Archive For August 2011
Supco allows man to withdraw guilty plea
September 1st, 2011
BILLINGS — A state prison inmate can withdraw his guilty plea to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl after successfully arguing he made the plea only because his attorney told...
Wiping away the tears of James J. Hill
August 31st, 2011
When traveling north down tree-lined 3rd Avenue in Havre, Montana you will pass by many well-kept historic and contemporary houses. Beautiful wood, brick and stone churches are found nearby on para...
Cold front helps firefighters in western Montana
August 31st, 2011
HELENA(AP) — A cold front moved in to the region Wednesday, providing welcome relief to firefighters in western Montana but bringing strong wind gusts and red-flag fire conditions to the sout...
Betty Jo (LaValley) Wolery
August 31st, 2011
Betty Jo (LaValley) Wolery, 83, a farmwife and homemaker, died Sunday at the Wheat Country Estates in Chester.A celebration of life service will be 11 a. m. Friday, Sept. 2, at the Bethel Lu...
Judge clears 2 state workers of pot charges
August 31st, 2011
A state district judge Tuesday dismissed charges against two governmental employees from Havre, accused of violating the law while working as medical marijuana caregivers, ruling that the state com...
City budget talk turns to water quality concerns
August 31st, 2011
The Havre City Council’s public hearing Tuesday night on the 2012 budget turned again to one of the city’s most controversial topics, the city’s water and it’s unusual color...
HPS hires additional kindergarten teacher after unexpected numbers
August 31st, 2011
After the second day of classes, with this year’s unexpectedly large kindergarten class, the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees made a few personnel changes, including hiring a new teache...
Speed on special teams
August 31st, 2011
Special teams always seems to play a key role in the outcome of college football games. And at MSU-Northern, building solid special team’s units is a big part of the preparation...
Breaking news: GOP taps 3 as possible Hutton successor
August 31st, 2011
The Blaine and Hill County commissions soon will be looking at the list of people nominated to fill an empty state lawmaker sear.A joint committee of the Blaine and Hill county Republican Ce...
Breaking news: GOP taps 3 nominees to fill Hutton's seat
August 31st, 2011
The Blaine and Hill County commissions soon will be looking at the list of people nominated to fill an empty state lawmaker sear. A jo...
Billings Little Leaguers welcomed home as stars
August 30th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — The first Montana team to advance to the Little League World Series is back home after spending nearly a month on the road.Hundreds of family, friends and fans were at...
Airlifts take food, water to cut-off Vt. Towns
August 30th, 2011
MONTPELIER, Vt. — National Guard helicopters began taking food and water Tuesday to Vermont towns cut off by flooding after the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene took inland areas of New Engl...
Allen sentenced to eight years in assault case
August 30th, 2011
A Havre man was sentenced to eight years in prison after previously entering a special plea on three charges in a case that had been sent back to Havre by the state Supreme Court.Judge David...
Local Golf Report: Hole 19 wins men's league title
August 30th, 2011
It was 18 holes of great match play golf, but Hole 19 managed to come out on top of the 2011 Prairie Farms Golf Course men’s league playoffs last week. &...
Frontier goes 2-0
August 30th, 2011
It was a great, not just a good start for the Frontier Conference as the NAIA football season got underway last Saturday. Frontier teams wen...
Thanks to all for Sounds on the Square
August 29th, 2011
Editor: On behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and the Town Square Committee we would like to thank all the bands that made this summer’s Sounds on the...
Wahkpa Chu'gn featured in 'American Profile'
August 29th, 2011
Editor: Thank you to the publisher and editor of the Havre Daily News for providing its readers with the weekly supplement "American Profile." &nb...
Earl R. Courtnage
August 29th, 2011
Earl R. Courtnage, 75, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, Mont., after battling cancer. His memorial service will be 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, a...
Gadhafi's family flee to Algeria
August 29th, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's wife and other relatives fled to Algeria Monday, the Algerian foreign ministry said.The Algerian government said Gadhafi...
Billings Little Leaguers welcomed home as stars
August 29th, 2011
BILLINGS — The first Montana team to advance to the Little League World Series is back home after spending nearly a month on the road.Hundreds of family, friends and fans were at Billi...
Michigan man killed by grizzly in Yellowstone
August 29th, 2011
BILLINGS — A grizzly bear killed a Michigan man whose body was found by hikers last week in Yellowstone National Park, officials said Monday.The victim was identified Monday as John Wa...
Hill County sets budget, holds hearings
August 29th, 2011
With non-tax revenues down but appraised property values up, the Hill County Commission set a preliminary budget slightly higher than last year’s, including for the first time in two years, a...
Havre budget hearing to be held Tuesday
August 29th, 2011
The Havre City Council is holding a public hearing Tuesday evening at 7 p. m. to receive public input about the proposed city budget for the 2012 fiscal year.The $11.5 million budget contain...
Skylights earn a split in Billings
August 29th, 2011
After a 2-2 split on the opening weekend of the volleyball season, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights found themselves in a similar position in week two.
Mariani suffers minor ankle injury
August 29th, 2011
Marc Mariani didn’t see the field too much in his third preseason game with the Tennessee Titans Saturday night in Nashville. But befo...
Irene: Wet, deadly and expensive, but no monster
August 29th, 2011
NEW YORK — The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight but wasn't yet through with the U.S., where flood waters threatened Vermont towns and New Yorkers who returne...
Superior provides glimpse of 9/11 patriotism
August 28th, 2011
SUPERIOR — Longtime guidance counselor Dan Lucier studies hallway-mounted photos of past graduating classes at Superior High School, pointing to the teenagers who joined the military.
Flood worries and some relief in Irene's wake
August 28th, 2011
NEW YORK — Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power — but an unfazed New York and reli...
Lawyers: Workers' comp officials violate privacy
August 28th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — Two Billings attorneys are asking the Montana Supreme Court to stop workers' compensation investigators from practices that they say violate the privacy rights o...
