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Year-after-year, there's little doubt that the Frontier Conference men's basketball championship is one of the hardest titles in NAIA basketball to win. The league is just so balanced, and so tough, that the climb to the top is steep and difficult. And this winter, it won't be any different. Night-after-night, teams will beat up on each other, in physical, defensive-minded games, and the team that plays the best defense will be the team that rises to the top. In their last...
Not many people get to play high school basketball at the varsity level. Even fewer get to spend part of their varsity career playing with their sister. Box Elder's Alicia Wolf Chief got to do both. Wolf Chief, who has played varsity basketball for the Box Elder Bears girls basketball since her sophomore season, was lucky enough to spend one season playing alongside her sister Aricka Wolf Chief. While Aricka Wolf Chief was a very good player, after she graduated in 2013, her y...
A local Montana State University-Northern student, Laramie Pursley, 22, competed in the Miss Rodeo America Pageant last month in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pursley said she did not place at this pageant, but that she did gain confidence throughout the process of competing at a national level. "It's a very competitive competition," she said. "Just the skills I've gained and the confidence I've built, the preparing in speaking and interviewing, horsemanship, the whole wardrobe -...
The last of three Havreites who were charged in a federal meth-ring bust pleaded guilty Wednesday. Justin Roland Turner was the last of the three men from Havre to plead guilty after a federal investigation of methamphetamine trafficking from California to North Dakota, named “Operation Highline Crystal Highway,” was conducted. The investigation resulted in the prosecution of 20 defendants from along the drug traffick route and legal documents name Belt, Butte, Great Falls, Havre and Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation as being...
The holiday break was a long one for most high school teams in the state of Montana, but for the Havre High wrestling team, the break was even longer than usual. After going nearly three weeks without seeing competition, the Blue Ponies can't wait to get back on the mat. Fortunately, the Havre wrestlers will get their wish as they will be in Cut Bank Friday and Saturday to compete in the Cut Bank Invitational, a meet the Ponies have now won an impressive 12 years in a row....
The layoff was a long one for the Havre High boys and girls swim teams. Now, however, the Blue Ponies will finally get to dive back into competition. Friday afternoon, HHS will compete in one of the most important meets of the regular season when the Ponies take part in the Class A Invite at Hardin. The meet is a prelude to what Havre will be up against next month at the State Swimming Championships, and it gives the Ponies an idea of what the rest of Class A looks like. This...
Don Greytak has been producing his detailed pencil drawing for over 35 years and has become a staple in Montana art. His depictions are often, if not in most cases, of rural Montana landscapes and farm and ranch life. The walls of the Old Library Gallery are lined with his originals - rodeos, tractors, airplanes and Montanans of days gone by. Greytak said he only draws what he knows. Each piece on the wall has a backstory to it and each scene was experienced by the artist in...
Winter has hit hard in Montana, dumping up to a foot of snow in parts of the state this week. According to The Associated Press, the National Weather Service reported snowfall totals from Sunday through Tuesday that include 12 inches near Roundup in Musselshell County, 11 inches at Silver Gate in Park County, about 10 inches in the Hardin area in Big Horn County and about 7 inches in the Billings area. Don Emanuel, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Great Falls,...
Elvis Presley touched many lives during his time and, for a brief moment, Havre had the chance to see him in person, but only one person was able to get his autograph. Today marks what would be Presley's 80th birthday if he had not died in 1977. In 1957, a Havre Daily News article reports that Presley was traveling through Havre on the Great Northern Empire Builder, which was scheduled to stop briefly — around 15 minutes. “The biggest crowd of Havre residents ever seen at the Great Northern Ry. Co. station turned out to see...
Against my better judgment, I made a New Year’s resolution. There’s a first time for everything. To me, New Year’s resolutions are nothing more than tongues flapping empty air. No matter how much I might say that in the coming year I’m going to run a marathon, lose a hundred pounds, work out at the gym every day, eat no fat, count carbs, read only wholesome literature, keep up with current events, hone my math skills, make a million dollars, get a man-friend, sail around...
William Reed "Bill" Ammen, 79, of Turner, Montana, passed away at his home Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. A viewing will be held Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at 7 p.m., at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at 11 a.m at American Lutheran Church in Turner. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Bill was born May 24, 1935, to George Albert...
Mary Belle Hanberg, 92, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, of natural causes at the Big Sandy Medical Center. Cremation has taken place, and a burial will be held at a later date. Mary's family has requested that memorial donations be made in her name to the Big Sandy Library Fund, to the Dedman Foundation in Fort Benton or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Mary's online memorial page and...
John Broadwater Kuhr II, 50 passed away on Jan. 3, 2015, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre after a brave and courageous two-year battle with appendiceal cancer. His vigil will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, with Tim Maroney officiating. His memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. Both services will be at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. In memory of John, an account will be set up for Rockwell’s college education and a project to be decided at Havre H...
Randolph Christofferson, 90, passed away on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, of natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at First Lutheran Church. Interment will follow with military honors in Highland Cemetery. His family has requested that memorials be made in Randy's name to First Lutheran Church or to the charity...
Dr. Robert Paul Christeck, 73 years old, a former Havre resident, died Saturday Jan. 3, 2015, in Reno, Nevada, in a hospital surrounded by his loving family. Rosary will be Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at 7 p.m., at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Havre with the Rev. Daniel Wathen officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park in Wausau, Wisconsin, with the Church of Resurrection...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's Christmas Cash program continues to make a positive economic impact during the holiday season. Seven million dollars has stayed in Havre since the Christmas Cash program was organized in 1990 by a group of business leaders looking at a way energize the local shopping during the holidays. A total of $148,000 in Christmas Cash circulated through participating Chamber-member businesses this holiday season. Using a conservative turn of three, $444,000 impacted...
By Bruce Auchly FWP Region 4 Information Officer On the last day of the 2014 general hunting season on the Rocky Mountain Front, a large number of the Sun River elk herd were still in the back country not out on the windswept hills of the Sun River Wildlife Management Area. Perhaps 85 percent were on U.S Forest Service lands, including the Bob Marshall Wilderness. This despite two subzero periods in November and a foot or more of fluffy snow in places. A large number of elk...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced that Marc Kloker and Ken Plourde have been named program managers for Region 6. Kloker has been appointed as the Region 6 information and education program manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He will be based out of Glasgow, and replaces Ron Selden, who passed away unexpectedly in August. Kloker, 37, a longtime Valley County resident, comes to FWP from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, where he worked as a...
From Fish, Wildlife and Parks The final results are in at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre check station for the 2014 hunting season. Overall, hunter numbers and big-game harvest were down. “In general, big game harvest was slower this year,” said Havre-area wildlife biologist Scott Hemmer. “This is likely due in part to the elimination of all Region 6 deer B licenses and buck-only harvest on the A-tag for mule deer. The weather this year also may have affected harvest. It was unseasonably warm at the beginning of th...
