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For three decades, city and county officials throughout Montana have been attending programs sponsored by the Local Government Center at Montana State University in Bozeman. Officials learn the complexities of their job at the session, They say they get information they can’t get anywhere else. But the future of the program is in jeopardy because money to fund it is not in Gov. Steve Bullock’s proposed budget. Havre City Council is concerned about the loss of the program, and Monday night it passed a resolution asking tha... Full story
The election committee of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is scheduling an election to fill the chairman and another seat on the Chippewa Cree Business Committee. The Feb. 3 election will replace elected chairman Kenneth Blatt St. Marks and John “Chance” Houle’s former positions on the committee. “Those two position are crucial to everyday government activity decision making,” said Dustin Whitford, who sits on the normally nine-person Business Committee. The chairman seat has been in contention since St. Marks was elected to t... Full story
One of the people indicted during the Guardians Project investigation of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was scheduled to be sentenced today, but the hearing has been moved to March. Shad James Huston, who lives in Havre and is a former Havre Public School District Board of Trustees chair, has had his sentencing pushed back to March 12. Huston pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to three charges: theft from an Indian tribal organization, failure to file currency transaction reports and bribery of a tribal official. He and others i... Full story
The Sunnyside Geography Bee, which is part of program created by the National Geographic Society, was held Tuesday at Havre High School's auditorium. Stephanie Padget is the 2015 champion from Sunnyside Intermediate School and may be competing at the state level soon. After a grueling tie-breaker series of questions between Padget and runner-up Brooklyn Kallenberger, Padget was crowned victorious. The tie-breaker consisted of questions that were read to both of them. They... Full story
Amber Nicole Wells, one of the three women who were charged with felonies for stealing from a Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation casino, pleaded guilty Tuesday. She, along with Maria Rose Newton and Melinda Marie Descharm, on or around Jan. 20, 2013, stole more than $1,000 from the casino, her indictment reads. Wells pleaded guilty at her 2:30 p.m. hearing Tuesday at Missouri River Federal Courthouse in Great Falls. Wells’ sentencing is set for April 15 at 2:30 p.m., where she faces a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment wit...
“Winter in the Blood,” which was filmed on the Hi-Line, is now available through Netflix and other Internet services. The film is now available on Netflix, Amazon, Vudu and iTunes. It was made available on Netflix Jan. 1. On the Internet Movie Database, a popular movie review website, users gave the movie an average rating of 7.1 out of 10. The movie is based on a James Welch novel of the same name. Welch is a well-known Montana author of several books that take place in various places around the state. “Winter in the Blood...
A bill to grant federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians has been introduced in the United States Senate. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Republican Steve Daines co-sponsored the bill that was introduced Tuesday, the first day of the session. For years, the tribe has had state recognition, but the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has balked at granting official recognition. Most Little Shell are from Montana, especially Great Falls and the Hi-Line. The tribe is the only one of eight in Montana that...
From Montana History Foundation The Montana History Foundation, a statewide nonprofit committed to the preservation of Montana’s past, has announced that its Preserve Montana Fund grants are available to protect the historic legacy of communities across the state. Montana communities are invited to apply for grant funds for projects that restore historical buildings, preserve collections, and collect oral histories that shape their local character. “The Montana History Foundation is committed to preserving our Montana her... Full story
From Havre Police Department The Havre Police Department is seeking applicants for its 2015 Citizen’s Police Academy session. The citizen’s police academy is a nine-week program that is taught by Havre police officers. The academy gives those in the public an inside look at what police work is like. Topics covered include current laws, rules and regulations, crime scene investigations, firearms shooting and many other aspects of police operations. Applications can be picked up at the Havre Police Department or by con... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers, responding to a disturbance reported Tuesday at 5:12 p.m. from a 4th Avenue office that a youth was “out of control, throwing stuff around,” issued a summons to an 11-year-old on a charge of disorderly conduct. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies provided assistance after callers reported at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday a semi-trailer was stuck on the viaduct on 7th Avenue. —— A deputy investigated a call from the Havre City-County Airport at 6:58 a.m. this morning asking for assistance with “an... Full story
After a two week layoff due to the holidays, all the leagues will be back in full swing this week. The Junior League will also resume this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The Hi Line Lanes Challenge Tournament has been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. with $500 for first place based on 36 entries. Call the lanes to sign up. Jan. 25, the Holden’s Hot Wheels Tournament for juniors and adults will be held TOURNEY TRAIL: All the entry blanks are in for the State Tournaments. The Junior Tournaments will be at Fireside in B...
fter taking two weeks off for the holidays, the Havre Ice Hawks were back in action for the first time in 2015 this past weekend for back-to-back games against Bozeman. The Ice Hawks, Havre’s high school hockey team, who came into the weekend sporting a 1-3 record, had to be satisfied after splitting the two games against Bozeman, winning 4-2 Saturday before falling 7-5 Sunday. After a scoreless first period between Bozeman and Havre Saturday, the Ice Hawks got goals by K...
Frontier Conference play is finally here. And the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team is certainly going into league play with some good momentum. Northern enters this weekend’s Frontier openers as the No. 15 team in the NAIA. The new NAIA Coaches Poll was released Tuesday afternoon, and MSU-N moved up two spots. Also Tuesday, Northern senior A’Jha Edwards was named NAIA Women’s National Player of the Week. In the Skylights’ last two games, Edwards a... Full story
The Havre High football team will have a head coach in 2015, it just won’t be Jason Christenson. Speaking with the Havre Daily News Monday night, Christenson confirmed that he had submitted his letter of resignation and will not return to lead the team for a sixth season. “As a head football coach, there are a lot of intangible things that you have to do and take care of. And there were some areas where I wasn’t doing such a great job in and wasn’t improving,” Christenson said... Full story
Thanks in part to so few home games and tough scheduling, this might just be one of the most anticipated Frontier Conference basketball season’s in recent Montana State University-Northern history. One reason we should all be excited that league play is here is, it means seven home games for the Lights and Skylights over the next two months, and with the Frontier playoffs, maybe more. Let’s face it, due to the fact that so few teams want to, or are willing to travel to pla...
In NAIA basketball, the non-conference season is long. In fact, it’s really long. Teams began practice all the way back in early October, then spent three months playing games all around the country, even in Canada, too. But, when the calendar turned from 2014 to 2015, the dawn of conference play finally came. And now, Frontier Conference women’s basketball is finally here. This weekend marks the start of Frontier play, and it will certainly be an interesting couple of mon... Full story
