal...
The Hi-Line’s many women heroes
March 25th, 2013
Next year will be the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Montana. As luck will have it, it will also be the 100th anniversary o...
Our View:Term limits should get a second look
March 25th, 2013
he Montana Legislature is considering a variety of proposals to modify the term limits laws in the state. Some would allow people to serve in one house of the Legisla...
Does Lichtenstein set Montana tax policy?
March 25th, 2013
Would you believe that the Senate Taxation Committee would get a letter from the ambassador from Lichtenstein claiming that Montana tax laws are an insult to his country? And would you believ...
Home ownership is at the core of American aspirations
March 25th, 2013
What does “home” mean to you? In your own words, think about: “To me, home is … .” We all have our own answers, but they c...
Montana panel considers protection for fetuses
March 25th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Supporters of a bill that would criminalize the death of a fetus say the measure would offer the unborn legal protection but would not interfere with women's access to ab...
Governor ups pressure for Medicaid expansion
March 25th, 2013
HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock is increasing pressure on Republican lawmakers to accept federal money for Medicaid expansion.The Medicaid health care program for the poor is funded primar...
Chinook student headed to U.S. Naval Academy
March 25th, 2013
The standard question for any high school senior is "What are you going to do after graduation?" and one of Chinook's 2013 graduates is answering that question as only an elit...
Hearing held on future of tribal chair
March 25th, 2013
The governing council of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation met this morning behind closed doors to discuss the future of its chair, with the meeting closed to the press.
Gerald ‘Cooper’ Healy III
March 25th, 2013
FORT BELKNAP — Gerald “Cooper” Healy III, 16, passed away due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident, on March 22, 2013, at Billings Clinic, in Billing...
Theresa Garwood
March 25th, 2013
Theresa Garwood, 47, of Havre, a homemaker, died of brain cancer on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at a Great Falls nursing home. No services are planned per her request. Cremation ha...
2013 Havre Daily All Hi-Line Girls Team
March 24th, 2013
When it came to girls high school basketball on the Hi-Line, the last three months was certainly exciting. And due to so many great individual players from Havre to Chester, to Harlem to Big Sandy...
Class AA boys take home coveted HIT title
March 24th, 2013
Some of the best prep basketball talent in the state of Montana was in Havre over the weekend, but only one team was able to come away crowned as tournament champions.
Class B girls topple AA's for the HIT crown
March 24th, 2013
In recent years, the Class C girls have dominated the annual Hi-Line Invitational Tournament (HIT), but finally, after a three year run, somebody else was finally able to grab the HIT title.
Pony tennis teams get to play in Cut Bank
March 24th, 2013
Saturday was a winter-like day across the Hi-Line and around most of Montana with temperatures never reaching 30 degrees. But that didn’t stop the Havre High boys and girls tennis teams from...
Northern's Devin Jackson
earns NAIA All-American
March 24th, 2013
The season has been over for a couple of weeks now, but the honors keep coming in after a great season by the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team.
Late nights, light-hearted pranks mark a legislative staffer’s life
March 24th, 2013
HELENA — Jared Yates spent 11 hours in the Capitol’s windowless basement last Thursday, printing hundreds of copies of bills and amendments hours after the legi...
Enos R. Johnson Sr., Kah-ni-kahn Pah-si-ko
March 24th, 2013
Enos R. Johnson Sr., 65, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. of natural causes. Wake services began at 5 p.m. on...
2 killed, 3 injured in Fort Belknap crash
March 22nd, 2013
Associated PressTwo Harlem residents died and three teenage boys were injured in a one-vehicle rollover on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.The Montana Highway Pat...
Panel considers Warburton plan for ending unisex insurance rates
March 22nd, 2013
HELENA — Even Shawn McQuillan's 88-year-old grandfather says his 20-year-old grandson drives too cautiously.The younger McQuillan, who says he has never been in a car acc...
Senate endorses bill to tighten term limits
March 22nd, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Senate has endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would cut off lawmakers for good after 16 years in office. h...
Ex-state workers claim hostility, sex for favors
March 22nd, 2013
HELENA — Former Montana Disaster and Emergency Services employees claim the division's chief of staff traded sex for favoritism with a subordinate, and that those who complained were met wit...
Senate OKs concealed carry without permit
March 22nd, 2013
HELENA (AP) — A bill that would allow concealed carry without a permit is shooting toward passage after receiving the Senate's initial endorsement. ...
Coalition 'blasts' campaign finance bill
March 22nd, 2013
HELENA (AP) — A coalition of senators are undermining Republican leaders and forcing a floor vote on a campaign-finance overhaul. The state S...
Rams CB Trumaine Johnson cited for DUI in Montana
March 22nd, 2013
MISSOULA (AP) — St. Louis Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson was arrested on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge in Missoula, where he played college football for the Univers...
Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels
March 22nd, 2013
Laurel — Chinook has always been known as a little town with lots of spirit. We've always known that Sugarbeeters is the most fascinating name for a mascot, and...
Pamville News: Tune in next week
March 22nd, 2013
Pamville News reporters bring you the latest events gripping the nation, and notes on planned follow-up coverage ———
Pro-marijuana bill going before Legislature
March 22nd, 2013
Editor: A new 50-page bill, Senate Bill 377, will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Room 303. This is the most thr...
Want secure pensions? Get tough on big banks
March 22nd, 2013
Much discussion about the condition of our state pension systems has been taking place this legislative session. A number of bills have been proposed to alleviate the shortfalls...
New accusations filed against Rocky Boy tribal chair
March 22nd, 2013
More accusations have been filed against the suspended chair of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee — the chair who says his suspension is illegal and invalid. ...
Preite nominated to return to USDA Rural Development
March 22nd, 2013
Montana’s U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester said Thursday they have nominated a Havre native with decades of economic development experience for the position of Mo...
