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  • Quick Pic: Community Orchestra

    Lindsay Brown|Updated Nov 20, 2013
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    Rhonda Minnick, MSU-Northern Community Orchestra conductor, leads the group during Tuesday evening's performance at Fifth Avenue Christian Church....

  • Vincent appointed to health panel

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 20, 2013

    The Hill County sanitarian’s oversight on health issues soon will be spreading far beyond the borders of the county. Hill County Sanitarian and Planner Clay Vincent was among the appointments Gov. Steve Bullock announced to his Healthier Montana Task Force. Bullock established the task force by executive order to direct and monitor implementation and operation of his plan to improve health in Montana. The report on that plan, “Big Sky. New Horizons. A Healthier Montana,” was released in June by the state Department of Publi...

  • Fair board setting rodeo, working on improving carnival for 2014

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 20, 2013

    The Great Northern Fair Board is moving forward with plans for the next Hill County fair, including an update on the carnival — with which many were disappointed last summer — and bringing back the local association to put on the rodeo, as well as finalizing the nighttime entertainment and selecting new free stage entertainers. Fairgrounds manager Tim Solomon said Tuesday during the board’s monthly meeting that he met with the owner of Brown’s Amusement during the annual fair convention in Billings this month. They talked...

  • Giveaway House dispute resolved

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 20, 2013

    A Havre attorney said this morning he will be filing paperwork in state District Court listing the resolution of a months-long dispute over who had authority over a decades-old Havre charity. Stephen Brown said the two sides in a lawsuit about Community Giveaway House agreed during a settlement conference Tuesday to appoint four members to a new board. The new members are to select a final board member and move forward with the charity, located in a North Havre residence given to the charity by one of its co-founders, Ruth...

  • Limbaugh addresses concerns; makes announcements at open forum

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Nov 20, 2013
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    Chancellor James Limbaugh met with faculty and staff of Montana State University-Northern Tuesday to address their concerns, give good news and explain the current status of the university at an open forum Tuesday. "I have good news about enrollment," Limbaugh said. Out of the six institutions in the university district, MSU-N and Bozeman were the only two who have increased enrollment rates from last year. Though enrollment is up at MSU-N, the number of incoming freshman is...

  • Our View: This should be the last annexation delay

    Updated Nov 20, 2013
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    Havre City Council has delayed for another year annexing property to the west of the existing city limits. Yet another petition has thrown up yet another roadblock in annexing the area that includes Holiday Village Mall and several other businesses. Maybe you thought because the people who filed an earlier lawsuit agreed not to block annexation any further, the seemingly endless process of annexing the land was nearing an end. A lot of people thought that. But now a new form of delay has popped up, and it appears that the ann...

  • Winter sports season about to get started

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 20, 2013

    For 10 high school football teams, the fall sports season isn’t quite over. But while those 10 teams are gearing for this weekend’s state championship games, other athletes across Montana, and on the Hi-Line are prepping for the start of the winter sports season. Thursday, the Havre High wrestling team and the Blue Pony swimming teams will begin practice for the upcoming season. The HHS wrestling team enters the 2013-14 season as the defending Class A state champions and hea...

  • Elks Hoop Shoot set for Sunday

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 20, 2013

    The Havre Elks Lodge Annual Hoop Shoot is coming to the Havre Central Gym Sunday. The annual free-throw contest will start at 2 p.m. with registration taking place at 1:30 p.m. The hoop shoot is open to boys and girls ages 8-13 and registration is free. Towns in the area eligible to participate are Havre, Big Sandy, Chinook, Harlem, Turner, Box Elder, Rocky Boy and as far west as Rudyard. There will be trophies awarded to boys and girls winners in three age categories. The...

  • George Ferguson Column: Cats, Griz lucky to have each other

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 20, 2013
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    It’s that time. It’s time for Montana to once again divide, and I’m not talking the Continental Divide either. No, it’s time for all the love to be thrown out the window as Montana and Montana State fans gear up for the annual Cat-Griz showdown, which takes place Saturday in Bozeman. In one of the oldest rivalries in college football, for the fan bases, it’s also one of the most heated. Yes, the annual Cat-Griz game takes on all the tones of the Civil War. Families and house...