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HELENA (AP) — Hill and Blaine counties, having appealed that appealed an order to pay $300,000 to the estate of an 18-year-old man who died of alcohol withdrawal suffered in the Hill County jail have now been ordered to pay $1.35 million. The Montana Human Rights Commission found last week that the hearings examiner did not award damages for the entire period of time that A.J. Longsoldier suffered from untreated acute alcohol withdrawal before his November 2009 death. The Independent Record reports (http://bit.ly/1d0oP5u ) t... Full story
The Chippewa Cree Tribe’s Election Board has invalidated the recent special election and ordered that yet another election be held for tribal chair. In a letter to Ken Blatt St. Marks, the candidate who finished first in the elections, the board’s attorney, Lynn Fagan of Missoula, said the results were overturned because some people were allowed to vote with photocopied Certification of Indian Blood documents instead of laminated documents as required by the a law passed by voters in November. The Election Board allowed peo... Full story
Montana State University-Northern senior hitter Kelsey Williams digs a ball during an MSU-N volleyball practice Friday morning at the Armory Gymnasium. The Skylights open their season Friday in Great Falls, and were picked to finish fourth in the Frontier Conference Coaches Poll, which was released Friday afternoon. For a complete look at the poll, see Tuesday's Havre Daily News. For a full look at the 2013 Skylights, see Wednesday and Thursday's Havre Daily... Full story
Freshly cut grass and crisp white lines can only mean one thing for the Montana State University-Northern football program, the start of another season. And it didn’t start with a bang, or even with the clash of helmets and pads striking together. Instead, the first practice of the season began with a quick speech from veteran head coach Mark Samson and a quick team cheer on three, as the Lights took to the practice field Sunday morning on the campus of MSU-Northern in H... Full story
Lights breaking in new tailbacks this fall At times, the Frontier Conference was widely known for its wide-open, high-flying passing offenses. At other times, it has been known for its grind-it-out running teams. Now, in the age of the spread offense, it’s a little bit of both. But each year, the Frontier seems to have some of the best running backs in all of NAIA football, and with three 1,000-yard rushers, last season was no different. And, with so much talent returning a... Full story
Victor Whitacre, 3, shows off his paint-smeared hand while stamping a shirt Saturday afternoon at the Atrium Mall.... Full story
The city of Havre is in the midst of the long process of annexing land to the city. Most of the land has long been inside the area most people consider Havre, but it was never annexed, so many properties were not paying their full share in taxes and fees. In this round of annexations, Holiday Village Mall. AmericInn and surrounding areas will be annexed. Eventually, property to the city’s north and west — buildings such as Walmart and Kmart will be added to the city. The process is long and arduous, but the city is going thr... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — Evan Saitta, a rising senior at Princeton who has been digging dinosaur fossils north of Billings for five years, made the history books Thursday. While scanning a series of 150-million-year-old stegosaur fossils at Billings Clinic, he made a breakthrough step in finding a way to differentiate between male and female stegosaurs. The elephant-sized herbivores have two pairs of defensive tail spikes and two rows of plates that run along their spines. At a d... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers arrested a 23-year-old Havre man at the police station for criminal contempt due to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation after a complaint at 10:04 a.m. Friday. ——— A 22-year-old Havre woman was arrested after a 10:04 a.m. Friday motor vehicle stop on 3rd Avenue for a suspended or revoked driver’s license and outstanding court warrants. ——— Officers issued a summons to a 27-year-old Havre man after a 10:40 a.m. traffic stop on 3rd Avenue for possession of drug paraphernalia and arrested a 22... Full story
The executive director of the Havre-centered economic development district said this morning that the state government has recertified Bear Paw Development Corp. as a Small Business Development Center and a Food and Agriculture Development Center, allowing it to continue to host programs to kick off or build small business and to help develop value-added agriculture operations. “For 45 years, Bear Paw Development has been working with the private sector to improve the regional economy of northern Montana, create g... Full story
A Havre man faces a felony and two misdemeanor charges stemming from a crash which sent five people to the hospital. The Toyota 4-Runner driven by Kade Thomas Barsotti, born in 1993, with six passengers crashed about midnight July 4 near the dam at Fresno Reservoir, the charging documents say. The Hill County attorney charged Barsotti with a felony count of criminal endangerment and two misdemeanors: negligent vehicular assault and driving under the influence of intoxicants, first offense. Barsotti’s arraignment is s... Full story