Fort Belknap crash kills two, injures three
March 22nd, 2013
Two Harlem residents died and three teenage boys were injured in a one-vehicle rollover on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The Montana Highway Patro...
Pony netters excited to hit the courts
March 22nd, 2013
The 2012 tennis season ended on a high note for the Havre Blue Ponies as then senior Justin Jensen made an incredible run to a third-place finish in boys singles in Class A. &nbs...
Orange crush Grizzlies
March 22nd, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. — After all that talk about improving on last year's NCAA tournament dud, Montana played even worse in its return trip. Star guard Will...
Museum colleagues: Welcome to Havre, it’s a great place
March 21st, 2013
Editor: It is with great pride to welcome my fellow museum colleagues, their families and friends to my hometown of Havre, attending the Museums Associatio...
I got those low down, mopping water, Monday morning wash machine blues
March 21st, 2013
Almost a year ago my washing machine started to lose its bearings. I first noticed the noise. My nearly new washing machine began to rumble-grumble like an antique s...
St. Marks released on $300 bail
March 21st, 2013
Chippewa Cree Tribal Council Chair Ken Blatt St. Marks was bailed out on $300 bail Wednesday, shortly after being arrested on trespass charges for trying to enter his office in t...
Legislators talk issues, set rest of video conference schedule
March 21st, 2013
Local legislators in Helena talked about several bills in the Legislature during the video conference in Havre Tuesday and set the schedule for future video conferences, sponsore...
Sugarbeeters win, advance to nationals
March 21st, 2013
The Chinook High School Sugarbeeters again have made it to a national tournament, some 82 years after a trip to nationals gave them their mascot and its name. &...
Kraig Donald Millner
March 21st, 2013
Kraig Donald Millner, 52, passed away Monday, March 18, at his home in Austin, Minn. Kraig was born in Glendive, Mont., Jan. 20, 1961, and moved to Havre...
It's HIT madness in Havre
March 21st, 2013
Malta legend Babsie Bishop founded the Hi-Line Invitational Tournament (HIT) 27 years ago, and the annual boys and girls basketball tournament is still running strong today. &nbs...
Local prep boys honored
March 21st, 2013
After an exciting year of boys basketball up and down the Hi-Line, a host of area players have been honored for their outstanding 2012-13 achievements.
Lights get ready
for spring drills
March 21st, 2013
It’s been nearly five months since the Montana State University-Northern football team last put their cleats in the turf. But on Friday afternoon, the Lights will get back at.
Brouhaha over regent's confirmation hits Senate
March 21st, 2013
HELENA — Supporters of former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams easily outnumbered opponents at a packed hearing on his Board of Regents nomination — but opposition included former allies who argu...
Stillwater management fights Schweitzer's takeover bid
March 20th, 2013
BILLINGS (AP) — The chief executive of a Montana mining company urged shareholders on Wednesday to reject a takeover by a group that includes former Gov. Brian Schweitzer.Stillwa...
Roadkill salvage bill on track to Bullock
March 20th, 2013
HELENA — A proposal to allow people to salvage roadkill for food is in the fast lane to the Montana governor's office after the state Senate gave its initial backing.The measure calls...
More money needed for public defenders
March 20th, 2013
Clarence Gideon was convicted of burglarizing a Florida bar and sentenced to five years in prison based solely on the testimony of one questionable eyewitness. But Gideon’s side didn&r...
Frederick T. Slonaker
March 20th, 2013
RITZVILLE, Wash. — Frederick T. Slonaker, 102, passed away quietly March 17, 2013, at the Life Care Center in Ritzville. He was born in Ancoma, Il...
House passing budget top issue at video conference
March 20th, 2013
The main topic at Tuesday’s legislative video conference in Havre was breaking news from the Montana House of Representatives: its passing the main budget bill on a 100-0 v...
Fair board to iron out differences with horsemen
March 20th, 2013
Along with finalizing and discussing issues with its upcoming fair, the Great Northern Fair Board at its monthly meeting in Havre Tuesday agreed to meet with an association that...
Area Class C girls honored in basketball
March 20th, 2013
It was quite the year for girls basketball teams on the Hi-Line. And many area players have been rewarded for an outstanding 2012-13 season. Twelve players fro...
HHS's Plum ready to be a Light
March 20th, 2013
Playing college football has always been a dream for Zach Plum, and after his breakout senior season with the Havre Blue Ponies , his longtime dream will soon become a reality. &...
Local Bowling Report: Dewey No-Tap set for
Sunday at Hi Line Lanes
March 20th, 2013
The annual Dewey No-Tap Tournament will be this Sunday, March 24, with shift times at 1 and 3 p.m. Anyone wanting to bowl call Hi Line Lanes at 265-5885...
Montana Senate supports bear-hunting measure
March 19th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The Senate is backing a bill that reduces from five days to 24 hours the time hunters have to wait after purchasing a license to hunt black bears.Republican Sen. Fr...
Montana House backs bipartisan budget plan
March 19th, 2013
HELENA — Even the architects of a surprising bipartisan House budget deal didn't expect the unprecedented unanimous vote from the chamber on Tuesday."I had no idea in my wildest imag...
Tax reform: The devil is in the details
March 19th, 2013
This session, we are being treated to a number of bills proposing to simplify the Montana income tax system. Nearly everyone agrees with the basic premis...
Is justice finally coming to Rocky Boy?
March 19th, 2013
Editor: I was appalled to hear that the scheduled Chippewa Cree tribal council Friday morning wasn't attended by the eight councilmen who, instead of tryi...
Daines needs our support
March 19th, 2013
Editor: I read and hear rhetoric aimed at our new Congressman Steve Daines, blaming Daines for the sequester cuts. I wanted to point out some facts in defe...
Somebody has to go first
March 19th, 2013
Acting on that truism is the essence of leadership. While it is equally true that you can only get stabbed in the back if you’re out front, leader...
