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After a fairly tame start of February, meteorologists are predicting temperatures to dip in the third week of this month. The past week the area has seen highs in the high 30s, and until the last two days lows hadn't dipped into negative numbers with Feb. 2, the coldest day of the month so far registering a low of 3 and a high of 11. While many roads remain covered in Havre, the above freezing highs in the area have allowed some of the snow and ice to melt for long enough to...
Alex Sakariassen and Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press A pair of legislative proposals sparked considerable debate across the Montana House Wednesday about their potential impacts on transgender youth and local control in the state’s public school system. The first arose during a morning hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. Lawmakers fielded testimony on House Bill 361, introduced by Rep. Brandon Ler, R-Savage, which would change Montana law to explicitly state that misgendering a transgender student or calling t...
Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press This story is excerpted from Capitolized, a twice-weekly newsletter that keeps an eye on the representatives you voted for (or against) with expert reporting, analysis and insight from the editors and reporters of Montana Free Press. Helena middle and high school students gave lawmakers a crash course in science Monday. Testifying before the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee, they sought to explain how a bill restricting public school science curriculum to “scientific f...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The Montana State University College of Agriculture has announced finalists including a ranchers from Hays for a new leadership program focused on sustainable agriculture and agritourism. Liz and Toby Werk of Hays, who are exploring cultural agritourism, are among the finalists. The Montana Agritourism Fellows Program will center on the goal of developing leaders to advance sustainable agritourism. The fellowship is designed to engage agricultural producers and train them in methods of c...
Havre Police Department Darrin Kent Torgerson of Havre, 50, was arrested on charges of possession with intent to sell, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia and on two Justice or City court warrants at 9:07 a.m. at a business on U.S. Highway 2 West after a caller from the business requested help removing someone. -- Officers provided assistance in response to an 11:34 a.m. Wednesday call about a juvenile in the middle of 13th Street. -- A caller...
After several months of tournaments, duals and hard work, the Havre High wrestling teams will finally wrap up the season with the Class A State Wrestling Tournament at the Metra in Billings this weekend. As the Blue Ponies look to bring home a trophy, the expectations remain the same. "We just want to go out, compete hard and get ourselves in the best position we can to be as successful as we can," HHS head coach Beau LaSalle. The Ponies will compete against the best wrestlers...
While the Havre High wrestling teams will grab most of the attention this weekend, local wrestling fans should watch out to see what the other Hi-Line schools will do at the Class B/C State Tournament at the Metra in Billings this weekend. Wrestlers from schools such as Fort Benton, Chinook, Big Sandy, Chester-Joplin-Inverness and Harlem will compete at the tournament, so Hi-Line wrestling fans will have plenty to root for. After placing fourth in the Eastern B/C Divisional, F...
Down in Great Falls this weekend, the Havre High swimming teams will wrap up their season with the State Meet. In their final competition of the season, the Blue Ponies will be looking to swim their best. Many Ponies will swim at this weekend's meet. Liliana Smith will swim in both the girls 200-yard freestyle and the girls 500-yard freestyle. Hailey Gingery will compete in the girls 100-yard freestyle and the girls 200-yard freestyle. Willow Riggin will swim in the girls...
The Armory Gymnasium has been home to some thrilling moments when it comes to the Montana State University-Northern Lights and their wrestling rivalry with the University of Providence Argos. Tonight however, Northern will call Billings home as the Lights take on the Argos for the second time this season. The move to Billings on the Thursday night before the start of state wrestling came about several years ago, and the Lights are the home team tonight, as the Argos hosted...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team might just be the hottest club in not just the Frontier Conference, but all of NAIA hoops right now. And Northern would like to keep it rolling. Winners of five straight games, and fresh off blowout wins over Carroll College and Providence, the Lights (7-5, 18-7) hit the road for the final time in the regular season when they visit Rocky Mountain College tonight in Billings and Montana Western Saturday in Dillon. And...
