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Frances Keller passed into God's loving grace at home in the company of her loving family on Jan. 17, 2014, at the age of 85. Born to Ira Eatinger on Feb. 2, 1928, in Plentywood, Mont., Frances was raised by her father, uncles and aunts. She married William L. Humphries in May 1955, until his death, on March 28, 1979. They raised four children, Joyce (Bob) Potter of Glasgow, Dennis (Donna) Humphries of Kalispell, Lloyd (Tammy)Humphries of Helena and Lynn Askar of Havre. A seco...
HELENA (AP) — A long execution in Ohio that left the condemned inmate gasping and snorting illustrates the dangers of using untested drug combinations in lethal injections, said a civil-rights group suing Montana over its execution method. Montana last year changed its lethal-injection method from a combination of three drugs to two, but there hasn't been an execution in the state since the change and the combination of those two drugs is untested in the U.S., said American Civil Liberties Union of Montana attorney Anna Conle...
In February 2012, an email written by U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull of Billings surfaced. It was a racist joke about President Barack Obama that anyone with an ounce of integrity would have found sickeningly offensive. There were calls for Cebull’s resignation, but the judge’s defenders said that his one mistake was not sufficient to warrant his removal from office. After a far-too-long investigation, a judicial review panel has revealed that Cebull had written several hundred inappropriate emails showing disdain for bla...
Last weekend, members and friends of the Chippewa Cree Tribe gathered at Montana State University-Northern for a winter powwow celebration. Right in the center of the activities was Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont. He took part in the entrance dance when hundreds of Native American in Indian attire entered the gym. It’s not that unusual that politicians take part in powwow celebrations, but it is a might unusual to see Republicans take part. Of course, Daines’ appearance was labeled as a fact-finding effort and had nothing to do...
If any had asked me, I would have told them that I would likely live into my late 80s or early 90s. I have longevity on my mother’s side, after all: most of her brothers and sisters and mother lived into their 80s. My father’s side? Not as good, but his mom lived into her 80s. If anyone had asked me. No one did, but I thought about it now and then. When I heard of someone with cancer or attended a funeral of a friend or acquaintance, I wondered how I would end, and more importantly, how I would handle the inevitable, eit...
Havre Police Department Samuel Roastingstick, 43, of Rocky Boy was arrested on a charge of shoplifting after officers responded to a 12:18 p.m. Friday call from the Havre-Hill County Library about a middle-aged man who just left the library. ——— Thomas Wayne Lorentz, 33, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after officers served the warrant at 7:56 p.m. Friday at the police station. ——— Officers investigated a 9:42 p.m. Friday call about a taxi driver’s passenger being followed by a man in a blue Ford truc...
A.F. (Burk) Burkhartsmeyer was born July 13, 1918, near Goldstone, Mont., in Hill County, to Gottlieb and Josephine (Gisinger) Burkhartsmeyer. He achieved the rank of sergeant in the 41st U.S. Army Infantry Division in World War II and was wounded on Biak Island, New Guinea. Co. A, 162nd Regiment received a Unit Citation for 76 days of continuous combat in the Salamaua, New Guinea, campaign. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. After the war, he married Gladys...
Gilbert Horn was honored Thursday for his service during World War II as a Native American code talker. At Northern Montana Care Center, many were gathered in a recreational room to pay their respects to the veteran who put his life on the line fighting Japanese forces in Burma with the other soldiers in Merrill's Marauders. Merrill's Marauders was a special forces unit that fought in southeast Asia and in this unit, Horn found himself often pinned down in foxholes behind...
A Fort Belknap man will spend 22 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 1 ½-year-old relative in his residence. Joseph Christopher Birdtail, 37, pleaded guilty in May to abusive sexual contact. Friday, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in federal District Court in Great Falls sentenced Birdtail to 264 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Birdtail was charged after a doctor found evidence June 22, 2012, that the toddler may have been ab...
