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PREP BASKETBALL Thursday's Results BOYS Bigfork 59, Columbia Falls 56 Billings Central 73, Hardin 64 Browning 62, Cut Bank 48 Jordan 56, Rosebud 31 Kalispell Glacier 34, Helena 33, OT Sidney 73, Plentywood 31 GIRLS Butte Central 64, Livingston 35 Chester-Joplin-Inverness 48, North Star 34 Fairfield 45, Belt 43 Harlowton 39, Joliet 37 Jordan 45, Rosebud 30 Ronan 34, Deer Lodge 31...
Community News Service's Michael Wright's recap of Thursdays' events at the Montana Legislature:.: https://storify.com/MichaelJWright/today-feb-5-at-mtleg...
The people of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation have undergone a lot of trauma in recent years. Many prominent residents have been charged with embezzlement and other felonies. With their off-reservation cohorts, they are alleged to have plundered millions of dollars from tribal coffers. Some have already been carted off to prison. At the same time, there has been a bitter rift between two political factions, the tribal establishment and a reform group headed by Ken St. Marks. Not much can be done about the first problem. From a...
HELENA (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker on Thursday called for Montana to support a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit corporate donations in election campaigns. Rep. Ellie Hill of Missoula introduced House Joint Resolution 3 in the State Administration Committee. Committee members did not take immediate action. "I believe the corporate buyout of our elections is the reason to do it," she said of a Constitutional amendment that calls for free and fair elections. It takes 34 states to trigger a convention. T...
HELENA (AP) — Montana lawmakers are considering legislation that would remove the words "half breed" and "breed" from the names of creeks and other places around the state. Republican Rep. Nicholas Schwaderer of Superior introduced House Bill 331 in the State Administration Committee Thursday. He says it's the government's duty to remove offensive language from the places they name. The bill would require state and other agencies to remove the terms from maps, signs and markers when age or vandalism calls for an update. It w...
LAUREL (AP) — The main building of a southeastern Montana company that make fiberglass tanks for use in oil fields was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon, company officials said. Heavy, black smoke rose into the air as firefighters from Billings and Laurel battled the blaze at Fiberglass Structures Inc. in Laurel. There were 20 employees inside when the fire started, and all of them got out safely, plant supervisor Bob Degely told The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/1Dj9c6W). The black smoke was likely caused by the h...
A bill that would allow concealed weapons to be carried on Montana university campuses is going through the motions in the Montana State Legislature. Wednesday, a second reading of the bill passed, 25-24, and the third reading by the Montana Senate will be scheduled soon. If senators pass it, the bill will be sent to the Montana House. If the House approves it, the legislation will go to Gov. Steve Bullock. Montana would not be alone in allowing guns on its campuses: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and...
The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce recently launched a new website that highlights a variety of things, including community events, businesses and resources in the area. The new site, which was designed by Tom Metcalfe of Eight Design was officially launched in January. Debbie Vandeberg, the Chamber's executive director, said making of the new website, http://havrechamber.com, was a business decision to make the group's website more user-friendly. "I think the whole format and...
Hi-Line lawmakers gave strong support to legislation that would allow guns on campus. Sen. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, and Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, spoke on the Senate floor in favor of the legislation Wednesday. Sen. John Brenden, R-Scobey, was absent but voted by proxy in favor of the proposal. In a preliminary vote, the Senate voted 25-24 for the measure. Sen. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, was absent, and it wasn’t clear how he would vote when the bill comes up for final passage. The bill would overturn a Montana University S...
A community tea and celebration of life benefit event, “On the Wings of Hope” for the North Central Montana Relay For Life will take place Feb. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Jude Parish Center, 440 7th Ave. This event will honor Lea Ann Larson and Bonnie Bennett, two local woman who recently died. Lori Roberts, board member of the Havre area Relay For Life organization, said that all of the donations from this event will be given to the North Central Montana Relay For Life under Larson and Bennett’s name. Roberts perso...
