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BOSTON (AP) — The 19-year-old charged with the Boston Marathon bombing, his throat injured by a gunshot wound, wrote down answers to the questions of investigators about his motives and connections to any terror networks. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's answers led them to believe he and his brother were motivated by a radical brand of Islam without major terror connections, said U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Dina R... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials say Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, plans to retire. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks on Capitol Hill on April 17. According to Democratic officials: The six-term Democratic Sen. Max Baucus plans to retire. The 72-year-old Democrat has served six terms. He helped steer President Barack Obama's ambitious health care overhaul into law in 2010 but more recently broke w... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, the powerful Senate Finance chairman who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but broke with his party on gun control, said Tuesday he will not run for re-election. "I don't want to die here with my boots on. There is life beyond Congress," the 71-year-old Baucus said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., enters the Speaker's office for a meeting about tax cuts on Capitol Hill in W...
Much hubbub has been made recently in the press about Montana Public Service Commission's decision to consider repealing what has come to be called the "PSC Executive Pay Rule." Much of the commentary has been misleading, even downright inaccurate. The Public Service Commissioners need and want your input and feedback on the matter. I've outlined a number of issues for your consideration and hope you'll take the time to call us or send your commissioner feedback. - Issue 1, Duplication: One argument for repeal is that the...
These words give all of us the sense that things need to be done. I am not talking about Christmas, but I am referring to all of the jobs that present themselves to us when the snow starts to melt away. As the days get longer, the jobs multiply. Spring is on its way and there are many jobs to do. It should be easy for us to get away from a winter wonderland of snow capped hills, icy roads and cold temperatures. The site of brown dead grass, dusty gray roads and pile after pile of our favorite pets' droppings all over the...
A Havre man Monday denied in court claims that he molested a Havre preschool-age boy he babysat. Jonathon E. Davis, 26, pleaded not guilty in state District Court in Havre Monday to four felony counts of intercourse without consent and one felony count of attempted intercourse without consent. He was in the Hill County Detention Center this morning on $30,000 bail. According to charging documents in the case, a woman notified the Hill County Sheriff's Office April 8 that Davis may have sexually assaulted the boy. The boy's... Full story
A federal investigation into allegations of misuse of money intended for a regional water project could have impacts far beyond the borders of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Paul Tuss, executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp. in Havre, said he doubts that the Bureau of Reclamation freezing funding for the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System Project is more than a bump in the road, but if the project were canceled, it would be a problem. "It would have a significantly negative impact on the... Full story
Courtesy photo Betty Billmayer helps serve pie and ice cream at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook during a recent pie social for residents and their families. To honor volunteerism in north-central Montana during National Volunteer Week, every day this week Havre Daily News will be looking at some volunteers and volunteer-run organizations which help sustain our communities and enrich our lives. A saying made popular in the mid-1990s asserts that "it takes a village to...
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., speaks on Capitol Hill on April 17. The six-term Democratic Sen. Max Baucus said this morning he plans to retire. WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, the powerful Senate Finance chairman who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but broke with his party on gun control, said this morning he will not run for re-election. "I don't want to die here with my boots on. There is life beyond Congress," t...
The last week on the Hi-Line has shown once again of the growth of environmentalism in our daily lives while environmental causes along the Hi-Line. While environmental causes have been losing ground at the governmental level — things haven't been going all that well in Congress or the Montana Legislature, people in their personal lives are taking actions that will help preserve the environment and improve the general day-to-day livability of the planet and our particular part of it. There was a massive increase in the n...
The last week on the Hi-Line has shown once again of the growth of environmentalism in our daily lives while environmental causes along the Hi-Line. While environmental causes have been losing ground at the governmental level — things haven't been going all that well in Congress or the Montana Legislature, people in their personal lives are taking actions that will help preserve the environment and improve the general day-to-day livability of the planet and our particular part of it. There was a massive increase in the n... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House. The false tweet said there had been two explosions at the White House and that President Barack Obama was injured. The attack on AP's Twitter account and the AP Mobile Twitter account was preceded by phishing attempts on AP's corporate network. The AP confirmed that its Twitter account had been suspended following a hack and said it was working to correct the issue. The fake tw... Full story
HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed six bills, including a proposal to restrict bison relocation in the state and another that would end same-day voter registration. The anti-bison measure, House Bill 396, would have required all future bison relocations to be approved by county commissioners in the county where the potential moved is planned. In a letter to Republican leadership, Bullock said the measure wasn't "sound public policy" and would interfere with already established laws that manage wildlife and control d... Full story
GREAT FALLS - The Big Sandy Pioneers have now put Thursday's opening-round loss at the Northern C Divisional boys basketball tournament firmly behind them. After dispatching Box Elder Saturday morning, the Pioneers returned to the Four Seasons Arena and beat Dutton-Brady 49-44 in the consolation game Saturday night. The Diamondbacks were the team that handed the Pioneers thier opening-round loss Thursday. Now Big Sandy will challenge either Roy-Winifred or Highwood for a berth in the Class C state tournament. The challenge... Full story
The Havre High girls basketball team poses with the Central A championship trophy Saturday night in Great Falls. For the second straight year, the Havre High girls basketball team raised the Central A championship trophy inside the CMR Fieldhouse in Great Falls. On Saturday night, the Blue Ponies trounced the Browning Indians 69-42 in the championship game. Peyton Filius, Lacey Waid and Brandy Lambourne all scored in double figures for the Blue Ponies. Havre advances to the Class A state tournament later this week in Butte...
