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Chinook's Babe Ruth team poses for a team photo Tuesday night. Back row from left to right, coach Darin Hamilton, Ramon Chavez, Thomas Reid, Tanner Ramberg, Dion hammett, Travis Roth, Conner McCalmont, Tyus Hammett and coach Scott Gunderson. Front row, from left to right, coach Brian Hammett, Wily Swensen, Travis Hamilton, Trever Reid, Gavin Gunderson and Cody McCracken. Not photographed, Ian Mcintosh. Northern Montana Hospital poses for a team photo Tuesday night. Back row from left to right, coach Matt Jensen, TC Flesche,...
Dawson Ray Demontiney of Box Elder will spend more than three years in federal prison for the death a passenger in a car crash. The crash occurred after the car he was driving cut a horse in half during a high-speed chase on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation on Christmas Eve 2010. U. S. District Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Demontiney, 25, in federal court in Great Falls Monday to 41 months in prison followed by three years of probation, the U. S. Attorney for Montana said in a press release. Demontiney previously pleaded guilty...
Sage Ferguson of Box Elder will spend nearly three years in federal prison for a car crash Aug. 28 that resulted in paralyzing a passenger in the vehicle from the waist down. U. S. District Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Ferguson, 18, in federal court in Great Falls Monday to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the U. S. Attorney for Montana said in a press release. Ferguson previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious injury. According to the release, Ferguson crashed the vehicle the...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Colin Mazzola, 21, right, of Huntington Beach, Calif., talks about his experiences as a traveler while his 18-year-old girlfriend, Taylor "River" Woodward of Thousand Oaks, Calif., listens in Pepin Park June 13. The duo hopped on a train to Havre from Chicago. Started by Civil War veterans in the late 1800s who built and rode the expanding American rail network, it was during the Great Depression that the American legend of the train-hopping hobo solidified as thousands of people, unable to...
Renae LaShaye Longknife Durham, of Beaver Creek and California, 18, a student, died Saturday, June 23, at her home from an accidental gun shot. Wake services started at her family's ranch on Beaver Creek Road, at 7 p. m. Tuesday, June 26. They will continue at 7 p. m. Wednesday, at the Chief Nosey Center in Lodge Pole. Funeral services will be 11 a. m. Thursday, June 28, at the Chief Nosey Center. Burial will be next to her beloved grandfather, Leroy Longknife, on the family ranch at Beaver Creek. A memorial service will be...
Patricia H. Hillery STAUNTON, Va. — Our mother, Patricia Hopkins Stempkowski Hillery, passed from this life on June 26, 2012, in Staunton, her home for the last 11 years. Born March 3, 1925, in Aylburton, Gloucestershire, England, to Elizabeth (Weaver) and Charles Hopkins, she had a lifelong love of learning. The 1930s in England were hard times, but her father and mother provided for all six children and the memories, as the youngest child, Mom shared with us were always happy ones. When England went to war with Germany in 1...
ROUNDUP — Gov. Brian Schweitzer has extended his emergency declaration to include six counties and an American Indian reservation in eastern Montana threatened by wildfires. The emergency order signed Wednesday morning is for Musselsshell, Rosebud, Custer, Treasure, Yellowstone and Big Horn counties, along with the Northern Cheyenne reservtion. AP Photo/The Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer Lights from a fire truck streak across a burning hillside in a time exposure as the Dahl fire burns, south of Roundup, overnight W...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A towering Colorado wildfire destroyed dozens of houses overnight, though the intensity of the blaze kept officials Wednesday from being able to fully assess the damage to the state's second-largest city. The fire, which doubled in size overnight to about 24 square miles, has forced mandatory evacuations for more than 32,000 residents, Colorado Springs emergency management director Brett Waters said. Among those urgently evacuated Tuesday evening were residents at the U.S. Air Force Academy. AP P...
Clifford Tom Duran Sr., 76, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at his daughter Robin's home in Rocky Boy, Mont. His wake service will begin Sunday and continue through Monday, with his traditional Native American service being held 11 a.m. Tuesday, all at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will be held in the Parker Cemetery on Duck Creek Road. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Clifford Tom Doran Clifford was born Nov. 20, 1935, in Harlem, Mont., to Leo and Elizabeth...
Tropical Storm Beryl was wrecking some Memorial Day weekend plans on Sunday, causing shoreline campers to pack up and head inland and leading to the cancellation of some events as the storm approached the southeastern U.S. Beryl was still well offshore, but officials in Georgia and Florida were bracing for drenching rains and driving winds. AP Photo/The Star-News, Matt Born Joel Izaguirre, left, and Dorian Hernandez of Dunn ride some heavy surf at Carolina Beach, N.C. Saturday, Strong rip currents created dangerous swimming...
The 2011 session in Helena no more than ended and the 2012 campaign season was in full swing. Candidates have hit the ground running. The economy continues to be the number one issue across the nation. The lines can sometimes a get a little blurry as you try to sort out the difference between government's role in growing the economy vs. the government getting out of the way and allowing free enterprise to work at its best. There is one issue, however, that has been brought once again to the forefront, and in this case, there...