Update: Derailment east of Havre creates a mess
August 28th, 2011
Twenty-six cars of a 93-car eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed, spreading lumber and other cargo onto the side of the tracks six miles east of Havre Sunday afternoon....
Irene churns up coast, weaker but still ferocious
August 27th, 2011
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Weaker but still menacing, Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront ci...
Irene churns up coast, weaker but still ferocious
August 27th, 2011
AP Photo/Steve Helber A stranded sailboat founders in the surf along the Willoughby Spit area of Norfolk, Va. as Hurricane Irene hits Norfolk, Va., Saturday. The live-aboard coup...
USDA will help out area flood-stricken farmers
August 27th, 2011
Farmers in Hill and Choteau counties are eligible for federal flood aid. The counties have been designated as primary disaster areas from this spring's floods. That...
UM president sets ambitious goals in first address
August 27th, 2011
MISSOULA, (AP) — The president of the University of Montana has set some ambitious goals for the next decade, saying he wants to increase graduation rates from 44 percent to 60 percent...
U.S. official: Al-Qaida's No. 2 killed in Pakistan
August 27th, 2011
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of de...
Irene, a bit weaker, begins its destructive run
August 27th, 2011
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes wi...
Dorothy Sunchild-Small
August 27th, 2011
Dorothy Sunchild-Small, 82, passed away on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in her room at Northern Montana Care Center. She died of natural causes surrounded by her family. Her wake service began Frid...
Rumsfeld's retirement includes summers in Montana
August 26th, 2011
TWIN BRIDGES (AP) — As the 10th anniversary of the al-Qaida attacks on the United States approaches, the man who crafted America's military response in both Iraq and Afghanistan believes tha...
Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast
August 26th, 2011
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast with fierce winds and rain Friday, with the storm almost certain to heap punishment on a vast and densely populated stretch of s...
Secrets? We don’t need no stinkin’ secrets
August 26th, 2011
I don't like secrets. The whole point of a secret isn't to keep information from people; the point is to let them know that you know something they don't know, usually for some ulterior m...
Sharon (Wodarz) Toscano
August 26th, 2011
Sharon (Wodarz) Toscano, 74, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, in Colima, Mexico, from complications during surgery. Based on her wishes, her body was cremated and her ashes shall be returned to the U...
Kremlin woman dies from burns
August 26th, 2011
A Hi-Line native injured in a fire south of Gildford Monday died Thursday morning at a hospital in Salt Lake City.A spokeswoman for the University of Utah Medical Center told the Havre Daily...
Street party set for Saturday to benefit slowpitch softball
August 26th, 2011
A fundraiser is quintupling in size this year, with the sponsor bringing in five times the local bands and expanding the hours to benefit local slowpitch softball.This year, the annual stree...
Blaine, Chouteau counties added to disaster assistance declaration
August 26th, 2011
Residents of two more north-central Montana counties now may apply for assistance recovering from flood damage and problems sustained earlier this year, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Skylights head to Billings for four matches
August 26th, 2011
It’s week two for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. And the Skylights will use this weekend’s four matches to continue their progression as the F...
Hurricane Irene tightens aim on East Coast
August 25th, 2011
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A monstrous Hurricane Irene tightened its aim on the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday, threatening 65 million people along a shore-hugging path from North Carolina to New Engl...
Crews gain on Montana fires; weather forecast bad
August 25th, 2011
BILLINGS — Crews facing adverse weather forecasts rushed to bolster protective lines around blazes that have scorched tens of thousands of acres in the Northern Rockies, while firefighters in...
State employees get freeze in health care cost
August 25th, 2011
HELENA — The state employee unions say they have been able to secure a guarantee that employee health insurance premiums won't go up in 2012.The unions are separately fighting the sta...
EPA releases Libby asbestos report
August 25th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — Federal environmental regulators are seeking public comment on a toxicology study that details the dangers of asbestos from a Montana mine that has killed hundreds of people.
State: Yellowstone fish safe, but some oil found
August 25th, 2011
BILLINGS — Montana wildlife officials say fish exposed to an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill into the Yellowstone River are safe to eat despite some crude found in their internal organs.La...
Fire watch continues
August 25th, 2011
A local resident burned in a cropland fire Monday remained at a hospital in Salt Lake City today, and Montanans were urged to use caution as fire danger remains high in the eastern part of the stat...
Hill County looks to hold the line with new budget
August 25th, 2011
The Hill County Commission has set three one-hour hearings for discussion of the proposed 2011-2012 county budget.The hearings will be from 10 to 11 a. m. Friday, Monday and Tuesday, with th...
Havre company fined for Fort Belknap sewage dumping
August 25th, 2011
A federal judge in Great Falls ordered a Havre construction company to pay a heavy fine after the company pleaded guilty to negligent discharge of sewage.The U. S. Attorney’s Office fo...
Festival will raise funds for Chinook medical center
August 25th, 2011
Spending time at a medical center is not usually a fun experience, but this weekend is different.The Sweet Medical Center in Chinook is holding an open-house fundraiser festival on Saturday...
Stealing chokecherries from the birds
August 25th, 2011
I planted chokecherry bushes in my yard. I don’t know what I was thinking. Certainly I had not intended to create a chokecherry plantation. They were given to me, those desiccated bran...
Leaving — but with wonderful memories
August 25th, 2011
I have moved many times over the years; it is the price you pay when you decide early on that you want a career in newspapers. However, it never gets easy saying goodbye to friends and...
N.C. counties tell thousands to leave as Irene looms
August 25th, 2011
BUXTON, N.C. — Thousands were fleeing an exposed strip of coastal villages and beaches off North Carolina on Thursday as Irene approached, threatening to become the first major hurrican...
Lights keep moving through camp
August 25th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern football team is just a little over a week away from hosting UM-Western in a Frontier Conference opener. &nbs...
Pony golf teams head to Browning
August 25th, 2011
It's already been a very busy and competitive week for the Havre High golf teams. But the Blue Ponies aren't slowing down as they head to...