To frack or not to frack – it’s not even a question anymore
March 19th, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, has been used since the 1940s. The purpose is to fracture the shale, allowing the natural gas, or oil, to flow more freely up to the wel...
Sequestration on the Hi-Line
March 19th, 2013
With across-the-board federal budget cuts now assured, officials in north-central Montana are making similar comments — most everything in the region will be impacted, but...
Chinook Sugarbeeters take the lead, one day left to vote
March 19th, 2013
With more than 5 million total vote cast, the Chinook High School Sugarbeeters have taken the lead in a regional contest, looking for another championship to qualify for national...
Stephen Warren Spealman
March 19th, 2013
Stephen Warren Spealman, age 71, resident of Post Falls, Idaho, died March 14 surrounded by his family while at the Hospice House in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. &nb...
Skylights ink Butte High hoops standout
March 19th, 2013
The women’s basketball season may have just ended for the Montana State University-Northern Skylights. But head coach Chris Mouat has already begun assembling a new recruiting class.&n...
Lights, Skylights honored by the NAIA
March 19th, 2013
The NAIA basketball season is drawing to an end, and several Montana State University-Northern athletes earned an important honor. On Monday afternoon, the NAI...
Montana asbestos victims object to attorneys' fees
March 18th, 2013
BILLINGS (AP) — Some victims of asbestos exposure in northwestern Montana have asked a state judge to deny $4 million in fees and costs requested by attorneys in a legal settlement with chemi...
Gun bills heard on universities, concealed carry
March 18th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — A measure allowing people to carry concealed firearms without a permit in Montana's cities and towns is a logical addition to state law, Rep. Krayton Kerns told a legisla...
Idaho man arrested in North Dakota homicide
March 18th, 2013
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of another man outside a Williston bar over the weekend has been apprehended in Billings, Mont.Authorities say the Montana High...
Sugarbeeters pushing for a different kind of championship
March 18th, 2013
Chinook High School competitors are no stranger to championship games, and the school now is in the middle of another in a regional contest — an online contest sponsored by...
Eagles win in bankruptcy trial
March 18th, 2013
A federal bankruptcy court judge has ruled in favor of the Havre Eagles Aerie #166, saying a claim by KayCee Groven for nearly $300,000 stemming from a sexual assault by the Havr...
Montana jobless rate up
March 18th, 2013
The jobless rate for January went up slightly in Montana, reaching 5.7 percent. Unlike recent trends, the jobless rate along the Hi-Line was higher than...
Sandy Laufer Smith
March 18th, 2013
Sandy Laufer Smith died March 9. A service will be held at 1 p.m. March 22 at First Baptist Church for family and friends....
All the Griz going dancing
March 17th, 2013
Missoula is truly “Title Town” when it comes to college basketball in Montana. Saturday night proved that as both the University of Montana men’s and women’s basketball team...
Company eyes coal on Montana's Crow reservation
March 17th, 2013
BILLINGS — A mining company plans to start exploratory work this spring on an estimated 400 million tons of coal beneath Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, adding to a spate of recent intere...
Ohio teens guilty of rape, face year-plus in jail
March 17th, 2013
TEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A judge on Sunday convicted two members of Steubenville's celebrated high school football team of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, concluding a months-long ordeal...
Game on: Early GOP auditions for 2016 election
March 16th, 2013
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Only months after President Barack Obama's re-election, an annual gathering of conservatives served as an audition for Republicans looking to court conservative activis...
North Dakota close to banning abortions at 6 weeks
March 15th, 2013
BISMARCK, N.D — North Dakota on Friday moved closer to adopting what would be the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, with lawmakers sending the Republican governor measures that c...
House panel hears bill to decriminalize gay sex
March 15th, 2013
HELENA — A House panel heard a measure Friday that would remove an obsolete Montana law that criminalizes gay sex by labeling it a deviate sexual behavior on par with bestiality.Senate...
Bill aims to restrict law-enforcement searches
March 15th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Lawmakers are considering a measure that would require law-enforcement officers to have a reasonable suspicion before they can conduct strip or body cavity searches.
Rocky Boy chairman fired, controversy ensues
March 15th, 2013
Members of the Chippewa Creek Business Council said they removed Chairman Ken St. Marks from office Friday for “neglect of duty and gross misconduct.”Their action set off a rapid...
Rocky Boy chairman fired, controversy ensues
March 15th, 2013
Rocky Boy chairman fired, controversy ensues Members of the Chippewa Creek Business Council said they removed Chairman Ken St. Marks from office Friday for “neglect of duty...
Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels
March 15th, 2013
Laurel — United Way of Hill County held its annual luncheon this week, and it was a good reminder to people of the good work that United Way does in raising funds for so many good organizatio...
Brat: It’s the new adorable
March 15th, 2013
My dog Cooper is about 50 percent highly opinionated, opportunistic brat. I wish I were more like him. That's possibly, probably, most likely wrong of m...
Confusion surrounds assisted suicide bill
March 15th, 2013
Editor: The Montana Legislature is considering the question of physician assisted suicide. The Senate has rejected an Oregon style bill that would ha...
Raymond R. West
March 15th, 2013
Raymond R. West, 83, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. His funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013, at the Fi...
Havre voters to decide on trustees, projects
March 15th, 2013
Havre voters will elect three school trustees when they go to the polls on May 7 and may decide whether to undertake a major renovation of the locker room area at Havre High Scho...
Several local residents arraigned in federal court
March 15th, 2013
Federal Magistrate Keith Strong took not guilty pleas, in separate cases, from five local residents in federal court in Great Falls this week. The U.S. A...
Pony girls dominate Central A honors
March 15th, 2013
If a team does what they are supposed to do during the season, they are greatly rewarded in many ways. The Havre High girls basketball team had a very successful 2012-2013 season, and the rewards k...
