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Just say the words trade agreement and you are likely to touch off a contentious debate in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country. There are two competing narratives in America, and most likely anywhere else when it comes to trade. One narrative is that increased trade overseas opens up new vistas of opportunity, markets where goods harvested and made by American hands can be sold to the other 95 percent of the world's consumers. The other evokes the shuttered factory and a global economy tilted in favor of foreign...
Rick Magnussen was frustrated. He was having trouble seeing why it was taking so long for the Veterans Choice Program to schedule eye and ear exams for him. The 64-year-old veteran had been trying to get his eyes and ears checked for about 100 days. Magnussen got his VCP member card in the mail Oct. 26, after someone from a Veterans Affairs office suggested he enroll in the program so he could get appointments made faster. The VA was backed up, he was told. The VCP is a VA...
A Havre man threw a chair and a Bible at the mother of his child, according to court documents. Raistlen Katka, born in 1992, was arrested on suspicion of partner or family member assault Tuesday afternoon. Charges had not been filed against Katka by Wednesday. Havre police got a call Tuesday afternoon from someone reporting a possible disturbance. according to the documents. Officers arrived at a Boulevard Avenue residence and were pointed in the direction of the disturbance by a neighbor. An officer went into the residence...
From Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Sarah Calhoun, owner of women's workwear company Red Ants Pants and producer of Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs, will be the keynote speaker at the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and luncheon at noon, Thursday, Jan. 20. "We are so thrilled and excited to have Sarah Calhoun be a part of our 107th annual meeting of the Havre Chamber of Commerce and to share her business story and her enthusiasm for busines...
Press release For the Central Flyway — which includes all of the counties in Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 east of Hill County — duck and coot season will close today. Goose season in the Central Flyway will close Sunday, and then reopen for five days, Jan. 16-20. For the Pacific Flyway — which includes Hill County — duck, coot and goose seasons will close Sunday and then reopen for five days, Jan. 16-20. For complete rules, regulations and exceptions, refer to the 2015 Montana migratory bird regulatio...
While I have great respect for the past, I am not one to yearn for olden days. Not for me the re-enactments of historical events. I’ve no desire to escape today’s trials through romanticizing the past. I’ll happily trade your retro calico bonnets, buffalo robes, corncob pipes and bushy mustaches for my flush toilets, electric lights and a full set of teeth. As the New Year approached, my group of women with whom I graduated high school sent one another wishes. We ignor...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a theft after someone from an 18th Avenue address called Wednesday at 9:04 a.m. to report that a toolbox and tools were stolen from the back of truck. —— Officers investigated a domestic disturbance call that was made from a 3rd Street address Wednesday at 9:35 a.m. An arrest was made but no further information was provided. —— Oscar Alejandro Escobedo, 36, of North Las Vegas, Nevada was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after someone from a 1st Str...
Kathryn J. Donaldson, 57, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls. Kathy was born on Nov. 11, 1958, in South Chicago, Illinois, to Don and Shirlee (Lindemulder) Witt. She was raised in Frankfort, Illinois, and attended Lincoln Way High School. After high school, Kathy attended Eastern Illinois University where she earned a bachelor's degree in botany. While in college, she met John Donaldson, and they married in 1981. The couple moved their...
Kenneth D. Rimmer, 70, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Visitation will be held from 2 until 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Tanner Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery with military honors. Ken’s family has requested that memorial donations be made in his name to the Gift of Life Housing, PO Box 7008, Great Falls, MT 5...
By Bruce Auchly FWP Region 4 Information Officer It’s winter. Nights are long, often cold. Days are short, sometimes with a sun that acts like it doesn’t want to come out and play. Depending on our disposition and age, we might smile or growl about the cold and snow. But if we go outside for any length of time we dress for the weather. Birds that stay here, that do not migrate, have evolved some ingenious ways to dress for the weather, to stay alive. Of all the creatures on this planet, only birds have feathers. They can ran...
The accolades from an outstanding career, and an outstanding senior season continue to pour in for Havre High's Dane Warp. The Blue Pony quarterback was recently named the Montana Offensive Player of the Year on the 2015 ALL-USA Montana Football Team, published by USA Today. The four-time Class A All-State quarterback broke the state career records for both passing touchdowns (101, 19 more than the previous mark) and passing yards (10,801 – 1,894 ahead of the next-best t...
The Havre High wrestling team has always enjoyed itself at the Cut Bank Invitational, but after winning 13 consecutive team titles at the event, it would be hard not to. This weekend, the Blue Ponies will make their annual trip to Cut Bank, where they will look to win a 14th straight title in a tournament that includes teams from all four classifications. Things will get underway Friday and conclude Saturday. "I think that it says that we wrestle well coming out of the...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights have three main rivals when it comes to Frontier Conference basketball. And, they're opening the 2016 Frontier season with two of them, on back-to-back nights. Fortunately for the No. 23 Lights (12-1, 1-1), those games will be played inside the Armory Gymnasium, starting with tonight's battle with the UGF Argos (7-4, 0-2). Northern will then welcome in No. 16 Carroll College (10-3, 3-0) for a showdown of nationally ranked teams...
To say the Frontier Conference is really good when it comes to women's basketball would be a gross understatement. In actuality, it's the best and deepest conference in all of NAIA Division I. And that's what makes the Montana State University-Northern Skylights' first two league games of 2016 so difficult, and so intriguing. The second-ranked Skylights have racked up a 12-1 overall record and are 1-1 in league play. They are riding high and full of confidence, but, a...
Prep Basketball Standings Boys 9C Conf. All Chester/J-I 4-0 5-1 Box Elder 2-1 4-1 Fort Benton 2-1 2-4 Chinook 4-2 2-2 Hays-Lodge Pole 2-2 2-4 North Star 2-2 4-2 Turner 0-3 1-5 Big Sandy 0-3 0-6 Girls 9C Conf. All Box Elder 3-0 5-0 Fort Benton 3-0 6-0 Chinook 3-1 5-1 Chester/J-I 2-2 3-3 North Star 2-2 2-4 Big Sandy 1-2 1-5 Turner 0-3 3-3 Hays-Lodge Pole 0-4 0-6 Frontier Conference Women’s Standings Conf. All W-L W-L Rocky Mountain 2-0 10-4 Carroll College 2-1 12-1 Lewis-Clark State 2-1 11-3 MSU-Northern 1-1 12-1 Great Falls 1...
