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Scores BOYS Bigfork 67, Thompson Falls 43 Box Elder 110, Turner 26 Chinook 59, Fort Benton-Geraldine 27 Choteau 51, Fairfield 48 Frenchtown 59, Anaconda 52 Great Falls Central 90, Heart Butte 55 Plains 50, Ronan 45 Valley Christian 70, Alberton 20 GIRLS Butte Central 56, Butte 38 Centerville 70, Stanford-Geyser-Denton 40 Chinook 46, Fort Benton-Geraldine 37 Fairfield 42, Choteau 31 Forsyth 87, Lame Deer 52 Great Falls Central 37, Heart Butte 26 Kalispell Glacier 46, Columbia...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team defeated Carroll College 50-48 in a nationally-ranked showdown Thursday night in Helena. The No. 11 Skylights broke a 48-48 tie with the No. 19 Fighting Saints when A'Jha Edwards put back a Taylor Cummings miss with :02 left in the contest. Northern improved to 3-0 in the Frontier Conference and 19-1 overall. The Skylights play at Rocky Mountain College Saturday night. Also on Thursday night, the MSU-Northern men fell to an 0-3 start in conference play. The Lights...
Debbie Stewart, 46, of Havre, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at her residence. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made in Debbie's name to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Debbie's online memorial page and leave...
It seemed like just when winter finally and truly arrived in Montana, so too did Frontier Conference basketball. And the first week of league play was certainly as stormy as the weather. There were shocking upsets, controversial calls and stellar individual performances to highlight the first week of Frontier action, and, that's only the beginning. And things started with a bang as the Westminster women saw a nearly two-year home winning streak come crashing down on the Fronti...
Montana Highway Patrol reported a two-vehicle hit-and-run crash that occurred Wednesday evening on U.S. Highway 2 and 19th Avenue at 4 p.m.. Vehicle No. 1 was reportedly waiting to make a right-hand turn off of U.S. Highway 2 onto 19th Avenue. Vehicle No. 2 failed to stop for traffic when making a left-hand turn off of U.S. Highway 2 onto 19th Avenue. Vehicle No. 2 collided with the front-end of Vehicle No. 1 and the driver of Vehicle No. 2 fled the scene. No injuries were reported. The hit-and-run vehicle is described as a...
The Hill County DUI task force held a meeting Wednesday, and there were a variety of discussions concerning bringing awareness to DUIs. Havre Police Chief, Gabe Matosich gave an update on the numbers of DUIs for this past New Year’s Eve. “New Year’s Eve, there were no DUIs,” he said. Rich Jespersen, of the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, said this task force helped sponsor the “Sober & Safe” program over New Years. “There were 330 rides this last New Year’s Eve provided by drivers from Havre Ford,” he said. Clay Vincen...
Students were evacuated from Havre High School after a bomb threat was called in Wednesday morning. "Around the 11 o'clock hour, the school received a call that the school was going to blow up," said acting Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich. "That's pretty much all they said." The high school went into code yellow and school buses were driven to the high school to take the students to the Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Once there they were told to call their parents to come...
Montana Actors' Theatre's latest production, "9 Circles," will have its opening night Friday. "9 Circles" is based on true events and tells the story of Pvt. Daniel Reeves, who has been honorably discharged from the military and, in coming home, finds himself prosecuted for war crimes. "Maybe he did or maybe he didn't commit some atrocities in Iraq," said Jay Pyette, the director of the production. "Really, it's his story - his journey through the trial and the people he...
The upcoming Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation election now has a set list of candidates after the deadline for submissions ended Wednesday. The election will fill the Chippewa Cree Business Committee chairman and committee member positions previously held by Kenneth Blatt St. Marks and John “Chance” Houle respectively. The candidates for chairman are: • Jonathan Windy Boy • Ken Blatt St. Marks • Bert Corcoran • Dustin Whitford The candidates for committee member are: • Ted Whitford • Raymond “Jazz” Parker • Leon Sutherland • D...
Montana State University Extension BOZEMAN — Big Sky Small Acres: Rural Living in Montana, a magazine produced triannually by Montana State University Extension for busy landowners and backyard enthusiasts, is now available for free online. The magazine, which has been in circulation since 2008, features practical articles on topics including weed and water management, horticulture, wildlife and habitat, insects and pests, and more. Using frequent questions to MSU Extension offices and needs assessment surveys, the p...
North Central Montana Transit has announced that its buses will not run Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday....
Hi John, I understand the weather is a bit on the rough and tough up there. I’ll not talk about the weather down here. Hello Sondra, That’s what a little time in Mexico does to you. You’ve lost your Montana bravado. Don’t you long for the minus 5 temperatures, the minus 20 wind chills, the 8 inches of snow? You’ve become a wimp. Well, that sure shut my mouth! And that after I’d been whining about what a cold winter we are experiencing here, what with the dregs of the cold flow...
