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Shane Patacsil, Havre High Boys Basketball Havre High sophomore Shane Patacsil is making big points for the Blue Pony boys basketball team. On the road this past weekend, Patacsil scored 11 points in a tough loss to Glendive, then bounced back to add 15 points in a win over Sidney Saturday afternoon. Patacsil is averaging in double figures for the Blue Ponies, where he also competes in golf in the fall, and track and field in the spring. Hallie Neibauer, Chinook Girls...
As the omicron variant-driven surge of new COVID-19 cases continues, Montana is closing in on confirming 3,000 COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic began. The state tracking map this morning reported 2,990 deaths, up three from Tuesday's report and 26 more than last Wednesday. The map reported 3,072 new cases, the highest single-day total after Monday of this week, when the state listed 5,057 new cases from Friday trough Sunday. The surge comes as federal vaccination...
After a year without it due to the pandemic, the Milk River Gobblers Annual Banquet will be held Feb. 5 at the Havre Eagles Club featuring games, raffles, a live auction, a silent auction and a dinner which will help fund the group's operation in the coming year. The gobblers unofficial public relations officer Jeff Dibblee said his group is glad to be back after a year of the pandemic and they're hoping for a good turnout. "It feels really good; we're all excited about it,"...
After a two-year hiatus, the Big Sandy Gun Show is returning Friday through Sunday, organizer Keith Hanson said, and they are expecting a large turnout for the 15 vendors selling, buying and trading at the event. Hanson, who is spearheading the Big Sandy show after nine years co-organizing the Chinook Gun & Antique Show, said the Chinook event had very high visitor numbers this year and after talking with people about the Big Sandy event he’s expecting 300 to 500 people to c...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 3,072 new cases, 16,125 active cases, 126 hospitalizations and 2,990 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 233,056 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 66 new cases were reported and 32 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 235 active cases in the county, 3 active hospitalizations, 4,263 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that it w...
“You’ll never guess what I did!” my husband, Peter, announced. “You’re right. I won’t.” “I microwaved the masking tape!” I can’t tell you how pleased he was with himself. My husband has a hack for everything. When I buy a roll of masking tape that is good for nothing but causing intense frustration, I am willing to give it up, toss the tape, and call it a lesson learned. “Next time, I’m buying the expensive kind!” I said to Peter, after the tape shredded into itty-bitty bits j...
(BPT) - COVID-19 has hit some communities very hard. That has put new attention on a long-term problem in the United States - health disparities. Health disparities are differences in health that harm disadvantaged communities. Understanding what causes these differences is key to addressing them. DNA alone does not explain the big differences in people's health. Researchers are looking closely at other variables that affect health. These factors include social determinants...
Information provided to Havre Daily News used in stories bout Havre High School speech and debate in the Jan. 10 and Jan. 24 editions of the paper misreported the ages of Havre public forum debaters Dartanion Kaftan and Riley Klein. Both are seniors....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a fender bender reported Tuesday at 1:53 p.m. at First Street and 16th Avenue. -- Sheron Faye Saddler of Box Elder, 27, was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting, obstructing a peace officer of other public servant and trespass to property after a caller at a first Street business reported a shoplifter Tuesday at 3:04 p.m. -- Officers assisted a 5:40 p.m. Tuesday caller on Fifth Avenue, and after a call at 11:30 p.m. --...
Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library are holding a silent auction for bundles of books covering an assortment of authors and interests. People can see the auction items at the library. Bidding has already begun and will continue until Thursday, Feb. 17, at noon. The group is also having a whole pie sale on Valentine’s Day rather than its customary pie social which is still on hiatus due to COVID-19. The pie sale will be from noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, at the l...
Press release The Second Annual Montana Ducks Unlimited Ice Fishing Tournament is set for Feb. 19 on Canyon Ferry Reservoir. DU will be giving away over $13,000 in cash and prizes! Big ticket prizes include Charles Daly O/U 20 Gauge Shotguns, Kenetrek boots, Vortex Viper 10X42 Binoculars, Otter Vortex Lodge Fish House, Sitka Mountain 2700 Backpacks, Aqua View 715C Cameras, Camp Chef Pellet Smokers and $250 Kenyon Noble Gift Cards. The Big Fish prize is $2500 and the fisherman with the largest walleye and perch will each get...
Good luck trying to slow down the Havre High girls basketball team this season. The Blue Ponies had won eight games in a row heading into Tuesday night's game at Havre High Gymnasium and they were looking to keep it up against Malta. Even though the M-Ettes are a tough squad, the Ponies showed no signs of slowing down as they won 55-26. "I thought we played great," HHS head coach Dustin Kraske said. "Malta's a really good team and we held them to 26 points. That's a good...
Last December, the Havre High boys basketball team played its most exciting game of the season at Malta as the Blue Ponies needed an 11-0 run to end the game to pull out a 40-39 win. But Tuesday night at Havre High Gymnasium, the Ponies pulled away early for a 68-51 win over the Mustangs. "I just really loved our effort from start to finish. From one through 12, our guys were just locked in," HHS head coach Walynn Burgess said. "We just understood we had to take care of...
While the game of basketball has gone through plenty of changes over the year, at its core, it's still the very simple game that its creator, Dr. James Naismith invented. Change, though, is inevitable, and its coming to a Montana high school basketball game near you. In the biggest change to Montana High School Association basketball since the girls season was moved from the fall to winter, the state has now adopted a 35-second shot clock, which will take effect next season....
The Montana State University-Northern Lights are in the stretch run of the 2021-22 wrestling season, and this weekend will be another key one for the Lights. Northern, ranked No. 8 in the NAIA, is coming off a stellar showing at last weekend's Missouri Valley Invitational, where the Lights finished fourth out of more than 30 teams. MSU-N also sent four grapplers to the podium on its way to the outstanding finish. Now, the Lights will get right back to tournament action when...
