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  • Yellowstone commissioners deny treasurer's buyout

    Updated Nov 12, 2013

    BILLINGS — Yellowstone County commissioners have rejected an offer from the country treasurer to retire in exchange for a year's pay and instead asked him to resign for making racist comments in emails sent from his government computer. The commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday morning to reject Max Lenington's $90,000 buyout proposal for the final year of his term as treasurer, assessor and superintendent of schools, The Billings Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/1i7irMc ). "I would accept Mr. Lenington's resignation, but I'... Full story

  • Simpson charged with felony drug count

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 12, 2013
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    A recruiter for Montana State University-Northern — a former standout Lights basketball player — now faces a felony and multiple misdemeanor counts in state District Court in Havre stemming from an investigation of a damaged package mailed from California to Havre. The Hill County Attorney has charged Northern admissions specialist Joe C. Simpson, born in 1990, with attempted criminal possession of drugs with the intent to distribute and with misdemeanor counts of possession of drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and use... Full story

  • On Top of the Frontier

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 12, 2013

    With a three-game drubbing of Dickinson State on Thursday night, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team was already able to call itself the Frontier Conference regular season champion. But there was no way the Skylights wanted to share that title with anyone else, and the only way for that to happen was for the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears to beat Northern in the regular season finale, on senior night, in front of the largest crowd to ever see a... Full story

  • Update: Havre man faces homicide charge

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Nov 11, 2013
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    Shane C. Johnson, 45, of Havre was arrested by Havre Police for deliberate homicide Sunday morning. He was placed in the in the Hill County Detention Center Sunday and was still there this morning, though police were saying nothing about what led to the arrest. A press release from the Havre Police Department sent to the Havre Daily News around 3 p.m. today named the victim of the homicide as 43-year-old Travis Johnson. The release said Shane Johnson, was taken into custody an... Full story

  • Treasurer says he'll take buyout to resign

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    BILLINGS (AP) — The Yellowstone County treasurer, under fire for racist emails sent using his government email account, has offered to resign at the end of the year if the county will pay him the $90,000 he would have earned in 2014 if he completed his term. Max Lenington made the offer to county commissioners in an email sent Friday. The proposal is on the agenda for the county commission's meeting on Tuesday, The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/18lYEBk) reports. Commissioner Jim Reno provided the Gazette with a copy of t...

  • Lawyers: Investigators twisted bride's statements

    MATT VOLZ Associated Press|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    HELENA (AP) — Investigators twisted the statements of a newlywed bride to make it appear as though she deliberately pushed her husband to his death in Glacier National Park, an attorney for the Montana woman claimed. FBI investigator Stacey Smiedala also sent a Kalispell police detective from the room so he could "shape" Jordan Graham's initial 1 ½-hour interrogation on July 16 without having to record it, as is required in all Montana investigations, attorney Michael Donahoe said in court filings late Friday. As a re... Full story

  • Livingston man charged with hate crime

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    LIVINGSTON (AP) — A Livingston man is charged with a hate crime after prosecutors say he directed racial insults at a Hispanic man, attacked him and then struck him with a vehicle. The Livingston Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/1bl2ziP) Park County Attorney Brett Linneweber charged 34-year-old Robert "Todd" Kelsey with aggravated assault and malicious intimidation related to civil or human rights. Court records say the victim suffered a fractured skull and eye socket along with internal injuries in the Oct. 22 attack. P... Full story

  • Hot Springs man proposes legislative gender equity

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    HELENA (AP) — A western Montana man is proposing a constitutional amendment that would require the state Legislature to have an equal number of men and women. John Marshall of Hot Springs submitted his proposal to the secretary of state's office last week, Lee Newspapers of Montana reported. It must pass review by the attorney general's office and the Montana Legislative Services Division. If the language is approved, Marshall could begin gathering the 48,000 signatures of registered voters he would need to get the p... Full story

  • Pony spikers fight to a third-place finish

    Daniel Horton|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    It was a roller coaster ride of a weekend for the Havre High volleyball team, but when the ride settled, it was well worth it. The Central A Blue Ponies spent the weekend in Lewistown at the divisional tournament. And while the Ponies entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed, they were able to exit the tournament with a third-place finish for the third straight season. Browning shocked the Ponies in the first round with a three-set win by scores of 25-23, 25-23, and 25-22,... Full story

  • Skylights stand up to NCAA powers

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    Neither of the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team's road games this past week were going to count towards MSU-N's season record. Never-the-less, they were going to be simply two of the toughest games MSU-N would play all year, and for that reason, two of the most important. On Friday night, Northern fell to NCAA Division I power the University of Wyoming, 71-57 in Sheridan, Wyo. And on Sunday, MSU-N dropped a road game in Missoula, losing to defending... Full story

  • Montana should keep its promises

    Russell Wrigg|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    Keep your promise. Honor your word. Most of us learned those lessons early in life and realize the value in making sure we follow those guidelines.in our daily affairs. A recent lawsuit by state and local government retirees attempts to hold Montana state government to the same standard, the same moral obligation. In 1997, Montana legislators created the “guaranteed annual benefit adjustment,” or GABA, to ensure state, county and city retirees receive a stable source of income in the form of a pension that recognizes the con... Full story

