Archive For July 2011
Kellen Lund memorial ride grows
August 1st, 2011
Correction: Jeri Zorn's name was incorrectly listed in the original version of this story.
Local spikers shine at Skylights' Team Camp
July 31st, 2011
After two days of hard-fought volleyball excitement, those that attended the 2011 Skylights' Volleyball Team Camp got plenty of preparation for the upcoming high school season. ...
Congress closing in on a deal to avert US default
July 31st, 2011
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate plunged today into what many lawmakers and the White House — and millions of Americans coast to coast — hoped would be an all-but-d...
Baucus: Compromise needed in debt ceiling, spending cut debate
July 31st, 2011
Although the powers in Washington said today that a deal is close in the battle to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, two Montana U.S. lawmakers remain at odds on how that ba...
Schweitzer: Montana can weather short US default
July 30th, 2011
HELENA — Montana has enough cash in the bank to cushion a temporary delay in federal funding to the states if the debt-ceiling showdown in Congress continues into next week...
New mileage standards aim for less fuel, pollution
July 30th, 2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and automakers ushered in what could be the largest cut in fuel consumption since the 1970s on Friday with a deal that would save driver...
Dems, GOP still at loggerheads as clock ticks
July 30th, 2011
The GOP-controlled House and the Democratic Senate — including the two candidates for the Montana Senate seat up for election in 2012 — remain at loggerheads ov...
Sign up set for camelina grow project
July 29th, 2011
More information has come out about how Montana producers can get into raising a prime oilseed for energy production, as well as an offer from a Montana company to consider contracts for the crops....
Small Business Admin. offers flood assistance loans
July 29th, 2011
Private property and business owners have another avenue to get help paying for flood damage, a federal agency said Thursday.With President Barack Obama’s approval this week of individ...
Fair's sporting events are unique
July 29th, 2011
It was warm, it was sunny and it was crowded.The 2011 Great Northern Fair was everything a fair is supposed to be, and that included five nights of unique sporting events inside the arena of...
MSU-N team camp set
July 29th, 2011
The start of the 2011 high school volleyball season on the Hi-Line is still several weeks away. But fans can get a sneak peek at things to come this weekend at the Montana State University-Northern...
Skylights should continue to rise
July 29th, 2011
The Frontier Conference volleyball season is less than a month away from getting going. On Aug. 19, many Frontier teams will open the season, including the Montana State University-Northern Skyligh...
North Stars grew into a very a strong club this summer
July 29th, 2011
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team won’t be playing at this week’s Class A state tournament in but that doesn’t mean the North Stars didn’t find a measure o...
MAT holds summer youth acting camps
July 28th, 2011
Montana Actors’ Theatre is planning its future this summer, in more ways than one.At the same time as it is holding summer youth camps, bringing new people into its thespian tradition,...
Individual disaster assistance approved
July 28th, 2011
Residents of some Montana counties and Indian reservations — including Hill County and the Fort Belknap reservation — may now have some additional assistance available for flood problem...
Committees start looking for Hutton replacement
July 28th, 2011
With the resignation of first-term state Sen. Rowlie Hutton, R-Havre, now official, the Republican central committees in Hill and Blaine counties are starting the next step — selecting nomine...
Hi-Line post offices face closure threat
July 27th, 2011
Fresh off the closing of the Big Sky Postal District and the decision to consolidate mail processing for Havre, Helena and Butte in Great Falls, the U. S. Postal Service unveiled Tuesday a list of...
Baucus: Why the delay FEMA?
July 27th, 2011
Montana’s senior senator is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to step up its action on whether Montana private property and business owners can apply for assistance to repair...
Aid offered in growing biofuels crop
July 27th, 2011
A crop that is already a hot topic could become more prevalent in north-central Montana, with the U. S. Department of Agriculture adding the state as a region eligible for the Biomass Crop Assistan...
Skylights ink Boulder basketball standout
July 27th, 2011
Montana State University-Northern Women’s basketball coach Chris Mouat has announced the signing of Jefferson County High School standout Jordan Powers.
Harlem's Haluszka honored by AFCA
July 27th, 2011
Former Harlem High star athlete Rick Haluszka is about to start his junior season with the Montana State University Bobcats football team. But he’s already being honored fo...
Cats picked second, Griz picked third
July 27th, 2011
The Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats are both looked at as teams to beat this fall in the Big Sky Conference. But it's the Cats...
House plans vote on Federal balanced budget amendment
July 26th, 2011
WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders are planning a vote Thursday on a proposed amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget.The vote comes as Congress struggles to pass legisla...
GOP-leaning group targets Senate Democrats
July 26th, 2011
WASHINGTON — Crossroads GPS, a conservative group connected to Republican strategist Karl Rove, is releasing a new ad campaign that targets five Democratic senators up for re-election in 2012...
Jean Annis
July 26th, 2011
Jean Annis, 70, of Harlem, passed away July 19, 2011, from cancer. Graveside services will be on Monday, July 25, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. in Harlem Cemetery. Reception at the Wallner Hall i...
