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A relative reacts after it was announced that a drill reached the trapped miners at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Saturday. A drill reached the miners at a point 2,041 feet (622 meters) below the surface at 8:05 a.m., after 33 days of drilling. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press Writer SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — A drilling rig punched through to the underground purgatory where 33 miners have been trapped for 66 agonizing days under the Chilean d...
Payday loan initiative sponsors make final push MATT VOLZ, Associated Press Writer HELENA — Supporters of an initiative to cap interest rates on payday and title loans are making a final campaign push after the measure's opponents failed to convince a judge to remove it from the Nov. 2 ballot. Groups representing the poor, the elderly and women are among those who want to put an end to short-term loans that charge as much as 650 percent annual interest, saying it's a predatory practice aiming to trap vulnerable segments of t...
Keavan Keller, 6, crawls through the smoke tunnel while touring the Havre Fire Department Thursday afternoon in celebration of Fire Prevention Week. Keller learned to stay down low during a fire. The smoke tunnel was filled with artificial smoke in order for children to see what it's like moving through heavy smoke. Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson...
Saturday's Scores The Associated Press PREP FOOTBALL Augusta 54, St. Regis 12 Baker 63, Broadus 18 Bridger 58, Fromberg/Roberts 21 Chinook 51, Great Falls Central 20 Custer-Melstone 65, Stanford-Geyser 40 Denton 62, Great Falls Central 20 Forsyth 48, Lodge Grass 18 Geraldine 28, Winifred-Roy 16 Lima 50, West Yellowstone 33 North Star 66, Alberton 46 Power-Dutton-Brady 46, Centerville 22 Simms 53, Sunburst 12 Terry 58, Ekalaka 20 White Sulphur Springs 36, Shields Valley 6 Wibaux 66, Fairview 22...
Museum board holding meeting on study [email protected] The board of the local museum is taking the next step at looking into the best location for a permanent spot to house its operations. Bud Baldwin, who took over as the chair of the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum board a few months ago, said the board will hold a public session after its monthly meeting Monday to hear input about and discuss the findings of a preliminary architectural report. "This is just kind of a follow-up," Baldwin said....
With my first newborn I acquired a gift, hyper-auditory sensitivity, which I call "Mothers Ears." It seems to be an automatic side effect of giving birth. When each of my children was an infant, I could hear every breath and the tiny whish of a wave of an arm from the crib, even when I was busy at the opposite end of the house. Once they were toddling around, poking screwdrivers into electrical outlets, ripping labels from all the canned goods and dunking the kitten into the...
Organizers did a great job at Fossil Fest Editor: We attended the Fossil Festival, September 2010, and we feel that it was the best! Diane Lamphier and Sandy Anderson did a wonderful job of organizing! The Chamber of Commerce should give these ladies Blue Ribbons for the financial contributions this brought to Havre and the Hi-Line. We are Havre natives, and this was good to see. Glenn and Nell Callahan Butte Editor: We attended the Fossil Festival, September 2010, and we feel that it was the best! Diane Lamphier and Sandy...
AP Interview: Ousted tea party leader seeks return MATT GOURAS,Associated Press Writer HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana tea party association leader ousted over an anti-gay exchange on Facebook says he wants his leadership post back. The Big Sky Tea Party Association fired Tim Ravndal Sunday after learning of his online comments about same-sex couples made in July. The post spurred an exchange that appeared to joke about the 1998 beating death of a gay college student in Wyoming. Ravndal denies he was making a connection t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sternly admonished a Florida pastor Thursday and appealed to him to call off plans to torch the Quran, saying Saturday's planned protest on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks was a dangerous "stunt" that could imperil U.S. troops abroad and incite suicide bombers on American soil. American Muslim leaders urged members to remain calm if the pastor doesn't back down from a threat that already has inflamed passions around the globe. Interpol, the international police o...
The injury bug has struck again the Havre High volleyball team again. And while it's good that the injuries have occurred while the Blue Ponies arestill in the beginning stages of their season, they are about to face a weekend full of some of the toughest talent they will see this yearand without two of their top players. Friday and Saturday, the Central A Ponies (3-0, 3-0) will be in Great Falls where they will take part in the prestigious Electric City Classic. Friday will be pool play, where no match will affect the Ponies...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is off to its best start in five years. But things will change drastically for the Skylights tonight. Northern completed its nonconference schedule with an outstanding 7-3 record, matching its win total from all of last season in the process. But tonight in Butte, the Skylights start Frontier Conference play against Montana Tech, and despite how well they've done in the preseason, MSU-N head coach Bill Huebsch knows the Skylights are headed for new challenges. "We've...
City: Property owners responsible for sidewalks Tim Leeds, [email protected] The Havre City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee Wednesday told a property owner that due to the laws in place, the city would not help her remove gravel and dirt, that washes out from an alley behind her property, from sidewalks. "I am sorry that we can't do more for you, but it is clearly spelled out," said committee member Allen "Woody" Woodwick. "It's not just your responsibility, it's the responsibility of all property owners."...
Committee talks street repair Tim Leeds, [email protected] A Havre resident got some more answers Wednesday, about issues he raised during Tuesday's Havre City Council meeting, when he attended the meeting of the council's Streets and Sidewalks Committee. Val Murri, saying he wanted to give the council "food for thought," told its members Tuesday that he wants to see more done to repair potholes on city streets and asked about when he might see the street where he lives, the 700 Block of 8th Avenue, get a chip-seal...