GREAT FALLS - The Havre boys basketball team fell too far behind in Saturday morning's Central A loser-out game against rival Lewistown at the CMR Fieldhouse. And while the Ponies fought valiantly to come back, they couldn't quite catch up in a 59-56 loss. The loss to the Eagles ended Havre's season with a 5-15 overall record. The Havre High girls will face Browning in tonight's Central A championship game at 6:30 p.m. The boys championship will feature Browning and Belgrade.... Full story
GREAT FALLS - The Box Elder Bears and Big Sandy Pioneers have played some great games this season, including last Saturday's triple-overtime thriller at the District 9C tournament in Havre. And on Saturday afternoon, the two rivals duked it out one more time, with the Pioneers coming out on top, 58-57 in a Northern C boys loser-out game. With the win, Big Sandy advanced to tonight's consolation game against Dutton-Brady. The Diamondbacks beat the Pioneers in the first round on Thursday. Box Elder's season ended at 18-5. Big... Full story
GREAT FALLS - It's been a great ride the last few days for the Chester/J-I girls basketball team. But sometimes, all good things must come to an end. And the Hawk's bid to reach the Class C state tournament ended in a 44-30 challenge game loss to the Winnett-Grass Range Rams in the Northern C girls tournament Saturday night in Great Falls. The Hawks, who finished third and went 22-4 overall this year, got nine points from Caitlin Vinson and seven from Kate Graff, in what was both of their final games of their career. For...
Montana's new governor will be in Havre Thursday to look at an issue the local university has been pushing for years — replacing a decades-old building that was out of date when it was erected in the 1950s. "I got a call this morning, " Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Jim Limbaugh said Tuesday during a legislative video conference in Havre. "Gov. (Steve) Bullock is coming to the campus on Thursday. "He is calling the bonding bill, he is taking a portion of it and calling it his jobs bill, and he is coming to c... Full story
For the first time in five years, water in and around Havre may soon cost a little more. Havre City Council agreed at their meeting Tuesday night to hold a public hearing at 6:30 p. m. before their March 4 meeting. The hearing follows a Water & Sewer Committee meeting Jan. 14, where the committee discussed how an increase in water rates would be necessary to solve the city's three-year bonding compliance issues. Basically, in order to receive the funds to build the water plant, the city agreed to always take in from water use...
Following drops in a few criminal categories and recent police activity, Havre Police Chief Kirk Fitch is confident that 2013 will see a safer Havre, across the board. Fitch presented the Havre City Council with a comparison of statistics for the past two years, which showed a drop in burglary and robbery arrests but an increase in larceny and aggravated assault charges from 2011 to 2012. "Year over year, we see a slight downtick in crimes against persons overall, and a slight uptick on crimes against property, " Fitch said t...
Some members of Congress in Washington, D.C., have begun suggesting that coal companies are not paying the full amount of taxes they owe to the federal government; all in the name of helping shore up revenues for the struggling federal budget, of course. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and former Gov. Brian Schweitzer have disputed the accusations, and this appears to be more a part of the concerted campaign aimed at harming the coal industry than anything else. Congress has one simple solution if they are serious about increasing...
Early indications are that programs aimed at increasing the number of Montana students who graduate from high school are succeeding. While it may be too early to start doing cartwheels, Hi-Line schools are doing better at seeing students get diplomas. Kudos to North Star High School, where there was a 100 percent graduation rate last year. Other schools, including tribal schools that have had difficulty convincing students to stay until they get a degree, are doing better, also. Lots of things enter the equation when...
The focus of Havre Daily News is local news. We are a complete newspaper, but our emphasis — and our heart — is in Havre, the Hi-Line and north-central Montana. We love covering and being in the middle of the news developments, the sports stories, the interesting features and the commentary of our area. John Kelleher And we think that's what our readers are interested in. Our readers have a host of way of getting national and world news and ESPN and numerous other sources to keep track of the sports world. But, if we may be... Full story
Editor: In regards to Mr. Donald Kaul's column ("If you deploy satire, you do so at your own risk," Page 4) in the Jan. 8 Havre Daily News, I wish to remind him that people have been killing each other for hundreds of thousands of years. What did Cain kill Abel with? A club. Mr. Kaul, you're missing the point of the Second Amendment. It is the right to bear arms. It is for the people to keep the government in control. Look at Hitler! It took at least 20 years for him to control the German people with laws that prevented them...