Three Havre boys named
Central A All-Conference
March 15th, 2013
The Havre High boys basketball team entered the season as a very young and inexperienced squad. But after consistent growth throughout the season, the Blue Ponies were able to shock some teams, as...
Daniel Horton Column: It's been one incredible run by
the Big Sandy...
March 15th, 2013
I know that the football season, as well as the basketball season did not pan out they way Big Sandy had hoped. Both sports ended in heartbreaking defeats for their coaches, fans, and players. But...
Proposal protects workers' social media privacy
March 14th, 2013
HELENA — Employers would be prohibited from requesting the username and password of an applicant or employee's social media account under a measure presented Thursday to the House Business a...
Bipartisan 'dark money' bill reaches Mont. panel
March 14th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Bipartisan foes of the so-called dark money behind many political attack ads ran into some opposition Thursday as they try to shepherd a lengthy reform proposal though the...
Havre drivers ignore right-of-way laws
March 14th, 2013
Recently I was driving south on 12th Avenue and came to a stop at 2nd Street, which is a one-way street on the east side of town. I had the right of way, but a westbound driver was approachi...
Montanans are entitled to info from PSC
March 14th, 2013
Every Montanan knows the experience of opening the utility bill and wondering how the rates were decided. Paying those bills is a challenge for many Montana families. To en...
Transit system is good for Hi-Line communities
March 14th, 2013
Editor: I would like to give recognition and thanks to the folks who put together and support the North Central Montana Transit bus system that serves our...
Driving a thousand miles to the Seed Show
March 14th, 2013
My friends, David and Vidya from Port Townsend, Wash., drove to Harlem to stay the week with me and attend the Montana Seed Show. We covered every event. Every break...
Governor's 'dark money' bill hits committee
March 14th, 2013
HELENA — Bipartisan foes of so-called "dark money" behind many attack advertisements in politics are facing some opposition from traditional allies.
Gerald C. Bekker
March 14th, 2013
Gerald C. Bekker died in Apache Junction, Ariz., Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A full obituary will follow. ...
Panel hears bill to protect online privacy
March 14th, 2013
HELENA — A House committee is considering a measure that would prohibit employers from requesting job applicants' and employees' social media usernames and passwords.Democratic Sen....
Stopped again: Crusaders foil Lights
March 14th, 2013
The 3-point shot has been a big part of the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team’s success in recent years — and especially this season. But it has seemed to be...
George Ferguson Column: One night shouldn't define these Lights
March 14th, 2013
When you get to the level that the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball program has risen to, there’s no such thing as a moral victory. &nbs...
Breaking Sports: Lights fall short in K.C. once again
March 13th, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball program just can't quite get over the first-round hump at the NAIA national basketball tournament. Wednesday night i Kansas City, the Lights...
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
March 13th, 2013
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Franc...
Thanks to everyone who serves
March 13th, 2013
The other day, as I approached the entrance to a store, I saw another person on their way in too. Since I got to the door first, I held the door open for them to enter without in...
Medicaid expansion is not a Montana-made solution
March 13th, 2013
Last month, Gov. Steve Bullock began his pitch to expand Medicaid in our state, adding 70,000 Montanans to a failing federal program. Despite attempts to ignore the facts, it rem...
Some breweries becoming non-licensed bars
March 13th, 2013
In Montana all taverns are licensed for the retail sale of alcohol, with different privileges available depending on the license held. Breweries in Montana are licensed as beer m...
Hansen: Budget now looking at about 1.4 percent increase
March 13th, 2013
While cautioning that other items not yet finished could move the change up or down, a local lawmaker said from Helena during a video conference in Havre Tuesday that, as of that...
Gleason: Insurance bill would break the hospitals
March 13th, 2013
The administrator of Havre’s long-term care center asked local legislators Tuesday what their stance was on two issues: raising the payment rates for long-term care in Mont...
Salvation Army, food bank to provide food baskets
March 13th, 2013
Every Easter, the Salvation Army and the Havre Food Bank prepare Easter baskets for 40 to 60 needy Hill County families. “This year, given the toug...
Board will review requests to vary from state standards
March 13th, 2013
The state superintendent of public instruction announced Tuesday she has appointed the members to a board that will review requests under a change in state policy adopted last fa...
Indian leaders, advocates rally for bison
March 13th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Indian leaders, wildlife advocates and sportsmen's groups are advocating for increased tolerance of bison and are opposing anti-bison bills now making their way through t...
Diane Jean Freier Peterson
March 13th, 2013
Diane Jean Freier Peterson, 63, died Tuesday, March 12, at a Billings hospital. A full obituary will follow....
It's game time in Kansas City
March 13th, 2013
Admittedly, the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team didn’t play its best basketball in the final stretch of the season. Actually, the Lights lost four of their last...
George Ferguson Column: The rise of Corbin Pearson
March 13th, 2013
Determining who is going to succeed in college basketball and who isn’t is always a toss-up. You just never know until a player really digs in and becomes a focal point of his team.&nb...
Local Bowling Report: No-Tap winners announced
March 13th, 2013
The Annual No-Tap Tournament concluded on Sunday with Michelle Andrade and Tim LaBuda of Big Sandy victorious with a score of 1,814; 2nd went to Dana Seidel and Dave Wolf with 1,746; 3rd to Dana Se...
Bullock overhauls FWP, Chinook man named to commission
March 13th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has overhauled the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks panel by replacing three members and naming a new chairman.The commission oversees hunting and fishin...
Black smoke again: Cardinals don't agree on pope
March 13th, 2013
VATICAN CITY — CardBlack smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The black smoke indicates that the...
Montana bill targeting assault weapon ban advances
March 12th, 2013
HELENA — A measure aimed at undermining any potential federal ban on assault weapons was endorsed by the Montana Senate on Tuesday as it speeds toward the governor's desk....