Florence Gourley
August 24th, 2011
Florence (Corcoran) Gourley, 86, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at the Northern Montana Hospital in Havre of natural causes. Her wake services began Wednesday at Rocky Boy Catholic Church...
Robert A. Davey
August 24th, 2011
Robert A. Davey, 91, died Tuesday morning, Aug. 23, 2011, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A viewing will be held at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home on...
Officials urge caution due to fire danger
August 24th, 2011
With hot, dry, windy weather and fires already springing up, county officials are warning people to use extreme caution to avoid fires.They expect to impose fire restrictions this week.
Rocky Boy gets $2M to develop water system
August 24th, 2011
The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has received a $2 million federal grant to help supply water to the tribe.Valerie Harper, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Stonegarden dollars again coming to northern Mont.
August 24th, 2011
More money will be coming to the area to help strengthen security on the northern border.U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said the U. S. Department of Homeland Security will send $1.2 million...
Wind, lightning strikes push fires across Montana
August 24th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — High temperatures, low humidity and steady winds helped a wildfire in southeastern Montana spread to more than 5,000 acres Tuesday, prompting evacuations near Lame Deer....
Journalists freed from Tripoli hotel after days
August 24th, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — International journalists were freed from the Rixos Hotel on Wednesday after being held for five days by armed men loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.The dozens of journalists w...
Ponies wrap up a busy week on the course
August 24th, 2011
The Havre High boys golf team wrapped up two days of top-notch tournament golf by completing the second round of the Great Falls Invitational on Tuesday. ...
Havre's Evans named Minot State starting QB
August 24th, 2011
Former Havre Blue Pony C.J. Evans will make his first collegiate start of his football career on Thursday night — and it will be a big one. &...
Quake rocks East Coast, no major damage
August 23rd, 2011
MINERAL, Virginia (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on the East Coast of the United States shook buildings and rattled nerves on Tuesday and forced the evacuations of part...
Breaking news: County warns of fire danger
August 23rd, 2011
The Hill County government has warned of high fire danger in the region — along with much of the state — and is urging people to use extreme caution when out in the open.&n...
States may get second chance at insurance exchange
August 23rd, 2011
HELENA — The Obama administration says states that have not adopted their own insurance exchanges may get a second chance to avoid one run by the U.S. government.Only 11 states have fu...
Libyan rebels storm seat of Gadhafi's power
August 23rd, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Hundreds of Libyan rebels blasted through the green gates of Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli Tuesday after five hours of intense fighting around it. The...
Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
August 23rd, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.The quake...
Famed Armory has been around a long time
August 23rd, 2011
Located on the south side of the Montana State University-Northern campus, the Armory Gymnasium, also known as the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse has been a Havre landmark since the late 1950...
George Ferguson column: Armory holds so many memories, but it's certa...
August 23rd, 2011
I'm only 36 years old so you'll have to forgive me if I leave out some significant moments in this trip down memory lane. But there's no doubt that if you were like me,...
Blue Ponies struggle at Great Falls Invite
August 23rd, 2011
It's still very early in the season, but the Havre High boys golf team got a taste of playing with the big boys on Monday afternoon. Five HHS boys took to the diffi...
Fans can meet the Lights and Skylights
August 23rd, 2011
Fans and community members will have an opportunity to meet all of the student-athletes at Montana State University-Northern soon. The Holiday Village Mall, in conjunction...
Chester Herschel Moore
August 23rd, 2011
Chester Herschel Moore, 86, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at his home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and his celebration of life service will be 1 p. m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at...
Matilda ‘Tillie’ Wasson
August 23rd, 2011
Matilda E. Wasson, 78, of Velva, N.D., died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at the Bethel Home in Williston, N.D.Matilda married Dale H. Wasson Sr., on Aug. 26, 1951, in Turtle Lake. They made their...
Semi-finalists named for Hutton Senate seat
August 23rd, 2011
A joint Republican committee has set a date to interview candidates to take the place of first-term Sen. Rowlie Hutton.Andrew Brekke, chair of the Hill County Republican Central Committee, s...
Millions available in low-interest business loans in statewide program
August 23rd, 2011
The local economic development agency is aggressively looking for applications for a new program that offers millions of dollars in low-interest loans to Montana businesses including agricultural o...
Gov. goes head-to-head with downstream governors
August 23rd, 2011
The governor of Montana is taking issue with seven other governors’ request to change the way the Missouri River is managed.Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday a request from the...
100 acres burned between Gildford and Kremlin
August 23rd, 2011
Around 5 p. m. Monday evening a fire in a field halfway between Gildford and Kremlin and about a mile south of U. S. Highway 2 burned more than 100 acres.John Muller, president of the Kremli...
Skylight spikers off to solid start
August 22nd, 2011
School hasn't even started yet, but the 2011 season is now officially under way for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. The Skylights opened thei...
Lights shine bright in scrimmage
August 22nd, 2011
Two weeks and some more hot practice days are what stands between the Montana State University-Northern football team and its season-opening tussle with the University of Montana-Western Bull...
HHS golfers back in action
August 22nd, 2011
The Havre High School golf teams will have plenty of time on the links this week. Starting today, Blue Pony golfers will be in action in Great Falls and Lewistown. T...
Exxon Mobil estimates Yellowstone spill will cost $42M
August 22nd, 2011
BILLINGS — Cleaning up tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil that spilled from a pipeline and fouled a popular stretch of Montana's Yellowstone River will cost Exxon Mobil an estimated $...
Gadhafi's regime teeters on collapse
August 22nd, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was nowhere to be found Monday as his 42-year rule teetered on the brink of collapse.Months of NATO airstrikes have left his Bab al-Azizi...
Obama says Gadhafi's rule is over
August 22nd, 2011
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi's "rule is over" although elements of his regime continue to resist rebels who have taken co...
Small wins Rocky Boy open seat
August 22nd, 2011
Stacey Small lost his day in court, but won the votes in a special election.Small was elected to an open seat on the Chippewa Cree’s tribal council in last week's election.The...