U. S. budget amendment debate reaches Montana
July 26th, 2011
A slurry of activity about a balanced budget amendment has come up in Montana, with a group of state Republican legislators sending letters to the state's U. S. lawmakers urging they vote for an a...
Rocky Boy special election set for Aug. 18
July 26th, 2011
The recent slew of tribal elections continues on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation with a special election scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 18.That election has been set up to replace the sea...
Rehberg, Caucus want to designate land for more use
July 26th, 2011
Montana’s Rep. Denny Rehberg joined members of the Congressional Western Caucus in sending a letter last week asking the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to help Congress identify land f...
George Ferguson Column: End of NFL Lockout means Mariani time
July 26th, 2011
Football fans, it’s time to rejoice. And in Havre, as well as all across Big Sky Country, that means we won’t have to worry abou...
Local Golf Report: Breast Cancer tourney set for Saturday
July 26th, 2011
The Havre heat wave is making golfing conditions tough, but fun. And it’s a far cry from the wet, soggy conditions that have plagued most golf courses throughout the early...
Montana gov. slams GOP at Arkansas fundraiser
July 25th, 2011
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer accused congressional Republicans on Saturday night of risking the nation's credit status during deadlocked negotiations to raise the...
Challenging Obama, House GOP unveils new debt bill
July 25th, 2011
WASHINGTON — In a blunt challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans drafted legislation Monday to avert a potentially devastating Aug. 2 government default — but along lines...
Rehberg, Baucus, Tester spar on debt ceiling
July 25th, 2011
Montana’s U. S. lawmakers were sparring Friday after the Senate shot down a budget and debt ceiling proposal passed by the House, with the state’s sole representative calling the Senate...
The Big Ride: Havre Rodeo full of excitement
July 24th, 2011
Known as one of the biggest rodeos on the Montana summer circuit, the 2011 Great Northern Rodeo lived up to its billing. The rodeo, which ran Thursday and Frid...
North Stars fall short
July 24th, 2011
After a great start to the postseason, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team’s run at a division title was halted. The...
Breaking Sports: North Stars' season ends against Knights
July 23rd, 2011
The Havre North Stars' quest for a berth in the Class A American Legion state tournament came to an end Saturday morning at the Northern A District Tournament in Great Falls. The North Stars could...
Breaking Sports: North Stars lose heartbreaker
July 22nd, 2011
The Havre North Stars were close, so close to creeping to within one win of a Class A American Legion state tournament berth Thursday evening in Great Falls. Instead, now the North Stars will face...
Nation wilts as heat wave spreads eastward
July 22nd, 2011
NEW YORK — Americans withered under yet another day of searing sun Friday as a heat wave spread in earnest into the urban core of the Northeast, while warnings about excessive heat stretched...
Baucus, Tester weigh in on debt ceiling
July 22nd, 2011
The debt-ceiling debate continues to rage in Washington, with Montana’s two U. S. senators makings statements Thursday about an effective way to deal with the budget deficit and national debt...
State officials warn of disaster aid scams
July 22nd, 2011
The flooding this year is bringing more to Montana than federal aid, according to some state officials — some scam artists are trying to use the federal disaster declaration while offering as...
Rocky Boy conducting court system review
July 22nd, 2011
The government of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is having an independent, external review of its court system conducted, which an official said is expected to be done today with a report sen...
Great night at the Great Northern Rodeo
July 22nd, 2011
Two days of National Rodeo Association action got under way Thursday night at the Great Northern Fair. The Great Northern Rodeo kicked off Thursday night in Havre under clear skies and...
North Stars advance on
July 22nd, 2011
It’s so far so good for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team at the Northern district tournament. In Great Falls, the...
Skylights head towards a new season
July 22nd, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is less than three weeks away from the opening of training camp. And not too far off from that is the start of a new season....
George Ferguson Column: Trading the Cubs for one, big grizzly bear
July 22nd, 2011
Wrigley Field is a long, long way from Yellowstone Park. And the concrete jungle of Chicago is as about as opposite a pace of life as one can get from West Yellowstone, MT.
Sylvia M. Ordway Donner
July 22nd, 2011
Sylvia M. Ordway Donner, 71, formerly of Havre, Mont., passed away, July 7, 2011, in her home from lung cancer. She was born in Havre, on July 28, 1939, to Ed and Ei...
Dorothy Kruse
July 22nd, 2011
Dorothy Kruse, 86, of Chinook, passed away July 18, 2011, from natural causes. Funeral services will be on Friday, July 22, 2011, at 11 a.m., at the Assembly of God Church with burial f...
Breaking Sports: North Stars win on day one
July 21st, 2011
The Havre North Stars picked up right where they left off last weekend. Havre opened the 2011 Northern A District Tournament with an 1--1 thrashing of the Lethbridge Miners Thursday morning in Grea...
City says it’s trying to fix Havre’s water
July 21st, 2011
While the Great Northern Fair is in town this week, more people than ever are able to experience, and smell, the water in Havre that has been unpopular with the residents this year.This week...
Public Works gets ready to fix 12th Ave. hole
July 21st, 2011
Drivers on the southeast side of town should prepare for detours next week, according to a press release from the Havre Public Works Department.From Wednesday, July 27, to Friday, July 29, t...