Both big pension fixes still alive at Legislature
March 12th, 2013
HELENA — The Montana Legislature inched closer Tuesday to finding a fix for its beleaguered pension system when a committee decided to advance both of the major proposed fixes.But the...
Montana lawmakers look at consumer-data proposal
March 12th, 2013
HELENA — A House panel heard a bill Tuesday that would require companies to divulge the personal information they glean from consumers and to which entities they sell the information.H...
Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
March 12th, 2013
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the...
Our View: It’s Sunshine Week: Celebrate but be wary
March 12th, 2013
This is Sunshine Week, a week set aside to stress the importance of governments operating in sunshine, under public scrutiny. Because several journalism-based organi...
HB 505 will prevent elder abuse and protect all Montanans
March 12th, 2013
I am the President of Montanans Against Assisted Suicide, a nonprofit public benefit corporation and a grassroots group opposed to assisted suicide. We welcome everyone oppo...
In defense of coverage of the Legislature
March 12th, 2013
Rep. Kris Hansen blamed much of the criticism of the Montana Legislature on the Helena press corps that she says spends too much time on hot-button issues but ignores other issues of importa...
Sunshine is the best social disinfectant
March 12th, 2013
The caller on the other end of the phone line was near exacerbation. He had been given the run-around by government officials, the very people he put in office to represent him,...
Museum board plans for full slate of spring events
March 12th, 2013
The H. Earl Clack Museum board discussed a busy spring schedule during its monthly meeting Monday, planning for events that start in two weeks and run through the end of Ju...
From Shoreline to the Hi-Line
March 12th, 2013
In the world of college athletics you can normally pick your team, but you can’t always pick your teammates. Montana State University-Northern’s R...
Getting to know the Evangel Crusaders
March 12th, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team must be getting used to the state of Missouri by now. After all, the Lights are making their third straight to Kansas City for the...
Lights have a busy, and inspiring day in Kansas City
March 11th, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is in Kansas City to play Evangel University in the first round of the NAIA national basketball tournament Wednesday night. And while th...
MMorris, Watters picked for federal judgeships
March 11th, 2013
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana Supreme Court justice and a Billings district judge are being recommended to fill two open federal judgeships, U.S. Sen....
House moves to increase liquor licenses per owner
March 11th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The Montana House has moved to increase from one to three the number liquor licenses that business owners may possess.Senate Bill 120 would allow the purchase of up...
Regulators notified of Stillwater miner takeover bid
March 11th, 2013
BILLINGS — Investors including Montana's former governor filed formal notice of their intent to take over a mining company they say is losing money and putting its domestic operations at ris...
Judge strikes down NYC ban supersized sodas
March 11th, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Micha...
What goes around, comes around
March 11th, 2013
There’s an old adage, “What goes around, comes around.” That old adage frequently manifests itself during any legislative session. And...
Our View: Harlem, its teachers and its students are special
March 11th, 2013
Students at Harlem Elementary School have had a tough time in recent months. One of the most popular kindergartners, Seth Ironside, 5, is very ill with a brain tumor....
Daines is wrong on sequester
March 11th, 2013
Editor: Last week, Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., voted in favor of the sequester and endorsed the devastating cuts that will eliminate 750,000 jo...
The importance of the arts in general education
March 11th, 2013
A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for. — Robert Browning, 1855 About 2,400 years...
Democrats use fundraiser to rally around Baucus
March 11th, 2013
HELENA — Montana Democrats left little question Saturday night what their top priority is: elect party leader Sen. Max Baucus to a seventh term in 2014.Democrats are coming off a 2012...
Teacher are walking billboards for Seth’s cause
March 11th, 2013
When Mandy Hansen and Shiloh Seymour walked down the street of Spokane, Wash., this weekend, they got some funny looks. Their hair had been shaved off at...
Kenneth Douglas Harvey
March 11th, 2013
Kenneth Douglas Harvey, 83, a retired U.S. Navy man, passed away March 4 at a Billings Hospital of natural causes. Graveside services were held Sa...
Dolores ‘Dodie’ June Taylor
March 11th, 2013
Dolores “Dodie” June Taylor — Jan. 13, 1929, to Feb. 5, 2013. My wife, our mother, and grandmother left this world wrapped in the arms...
John C. Andrus
March 11th, 2013
John C. Andrus, 93, of Casa Grande died Feb. 28, 2013, in Casa Grande. The memorial service was at 2 p.m. Sunday at Val Vista RV Park clubhouse.&n...
To get around veto, GOP eyes referendums
March 11th, 2013
HELENA — When voters went to the polls last November, they noticed several measures they do not typically see. The three referendums on the ballot came directly...
Both sides see progress in Helena budget debate
March 11th, 2013
HELENA — A panel of lawmakers is set to vote on the state’s budget this week after three days of public testimony on the best way to spend more than $9 billion over the nex...
Jury convicts ex-Detroit mayor of corruption
March 11th, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation's youngest big-city leaders.
This trip was an uphill climb
March 10th, 2013
Life in the Frontier Conference is never easy. After all, it’s one of the most challenging leagues in all of NAIA men’s basketball. But for nearly two full seasons, the Montana State Un...
Pioneers bitten at the buzzer in Bozeman
March 10th, 2013
After a first-round win over Melstone at the state C boys basketball tournament, the District 9C Big Sandy Pioneers suffered two consecutive devastating losses to end the 2012-13 season.&nbs...
Ice Hawks play well at state tournament
March 10th, 2013
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team may have entered the state tournament as a sixth seed, but they were there to play for a championship. And though t...
New Lights excited to be in the big dance
March 10th, 2013
As a team, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were certainly elated when they found out they had received an at-large berth in the 2013 NAIA national tournament last Wednesday night.
Before the conclave, horse-trading has begun
March 10th, 2013
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows...
Florence school district pressured after plagiarism
March 10th, 2013
FLORENCE (AP) — A western Montana school board is considering holding a special meeting to discuss the future of the superintendent following an act of plagiarism.Florence-Carlto...