Editor: I would never profess to know the ins and outs of politics, but I do know moms. I publish Mamalode Magazine (“America’s best parenting magazine” — Lisa Stone CEO of BlogHer — which is published in Missoula) and I know firsthand about the challenges facing mothers. When my sons were pre-school aged I was really struggling. I had some health issues and had to quit my job. We lived in our basement and rented out the rest of the house to make ends meet. With some help from grandparents and some scholarships we were able...
Havre Police Department An officer investigated a 7:10 a.m. Wednesday report from 1st Street that a driver drove a dark blue Dodge Durango away from a business without paying for gasoline. —— Officers responded to a caller saying at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday that a bomb was emplaced at Havre High School. —— A caller reported at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday that a man was at a gas station and convenience store on 1st Street West and he had been told to stay away. The police call log shows an arrest was made but no details were availab...
Ethel June (Hay) Birdwell, 84, of Havre, Montana, passed away on Jan. 10, 2015, of natural causes. Ethel was born June 10, 1930, in Savoy, Montana to Andrew (Dan) Hay and Edna (Rich) Hay. She attended school in Savoy and Harlem, graduating from Harlem High School in 1948. Ethel married Raymond Birdwell on June 25, 1950. The couple lived in Oceanside, California, while Ray was stationed at Camp Pendelton, where their first child was born. The family returned to Montana in the...
Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Graham, 96, a Chester farm wife who loved reading, crocheting and cooking, died at the Liberty Medical Center in Chester on Jan. 12. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the United Methodist Church in Chester. Burial at the Chester Cemetery. A reception to follow at the church. Arrangement are at Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Hi-Line Health Foundation, the Chester United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor’s choice....
Leo Bennett “Ben” Alexander, 62, retired BNSF Railway conductor who loved gunsmithing, hunting, and Labradors, died at his Gildford home on Jan. 8, 2015. Cremation has been completed. A memorial service with military rites will be 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19, at the Galata Community Hall. A reception will follow. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester....
Special to the Daily News Bear Paw Credit Union has promoted two employees, Kim Kenney and Marie Hobson. Kenney has been named vice president of lending. Kenney has been with Bear Paw Credit Union since January 1996. She has been working in the loan department since she started in 1996 and was the loan department manager. Her new duties will be overseeing the lending officers in all of Bear Paw Credit Union's offices, and she will continue to serve its members with their real...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 is joining the world of social media. Marc Kloker, Region 6 information and education program manager, recently launched a Facebook page dedicated to the region http://www.facebook.com/MontanaFWP.R6 The page will be devoted to Region 6 and statewide FWP news updates, information, and events. Updates will include fishing access site or boat ramp closures, start and end dates of hunting seasons, current ice conditions, new block management areas,...
With what happened to the Montana State University-Northern Lights last Saturday night inside the Armory Gymnasium, it would be easy for them to dwell on it. It would even be understandable. But this is Frontier Conference basketball, and the Lights can't afford to look back. With road games awaiting the Lights against Carroll College and Rocky Mountain College this weekend, the Lights don't have any choice but to move on. Following their devastating and controversial loss to...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was involved in the NAIA Game of the Week just five days ago. Now the Skylights have to play in a similar clash. Northern, which swept Montana Tech and Lewis-Clark State in Havre last weekend, now faces the only other unbeaten team in the Frontier Conference when the No. 11 Skylights (2-0, 17-1) meet the No. 19 Carroll College Fighting Saints (2-0, 11-4) tonight in Helena. Tipoff is set for 5:30. MSU-N also pays a v...
Ever since the Christmas break, the Havre High wrestling team has been looking to square off against some high-end competition, outside of themselves at least. And after competing in just one meet in the last month, the Blue Ponies are finally going to get the opportunity they have been waiting for. The Ponies, who are coming off a 13th consecutive title at the Cut Bank Invitational last weekend, will not only face some difficult competition this week, they will see the best t...
Prep Basketball Standings BOYS Central A Conf. Overall Havre 3-0 7-1 Browning 1-1 3-4 Belgrade 2-2 3-4 Livingston 1-2 4-4 Lewistown 0-2 2-5 1B Conf. Overall Choteau 3-0 7-0 Conrad 2-1 4-4 Shelby 2-1 3-4 Fairfield 1-1 2-5 Rocky Boy 1-2 3-3 Cut Bank 0-4 1-6 2B Conf. Overall Glasgow 3-0 8-0 Wolf Point 3-0 5-1 Poplar 1-2 4-4 Malta 1-2 4-4 Harlem 1-2 2-5 Plentywood 0-3 0-7 9C Conf. Overall Hays-Lodge Pole 6-0 8-0 Box Elder 5-0 7-1 Geraldine-Fort Benton 3-2 3-5 Chester/J-I 3-2 5-2 Chinook 2-2 4-3 North Star 1-4 2-5 Turner 0-5 2-5 B...