Speaker shows value of United Way help
August 22nd, 2011
Jim Hollimon has spent most of his life trying to overcome mental illness. His disease has affected his career, his family and his everyday life.Today, the Great Falls resident still has pro...
Flood dollars arriving in area
August 22nd, 2011
Requests for assistance in repairing flood damage are going out to the federal government, and the Hill County DES coordinator said some money already is coming back in response.“(The...
Officials hopeful despite rise in Montana jobless rate
August 22nd, 2011
Though Montana's jobless rate ticked upward in July, the state is still on the path to economic recovery.That's the finding in the monthly unemployment rate figures released Friday afterno...
Libyan rebel chief: Third Gadhafi son captured
August 22nd, 2011
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya's opposition leader says rebels captured another of Moammar Gadhafi's sons — raising to three the number of the Libyan leader's children in custody.
Libyan rebels claim control of most of Tripoli
August 22nd, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year...
Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse
August 21st, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenses collapsed and his regime appea...
Libyan rebels: Unit protecting Gadhafi surrenders
August 21st, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — A senior rebel official says the military unit in charge of protecting Moammar Gadhafi and the capital Tripoli has surrendered
Libyan rebels enter Tripoli, arrest Gadhafi's son
August 21st, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Euphoric Libyan rebels moved into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away. The opposition'...
Zimmer leads Montana 3-1 over Louisiana at LLWS
August 21st, 2011
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Patrick Zimmer tossed five shutout innings and Ben Askelson hit a two-out, two-run double to lift Billings, Mont., to 3-1 win Sunday over Lafayette, La., at the...
Libyan rebels advance to edge of Tripoli
August 21st, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — The trappings of Moammar Gadhafi's regime crumbled Sunday as hundreds of euphoric Libyan rebels overran a major military base defending the capital, carted away truckl...
Governor's mother, Kathleen Schweitzer, Box Elder native, dies at 83
August 21st, 2011
Kathleen Helen Schweitzer, the mother of Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the daughter of Box Elder homesteaders, died Sunday. She was 83.She died following a fall on Friday morning when she...
Libya rebels advance on Tripoli
August 20th, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explo...
2 North Dakota men dead in Mont. highway crash
August 20th, 2011
The Montana Highway Patrol says two North Dakota men have died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 west of Wolf Point in northeastern Montana.Police say the two men, ages 35 and 56, wer...
Baby sitter charged after infant's skull fractured
August 20th, 2011
KALISPELL (AP) — A 24-year-old Kalispell woman who police say fractured the skull of a 7-month-old girl by dropping and then shaking her has been charged with assault.The Daily I...
Lawsuit filed to get salaries of state employees
August 20th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A Bozeman nonprofit group has filed a lawsuit to find out additional information about the salaries and compensation for all 13,000 Montana governmental employees.
Plane in fatal Montana crash under FWP contract
August 20th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — A single-engine plane that crashed and killed two people in eastern Montana was conducting a prairie-dog survey for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, an agency spokesman s...
Libya rebels close in on Gadhafi, seizing key town
August 19th, 2011
ZAWIYA, Libya — Rebels closed in on Moammar Gadhafi Friday, pushing back his fighters in a fierce battle in one key coastal city and seizing another town as they advanced toward his remaining...
Emails show DOT shakeup was surprise
August 19th, 2011
HELENA — An Associated Press review of state government emails exchanged before former Director of Transportation Jim Lynch resigned last week shows Lynch and his replacement had no idea the...
Officials hopeful despite rise in Montana jobless rate
August 19th, 2011
Though Montana's jobless rate ticked upward in July, the state is still on the path to economic recovery. That's the finding in the monthly unemploymen...
6th person dies from Indiana fair accident
August 19th, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 22-year-old college student became the sixth person to die from injuries suffered when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair last weekend, family members said Frid...
Yellowstone oil spill cleanup will last into fall
August 19th, 2011
BILLINGS — The cleanup of a major oil spill in the Yellowstone River has proven more difficult than expected and could go on for several more months, an Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. executive sai...
David Hofer
August 19th, 2011
David Hofer, 50, passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont.His funeral service will be 10 a.m. Sunday, at Turner Colony with burial to follow at Turner Co...
Celebration set for Big Sandy skatepark
August 19th, 2011
A slew of skateboarders from around the state — and around the country — will be in Big Sandy Saturday to try out one of its newer additions: the Big Sandy skateboard park.&ldquo...
MAT seeks dozens of cast members for ‘Cinderella’
August 19th, 2011
Local thespians are looking for a major cast for a theatrical musical production and hope to see a mass of people show up for auditions Saturday, Aug. 27.Angela Pratt, who will direct the Ha...
City takes first steps toward wastewater upgrade project
August 19th, 2011
An upgrade to Havre’s wastewater system may not break ground until 2014, but the beginnings of the project are happening now.At Monday night’s meeting, Havre City Council members...
Skylights take the floor today
August 19th, 2011
For nearly two full weeks, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has been preparing for this moment. The Skylights have been working towards a specific date, and now, t...
Only in our small towns: The local UPS driver
August 18th, 2011
I got into a squabble with UPS this week. Not with our local driver, Dale. He’s great and always takes time for a friendly word. No, my squabble was with an anonymous cipher at...
Med marijuana is the will of the people
August 18th, 2011
Editor: During Montana's 2011 legislative session, 113 of our elected representatives, in direct contradiction of the expressed will of 62 percent of the people, imposed t...
Push continues on Hwy. 2
August 18th, 2011
A representative of a group trying to improve transportation infrastructure and stimulate trade in a 10-state region including Montana said during a meeting of the Highway 2 Association in Havre We...
Hi-Line safe from tainted turkey
August 18th, 2011
Montana officials have confirmed an outbreak of salmonella in Great Falls that was likely caused by eating tainted turkey.Officials of the state Department of Public Health and Human Service...