UM's Native American Center to honor Cobell
March 10th, 2013
MISSOULA — Elouise Cobell had a way of sorting through complex Native American land ownership tangles and combing out what's right.It's part of the legacy the leader from the Blackfe...
Saturday's Prep Basketball: Malta boys repeat
March 9th, 2013
Saturday's ScoresThe Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALLState AA at Great Falls...
Breaking Sports: Big Sandy eliminated at State C tournament
March 9th, 2013
Just a few hours after suffering their heartbreaking loss in the Class C state semifinals, the Big Sandy Pioneers just couldn't bounce back. On Saturday morning in Bozeman, the Pioneers were elimi...
Judge says ATP documents belong with grand jury
March 9th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that the state properly gave a federal grand jury documents dealing with a secretive conservative group.The ruling comes in a case surro...
Kenneth Douglas Harvey
March 9th, 2013
Kenneth Douglas Harvey, 83, a retired Navy man whoo served honorably for 30 years, passed away March 4, 2013 at a Billings hospital of natural causes. &n...
Breaking Sports: Big Sandy shocked at the buzzer
March 8th, 2013
The Big Sandy Pioneers looked like they were on their way to the Class C boys state championship game Friday night in Bozeman. But the Westby-Grenora Thunder had other ideas. The Thunder made a 23-...
Growing up root bound — the allure of the road
March 8th, 2013
I spent my youth on a Milk River Valley farm in the ’50s and early ’60s, my life bounded by the river which held our fields like a broken cup. A mile length of...
Cat: A hairball I cough up money into?
March 8th, 2013
One of the many old schools of thought about horses is that the initial purchase price is a small fraction of what you will end up spending on it during its lifetime...
Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels
March 8th, 2013
DART - The Montana Public Service Commission has voted 4-1 to abolish a rule that requires the state’s largest utilities to disclose the salaries of their chief executive off...
Every teacher deserves respect
March 8th, 2013
I believe every teacher who dedicates his or her professional life to education is special and deserves respect and gratitude, and I would like to express my deep appreciation for Mrs. Kathy Sather...
Earlier registration deadline hurts Natives
March 8th, 2013
Western Native Voice has watched House Bill 30, short-titled "An Act Revising the Close of Late Voter Registration," with growing alarm. This bill, in...
People want grazing kept on Fresno wildlife area
March 8th, 2013
On the heels of the controversial purchase of a ranch in Hill County, local residents had a consistent message to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks during a meeting about a wildli...
Regents agree to college tuition freeze
March 8th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The state Board of Regents says it will agree to freeze tuition rates and reward schools for improving graduation rates if the2013 Legislature ap...
Cardinals set Tuesday as start date for conclave
March 8th, 2013
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope, a milestone in this unusual papal transition and an indication that even without an o...
Kenneth D. Harvey
March 8th, 2013
Kenneth D. Harvey, 84, passed away March 4, 2013, in Billings. Graveside services will be Saturday, March 9, at 3 p.m. at Harlem Cemetery. Arrangements have bee...
Regents agree to college tuition freeze
March 8th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The state Board of Regents says it will agree to freeze tuition rates and reward schools for improving graduation rates if the2013 Legislature appropriates enough money to...
Roll On: Pioneers tame Broncs
March 8th, 2013
As the Big Sandy boys basketball team continues to roll on through the postseason, the 9C Pioneers came a step closer to the Class C state championship. Thursd...
George Ferguson Column: Lights are just getting started
March 8th, 2013
MSU-Northern wrestling program is building something very special A month ago, I talked about wishing I could have atte...
More Lights and Skylights
honored by the Frontier
March 8th, 2013
The Frontier Conference released its postseason awards earlier this week, but the league expanded its All-Conference Teams on Wednesday night. The Frontier rel...
Breaking Sports: Big Sandy knocks off Melstone
March 7th, 2013
The Big Sandy Pioneers are one game away from playing for the state championship. On Thursday night in Bozeman, the PIoneers advanced to the semifinals of the Class C boys state tournament after be...
Bullock takes Medicaid expansion to constituents
March 7th, 2013
HELENA, — Gov. Steve Bullock is ramping up the pressure on lawmakers by taking his Medicaid expansion request, one of the legislative session's bigger issues, straight to his constituents.
Montana lawmakers say BYOB is A-OK
March 7th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The Montana House has rejected a proposal aimed at stopping people from bringing their own beer and wine into restaurants that don't have liquor licenses.House Bil...
Grizzly disappearance draws criticism in Montana
March 7th, 2013
BILLINGS — What happened to bear 726? That's the number researchers assigned to a collared grizzly bear that disappeared from an agricultural research station along the Montana-Idaho border....
Police officer files sexual harassment lawsuit
March 7th, 2013
MISSOULA (AP) — A Missoula police detective who investigates Internet sex crimes has filed a lawsuit against the police department alleging a female officer sexually harassed him.
Glendive pre-release walkaways arrested in Idaho
March 7th, 2013
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Fremont County say two men who walked away from a Montana pre-release center were apprehended in southeastern Idaho while driving a pickup truck that ha...
US official: Bin Laden spokesman caught in Jordan
March 7th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory...
Konesky gets jail time, probation in rape case
March 7th, 2013
A Havre man will spend four years on probation and six months in jail in a plea agreement in a rape case. Jacob K. Konesky pleaded guilty last fall to a...
Windy Boy passes Idle No More resolution
March 7th, 2013
State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, expressed his thanks to people who supported his Senate resolution acknowledging Idle No More, a Canadian movement. ...
Daines talks in Congress on health care reform, balanced budget
March 7th, 2013
Montana’s freshman U.S. representative is stepping into the spotlight on some high-profile issues, cosponsoring a bill he says will restore religious freedoms infringed upo...
Charles Joseph Martin Sr.