Rotting grass causes morning stink
July 21st, 2011
The smell is in the air — but local officials say there seems to be nothing to worry about.Havre residents have been noticing in the past few weeks a sulfurous smell in the air, especi...
North Stars head to districts on a roll
July 21st, 2011
Throughout the 2011 season the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team had its share of rough patches. But after a solid start to their season, a tough losing streak in t...
Rodeo heats up in Havre
July 21st, 2011
Summer rodeos in Montana don’t get much bigger than what’s about to happen inside the arena at the Great Northern Fair. Tonight...
Montana reaches settlement in video store lawsuit
July 20th, 2011
HELENA — A debt collection agency filed negative credit reports against more than 8,000 Montana residents in an attempt to recover late fees they supposedly owed the bankrupt Movie Gallery In...
British PM drags opponents into hacking scandal
July 20th, 2011
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron dragged his political foes into Britain's phone-hacking scandal Wednesday, as he sought to distance himself from his former aide at the heart of t...
Border Patrol: ‘What can we do to help?’
July 20th, 2011
The recently appointed head of a division of U. S. Customs and Border Protection asked local leaders in Havre Tuesday what the agency can do better to help and be part of the community.Eric...
Rehberg votes yes on ‘Cut, Cap and Balance’
July 20th, 2011
Montana’s lone U. S. Rep. Denny Rehberg Tuesday praised the passage of a deficit-reduction bill that he co-sponsored, but Democratic campaign organizations took a different view.Rehber...
Power outage in North Havre
July 20th, 2011
An equipment failure knocked out electricity for North Havre this morning, according to NorthWestern Energy.Around 6:40 this morning, power for about 300 customers in North Havre lost power...
Havre standout wins gold at state games
July 20th, 2011
Havre High track senior-to-be Sammy Evans had a busy weekend last weekend. Evans competed in multiple events at the annual Big Sky State Gam...
Man rushes at Rupert Murdoch in hearing
July 19th, 2011
LONDON — A protester splattered Rupert Murdoch with white foam on Tuesday, interrupting a dramatic hearing in which the media baron told British lawmakers he was not responsible for a phone h...
Hot weather sends fans, AC screaming off the shelves
July 19th, 2011
A scorching week and weekend led north-central Montanans to find ways to beat the heat, including local retailers reporting a run on items to cool homes.Greg Copeland, sales associate at the...
Veis criticizes Havre Daily News
July 19th, 2011
At the end of fairly short and simple Havre City Council meeting on Monday night, Councilman Gerry Veis had a few thoughts to share during the public comment section.Veis criticized the Havr...
Opponents of eminent domain law want to force vote
July 19th, 2011
HELENA — Opponents of a new state law that allows companies to condemn private property in the path of new power lines have begun gathering signatures to suspend the law and bring it to a pub...
Montana Land Board mulls grazing fee increase
July 19th, 2011
HELENA — The Montana Land Board decided Monday to consider increasing grazing fees charged ranchers who run cattle on state land by perhaps twice as much.A study commissioned by the bo...
Local Golf Report: Golf heating up on the Hi-Line
July 19th, 2011
The weather has certainly started to heat up, and so has the golf around Havre and the Hi-Line. Golf has returned to normal at Beaver Creek...
Kids' Rodeo closes the Blaine County Fair
July 19th, 2011
The annual Blaine County Kids' Rodeo was held Sunday at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook. The rodeo featured youths from all over t...
London police feel the heat in UK hacking scandal
July 18th, 2011
LONDON — Britain's tabloid phone-hacking scandal enveloped the London police force Monday with the rapid-fire resignations of two top officers amid claims of possible illegal eavesdropping,...
Herbert Francis Armstrong
July 18th, 2011
Herbert Francis Armstrong passed away July 14, 2011, of natural causes. Herb was born Feb. 13, 1923, to Francis and Gladys (Zimmerman) Armstrong in Broa...
Beverly Richman
July 18th, 2011
Beverly Richman, of Harlem, 82, passed away July 15, 2011, from natural causes. Funeral services will be on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the St. Thomas Catholic Church, wi...
Havre finishes the regular season with a sweep of Medicine Hat
July 18th, 2011
After dropping a disappointing league game on Friday, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team knew just how important Saturday’s two league games were. &n...
Havre splits with Lethbridge
July 18th, 2011
With plenty of room to move up the league ranks, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team went into the Friday’s doubleheader looking for a sweep. But after some key letdown...
Lions claims B-League fastpitch title
July 18th, 2011
Another Havre sports team was named champions over the weekend, but this time the action came in girls B-League softball. The Havre Girls Fastpitch B-League t...
Liberty County celebrates new center
July 18th, 2011
With the facilities up and running for more than a month, people have been invited to come see the new Liberty County senior citizen and community center and new bus facilities in Chester Saturday....
Stomping grapes to feed and educate
July 18th, 2011
A local service group is bringing a tradition thousands of years old to Havre to benefit the hungry and to help bring students to the local university.The Xi-Tau Chapter of the Beta Sigma Ph...
