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HELENA (AP) — The Montana House is endorsing a plan to start testing drivers to determine possible marijuana impairment. The chamber backed the bill Tuesday in a 68-31 vote before sending it to the appropriations committee to analyze a price tag of about $100,000 per year. Supporters say it will crack down on driving under the influence of marijuana. The bill establishes a legal standard of allowable amount of THC — an ingredient of marijuana — that can be in a person's blood. Republican sponsor Rep. Doc Moore of Misso...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed into law a measure that will allow judges to look back 10 years to add penalties for multiple drunken-driving offenders. Attorney General Tim Fox says his bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Christy Clark of Choteau will create a greater deterrent for drunken drivers and put more offenders into treatment programs. The attorney general's office says the previous law allowed a DUI conviction to be counted as a person's first offense if more than five years had passed since the last o...
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Department of Transportation has more than $400 million to spend on highway and bridge repair projects this year — work that could create more than 12,000 jobs. The 2013 Legislature gave the department the authority to spend $438 million in federal and state money this year, agency director Mike Tooley said. About 85 percent of that, or $372 million, will be spent this spring, summer and fall, Lee Newspapers of Montana reported. "Business is booming in Montana," Tooley said. "The Legislature treated...
KALISPELL (AP) — An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 1-year-old Montana boy who has been found in Washington state. The Flathead County Sheriff's Office says the boy was found Sunday morning in Fife, Wash. Authorities issued the alert earlier in the day for Brayden Blasius after reporting he had been abducted by his non-custodial parents....
Rita E. Eagleman, 63, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 27, 2013, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow in the Eagleman Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and you can leave your memories and condol...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed nine more bills and issued a line-item veto for a tenth from the recently ended legislative session. Bullock announced the vetoes Friday. One would have required Fish, Wildlife and Parks to dedicate up to 20 percent of the price of a land purchase to maintenance for that particular piece of land. Bullock says that denies the agency the flexibility to use that money for its biggest needs. Another would have required additional public scoping before FWP could make large land p...
HELENA (AP) — The Montana legislative session may be over, but Medicaid expansion advocates say the fight to get health insurance to the working poor will continue. Advocates and Gov. Steve Bullock are considering their options after the Legislature killed the governor's bill to expand Medicaid to up to 70,000 Montanans who cannot afford to purchase health insurance. Bullock hinted at calling the Legislature back into special session, but said Friday he'd first let the dust settle before deciding on a course of action. Montan...
BOSTON (AP) — The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts. The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center overnight and was taken to the Federal Medical Center Devens about 40 miles west of Boston. The facility, on the decommissioned Fort Devens U.S. Army base, treats federal prisoners and detainees who require specialized long-term medical or m...
HELENA (AP) — State wildlife officials are setting up boat inspection checkpoints to try to prevent aquatic invasive species from entering Montana's waterways. Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say state law requires vehicles hauling boats to stop at watercraft inspection stations, which are located at key border crossing sites, along major highways and near heavily used bodies of water. FWP aquatic invasive species coordinator Allison Begley says two boats were found to be carrying dead zebra mussels at a checkpoint near H...
POLSON (AP) — The board that sets employment and training standards for law enforcement officers is requiring the Polson police chief and one of his officers to attend ethics training. The Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council set the conditions that allow Police Chief Wade Nash and officer Cory Anderson to keep their certifications, the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/WKPQQc ) reported Wednesday. The council investigated Nash over allegations he intimidated a witness in a 2010 Fish, Wildlife and Parks i...
MISSOULA (AP) — St. Louis Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson was arrested on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge in Missoula, where he played college football for the University of Montana. Missoula County jail records indicate Johnson was booked into jail at 3:05 a.m. Friday and released about an hour later after posting a $700 bond. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance in Municipal Court sometime Friday. Police Detective Travis Welsh tells KECI-TV that Johnson was pulled over shortly after 2 a.m. for dr...
HELENA (AP) — A coalition of senators are undermining Republican leaders and forcing a floor vote on a campaign-finance overhaul. The state Senate voted 29-21 on Friday to bring Senate Bill 375 out for a vote on Monday. Republican state Sen. Jim Peterson has teamed up with Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock on the measure that aims to force more disclosure about third-party money in politics. Peterson forced the Friday vote to take it out of a committee. Peterson said he worried the bill was advancing too slowly. The chamber's R...
Martha Stocker, Havre High Track The Havre High girls track team has plenty of top-notch athletes. And sometimes the throwers get overlooked. Stocker But it was hard to overlook Blue Pony Martha Stocker at this weekend's Central A Divisional in Livingston. Stocker captured the divisional championship in the shot put with a toss of 34.02, and for good measure she finished fourth in the discus. Stocker's performance helped HHS to score 92.5 points and finish in third place. Stocker, who will compete at the state meet in...
Lucille M. Howard Lucille M. Howard, 92, of Havre, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at St. Jude Thaddeus Church with Tim Maroney officiating. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at St. Jude Thaddeus Church with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made to St. Jude Thaddeus School, the Havre-Hill...