Fort Belknap gets $1.6M grant for new transit shop
August 18th, 2011
The federal government has awarded a local transit system more than $1.6 million to help it provide transportation on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and across the region.U. S. Transpor...
Frontier Preview: Special Teams
August 18th, 2011
Special teams are as important as any unit on a football game. Often, games are decided on special team’s play. In fact, Carroll College has won several national cham...
Havre High Blue/White Games set for Saturday
August 18th, 2011
Football and volleyball fans can get an up-close look and season preview of their Havre High teams on Saturday. Both the Havre High volleyba...
Abercrombie asks 'The Situation' to shop elsewhere
August 17th, 2011
NEW YORK — The Situation doesn't usually require a lot of motivation to lose the shirt. But Abercrombie & Fitch wants him to go one further — the company has offered to pay "Jerse...
Social Security has its beginnings in Montana
August 17th, 2011
Editor: On March 5, 1923, Gov. Jospeh M. Dixon, a Republican, signed into law Montana's Old-Age Pension Act. That was 12 years b...
On Thursday, your vote will count
August 17th, 2011
Editor: On Thursday, you'll each have the opportunity to step in the voter's booth and choose one candidate for the Chippewa Cree Business Committee.
Super Committee idea won't work
August 17th, 2011
Editor: One of the by-products of the debt ceiling debate (debacle) was the formation of a "Super Committee" to present proposals to Congress on how to d...
Billings historian brings battlefields to life
August 17th, 2011
LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Mont. (AP) — — On a hot, nearly windless day in early August, Edwin C. Bearss is looking across the Little Bighorn River as he describes an...
Obama to lay out new jobs plan in Sept. speech
August 17th, 2011
WASHINGTON — Seeking to jolt the economy, President Barack Obama will propose new ideas to create jobs and help the struggling poor and middle class in a major speech after Labor Day. And the...
2011 fair close to record-setting numbers
August 17th, 2011
The final numbers are just being counted, but the manager of the Great Northern Fairgrounds said the 2011 fair in Hill County looks like it came just short of a record.“We’re clo...
4-H to talk about the future with fair board
August 17th, 2011
A Hill County 4-H representative said the youth development program is happy with how things operate at the annual Great Northern Fair, but is willing to talk to the fair board to see if any change...
Youth baseball plans work on fair beer garden fence
August 17th, 2011
A representative of Havre Youth Baseball Association told the Hill County Fair Board Tuesday that the association hopes to move forward this fall with tearing down and rebuilding the fence at the b...
New DOT resignation amid nepotism allegations
August 17th, 2011
HELENA — The state Department of Transportation's chief human resources officer has resigned just days after the agency's former director stepped down amid revelations that his daughter was...
Ponies host season opener
August 17th, 2011
The Fall season has just begun, but jumping out of the gate, the Havre High boys and girls golf teams are already set to compete. Thursday a...
Skylights look sharp in Maroon/Gold Scrimmage
August 17th, 2011
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is two days away from its season-opening tournament in Great Falls. And the Skylights...
Ivan D. Houser
August 16th, 2011
Ivan D. Houser, 94, a Montana power dispatcher, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes.His memorial service will be 3 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at...
City tax rates see changes
August 16th, 2011
Havre City Council re-approved the taxes rates to pay for the city’s services for the next year, with a few changes all around.At Monday night’s meeting, the council members also...
City budget timeline moved up a few weeks
August 16th, 2011
Operating under the assumption that they had until the middle of September to come up with a complete budget, Havre city officials assembled a preliminary budget for review at Monday night’s...
Havre Public Schools would like to talk to you
August 16th, 2011
Correction: The version of this story published in Tuesday's edition of the Havre Daily News incorrectly listed the time of Thursday's meeting with Jamie Vollmer.One of Havre Publ...
Lights picked third by Frontier coaches
August 16th, 2011
If the 2011 Frontier Conference Coaches Poll is any indication, the football season is going to be very interesting. The 2011 coaches poll w...
Local Golf Report: Golf playoffs resume this week
August 16th, 2011
It’s playoff time at area golf courses. But this is an especially big week at Beaver Creek Golf Course, as it’s the final...
Billings child psychiatrist faces child porn charges
August 16th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — ?A Billings child and adolescent psychiatrist is expected to plead guilty to a federal charge of possessing child pornography. The Billings Gaze...
Montana says it is changing execution drugs
August 15th, 2011
HELENA — Montana officials are changing their method of carrying out executions after one of the drugs previously used was taken off the market.The move by the Montana Department of Co...
Montana confirms salmonella case in Cascade County
August 15th, 2011
HELENA — State health officials have confirmed Montana's first case of salmonella that matches a nationwide outbreak linked to ground turkey.Jim Murphy of the Department of Public Hea...
Montana, federal officials compromise on education
August 15th, 2011
HELENA — State and federal education officials reached a compromise on Montana's No Child Left Behind benchmarks Monday, the deadline for the state to comply or risk losing some of its fundi...
Cabin site lease issue could head to court
August 15th, 2011
HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday blasted legislation that reshapes the way the state leases cabin sites, saying it is sending the state toward a certain lawsu...
State, feds reach No Child Left Behind deal
August 15th, 2011
HELENA — State and federal education officials have reached a compromise on Montana's No Child Left Behind benchmarks for the 2010-2011 school year.Monday was the deadline for the sta...
FAA: 2 dead in plane crash near Butte
August 15th, 2011
BUTTE (AP) — Authorities say two people died in a single-engine plane crash west of Butte.Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus tells the Montana Standard (http://bit.l...
AP Interview: Perry calls jobs record a big plus
August 15th, 2011
DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Gov. Rick Perry contended Monday he has the best economic record and executive experience in government of any Republican presidential candidate, contrasting his cred...
Governor Schweitzer’s month of contradictions
August 15th, 2011
On July 21, Gov. Schweitzer was in Fort Hood, Texas, where he suggested by phone to a Montana reporter that ExxonMobil was concealing the presence of “heavy” crude in its Yellows...
