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  • Hi-Line Living: Empire Builder closes in on a century

    Derek Hann and Tim Leeds|Updated May 24, 2019

    Tensions about funding and operations of long-distance rail only underscores the legacy that service has on Montana's Hi-Line. At the National Rail Passengers Association Northwest Division annual meeting in Cut Bank last weekend, part of the discussion was of the importance of passenger rail service and its continuation in the United States, but a large portion was also celebrating the 90th anniversary of The Empire Builder, the premiere passenger rail service that has run...

  • Havreite celebrates 101 years

    Derek Hann and Tim Leeds|Updated May 13, 2019

    A woman who lived on the Hi-Line starting more than a century ago celebrated her 101st birthday Sunday with dozens of people at the Eagles Manor. "This is more attention than I have seen in my longer years," Goldie Maze said. It also gave her a chance to see some people she has't seen for a long time, she added. "Some of these kids I haven't seen since they were like this," she said, holding her hand two feet above the floor. "It's really nice to see everyone." She was born...

  • City wins arbitration in Bullhoook dispute

    Derek Hann and Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 16, 2018

    Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson told the City Council Monday that the city has won its arbitration in the dispute over work on the Bullhook storm drain system under the city and the bonding company is planning how and when to resume work. The city entered arbitration last spring with Kincaid Civil Construction out of Mesa, Arizona, the company that Havre awarded the contract to rehabilitate the drainage system that runs under the streets and even buildings of Havre. Peterson said the arbitration came back in favor...