March 7th, 2013
FORT BELKNAP — Charles Joseph Martin Sr, Indian name Yellow Bird, "Nee-Hawn Nee-I-Hee" given to him by his grandfather, The Boy, passed on surrounded by family on March 3...
They're in: Lights going back to K.C.
March 7th, 2013
Making travel arrangements to Kansas City this time of year is becoming old hat for Shawn Huse and the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball program. &n...
Pioneers ready to make
a run at State C tourney
March 7th, 2013
The 2010 season marked the last time the District 9C Big Sandy Pioneers won the state Class C boys basketball title. And after going 0-2 at the big show last year, the Pioneers would love nothing m...
Ice Hawks skate at state
March 7th, 2013
It was a rocky season at times for the young Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team, but finishing as the No. 6 seed in the regular season, the Ice Hawks will look to turn in a solid run at the st...
Breaking Sports: Lights receive at-large bid to the big dance
March 6th, 2013
For the third straight year, and the fourth in the last five, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is headed to Kansas City, and the NAIA national men's basketball tourname...
Short video conference attended by Jergeson, Warburton
March 6th, 2013
A legislative video conference went short in Havre Tuesday, with two legislators attending from Helena and about six people attending at the Robins School Administration bu...
Consistency: Pioneers are the model
March 6th, 2013
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. That is the age-old adage, and the Big Sandy Pioneers boys basketball program has thrived in the prep basketball ranks with that exact mentality for yea...
Two Lights honored by the Frontier Conference
March 6th, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team will find out tonight whether or not it goes to its third straight NAIA national tournament. But on Tuesday night, the Lights did r...
Local Bowling Report: Minnow draws U.S.B.C honor
March 6th, 2013
JOE BOWLER resides in Havre, at least for another year. Michael Mariani Jr. is the name on the birth certificate, but he is known to the rest of the world as “Minnow”. Minno...
City, county agree on swimming pool deal
March 5th, 2013
The lengthy dispute over financing of operations at the community swimming pool is over. Havre City Council unanimously approved an agreement Monday nigh...
Dow to step down, City Council replacement sought
March 5th, 2013
City Councilman Rick Dow will step down April 15. Dow is moving to Minnesota because his wife, Dr. Margaret Dow, has accepted a position at the May...
Park board sets garbage fee
March 5th, 2013
The Hill County Park Board Monday approved having the county assess garbage collection fees on the property taxes for cabins in Beaver Creek Park, but delayed any decision on oth...
Park board approves waiver on outbuildings
March 5th, 2013
After listening to recommendations from a committee, the Hill County Park Board Monday approved creating a waiver process to let cabin owners in Beaver Creek Park who have...
Our View: Cooler heads prevailed in pool deal
March 5th, 2013
Congress is in the public eye a lot lately for its stalemate with President Barack Obama over the mandated cuts that resulted from last year’s pre-election deal.&nbs...
Nat’l Parks makes the right decision
March 5th, 2013
Seldom does one have the opportunity to heap praise on any part of the government or, for that matter, see it actually fix a problem. Last Tues...
Montana should encourage more renewable energy
March 5th, 2013
Last week’s story, “Windmills for Northern” was right on the mark and reinforces why the Montana Legislature should leave the Renewable Energy Standard alone.
The solution to Milk River Ranch controversy: Show courage
March 5th, 2013
Bill Thackeray’s recent view expressed in the Opinion Page of the Havre Daily News brought up some interesting points. The article inspired me to bring them to print.
Warning: Montana Medicaid expansion may be hazardous for your health
March 5th, 2013
“If a(n insurance) mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody buy a house.” — Sen. Barack Obama, 2007. ...
Lights add to stellar recruiting class
March 5th, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern football team is putting the finishing touches on its 2013 recruiting class. And on Monday, Northern head coach Mark Samson announced the signing of 11 more re...
Mazurkiewicz still makes history in Iowa
March 5th, 2013
Before heading to the 2013 NAIA national wrestling tournament, former Havre Blue Pony and current Great Falls senior Myles Mazurkiewicz talked about not getting ahead of himself.
Frontier Women's All-Conference announced
March 5th, 2013
The Frontier Conference wrapped up its women’s basketball season on Monday night with Westminster College blasting Carroll College 63-48 in the championship game in Salt Lake City.&nbs...
Hi-Line Athletes of the Week
March 5th, 2013
Nick Rhines, Havre High Swimming Havre High senior Nick Rhines wrapped up his final season of swimming in a fast fashio...
Just another government coverup
March 4th, 2013
A Catholic friend recently told me, “What we are faced with is a circumstance where it is sometimes an embarrassment to be a Catholic,” not for reasons of religion, b...
A strong housing market is good for the community
March 4th, 2013
The immediate past president of the National Association of Realtors was in Havre last week, praising local politicians who support the realtors’ cause and lauding local realtors for t...
Something stinks in the north country
March 4th, 2013
I am responding to Bill Thackeray’s letter regarding the Milk River Ranch, which is three miles from my property in the Milk River Breaks. Thackeray is puzzled...
City-county pool deal may be near
March 4th, 2013
Havre City Council will hear a proposal tonight that might bring the latest five-year chapter in a 30-year story to a close — a possible agreement to resolve a lawsuit the...
Lawmakers talk tax plans
March 4th, 2013
A meeting in Havre with local legislators on their mid-session break turned to proposals on taxes, with one lawmaker telling a taxpayer his concerns have been heard. ...
Emery F. Gray
March 4th, 2013
Emery F. Gray, 67, passed away March 2 in Billings. Wake services will be Monday, March 4, at 5 p.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fort Belkn...
Back in Business: Lights get third
March 3rd, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team opened its season back on Oct. 26 with a disappointing home loss to North Idaho College. Needless to say, on that night, head coach Tyson Thivie...