Casey Anthony lies low on first day of freedom
July 17th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. — This is what freedom looks like for Casey Anthony: $537.68 from her jail account, no job, estranged parents, a criminal record, lawsuits pending against her and the scor...
Fate of century-old law rests with high court
July 17th, 2011
HELENA — A battle in the Montana Supreme Court over a century-old ban on corporate political spending could determine the fate of some third-party attack ads in the 2012 elections.A co...
Oil spill cleanup turns up trove of Indian relics
July 16th, 2011
CAMINADA HEADLAND, La. — Cleanup after the BP oil spill has turned up dozens of sites where archaeologists are finding human and animal bones, pottery and primitive weapons left behind...
Hunt for fugitive dead-ends a month after shootout
July 16th, 2011
HELENA — The trail has gone cold more than a month after a former militia leader disappeared into western Montana woods after a shootout with police, though authorities vow to nab David Burge...
Rehberg raises another $914K in bid to oust Tester
July 15th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg's campaign says the Republican raised $914,456 over the last three months in his 2012 election challenge of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.That's ab...
East Helena woman aims to decriminalize marijuana
July 15th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — ?An East Helena woman is trying to put a constitutional initiative to the voters to decriminalize marijuana so that it is regulated like alcohol.Lee Newspapers Stat...
Humbled Murdoch says sorry as protege Brooks quits
July 15th, 2011
LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's scandal-rocked empire turned dramatically from defiance to contrition Friday as the media magnate accepted the resignation of his lieutenant Rebekah Brooks, said so...
Obama challenges Congress: Do 'something big'
July 15th, 2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday challenged Congress to compromise and "do something big" to reduce long-term deficits, insisting he was willing to make his own tough choices i...
Legislators ask pipeline officials about reforms
July 15th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislators questioned federal officials about their plans to tighten the country's pipeline safety rules in the wake of the Exxon Mobil spill in Montana, asking whether th...
A Blue Pony moves to Northern's bench
July 15th, 2011
When it comes to the basketball coaching profession, changing jobs is nothing new. After all, they don’t call it the coaching carousel for nothing. And change i...
North Stars close with a four-game homestand
July 15th, 2011
One weekend and four games is all that stands between the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club and the postseason. And those final four games of the...
Annual Shrine Game features local stars
July 15th, 2011
For many high school football players, the annual Montana East/West Shrine Game is the last chance to step onto a football field. And it’s also an honor and a privile...
B-League softball tourney starts Friday
July 15th, 2011
It’s the middle of summer, and for many of Havre’s youths, the baseball and softball season is nearing its completion. And this weekend at the Sixth Avenu...
Miller talks rural education issues in Washington, D.C.
July 15th, 2011
A former Havre educator was in the nation’s capitol Thursday at a briefing for policy makers on issues in rural education.Montana’s U. S. Sen. Max Baucus invited Bozeman Public S...
Trains to and from St. Paul to Havre to resume operation
July 15th, 2011
With repairs made to the tracks along the route, the national passenger rail service will resume full operation of the Empire Builder that runs through Havre starting next week.Flooding in N...
Signup for ag disaster program starts Monday
July 15th, 2011
Hill County agricultural producers who have to repair damage caused by flooding can sign up for a U. S. Department of Agriculture program starting Monday.Hill County Farm Service Agency Exec...
Tester: Much of debt ceiling debate is ‘political theater’
July 15th, 2011
Montana’s U. S. Sen. Jon Tester said Thursday Congress should avoid “political theater” during the discussion to reduce the deficit and debt.“It seems to me that poli...
HDN Athlete Profile: A Pony senior gets ready for her final year
July 14th, 2011
Juletta Don is headed into her senior year at Havre High, and with her senior volleyball season on the horizon as well, this year looks to be a promising one. This wi...
George Ferguson column: One day of golf's annual highs and lows
July 14th, 2011
I absolutely have a love/hate relationship with the game of golf. I suppose in that way, I’m no different than all of the duffers and hackers that take u...
Cause of Yellowstone oil spill remains unknown
July 14th, 2011
WASHINGTON — It will likely be months before investigators know what caused an ExxonMobil oil pipeline to rupture near Billings, Mont., spilling about 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yell...
Over the mountains and ’cross the plains
July 14th, 2011
My granddaughter Jessica is visiting this week on her first visit to Grandma’s Montana house and her first train trip. She rode the Empire Builder from Seattle. Jess is 18,...
Judge declares mistrial in Clemens case
July 14th, 2011
WASHINGTON — Almost as soon as it began, former baseball star Roger Clemens' perjury trial ended Thursday — in a mistrial the judge blamed on prosecutors and said a "first-year law st...
Communities across Hi-Line go dark
July 14th, 2011
Wednesday’s storm brought more than rain, wind and lightning to a large region of north-central Montana. Towns from Inverness east to Harlem and south to Big Sandy reported power outages....
Board gives Lions exclusive use of campground
July 14th, 2011
An issue that could have raised some contention was resolved peacefully at the Hill County Fair Board meeting this week, when the board members told Havre Lions Club members the club will have excl...