I am a bag lady. I am a budding recycling vigilante. Pam Burke I am a jumper-on-er of the "re-use and save" bandwagon. I now shun plastic bags at the store in favor of my newly purchased re-usable bags. It's a non-slackerish and good thing to do. It's totally out of character. Sometimes I don't feel like myself. The people who know me are a little shocked that I have fully embraced an action that requires me to abstain from using a free convenience that makes my life easier because, hey: Free. Easy. Two of my favorite words....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Child labor groups say they are stunned and disappointed that the Obama administration is backing off a plan to keep children from doing the most dangerous farm jobs. Reid Maki, coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition, said the Labor Department's sudden decision late Thursday to withdraw the proposed rules means more children will die in farm accidents that could have been prevented. "There was tremendous heat and I don't think it helped that it was an election year," he said. "A lot of conservatives m...
Havre Pride Day has been postponed due to the weather. The cleanup will happen next Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to noon. Havre High softball for today has also been cancelled. Tonight's North Star baseball camp has been postponed until May 11. The Shriner's pancake breakfast is scill scheduled to take place Saturday morning, 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Elks Club....
BILLINGS — Prosecutors on Friday filed murder charges and said they intend to seek the death penalty against two men accused of kidnapping a Montana teacher whose body was discovered after two months of searching. Lester Van Waters Jr., 48, and Michael Keith Spell, 22, are accused of grabbing Sherry Arnold off a street in Sidney, Mont., on Jan. 7 while she was on a pre-dawn run. Waters and Spell — two men from Parachute, Colo., who had arrived looking for work in oil fields — were arrested about a week after Arnold's disap...
Hi-Line darts and Laurels Laurel — There is a new effort in Montana and in Havre, in particular, to attract tourists to our area. Goal 1 should be to convince people traveling down U.S. Highway 2 to or from Glacier National Park to stop in Havre, spend some time here and visit our historical attractions. Goal 2 should be to convince people — especially Montanans, North Dakotans and other Westerners — to spend their vacations or extended weekends in Havre. We have historical attractions, natural beauty and the nation's large...
Editor: The numbers are staggering. Montana reported an average of 10 crimes related to domestic violence every day in 2010. According to the Montana Board of Crime Control, 3,732 Montanans — mostly women and children — suffered violence at the hands of members of their own families. The number of unreported crimes, of course, is much higher. This week in Washington, D.C., lawmakers are debating whether to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. The fact that a debate is even needed speaks volumes about the problems goi...
This afternoon's Havre High vs. Browning softball game has been called off because of rain. If any other events are cancelled, please let us know at [email protected]....
DEER LODGE — Montana officials on Friday rejected parole for a notorious "mountain man" who abducted a world-class athlete in 1984 to keep as a wife for his son, and then shot her and left her to die during a rescue attempt. The state Board of Pardons and Parole held its third parole hearing for Don Nichols as federal authorities search for his son Dan, accused earlier this month with new drug and gun crimes. During his 20-minute hearing, the 81-year-old Nichols expressed contempt for the board. AP file photo/File This 1...
WASHINGTON — Republicans have ignored a White House veto threat and passed a bill to keep interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling this summer. The House approved the bill Friday on a 215-195 vote, despite pressure from conservative groups. The election-year bill has evolved from a dispute over helping students into a battle between the two parties over how to help families cope with the weak job market and ailing economy. The White House and most Democrats opposed the $5.9 billion bill because of h...
A flurry of activity in Washington has come through in the last few days with direct effects on north-central Montana. The action included a Senate committee passing a new farm bill to the floor and Montana's senior senator being appointed to the House-Senate conference committee to hash out a new highway bill. Dept. of Labor backs off on child farm work Along with this morning's announcement that a farm bill has passed out of committee and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has been appointed to the highway bill conference committee...
During an election year, it's hard to find issues that politicians from different parties agree on. The latest in a series of bills raising concerns about online privacy, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, passed a House vote on Thursday, 248-168, though Montana's Washington representative did not support the bill. CISPA would open relationships between government intelligence agencies and private corporations in an attempt to fight "cyber threats. " Supporters say the new provisions are necessary to prevent...
The Bar Association of the judicial district that includes Hill County has set up a series of discussions to inform people about legal issues ranging from estate planning to contract disputes, from custody and child support issues to basic criminal justice. The day will close out with a presentation on the drug and DUI courts being established in the county. Karla Mae Bosse, Hill County deputy attorney and president of the 12th Judicial District Bar Association, said the bar and local attorneys' offices are sponsoring the...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre Middle School music and math teacher Darla Cook listens during class Thursday afternoon to sixth-grader Vander Swensen rehearse his musical part in the school's upcoming "The Wizard of Oz" concert, in which Swensen is playing the Scarecrow. The concert will be Cook's final production due to her retirement at the end of this academic school year. Cook has been a math and music teacher for 36 years. "The Wizard of Oz" concert will feature music from the musicals "The Sound of Music," "Mamma...
May Josephine (Kafka) Drga Clawiter May Josephine (Kafka) Drga Clawiter passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012, from natural causes, at Big Sandy Medical Center. Viewing will be held at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home on Friday March 30, 2012, from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. Her funeral service will be at 1 p. m. Saturday, March 31, at the United Methodist Church in Big Sandy. Pastor Ross Rettig and May's grandson, John Drga will officiate. Burial will follow at Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held in the Big Sandy Hi...