With a bit of lyrical jiggling, I could write a new hit song. OK. So I’m not Tony Bennett. OK. So not all my good ideas work. I’m happy to be back in my casa. My bionic knee, Ruth, acquired in India, is bonding with my new bionic body part, Rose Hip. With every step, I lean onto the arms of my new best friend, Hopalong Cassidy. I have another supportive friend who lives in the bathroom whom I call Howdy Doody. This sounds like my body is quite cosmopolitan, chic mul...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash after responding to a 7:56 a.m. Wednesday call from 4th Avenue. —— Officers investigated an 8:23 a.m. Wednesday call from 7th Avenue about a vehicle sliding into a parked car. —— Anthony Scott Lucas, 23, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and on charges of driving with no insurance and with expired registration during a motor vehicle stop on 2nd Street at 12:12 p.m. Wednesday. —— Officers investigated a 12:16 p.m...
Floyd Julian Skoyen, 84, died of natural causes on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at his home north of Chinook. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at 2 p.m. at the Chinook High School Auditorium. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Floyd was born May 5, 1930, on the farmstead north of Chinook to Clara (Mahle) and John P. Skoyen. Floyd was proud to say he...
From Fish, Wildlife and Parks Landowners have until March 15 to submit applications to Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for enrollment in a unique public-access program that may qualify them for up to $2,000 in annual tax credits. Through the "Unlocking State Lands" program, a landowner who enters into a contractual agreement with FWP to allow public recreational access across private land to reach a parcel of otherwise inaccessible state land is entitled to receive a $500 annual tax credit per contract — with a maximum o...
There have been many illustrious wrestling careers in the annals of Havre High wrestling. In fact, the number of great individuals and the championships they have won are too many to count. But one current wrestler that wants to be mentioned among those greats is Blue Pony senior Grayson Brenna. For Brenna, a former individual state champion and member of two Class A team championships, wrestling is everything. He has done it for as long as he can remember and once he was...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has felt the sting of defeat just three times this entire season. Unfortunately, the Skylights have felt that sting in each of their last two games. And the road to getting back on the winning track doesn't get any easier for the No. 11 Skylights (5-2, 20-3), who play their fifth game against a nationally ranked opponent when they visit the No. 21 Lewis-Clark State tonight in Lewiston, Idaho. MSU-N is also on the...
The first season of Frontier Division junior hockey in Havre is starting to wind down. And the Glacier Nationals are making big strides. The Nationals, of the NAHL Tier 3 Frontier Division, are on a three-game winning streak, and they’ll try to make it four in a row when the take to the ice at the Havre Ice Dome Friday night. Standing in the way of the Nationals’ first four-game winning streak is the Great Falls Americans. The two teams have developed quite the rivalry, and...
The first half of the Frontier Conference season was two different tales for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. First came a four-game losing streak - a rare occurrence for the dominant MSU-N program. Now however, the Lights start the second half of the Frontier season with a three-game winning streak. And they're looking more and more like the team everyone has grown accustomed to seeing over the years. The Lights (3-4, 15-9) will look to keep that...
Montana Prep Basketball Standings BOYS Central A Conf. Overall Belgrade 5-2 8-5 Havre 4-2 9-5 Livingston 2-3 6-7 Browning 2-3 4-8 Lewistown 1-4 5-9 District 1B Conf. Overall Choteau 6-0 14-0 Rocky Boy 5-2 9-4 Shelby 5-3 7-6 Fairfield 3-4 5-8 Conrad 3-5 6-8 Cut Bank 0-7 2-10 District 2B Conf. Overall Glasgow 6-0 13-1 Malta 5-3 8-6 Harlem 4-3 7-6 Wolf Point 3-4 5-6 Poplar 3-5 6-8 Plentywood 0-6 1-10 District 9C Conf. Overall Box Elder 10-0 13-1 Hays-Lodge Pole 8-3 11-3 Chinook 8-3 10-4 Chester/J-I 5-5 7-6 Fort Benton-Geraldine...