Blaine County Fair kicks off today
July 14th, 2011
Hi-Line fair season is beginning this week with the Blaine County Fair in Chinook.Today, the Royal West and Inland Empire carnival opens its gates ffor opening day to entertain attendees unt...
Power outage blacks out Hi-Line
July 13th, 2011
Around 8 p.m. Wednesday night, a massive outage knocked out the power for most of the Hi-Line for more than two hours.According to a Havre Police Department dispatcher, the blackout was repo...
Warburton, Hansen do an awesome job for area, Montana
July 13th, 2011
Editor: Sometimes one cannot keep silent. Some people may be unhappy with the representation in our state Legislature by Kris Hansen and Wendy Warburton. I...
Schools respond to state findings
July 13th, 2011
According to the Montana Office of Public Instruction, Havre Public Schools need to provide better documentation in its federal Title I procedures.Most of Tuesday night's Board of Trustees...
Small loses election protest
July 13th, 2011
A Rocky Boy man finally had his day in court on his request to overturn the 2010 primary election for the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s council elections, but lost his case in that hearing.Spe...
New Rocky Boy chair preparing for duty
July 13th, 2011
By the time Bruce Sunchild Sr. is sworn in on Friday as the new chair of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee will already have spent a week and a half planning for the role.Last Wednesday mo...
Schedule changes coming to the Frontier
July 13th, 2011
The Frontier Conference football season is less than two months away. And when games begin in Havre, Butte and Billings on Sept. 3, fans mig...
Murdoch backs off on effort to buy Sky TV
July 13th, 2011
LONDON (AP) — In a stunning retreat, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire dropped its bid Wednesday to take over full control of British Sky Broadcasting amid a political and legal...
Local cowboys head to Wyoming
July 13th, 2011
A pair of local cowboys will be among many Montanans competing at the upcoming National High School Finals Rodeo next week in Gillette, Wyo. ...
Protesters demand Schweitzer denounce oil project
July 13th, 2011
HELENA — Dozens of protesters occupied the governor's offices for more than four hours and interrupted their meeting with him by playing old-time tunes on a piano and danc...
Montana's legislative election map to be redrawn
July 12th, 2011
HELENA — The commission charged with drawing Montana's legislative districts is adopting a new statewide approach rather than doing it piecemeal by region.The Montana Districtin...
Feds fault pilot in 2009 Mont crash that killed 14
July 12th, 2011
HELENA — The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed and killed 14 people in Butte in 2009 cut safety corners and then did not take the appropriate action after discovering a problem with...
Betty Ford remembered at bipartisan memorial
July 12th, 2011
PALM DESERT, Calif. — First ladies, past and present, and others who called the White House home remembered Betty Ford on Tuesday, not just for her decades-long work against substance a...
Big money still rolling in to Tester-Rehberg race
July 12th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is reporting raising another $1.2 million in trying to fend off a high-profile challenge from U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. ...
Deal struck to protect imperiled plants, animals
July 12th, 2011
BILLINGS — The Obama administration on Tuesday struck a new deal with wildlife advocates that would require the Interior Department to consider greater protections for hundreds of imperiled a...
Pipeline protesters demand Schweitzer oppose oil project
July 12th, 2011
HELENA — About 70 protesters occupied Gov. Brian Schweitzer's offices for more than four hours, refusing to leave after Schweitzer refused to renounce his support for an oil pipeline project...
New interim dean appointed at Northern
July 12th, 2011
Another change in Montana State University-Northern’s administration is just around the corner.The university announced this morning that Carol Reifschneider, former chair of the Colle...
Beaver Creek Park repairs in full swing
July 12th, 2011
The Beaver Creek Park superintendent told the Hill County Park Board Monday that he and his crews have been working nonstop to get the park in shape, working on damage from both last year’s f...
Gov. to seek more flood damage aid
July 12th, 2011
The state government is still trying to get help for private property owners who sustained damages with this year’s flooding, and the governor may be sending a letter today asking for that he...
Local Golf Report: Aces must come in bunches
July 12th, 2011
Prairie Farms Golf Course is by no means easy. In fact, if one doesn’t hit his driver and irons straight as an arrow, then it can be down-right frustrating. But this past w...
Wrestlers improve in a unique setting
July 11th, 2011
The summer months are filled with sports camps which, in turn, are filled with hard-working athletes of all ages preparing for the upcoming season. And whether it be a basketball, volleyball...
Lights listed in preseason poll
July 11th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern football team is less than two months away from its season-opening game against UM-Western in Havre. But it’s not too early for NAIA a...
North Stars compete at Glendive tourney
July 11th, 2011
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team had just a few nonconference games left this summer as they headed to Glendive this weekend. And while the North S...
Scope of pipeline spill holds despite more sites
July 11th, 2011
BILLINGS — More oil-fouled locations were discovered along the Yellowstone River as floodwaters receded after an Exxon Mobil Corp. pipeline failure, but officials said Monday the geographical...
Bozeman hospital fined after losing radioactive materia
July 11th, 2011
HELENA — Federal regulators have fined Bozeman Deaconess Hospital $3,500 after hospital officials lost a vial of radioactive material used to treat cancer patients, the U.S. Nuclear Regulator...