Mixed reactions from local insurers on health care ruling
August 15th, 2011
Some local insurers think a court ruling that the federal government require people to buy health insurance is the best thing that could have happened in the case, while others are lukewarm in thei...
Remembering two very fine American politicians
August 15th, 2011
Recently, we suffered the loss of two very fine American politicians: Hugh Carey, a former U.S. congressman and governor of New York, and former U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield of Oregon.&nbs...
Havre dance competition a success, say organizers
August 15th, 2011
Correction: The version of the story that ran in the Monday edition of the Havre Daily News incorrectly listed the second and third place winners of the youth competition.
Nearly half-million paid to vet caregivers
August 15th, 2011
A new program sent out its first round of checks to help people caring for disabled military veteran family members, with the first payment totaling more than $430,000.“Family caregive...
Strong wind topples stage at Ind. fair, killing 5
August 14th, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS — The wind gust that toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair Saturday night, killing five and injuring dozens of fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to perform, was a ...
Ex-Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty ends White House bid
August 14th, 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday, hours after finishing a disappointing third in the Iowa straw poll....
Phoenix Cole Windy Boy
August 14th, 2011
Phoenix Cole Windy Boy, 14, died Aug. 14, 2011, at his residence. His cause of death is being investigated by the Chouteau County Coroner’s Office....
Authorities: 3 dead in Indiana fair stage collapse
August 13th, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities said they have confirmed at least three deaths after a stage collapsed Saturday night during a storm at the Indiana State Fair, where the country group Sugarla...
Official: Lack of funding harms Indian health
August 13th, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. — Native Americans aren't getting the health care they need because services for them are vastly underfunded, the director of the federal Indian Health Service said Friday.
Wheat production down in Montana due to wet spring
August 13th, 2011
BILLINGS (AP) — Montana wheat farmers planted 600,000 fewer acres this spring than initially predicted, federal officials say.The U.S. Department of Agriculture in a report relea...
Court asked to halt Montana, Idaho wolf hunts
August 13th, 2011
BOISE, Idaho — Environmentalists have asked a federal appeals court for an emergency injunction to halt wolf hunts scheduled to start in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana.The request fi...
2012 GOP race jolted with straw poll, Perry entry
August 13th, 2011
AMES, Iowa — The 2012 Republican presidential race lurched into a new phase Saturday as Iowans weighed in for the first time on their expanding field of presidential hopefuls, picking Michele...
Great Falls native Ryan Leaf to speak at MSU-Northern
August 12th, 2011
Former NFL quarterback, Pac 10 champion and ex-CMR High School great Ryan Leaf is coming to Havre to tell is story and speak to students and athletes at Montana State University-...
APNewsBreak: DOT head resigns over daughter's job
August 12th, 2011
HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer confirmed Friday that his Department of Transportation director resigned after the governor's office learned the agency head's daughter was given a DOT job.
FBI investigating Montana bank robbery
August 12th, 2011
BUTTE (AP) — The FBI is investigating whether a Montana bank robbery is related to at least 18 bank robberies in Washington and Oregon attributed to the "bad hair bandit."A woman wea...
Breaking news: Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement
August 12th, 2011
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul package that virtually all Americans must carry health insuranc...
Pamville News: We’ve got a study for that
August 12th, 2011
The public is feeling a little light-headed from the deluge of recent news about economic turmoil, and Pamville News is here to continue sucking the oxygen out of the topic with these news it...
Support your local Bullhook Community Health Center
August 12th, 2011
Essie St. Dennis and members of the Bullhook Clinic Board of Directors A leaner federal budget...
Thank you farmers markets vendors
August 12th, 2011
Editor: The number of farmers markets in the United States grew 17 percent between 2010 and 2011. The growing number of markets, propelled by a rising inte...
Brenda Garcia
August 12th, 2011
RENTON, Wash. — Brenda Garcia, 49, passed away Aug. 7, 2011, after a long illness. Brenda was born in Water Valley, Miss., Aug. 12, 1961, to Chester and Olivia...
Judge rules against Breaks monument lawsuit
August 12th, 2011
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a management plan for an area that has stirred controversy since at least the 1970s.Judge Sam E. Haddon of Great Falls ruled that a management plan desi...
Hail hits Hill County, damage uncertain
August 12th, 2011
Mother Nature brought her summer problem of hail to Hill County Thursday, with hail denting cars and shredding leaves in gardens in the Havre area and hitting some crops out in the county.Th...
Former Hi-Line author’s signing tour stops in Havre
August 12th, 2011
BilliJo Doll may not live on the Hi-Line anymore, but the author just can’t stay away from the setting of her new autobiography, “Yeehaw! Hang On for the Ride. ”As a part o...
New West may transfer some business to Blue Cross
August 12th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — The Montana hospitals that control New West Health Services, including Northern Montana Health Care, have tentatively agreed to transfer insurance coverage for 10,000 employees...
Baucus undecided on Rocky Mountain Front plan
August 12th, 2011
HELENA — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus told wilderness advocates Thursday that he is still undecided about taking their proposed Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act to Congress.Conservationists t...
U.S. stocks rise after mixed economic news
August 12th, 2011
WASHINGTON — The mixed economic signals driving the stock market's record-setting swings this week keep coming. On Friday, conflicting reports on retail sales and consumer sentiment sent the...
Lights report to camp
August 12th, 2011
Today is a big day for the Montana State University-Northern football team. The 2011 Lights report to fall camp this morning, with me...
Havre's Smith honored for baseball
August 12th, 2011
Havre High senior Brandon Smith is about to embark on his final year of football. But on Wednesday, Smith was honored for the outstanding season he had in baseball.
Rocky Boy special election set
August 11th, 2011
Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has a full slate of candidates for a special election Thursday, Aug. 18, to fill a vacant spot on the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s governing council, the Busines...
Pelosi names final members to debt supercommittee
August 11th, 2011
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has appointed three Democrats to Congress' new debt-reduction supercommittee, completing the 12-member panel's roster.The Califo...