A Fort Belknap man received an almost-eight year sentence including 34 months in federal prison for sexually assaulting a young high-school aged girl in his care. Robert James Schaeffer, 49, pleaded guilty in October to sexual abuse of a minor. Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris in federal District Court in Great Falls sentenced Schaeffer to the prison term and to five years of supervised release. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Schaeffer was charged after the girl, who lived with S...
The founder of a multi-billion-dollar Montana success story — started in a spare bedroom in Bozeman — will be in Havre March 12 at the close of an economic outlook tour. RightNow Technologies founder Greg Gianforte is the headliner of the 39th annual Montana Economic Outlook Seminar of the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, “Making Montana the First Best Place: How Entrepreneurship is creating High-Paying Jobs.” Gianforte will be introduced by NorthWestern Energy CEO Bob Rowe. Gianforte...
The warmer-than-usual weather on the Hi-Line is expected to drop to closer-to-normal temperatures this week but to continue to be warmer than December. That follows wild swings in winter weather starting in December, and one long-range forecast predicts colder days by the start of February. The warmth hit less than a month after the Hi-Line was the coldest spot in the nation, with a minus 46 temperature reported southeast of Chester about Dec. 7, and the official temperatures for Chinook, minus 42, the coldest spot in the low...
The Havre High wrestling team entered the weekend with high hopes of a team title at maybe the toughest tournament outside of the state tournament. But Class AA Great Falls High had other ideas, as it was the Bison who captured their third straight team title at the annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic in Missoula. The Bison racked up 151 points through Friday, but came alive on Saturday to finish with an impressive 249 team points. Havre wasn’t too far off from the team t...
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team has been very good on the road this season. And the Skylights were again Friday night. However, that didn’t quite carry all the way over into Northern’s rivalry game with Carroll College Saturday night in Helena. The No. 15 Skylights earned a Frontier Conference road split this weekend, beating Montana Tech 58-42 Friday night in Butte. One night later, MSU-N was upset by Carroll, 66-60 in Helena. “A split in this...
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team has been on a rollercoaster ride since Frontier Conference play began. And this weekend’s road swing through Butte and Helena was more of the same. Northern senior Roshawn West lifted the Lights to a dramatic, 83-82 double-overtime win over Montana Tech Friday night in Butte, but the momentum was halted just 24 hours later when the Carroll College Fighting Saints upset the Lights 56-47 Saturday night in Helena. And...
The Havre High swim teams are certainly familiar with the Swarthout Fieldhouse Pool in Great Falls. But the Ponies had to swim with some fierce competition this past Saturday. Competing in the Great Falls Invitational Saturday, the Blue Pony girls finished seventh overall with 74 points, while the Havre High boys finished ninth with eight points. The meet featured Class AA Bozeman, CMR, Great Falls High, Helena High, Helena Capital, Butte High, as well as Class A rivals...
For yet another dual, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team was short-handed but, wrestling on their home mat for the first time since November, the Lights weren’t going to let holes in their lineup be a deterrent. The No. 2 Lights dominated the upper weights in a 38-23 win over NJCAA Western Wyoming Saturday night at the Armory Gymnasium. MSU-N was open at 125 and 149 pounds, as well as the heavyweight slot, but bonus points lifted the Lights to a dominant win...
A split at home is sometimes a tough pill to swallow midway through the season. But the Havre High boys basketball team can be proud of a split that gave them a huge boost in the conference standings. The Central A Blue Ponies were in the middle of the pack entering the weekend. But coming out of the weekend, HHS is now the No. 1 team in the Central A. The bump in the rankings came after the Ponies were able to defeat the Browning Indians 76-50 Friday night in Havre. In nonlea...
Over the last couple of weeks the Havre High girls basketball team has made it a habit of earning dominating and crucial victories. If the pattern continues, the Central A Blue Ponies should find themselves earning another regular-season and divisional-tournament title, as well as another berth in the Class A State basketball tournament in March. Over the weekend the Ponies grabbed two more wins. Friday night on the road, the Ponies managed to return from Browning with a...