Laurel — The moderate wings of the Republican Party in the Montana Legislature, especially the Montana House, have gotten just about everyone upset — except the people who elected them. The moderates have supported the Democrats on some issues and have voted with the conservative wing of their own party on other issues. That is what good politicians are supposed to do. For being independent voices, they have been criticized by Democrats and vilified by fellow Republicans, But they have gained a lot of respect from common fol...
Bruce A. 'Buzz' Doney Bruce A. "Buzz" Doney, 62, of Hays passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Indian Health Services in Fort Belknap. A viewing for family and friends will be at his home at 2 p.m. and wake services will begin at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at the St. Paul Mission Recreation Center, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013. Burial will be in the St. Paul Mission Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
HELENA (AP) — The family of a 77-year-old Korean War veteran with Alzheimer's disease who the family says died from injuries sustained when shocked by a police stun gun after wondering away from the Montana Veterans Home has filed a lawsuit. The Independent Record reports (http://bit.ly/158fzcZ) the lawsuit filed April 5 in Helena District Court names the veterans home, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, and the Columbia Falls Police Department. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, including punitive d...
Girls Team scores —1. Havre 120; 2. Shelby 82; 3. Chinook 75; 4. North Star 52; 5. Malta 49; 6. Fort Benton 43; 7. Big Sandy 20; 8. Conrad 18. 300 hurdles — 1. Katy Allen, FB, 53.4; 2. Talya Johnson, CHI, 54.0; 3. Cassidy McCarthy, FB, 54.3; 4. Hannah Weber, CHI, 54.5; 5. Kim Parsell, SHE, 57.4. 3,200 — 1. Kim Parsell, SHE, 13:05.3; 2. Haley Ohm, HAV, 13:19.2. 100 — 1. Tylynn Rettig, NS, 13.0; 2. Courtney Henry, MAL, 13.10; 3. Jennifer Nordgulen, HAV, 14.2; 4. Katie Witt, FB, 14.3; 5. Corissa White, HAV, 14.31; 6. Hailey...
HELENA (AP) — Wildlife officials have given tentative approval to a proposal to lengthen the hunting season for wolves and increase the limit from one to five animals. After making the decision on Thursday, Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners will take public comment before finalizing the changes. FWP is proposing a rifle season from Sept 15 to March 31, compared to the current season that runs from Oct. 15 to Feb. 15. Last season, hunters and trappers could take only one wolf, but a new law allowed the agency to i...
Lights Football Camp Montana State University-Northern football coaching staff is putting on a day came for grades K-8. The camp will run from June 3-5 with grades K-4 going from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and grades K-5 going from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per camper and they can register at 8 a.m. June 3 at the Armory Gymnasium lobby, or by going to www.msun.edu/athletics. Lights Basketball Camps Northern head coach Shawn Huse is offering three youth basketball camps this summer. Lights Basketball Camps are open to all interested...
Jack A. Getten, 60, passed away Jan. 8, 2013, at his home in Harlem. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at 2 p. m. at the Harlem High School Small Gymnasium. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
A few evenings ago, we were sitting in Vic's Place, on 1st Street, talking with Kurt Johnson, who, with his wife Candy, owns Vic's, the classiest joint in Havre. The "we" is my wife, Marged, the famous Havre poet, who inspires me in all things. Normasn Bernstein Vic's is named after Vic Spinler, of Hingham, who has kept the Park Hotel running for more than 50 years. He's 84 years old and can still tell you about every little quirk and oddity in the building, that was built in 1910, just across from the park in front of the...
Barbara Marie Fisher Barbara Marie Fisher, 91, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Her Prayer Vigil Service will be 5 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 6, with her funeral Mass at 11 a. m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inverness, Mont., with Father Joseph Diekhans officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service. Her burial will follow at 3 p. m. at Highland Cemetery in Havre, Mont. Contributions in Barbara's honor may be made to Sacred...
Havre's Brian Smith, right, looks to pass during Friday night's Central A boys basketball game against Lewistown at the HHS gymnasium. The Havre High boys basketball team was due for a big game, and the Blue Ponies got one on Friday night. HHS took care of Central A rival Lewistown, 60-53 at the HHS gymnasium for the first win of the 2012-13 season. HHS will go for win No. 2 when the Ponies visit Class B shelby Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, the HHS girls remained perfect in Central A play, after downing the Eagles 46-25...
Thursday High School Basketball Rocky Boy girls vs Big Sandy, 6 p.m. Rocky Boy boys vs Big Sandy, 7:30 Turner vs Havre JV, girls, 6 p.m. Turner vs Havre JV, boys, 7;30 College Basketball Skylights vs Dickinson St., 6 p.m. Lights vs Dickinson St., 8 Friday Havre boys vs Lewistown, 7 p.m. Havre girls at Lewistown, 7 p.m. Chinook girls vs Big Sandy, 6 p.m. Chinook boys vs Big Sandy, 7:30 HLP girls vs Box Elder, 6 p.m. HLP boys vs Box Elder, 7:30 North Star girls vs Sunburst, 6 p.m. North Star boys vs Sunburst, 7:30 Turner girls...
