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  • Rocky Boy coach accused of sex with minor

    Updated Jan 29, 2020

    An assistant basketball coach at Stone Child College and Rocky Boy's high school and middle school is accused of having sex with a minor. According to a federal court document, Christopher Brown, born in 1988, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor for having sex with a pre-high school-aged girl on multiple occasions. Brown made his initial appearance in federal District Court in Great Falls Tuesday, and is scheduled to have a detention hearing Thursday, court documents...

  • Body found on Milk River near Fort Belknap Agency

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Fort Belknap officials reported finding a body Monday on the Milk River near Fort Belknap Agency. A public service announcement from the Fort Belknap Agency said multiple agencies responded and found a person lying on the ice near a dam near the agency. The body has been transported to Billings to the Montana State Crime Lab to determine a cause of death. The incident is being investigated by the Fort Belknap Law Enforcement Services Criminal Investigation Unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The area in which the...

  • Health Department and Extension starting a walking group

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Montana State University Extension and Hill County Health Department are partnering together to start a walking group in Havre which will start walking Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Friday, Feb. 7, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 2:30 p.m. at the Holiday Village Mall. “Our Havre Walking Group is going to be open to anybody who wants to come join us and walk inside,” Montana State University Extension Agent Jasmine Carbajal said. “With the winter, it’s really hard to walk outside, and so we decided to lead a couple of walking groups....

  • Rocky Boy coach accused of sex with a minor

    Updated Jan 29, 2020

    A basketball coach at Stone Child College and Rocky Boy’s high school and middle school is accused of having sex with a minor. According to a federal court document, Christopher Brown, born in 1988, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor for having sex with a pre-high school-aged girl on multiple occasions. Brown made his initial appearance in federal District Court in Great Falls Tuesday, and is scheduled to have a detention hearing Thursday. See more in today's edition of the Havre Daily News....

  • Triangle warns of possible slow internet speeds due to cyber attacks

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Triangle Communications made a Facebook post Monday saying the cooperative is dealing with a series of attacks that may cause users to experience slow internet speeds. “Triangle has been targeted with multiple denial of service attacks, which means our internet service is being attacked from outside of the Triangle area by a malicious and deliberate perpetrator,” the post said. A call to Triangle requesting more information had not been returned by printing deadline this morning. Denial of service attacks occur when leg...

  • Vigil being held for hit-and-run victim

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Veteran Memorial Park on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for Lacey Arkinson, a 16-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run crash Dec. 12. “I feel as though nothing is being pursued,” Arkinson’s mother, Violet Arkinson, said, adding that the vigil is being held to try to get more people involved in pursuing justice for her daughter’s death and, hopefully, get some closure for her and her family. “My daughter was a very hard-working student,” Arkinson said. “She wa...

  • Aaniiih Nakoda-MSU partnership encourages research

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Researchers from Montana State University, cell biology and neuroscience assistant professor Christa Merzdorf and postdoctoral researcher Jennifer Forecki, Monday concluded a research project - in which students at Aaniiih Nakoda College on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation studied the effects substances had on development of zebrafish embryos - with presentations of the research results. "We do this because it is an introduction to research," Merzdorf said. She said doing a...

  • Obituary - Sharon L. McLain

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Sharon L. McLain, 65, passed away due to natural causes at the Northern Montana Care Center Saturday, January 25, 2020. Private family graveside services will be held this week. Sharon's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her name to the Havre Day Activity Center or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Sharon's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence...

  • Correction - Hell Freeze

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    The caption to a photo with the Hell Freeze hockey tournament in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misidentified team River Rats-Olson facing off against the Helena Stanley Cupcakes....

  • For the Record, Jan. 28, 2020

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Havre Police Department A Boulevard Avenue caller reported a water main break at 6:06 a.m. Monday. -- A caller at a Seventh Street facility asked Monday at 8:55 a.m. to speak with an officer. -- An arrest was made after a Second Street caller reported an assault Monday at 2:42 p.m. No details on the charges were provided. -- A purse-wallet was reported Monday at 3:42 p.m. stolen from a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business. -- Lawrence Eugene Normandy or Havre, 51, was arrested...