Richard Lee Turner Sr.
July 11th, 2011
Richard Lee Turner Sr., 76, died at his home, Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Rocky Boy. His wake service will begin today, and his funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, all a...
County sues over courthouse steps
July 11th, 2011
While the work on the main entrance of the Hill County Courthouse finally was completed this year, legal wrangling over previous work is continuing and entering a new phase.The Hill County g...
Postal Service approves Great Falls move
July 11th, 2011
The Postal Service announced the final decision on moving mail processing to the facility in Great Falls after months of studies and public meetings — they’re moving ahead with the chan...
Dogs should stay home for big events
July 10th, 2011
Editor: Special thanks goes out to the Woodwick family for another awesome Fourth of July picnic with perfect weather and food, friends and family. However...
Open gate could lead to tragedy
July 10th, 2011
Editor: This letter is to the mean-spirited person or people who opened my back gate on the night of May 26. (It is very, very hard to open.) &...
The long, hot road trip down memory lane
July 10th, 2011
The recent fouling of Montana’s Yellowstone River is a warning alarm that we must be more diligent to secure the integrity of our priceless waterways. Yesterday’...
Obama: 'We need to' work out debt deal in 10 days
July 10th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Sunday that "we need to" work out a debt deal within the next 10 days as he convened a meeting with congressional leaders, aiming to fashion a...
Wildlife refuge plan draws some 25,000 comments
July 10th, 2011
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A proposed management plan for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Montana has drawn more than 25,000 comments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servi...
Panel to look at changing Indian royalty oversight
July 10th, 2011
HELENA — Now that a $3.4 billion settlement has been approved in a lawsuit over past mismanagement of Native American land royalties by the federal government, a panel is being formed to reco...
Wildlife assessment from oil spill could be weeks
July 10th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — It may be two or three weeks before Montana officials can safely launch boats on the Yellowstone River to determine the extent of damage to wildlife from the July 1 oil...
Montana, Exxon Mobil split over river oil spill
July 9th, 2011
BILLINGS — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has decided Exxon Mobil and the state don't make good roommates after nearly a week of working together in close quarters to clean up an estima...
Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93
July 9th, 2011
LOS ANGELES — Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don't say, even today. And 1970s America loved her for it.According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smo...
Ex-Cameron aide arrested in UK hacking scandal
July 8th, 2011
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief and an ex-royal reporter were arrested Friday in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal that has already toppled a...
Breaking news: Postal service OKs Great Falls move
July 8th, 2011
The U.S. Postal Service announced the final decision on moving mail processing to the facility in Great Falls after months of studies and public meetings — their moving ahead with the c...
Highway named in honor of slain trooper
July 8th, 2011
THREE FORKS (AP) — Seven months after a Montana Highway Patrol trooper was killed in the line of duty, state and local officials dedicated a stretch of highway near Three Forks in his h...
Feds threaten to cut Montana school funds
July 8th, 2011
HELENA — Federal education officials are warning that Montana must get in line with its No Child Left Behind benchmarks by Aug. 15 or risk losing some of its funding. ...
Schweitzer tells landowners to take oil samples
July 8th, 2011
BILLINGS — The state of Montana has cut its ties to a joint Exxon Mobil-government command post overseeing an oil spill in the Yellowstone River after the governor said the group was de...
Water trouble in Chinook
July 8th, 2011
Even though the Milk River is particularly dirty this year, by the time it comes out of a tap it is always safe to drink.But getting it that way does have one side-effect, it’s causing...
Park rangers: Bear in mauling only protecting cubs
July 8th, 2011
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Word spread quickly through Yellowstone National Park about a fatal grizzly bear mauling — the park's first in 25 years — but few visitors at th...
Shuttle lifts off for last time; 'Light this fire'
July 8th, 2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis and four astronauts thundered into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttle voyage, writing the final chapter in a 30-year story of dazzling triumphs, shatte...
George Ferguson Column: North Stars enjoying win streak
July 8th, 2011
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team is playing several nonconference games this weekend at a tournament in Glendive. As a matter of fact, the North Stars will be...
EPA to test air in homes near Billings oil spill
July 7th, 2011
BILLINGS — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will collect indoor air samples from homes downstream
Park rangers: No search for bear that mauled hiker
July 7th, 2011
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park authorities will not try to capture a female grizzly that killed a backcountry hiker because the bruin was trying to defend its cub...
Democrat Pam Bucy announces for attorney general
July 7th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A second Democrat is entering the attorney general's race, even though incumbent Steve Bullock has said he won't announce his 2012 election plans until after Labor Day....
Obama calls meeting with leaders 'constructive'
July 7th, 2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama described a debt-crisis session Thursday with congressional leaders as "very constructive" but said the parties were still far apart on deficit red...
Casey Anthony to go free next Wednesday
July 7th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony will be freed next week after spending nearly three years in jail on accusations she killed her 2-year-old daughter, punctuating a case that captured the nation...
Complaint at City Council about water, lack of communication
July 7th, 2011
A resident of Havre, Pam Harada, attended Tuesday night’s City Council meeting to address the council during the public comment portion of the agenda, and not about some controversial ordinan...