  • Conserving the best of the best on the Hi-Line

    Hal Herring|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    Too often in our debates over Montana’s public lands, we seem to forget just how incredibly lucky we are to have these lands at all. This is especially true of the 2.4 million acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Hi-Line District of central and eastern Montana. These lands are the grasslands, sagebrush, hoodoos and coulee country that may lack the breathtaking scenery of Glacier National Park or the Beartooth Plateau but are every bit as valuable for livestock grazing, energy development, hunting a... Full story

  • Havre bus system is a great idea

    John Kelleher|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    You’ve probably been in a similar situation. I drove to Great Falls for a day a year or two back. With my gas tank near empty, I drove to a gas station to fill up the tank. I reached for my wallet. Oops. I suddenly remember leaving it on my dresser that morning. There I was in Great Falls. No identification. No driver license. No money. No one could wire me money since I had no ID. How does one get back to Havre in such a predicament? Fortunately, it was a day that North Central Montana Transit was running. I drove over to B... Full story

  • Two inches of snow, where are the plows?

    Christina Petersen|Updated Nov 11, 2013
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    Sunday, during our first major snowfall of the season, it was brought to my attention that the city of Havre was responding to phone calls about snow removal and the hospital hill being closed by saying, “Well, we aren’t going to do anything until it stops snowing.” This statement completely baffled me. Having lived in Havre most of my life, I know what an average Montana winter can entail. Unlike other communities or states that would simply declare a natural disaster with the conditions we live in, Havre’s small community u... Full story

  • Our view: Thank veterans for their services

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    Today is the day dedicated to thousands of people up and down the Hi-Line who have served in the armed forces doing battle in times of war and working hard to preserve peace. Veterans Day services will be held in places ranging from Washington, D.C. to Havre. These are often touching services paying tribute to people who served in foreign wars, in peaceful foreign locations or at home. We hope that the best tributes people can give is not in the public ceremonies, but in private discussions with friends and acquaintances.... Full story

  • For the Record, November 11, 2013

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    Havre Police Department An officer responding to a call at Havre High School at 1:34 p.m. Friday issued a ticket to a 16-year-old boy on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of a weapon in a school building. ——— An officer responding to a call at 9:04 p.m. Friday, in which the caller reported someone passed out in their shed, issued a ticket to a 19-year-old Havre man on a charge of minor in possession of an intoxicant. ——— After a caller from an establishment on the 300 Block of 1st Street reported an underage ma... Full story

  • Quick Pic: Already putting up the decorations

    Lindsay Brown|Updated Nov 11, 2013
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    Malcolm Pope, and other members of the Montana State University-Northern basketball team, help prepare the city's streetlight Christmas ornaments for display at the city shop Saturday morning.... Full story

  • Brent Giachino

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    Brent Giachino passed away on Oct. 26, 2013. He was born on March 16, 1945 to Charles and Viola Giachino in Ogden, Utah. Brent attended Ogden City Schools. Following high school, he was drafted into the United States Army. After the service, Brent began his journey in the food industry which later took him to Havre, Mont. where he lived for the past forty years. Although he came from simple beginnings, he worked his way through a successful career where he developed an appreciation for fine cuisine. In 1987, Brent married... Full story

  • Benefit for Ron Belcourt set for Saturday

    John Kelleher|Updated Nov 11, 2013
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    Friends say Ron Belcourt is the kind of guy who was always doing something for other people. He has taught anger management classes so people could learn to deal with stress. He has helped people overcome alcohol addiction by working with people in Alcoholics Anonymous. He retired as a Rocky Boy High School teacher and counsellor, after 20 years of shaping young people's minds. He has been active in his church, St. Jude Thaddeus in Havre. But he is best known for playing in... Full story

  • Record snowfall blankets Havre

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    A second snowstorm hit north-central Montana over the weekend, bringing enough white stuff to tie a National Weather Service record for Havre on Nov. 10 set at 4 inches in 1916 and bringing some slippery driving conditions to the area. Once again, the winter conditions are not expected to last, with temperatures expected to be in the 20s to 30s, depending on the forecaster, today and back into the 40s or even 50s later in the week. The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the weekends with temperatures expected to... Full story

  • George Ferguson Column: An incredible night in Havre only the beginning for MSU-N

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 11, 2013
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    The Armory Gymnasium is old. That's actually a compliment because if the walls inside the Armory could talk, they'd tell you about all the historic things that have taken place inside the grand old gym. And while the Armory is chalked full of historic sporting moments, another one was added to the list on Friday night. On Friday night, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team didn't just beat the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears in four sets, and the... Full story

  • Wildcats oust Blue Ponies

    Daniel Horton|Updated Nov 11, 2013

    After advancing past Miles City in the first round of the state playoffs last weekend, the Havre High football team had an almost identical start to its quarterfinal matchup on Saturday. But it wasn't the same result for the Central A Blue Ponies, as they were unable to come up with another come-from-behind victory. Last weekend's comeback came in the comfort of Blue Pony Stadium in Havre, but on Saturday the Ponies ran into what is clearly one of the best teams in the Class... Full story

  • Eagles claw Cats; Griz escape again

    Updated Nov 11, 2013

    CHENEY, Wash. (AP) - Vernon Adams threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score as Eastern Washington defeated Montana State 54-29 on Saturday to take a major step toward the Big Sky Conference championship. The No. 3 Eagles (8-2, 6-0) notched the program's 500th victory in defeating the No. 4 Bobcats (7-3, 5-1). It was the first Big Sky matchup of FCS top-five teams since 1994. EWU scored on all eight of its possessions, not counting when the Eagles were taking a... Full story

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