  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission business meeting

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission’s business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Resolutions: Ordinances Contracts Montana Department of Justice MHP — Statewide Radio System Interlocal Agreement Board appointments: Policy updates: County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Highway 2 Association dues and discussion...

  • Montana State seeks STEM role models, sponsors for Expanding Your Horizons conference

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Academic Technology and Outreach is seeking female professionals to volunteer and deliver presentations or serve as role models for junior high-aged girls interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. More than 240 girls from across the state are expected to attend the annual Expanding Your Horizons conference, which will take place Saturday, April 18, at MSU’s campus. The event will offer participants an array of engaging STEM activities in sub...

  • Quilt show again set at Montana Seed Show

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Press release The annual Montana Seed Show is March 12,13 and 14 and it is the 28th year for the Nimble Thimble Quilt show. The dates for the Quilt Show are Friday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the band room at Harlem High School. Quilts and entry forms must be returned to the Richman Insurance office in Harlem by Friday, March 6, at 5 p.m. No late entry forms will be accepted. Get busy and get those quilt projects finished and enter them in the show. People can enter...

  • Clerk and recorder association scholarship forms available

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Press release The Montana Association of Clerk and Recorder’s is again sponsoring two scholarships for graduating seniors who will be attending an in-state college or university. First-place scholarship is for $1,000 and second-place scholarship is for $500. The last day of acceptance of applications is March 13. Application forms are available from the guidance counselor at schools or from the County Clerk and Recorder’s office. People with questions can call 265-5481 ext. 2323. The application forms must be received by Cle...

  • Frontier Notebook: Former Light Kyle Samson is the right man to lead Tech

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    It’s basketball season and this weekly notebook is usually reserved for just Frontier Conference hoops. But there was a pretty big piece of football news in the Frontier last week, as Montana Tech formally named former Montana State University-Northern All-American quarterback and assistant coach Kyle Samson as the Orediggers’ new head coach. Samson, who was in his first year as Tech’s offensive coordinator, had been named interim head coach for the Diggers’ after Chuck M...

  • CJI, Chinook and Fort Benton sweep 9C games

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Rankings are tightening up in District 9C and in Class B, with the teams across the Hi-Line looking to keep rising. Last weekend saw a lot of great games, but one game Thursday kicked off the three-day series of games with a bang. The Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks faced off against the Box Elder Bears in Box Elder for an exciting 9C showdown. The Bears and Hawks have been climbing the ranks in 9C and this game had potential to make or break a higher spot. The matchup opened...

  • Sports Photo: Hell Freeze a hit once again...

    Updated Jan 28, 2020

  • George Ferguson Column: After one special day, Kobe tragedy hits Chris Mouat hard

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    Obviously, Jan. 26, 2020, will be a day that so many will never forget. It will be the day basketball fans, and so many more lost Kobe Bryant, as well as his young daughter Gianna, and seven others who were tragically killed in a helicopter crash in California. Whether you were a Kobe Bryant fan or not, a Lakers fan or not, or, in some ways, a basketball fan or not, the loss of Kobe will be profound, simply because, Kobe transcended basketball. He transcended a lot of things....

  • Hi-Line Girls BB: Thunderbirds rising higher and higher

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 28, 2020

    By this time next week, January will be gone and the final days and nights of the 2019 girls basketball regular season will be upon the Hi-Line. But, January isn't quite over yet and area teams are showing that they're ready for the stretch run. Last week started with Big Sandy and Box Elder earning key District 9C wins Thursday night. The Pioneers turned away Chinook 36-30, via a 12-5 run in the final eight minutes. Amanda Cline scored 13 points and Sienna Demontiney added...

  • Hi-Line Sports Schedule

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    THURSDAY High School Basketball Havre boys vs CMR, 7 p.m. Havre girls at CMR, 7 p.m. Rocky Boy girls vs Harlem Rocky Boy boys vs Harlem FRIDAY High School Basketball Big Sandy girls at DGS Big Sandy boys at DGS Chinook girls vs CJI Chinook boys vs CJI Fort Benton girls vs HLP Fort Benton boys vs HLP Box Elder girls vs North Star Box Elder boys vs North Star Turner girls at Dodson Turner boys at Dodson Rocky Boy girls at Cut Bank Rocky Boy boys at Cut Bank College Basketball Sk...