Filmmakers seek Hi-Line’s help with props
July 7th, 2011
While trying to capture the essence of the Hi-Line on film, the crew of the upcoming movie "Winter in the Blood" are asking for help from the people who live here.The crew will begin comin...
News of the World shutting down amid scandal
July 7th, 2011
LONDON (AP) — News International says it is shutting down the News of the World tabloid at the center of phone hacking scandal.
Casey Anthony may be freed late July or early Aug.
July 7th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony learned Thursday she could be free in a matter of weeks after spending nearly three years in jail on accusations she murdered her 2-year-old daughter, a case tha...
Skylights will have plenty of big games
July 7th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team is well known for playing one of the most rigorous nonconference schedules each and every season. ...
Man killed by grizzly at Yellowstone National Park
July 7th, 2011
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A killer grizzly is roaming Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after mauling a man who apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs while hi...
Facebook posting of ballot doesn't break state law
July 6th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — It's not a violation of Montana's election laws for a candidate to post a photograph of a marked absentee ballot on Facebook.That decision was among a handful released...
Thank you for supporting July 4th festivities
July 6th, 2011
Editor: Here I sit on the morning of July 5, pondering yesterday's 10th annual Fourth of July Music Festival. I don't know how...
Vicki Dea Toth
July 6th, 2011
Vicki Dea Toth, 64, of Havre, died peacefully July 1, 2011, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Mont., of natural causes. A graveside service wi...
Carl C. Knutson
July 6th, 2011
Carl C. Knutson passed away on June 30, 2011. Carl was born Sept. 26, 1936, in Havre, Mont., to Cliff and Margaret (Ervin) Knutson. He was raised in Kremlin, Mo...
Bertha Cross
July 6th, 2011
Bertha L. Cross, 64, of Chinook, died Monday, July 4, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. Services will be held at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook on July 9 at...
Obama takes on 'tweeters' in Twitter town hall
July 6th, 2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama kicked off his first Twitter town hall with — what else? — a tweet.Using a laptop set up on a lectern in the East Room of the White Hous...
Exxon said failed Billings pipeline was deeply buried
July 6th, 2011
BILLINGS — Exxon Mobil Co. reassured concerned regulators that an oil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River was buried deep enough and not in danger just a month before it broke in a flood a...
Train loaded with corn derails, shuts down line
July 6th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A railway official says a 110-car train loaded with corn has derailed, shutting down the main rail line through Montana.Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas...
Hill leads gubernatorial candidates in fundraising
July 6th, 2011
HELENA — Former congressman Rick Hill is leading Republican gubernatorial candidates in fundraising, while Democratic Attorney General Steve Bullock is keeping pace without yet saying whether...
Obama to send condolence letters on troop suicides
July 6th, 2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he's decided to reverse a long-standing policy of not sending condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide...
Gay rights lobbying groups to hold meeting at Northern
July 6th, 2011
Havre is hosting the latest of several meetings about the gay community's rights after this year’s Montana legislative session.Organizers said Havre was brought to the attention of th...
Sunchild wins Rocky Boy election
July 6th, 2011
The Chippewa Cree tribal council on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has a new chairman after an election on Tuesday — current interim Chair Bruce Sunchild Sr.Sunchild was the coun...
City approves emergency declaration
July 6th, 2011
An emergency declaration is just around the corner for the city of Havre.At Tuesday’s meeting the City Council voted to approve Mayor Tim Solomon’s decision to declare an emergen...
North Stars stay hot
July 6th, 2011
To say things are finally going in the right direction for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club would be an understatement. Just l...
Local Golf Report: Local golfers shine in Whitefish
July 6th, 2011
It’s a big week at Prairie Farms Golf Course, thanks to the Havre Rotary Club. Tuesday-Thursday, the Rotary is holding its annual Rota...
Prison Warden Mike Mahoney retiring in August
July 5th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — Montana State Prison Warden Mike Mahoney is retiring in August to take a job as assistant warden at the privately owned regional prison in Shelby.
Flood surge raises fears of Billings oil spill spread
July 5th, 2011
LAUREL — Crews responsible for cleaning up an oil spill on the Yellowstone River faced difficult conditions Tuesday as the scenic waterway rose above flood stage and raised fears that surging...
Vicki Dea Toth
July 5th, 2011
Vicki Dea Toth, 64, of Havre, died peacefully July 1, 2011, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Mont., of natural causes. A graveside service will be conduc...
One Montana county’s Medicare-for-all coverage
July 5th, 2011
Back when he presided over the Senate's health care reform debate, Max Baucus, chairman of the all-powerful Senate Finance Committee, had said everything was on the table &mdash...
Expressing gratitude to volunteers
July 5th, 2011
Editor: This is to express our gratitude to everyone out there who volunteers. You are the heartbeat of the community, giving of your precious time, talent...
Thanks for successful Kremlin centennial
July 5th, 2011
Editor: On June 18, Kremlin celebrated its first 100 years. A lot of hard work went on in order for this event to happen, and I would like to...