Dale F. Lewis
August 11th, 2011
Dale F. Lewis, 82, formerly of Great Falls, Mont., died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at Emeritus Assisted Living, Woodbridge, Va., of natural causes. She was a teach...
New West may transfer some business to Blue Cross
August 11th, 2011
HELENA (AP) — The Montana hospitals that control New West Health Services have tentatively agreed to transfer insurance coverage for 10,000 employees of five major hospitals to Blue Cross Blu...
Unemployment aid applications at 395k, 4-month low
August 11th, 2011
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week below 400,000 for the first time in four months, a sign that the job market may be improving slowly after a rece...
Blue Pony Booster Club continues to help HHS students
August 11th, 2011
The Blue Pony Booster Club has been a driving force behind Havre High athletics and activities. The organization has been one which helps with many different aspects of Blue Pony sport...
BCGC men's league continues on
August 11th, 2011
There are two weeks left in the men's league regular season at Beaver Creek Golf Course. And the first of those two final weeks is tonight. ...
Mildred (Helgeson) Bauer
August 10th, 2011
Mildred (Helgeson) Bauer, Maka Bos'ya Wiya (Dry Land Woman), 98 years young, of Zortman, passed away in her home on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Funeral services w...
David D. Hirsch
August 10th, 2011
David D. Hirsch, 52, died Monday, August 8, 2011, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana. He was born April 27, 1959, in Havre, Mont. to Anne (Barsotti) and Art Hirsch. &...
JoAnne English
August 10th, 2011
Family and friends of JoAnne English are invited to a memorial for English at Pepin Park, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, starting at 1 p.m....
Bass estimated at 19 years old caught in Montana
August 10th, 2011
KALISPELL — A 10-year-old Kalispell boy using a rubber worm caught a largemouth bass in western Montana that wildlife officials say is nearly twice as old as he is. &n...
Mildred (Helgeson) Bauer
August 10th, 2011
Mildred (Helgeson) Bauer, Maka Bos'ya Wiya (Dry Land Woman), 98 years young, of Zortman, passed away in her home on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011.Funeral services will be at 11 a. m., Saturday, Au...
David D. Hirsch
August 10th, 2011
David D. Hirsch, 52, died Monday, August 8, 2011, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana. He was born April 27, 1959, in Havre, Mont. to Anne (Barsotti) and Art Hirsch.His grav...
JoAnne English
August 10th, 2011
Family and friends of JoAnne English are invited to a memorial for English at Pepin Park, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, starting at 1 p. m....
Yo-yoing stock market shouldn’t affect Hi-Line
August 10th, 2011
During the past few days, since Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States’ credit rating and the stock market has been all over the place, plummeting 600 points Monday, rebound...
Tester: Feds could help reduce suicide rate among Native American teen...
August 10th, 2011
Montana’s U. S. Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday that while the federal government can’t provide the solution to rising suicide rates of youths on Indian reservations, but it can be part of...
Baucus named to deficit ‘super committee’
August 10th, 2011
Montana’s senior senator is one of three senators named to a 12-member bipartisan committee to find ways to cut the nation’s deficit.“Some might say there is risk in servin...
Stocks tank on European bank, U.S. economy fears
August 10th, 2011
LONDON — Concerns over the financial health of Europe's banks and the state of the U.S. economy sent stocks sharply lower Wednesday, a day after the Federal Reserve's pledge to keep extreme...
Carroll tops NAIA preseason poll
August 10th, 2011
For the first time in three years, the Carroll College Fighting Saints will enter the 2011 Frontier Conference football season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country. ...
Bountiful grass, more grazing in the park
August 9th, 2011
A wet spring and good summer conditions have led to an abundance of grass on Beaver Creek Park, bringing some additional chances to graze cattle for local ranchers.The Beaver Creek Park Boar...
Buffalo jump plans restructuring
August 9th, 2011
The Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump is centuries old, but there may be changes coming to the site’s buildings in the next few months.At Monday night’s H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum B...
Museum seeks new manager
August 9th, 2011
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed at their Monday night meeting the resignation of museum manager John Gilbert that went into effect the day prior.He filed his letter of resi...
Steady progress on the park
August 9th, 2011
The superintendent of Beaver Creek Park said the summer work — including work on assessing and repairing flood damage — is keeping his crews busy this summer.“The crews hav...
Local Golf Report: It's playoff time for area golf leagues
August 9th, 2011
The summer is reaching the dig days, and for golf leagues around town, that means it's time for the playoffs. Both men's and women's leag...
Leah Faliz Castillo Horn
August 8th, 2011
FORT BELKNAP — Leah Faliz (Mato Ucinja, “Bobtail Bear”) Castillo Horn, 19, a certified nursing assistant, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, from injuries suffered in a car crash near H...
Highway 2 Association coming to Havre
August 8th, 2011
An association pushing for widening U. S. Highway 2 to a four-lane thoroughfare through Montana is embarking on a road trip to discuss its mission, including a stop in Havre Wednesday, Aug. 17....
Harlem 19-year-old killed in crash
August 8th, 2011
A 19-year-old Harlem woman died in a two-vehicle crash about three miles west of Harlem Saturday.The Blaine County coroner said the name of the victim has not yet been released pending notif...
Montana Dance Festival getting ready for weekend event
August 8th, 2011
As Kicks @ 6 is about to wrap up for the summer, Kirt Miller’s other summer project is getting ready to entertain the community with music’s natural accompaniment, dancing.The Mo...
Lights' Chandless a powerful fullback
August 7th, 2011
In today’s world of new offensive schemes in college football, the fullback position is often overlooked, and in some ways, seldom used. &nbs...
Area athletes getting ready
August 7th, 2011
For some, it’s already begun. For many more, it’s just about to. Both college and high school athletes are preparing to start pr...
Havre High Fall Sports Parents Meeting tonight
August 7th, 2011
There will be a Fall Sports parents meeting tonight at Havre High School. The meeting will take place at 7 in the HHS Auditorium. This informational meeting is for parents of students who will be p...