Blue Pony girls fall twice
March 3rd, 2013
BUTTE — The state basketball tournament makes teams bring their absolute best if they hope to win. Mistakes are magnified playing against the best of the best, and if a team struggles even in...
Western ends Lights' two-year reign atop the Frontier
March 3rd, 2013
DILLON — A change in momentum can come from anything, anyone, or any situation in college basketball. It is an emotional game and sometimes, things just don’t go a team's way. &...
Saints shoot down Skylights in Helena
March 3rd, 2013
HELENA — The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team watched the Carroll College Fighting Saints run away with a Frontier Conference game, using the 3-point-line as th...
Rocky Boy comes up short at Northern B
March 3rd, 2013
The Rocky Boy boys basketball team had an outstanding 16-2 regular season. The Stars’ start to the postseason was pretty spectacular as they rolled to the District 1B championship two weeks a...
Historical Society places local authors work in permanent collection
March 3rd, 2013
The Montana Historical Society has announced that the new book by Havre poet, Marged Bernstein, has been chosen to be a part of their permanent collection in Helena....
Saturday's Prep Basketball: Stars' season ends at Northern B
March 2nd, 2013
Saturday's ScoresThe Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALLNorthern B at Cut BankL...
Breaking Sports: Lights fall to Western, will wait for tourney fate
March 2nd, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team's two-year reign atop the Frontier Conference is over. On Saturday night in Dillon, the No. 20 Lights (23-9) lost to the No. 15 UM-West...
Breaking Sports: Lights finish third at NAIA national tournament
March 2nd, 2013
The MSU-Northern wrestling team is bringing its first trophy home from the NAIA national wrestling tournament since the Lights captured the 2004 national championship. Northern wrapped up a third-p...
Breaking Sports: Lights in third, Neiss and Mazurkiewicz in NAIA final...
March 2nd, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team will probably return home fro Des Moines, Iowa with a little of what might of been. Through the the consolation finals Saturday afternoon in Des...
Breaking Sports: Pony girls ousted by Butte Central
March 2nd, 2013
The Havre High girls basketball season came to an abrupt end Saturday morning with a 51-37 loss to Butte Central in a loser-out game at the Class A state tournament in Butte. The loss ended the Pon...
Friday's Prep Basketball: HHS girls falter in semifinals; Rocky Boy b...
March 1st, 2013
The Havre High girls basketball team won't have a chance to win the 2013 Class A state championship. Not after the Laurel Locomotives shut the Blue Ponies down 46-35 Friday night in a semifinal cl...
Breaking Sports: Lights sit in third at NAIA national tournament
March 1st, 2013
Day one of the 2013 NAIA national wrestling tournament in Des Moines, Iowa was a productive one for the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team. After two full sessions and four rounds of...
Breaking Sports: Carroll ends Skylights' season
March 1st, 2013
HELENA - The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team gave No. 24 Carroll College all it could handle, for a half. However, the Saints ripped off a 24-4 run in the second half, ev...
Ex-Griz quarterback acquitted of rape
March 1st, 2013
MISSOULA — A former University of Montana quarterback was acquitted Friday in a rape trial that has played out amid NCAA and federal investigations into how the city and school respond to rap...
Jurors receive case in Montana QB's rape trial
March 1st, 2013
MISSOULA (AP) — The jury hearing the rape trial of former University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson has begun their deliberations.The seven-woman, five-man jury heard clos...
Legislature should deliver on jobs and ending child abuse
March 1st, 2013
During this past campaign, I knocked on doors for candidates across our community, and one message came through loud and clear. The people of Montana need jobs, and they expect t...
Medicaid expansion is good for families, economy
March 1st, 2013
Have you, or a relative or friend, ever been without health insurance? The state of Montana has a rare opportunity to increase access to health care for 60,000 hardworking,...
Hi-Line darts and laurels
March 1st, 2013
Laurel — Getting people to donate their blood is not the easiest task. Yet, the folks at the American Red Cross have been very successful over the years in collecting blood t...
A horse is a horse, of course, of course
March 1st, 2013
My daughter Dee Dee sent me pictures of my granddaughter Toni, now 7 years old, with her new horse, Jill. Toni’s grandfather thinks Jill is still his horse. From the evidence of the photograp...
Our View: Hi_line knows what's important
March 1st, 2013
If you need another reason to prove that the Hi-Line is a special place with special people, take a look at the happenings in Harlem these days. &n...
Praise for HHS band
March 1st, 2013
Editor: I think Mr. Johnke and the Havre High School Band are to be applauded. The excitement, enthusiasm and energy they bring to eve...
Lawmakers discuss 2013 Legislature so far
March 1st, 2013
Local lawmakers, talking to local constituents Thursday night in Havre on the first night of a recess of the Montana Legislature, talked about progress they have seen in the firs...
Richard Robert Cleary
March 1st, 2013
Richard Robert Cleary, 66, passed away at his home on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Cremation has taken place and a full obituary will follow. ...
Blue Ponies swat Yellowjackets
March 1st, 2013
If it truly is defense that wins championships, the Havre High girls basketball team should be in pretty good position to win the Class A title this weekend in Butte. ...
Frontier Semifinals: Skylights visit Saints tonight
March 1st, 2013
For the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team to advance to the Frontier Conference championship game, the Skylights know they’ll have to play their best game of the...
Frontier Semifinals: Lights and Bulldogs, again
March 1st, 2013
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team busted out of a shooting slump in a big way in the first round of the Frontier Conference playoffs. The victim was the Great Falls...
Maz has just one thing left to do
March 1st, 2013
When it comes to the sport of wrestling, there aren’t many things former Havre Blue Pony Myles Mazurkiewicz hasn’t done. His wall and trophy case is full of accolades from years and yea...
Local Sports Briefs
March 1st, 2013
HHS Tennis sign-up meeting Tuesday There will be a mandatory sign-up meeting for all Havre High students wanting to participate in tennis this spring on Tuesday,...