Appreciating Hi-Line hospitality
July 5th, 2011
Editor: Thank you for your coverage of the St. Paul's School cyclists when they came through Havre a couple of days ago. &n...
Schweitzer says Yellowstone oil spill likely in ND
July 5th, 2011
LAUREL — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he believes that oil from a broken pipeline under the Yellowstone River has traveled hundreds of miles into North Dakota.
Casey Anthony acquitted of murder
July 5th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In a case that became a national sensation on cable TV, Casey Anthony was acquitted Tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in what prosecutors portrayed as a cold-b...
Casey Anthony acquitted of killing daughter
July 5th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony was found not guilty Tuesday of killing her 2-year-old daughter in a case that captivated the nation as it played out on national television from the moment the...
Casey Anthony acquitted of murder
July 5th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury has acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Little Shell factions reach a shaky deal
July 5th, 2011
The two factions of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe have agreed to hold special elections in 90 days to determine who should lead the tribe.In the meantime, John Sinclair of Havre and John G...
Verdict reached in Casey Anthony trial
July 5th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Carters celebrate 65 years together
July 5th, 2011
ATLANTA — President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn endured the grind of political campaigns and the pressure cooker of the White House. But their marriage faced its stiffest test in the y...
Rising river complicates Exxon oil spill cleanup
July 5th, 2011
LAUREL — The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested today as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil Corp. to get to areas damaged by t...
North Stars Boxes
July 5th, 2011
Saturday North Stars 22, Tri-County 15 Tri-County 047 040 0 – 15 12 4Havre 376 600 x...
New danger found in asbestos town
July 5th, 2011
LIBBY — For a decade, the people of Libby have longed for the day when they will be rid of the asbestos that turned their town into the deadliest Superfund site in A...
Jury ends 1st day without verdict on Casey Anthony
July 4th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. — Jurors did not reach a verdict Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial after deliberating for almost six hours on the prosecution's claim that the woman killed her 2-year-ol...
Crews mop up oil on Yellowstone River
July 4th, 2011
LAUREL — The scope of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s oil leak into the Yellowstone River could extend far beyond a 10-mile stretch of the famed waterway, the company acknowledged under political pressu...
Montana Milestone: Millionth resident coming soon
July 4th, 2011
MISSOULA — Montanans like to call their state "Big Sky Country," or "The last, best place." Nowhere in these descriptions are there hints of crowds.
Casey Anthony weeps as prosecutor calls her a liar
July 3rd, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Casey Anthony briefly wept Sunday as prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter Caylee to reclaim the carefree life she ha...
Debate over wolves unfolds in Pacific Northwest
July 3rd, 2011
SEATTLE — The wolves came within howling distance of the house, but were gone by the time Kim Jacobs found dead lambs on her family's eastern Oregon ranch that spring morning.While ma...
Vicki Dea Toth
July 3rd, 2011
Vicki Dea Toth, 64, of Havre, died peacefully July 1, 2011, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Mont., of natural causes. A graveside service wi...
U.S. Senate battleground heats up far from Beltway
July 2nd, 2011
HELENA — With more than 16 months to go before the 2012 general election, Montana voters are already getting a steady sample of the acrimony to come as Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and his chal...
Breaking news: Two Little Shell factions agree to new elections
July 2nd, 2011
The bitter dispute between two factions of Little Shell Chippewa Tribes have agreed to set aside their differences and hold special elections in the next 90 days. &nb...
Montana medical marijuana changes cause confusion
July 1st, 2011
HELENA — Some of the changes in Montana's medical marijuana law that took effect Friday have created confusion among users and distributors after a judge blocked other parts of the res...
Hi-Line elections barely have candidates
July 1st, 2011
Voters in cities across the Hi-Line have some easy decisions to make in city elections this November.In fact, the most difficult decisions will be for the voters in Hingham and Big Sandy, wh...
In 10th year, July Fourth fest grows bigger
July 1st, 2011
A decade ago, Havre brothers Vince and Woody Woodwick thought it would be a good idea to have a community Fourth of July celebration.The pair convinced a couple of bands to perform in Pepin...
Small business workshop to focus on opportunities for women
July 1st, 2011
Another small business workshop has been set by U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., with the focus of this session on women entrepreneurs.“As we strengthen Montana’s small businesses...
Extra patrols aim to keep community safe during Fourth of July weekend
July 1st, 2011
To help prevent impaired driving and encourage motorists to buckle up, the Havre Police Department in partnership with Montana Department of Transportation will provide extra traffic patrols over t...
Strauss-Kahn free from house arrest; charges stand
July 1st, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has agreed to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him.&nbs...
North Stars host key Northern A foes
July 1st, 2011
It’s a big weekend for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club, just as last weekend was. Only this time, the North Stars...
Accuser credibility questions shake IMF sex case
July 1st, 2011
NEW YORK — Prosecutors have serious questions about the credibility of a hotel housekeeper who has accused former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual as...
Local day care facilities excel at immunization
July 21st, 2011
Editor: As the Hill County Day Care Immunization reviewer, I think it is important to recognize five of our local day care facilities that are excelling th...