US loses AAA credit rating from S&P
August 6th, 2011
US loses AAA credit rating from S&P Staff and wire report WASHINGTON — The lowering of America's sterling credit rating was the punctuation mark on a tumu...
Gay couple rights lawsuit headed to high court
August 5th, 2011
HELENA — The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday it will ask the Montana Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's rejection of a lawsuit that sought to extend to gay couples the sa...
Senate to take up bill to end partial FAA shutdown
August 5th, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to pass legislation ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has cost the government about $400 million in uncollected...
Leroy ‘Andy’ Clarence Anderson
August 5th, 2011
CHINOOK — Leroy “Andy” Clarence Anderson, 83, passed away July 29, 2011, due to natural causes. A funeral service will be on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at 2 p. m. at the American Luthe...
Dona Doughten
August 5th, 2011
CHINOOK — Dona Doughten, 83, passed away, July 12, 2011, due to natural causes. Graveside services will be Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at 3 p. m. at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Arrang...
Mary Frances Armstrong
August 5th, 2011
Mary Frances Armstrong passed away Aug. 1, 2011, of natural causes.Vigil service will be 7 p. m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Michelotti-Sawyers. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a. m. Friday, Aug...
Strohmaier wants to be a steward for the public
August 5th, 2011
Missoula Democrat Dave Strohmaier said this morning that he believes his experience and abilities make him an ideal candidate for what he sees as the role of lawmakers in Washington.“I...
Chinook takes steps toward water changes
August 5th, 2011
After months of waiting for an opportunity to meet with Harry Whalen from the Montana Rural Water System, the Chinook City Council finally had their chance during a work meeting prior to Thursday n...
Chinook council approves weekend of parades
August 5th, 2011
During the end of September, Chinook will be the place to be for parade enthusiasts.At Thursday night’s Chinook City Council meeting, they voted to allow street closings for two parade...
Frontier Preview: Tight ends play key role
August 5th, 2011
When it comes to tight ends in the Frontier Conference, two words come to mind the last few seasons – Bubba Bartlett. The most produc...
Havre student heads to Hershey Track Meet
August 5th, 2011
Havre athlete Alec Drew is about compete in one of the most prestigious youth athletic events held each summer in the United States. Drew, a...
MSU-Northern sports will be seen by many
August 5th, 2011
The Frontier Conference is going to be seen by many this fall and winter, thanks to the Internet.Earlier this week, Frontier Conference commissioner Kent Paulson announced that the conferenc...
Lights picked high in new computer poll
August 5th, 2011
In an interesting computer poll online, the Montana State University-Northern football team has been ranked among the 30 best NAIA football teams for 2011.In the 2011 edition of compughterra...
Aflac No. 99 coming to Havre
August 5th, 2011
If you're a fan of Nascar, and even more so, if you're a fan of Carl Edwards, then you need to be at Havre Ford on Aug. 17.Ford Motor Company and Aflac are bringing the Aflac No. 99 Ford F...
Local flood victims urged to register for assistance
August 4th, 2011
A federal representative was in Havre Wednesday, urging people who suffered flood damage to call a toll-free number and join the hundreds of people who already have applied for assistance.S....
Damson charged with incest, rape
August 4th, 2011
A Havre man is out on bail awaiting a hearing on charges accusing him of sexually abusing a toddler-aged relative.John M. Damson, born in 1973, was arrested at a hotel in Malta Tuesday, cour...
Carnival worker charged with rape
August 3rd, 2011
A New Jersey man who was in the area working with a carnival is being held in the county jail on $75,000 bond while awaiting a hearing on a charge of rape accused of having sex with an underage gir...
Havre woman charged with assault, robbery
August 3rd, 2011
A Havre woman is out on bail facing felony charges in state District Court after a woman said she was beaten and robbed in a Havre motel.The Hill County attorney charged Fidelia M. Antelope-...
Some Montanans praise raising debt ceiling
August 3rd, 2011
Representatives of some groups in Montana have praised Tuesday’s passage of the bill raising the nation’s debt ceiling, averting an expected shortfall that would have led to the nation...
MCA Clinic will feature local coaches speaking
August 3rd, 2011
The annual Montana Coaches Association clinic will get under way on this morning in Great Falls, and several area coaches, or coaches with ties to Havre and the Hi-Line, will be speaking at the pre...
Debt-limit bill passed, on its way to Obama
August 2nd, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Senate emphatically passed emergency legislation today to avoid a first-ever government default, rushing the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature just hour...
Lawmakers still at odds on debt crisis
August 2nd, 2011
Montana’s U. S. lawmakers continue to be on opposite sides of the fence on the compromise bill that just passed Congress, as well as the bills that previously passed the House that were shot...
William Wilkinson Sr.
August 1st, 2011
William Wilkinson Sr., 84, died July 23, 2011. His funeral service was July 26, 2011, in White Shield, N.D.William was born in Elbowoods, N.D., on Aug. 7, 1926. He graduated from Elbowoods H...
Carol Joan Burchard
August 1st, 2011
Carol Joan Burchard, 71, passed away July 29, 2011, due to natural causes. A private memorial vigil service will be today, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at 3 p. m. at St. Jude Thaddeus Church.Arrang...
Kellen Lund memorial ride grows
August 1st, 2011
Correction: Jeri Zorn's name was incorrectly listed in the original version of this story.
Northern chancellor search to open soon
August 1st, 2011
More than a month into Joe Callahan’s tenure as the Interim Chancellor at Montana State University-Northern, the committee to find his replacement is getting into gear for the fall search.
MCC seeks military veterans for wildland management projects
August 1st, 2011
A nonprofit conservation group is seeking experienced leaders and technicians — people who gained their experience serving their country — to help with projects in the state and out.
Sparring as Congress closes in on debt ceiling vote
August 1st, 2011
A flurry of statements came from Montana's U. S. lawmakers over the weekend preceding what appears to be Washington closing in on a solution to raising the nation’s debt ceiling, with two re...