Early morning crash takes out local business sign Nikki Carlson, [email protected] At 1:42 a.m. today, a motor vehicle crash took out the sign at Stromberg's Sinclair, located at 12th Avenue and 1st Street. The Havre Police Department report lists Rebecca Boschee, 28, of Chinook, as being charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving. Police department officials were unavailable this morning. Stromberg's Sinclair co-owner Howard Stromberg said this morning that the vehicle was traveling...
Havre man's ticket wins $65K Staff and wire report A Havre man is a little richer following the Sept. 1 drawing in the state lottery. William Hinkle bought one of two winning tickets in the Montana Cash lottery and will share the jackpot prize of $130,000 with Sandra Nuckolls of Billings. State lottery officials said both now have picked up their winnings. Hinkle told The Associated Press that he would use his share — $65,000 before taxes — to pay off bills. He could not be reached for additional comment this morning. Hin...
On Saturday morning at Pepin Park, more than 200 community members gathered to show their support in remembrance of young Kellen Lund, who died last year in a fatal bicycle accident. According to Stacy Baldwin, one of the event's organizers, a seven-member committee consisting of James Dahl, Dave Lewis, Brad and Stacy Baldwin, and Tiffany, Jerri, and Terry O'Leary, has been planning the memorial bike ride since January. The ride was intended as a way to educate the community's children on bicycle safety and how to make sure...
While the initial news of Russia's plan to ban further exportation of wheat this year had the markets in a buzz and farmers looking at increasing prices with an exceptional yield, what the long-range impact will be still is unknown. Chris Herring, general manager of ADM/ CHS LLC in Havre, said this morning that news Friday following Thursday's announcement of Russia's export ban already pushed wheat prices back down a bit. Until the final amount of Russia's harvest is known, there is no way to say what the prices will be....
A judge's ruling to restore federal protections for the Rocky Mountain gray wolf has scuttled settlement talks between the parties involved in the lawsuit that had been scheduled for next week. Instead, organizers will likely have to wait until the furor has died down from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy's Thursday ruling before gauging interest in trying again, people involved with the planning said Friday. Some are skeptical that there's not much point to the talks now. After Molloy's ruling, Idaho wildlife officials...
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — An escaped killer with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign expressed relief at his capture on Monday after 10 days on the run, while authorities searched to the north of this tourist-packed park for a second fugitive and his female accomplice, a self-styled "Bonnie and Clyde." Tracy Province, 42, was caught as he walked in sleepy Meeteetse, Wyo., steps from a church where he sat in the pews a day earlier and sang "Your Grace Is Enough." The search for inmate John McCluskey, 45, and Casslyn W...
The war logs, thousands of secret documents released to the public, don't reveal much new information about the war in Afghanistan. But the whole episode reveals a great deal about modern journalism, and the complex, ever-changing relationship between the old and new media. Both forms of journalism need each other, and when they work together, the public benefits by gaining access to more useful information. But there are limits to collaboration. The old and new media still play by different rules, and that culture clash can...
Mother Nature does its share of controlling the game of golf. Weather, no matter if its rain, wind, cold, heat or snow, it can all get in the way of a golfer's plans, and it most certainly has its affects on a golf course. But nowhere has that fact been more evident this summer than Havre's Beaver Creek Golf Course. An unusually heavy amount of rain fell on the Hi-Line area late in the spring and that rain, mixed with the usual snow melt and runoff from another harsh winter created flooding conditions this year unlike...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team is heading into another tournament this weekend. And with the ups and downs they have suffered this season, they are hoping for a turn for the better. Today through Sunday the North Stars will be in Glendive for the Glendive Tournament. Today, the North Stars will face the Lewistown Red Birds followed by the hosting Glendive Blue Devils. Saturday the North Stars will face the Glasgow Reds, and on Sunday they will wrap things up with games against both the Richland County...
Violent protests erupted in Oakland with stores damaged and dozens arrested after a Los Angeles jury convicted a white former transit officer of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. Prosecutors had wanted Johannes Mehserle convicted of murdering Oscar Grant. So Thursday's lesser verdict raised concerns of a repeat of the rioting that followed the shooting on New Year's Day in 2009 on an Oakland train platform. The trial was moved to Los Angeles following the riots. Police in riot gear...
The Hill County Commission unanimously placed a ban on new medical marijuana caregiver operations after a public hearing Thursday Commissioners grandfathered existing caregivers provided they register with the county in the next 10 days, although people at the hearing had some questions that remain yet to be answered. The Commission approved the interim zoning ordinance immediately after the close of the public hearing. "I feel good about what we're doing," Commissioner Kathy Bessette said, adding, "It's not negative." A...
Prior to moving to the plains of north-central Montana, my only knowledge of rattlesnakes came from an incident when I was a teenager. One afternoon Mike, a friend of my parents, called my dad in a panic to say that he was out of town and talking to his wife on the phone when she let out a classic blood-curdling scream, and then the phone went dead. He asked Dad to go check on his wife, Laurel. Dad, having honed his law enforcement skills in the rougher 'hoods of Los Angeles before becoming a Montana Fish & Game warden, went...
