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Press release Havre High School speech and debate traveled to Billings over the weekend to try to qualify for the National Speech and Debate Association’s national tournament, and some of the Blue Ponies almost made the cut. “I was hoping to take some students to Lousiville, Kentucky, in June for nationals and we almost did,” Havre head speech and debate coach Tim Leeds said, “but I can’t say enough about how well our students did. This has top competitors from all classes of schools in the state, and it’s tough competition...
Press release Local school district spelling bees were recently held with the 68 spelling winners and none alternates chosen from these local contests to create the participants pool for the 55th Hill County Spelling Bee. This year’s Hill County Spelling Bee will be held Thursday, Feb. 17, starting at 9 a.m. in the Havre Middle School Assembly Room. This year’s word pronouncer will be Marie Deegan. She will be assisted by Spelling Bee judges Diane McLean, Jackie Hanson and Carol Pleninger. Other event officials are Char Sti...
Havre Police Department Joshua Ramos of Box Elder, 32, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after someone stopped at the police station Friday at 3:40 p.m. asking for assistance. -- Lana Standing Chief of Havre, 41, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants and charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance during a vehicle stop on First Street Friday at 4:56 p.m. -- Officers investigated a...
While the rest of February will be fairly quiet, Montana Actors’ Theatre has a full docket in 2022, with play after play scheduled for production in addition to their annual activities and events. The first of these plays is “The Harvest,” written by MAT’s own Executive Director Jay Pyette. MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said Pyette’s play, opening March 4, is the story of a family gone their separate ways in life, being brought together from across the U.S. to help run their father’s farm after he falls ill enough that...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,173 new cases, 4,587 active cases, 266 hospitalizations and 3,072 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 257,852 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 18 new cases were reported and 31 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 149 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,660 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was n...
Editor, I read the Tuesday, Feb. 8, Havre Daily News article covering the Hill County Park Board meeting. The presentation on adding a new loop trail on the Bear Paw Nature Trail near Brough Coulee was exciting. The development of the Nature Trail was a cooperative effort between the Hill County Conservation District, Beaver Creek Park Board, Hill County Commissioners and Havre Lions Club to enhance the outdoor experience in Beaver Creek Park. That trail is used year around and enjoyed by many. I now write this letter because...
You don’t have to be a parent to care about your local school. But recently there are groups popping up around Montana who refer to themselves as the “parental rights movement,” as though they have more of a stake in public education than those who don’t have kids in the school system. The “parental rights movement” is a relatively small group of people with an axe to grind and clearly don’t represent most parents. Recently they have been attacking masks, vaccines and how we teach history. In their view, they should be abl...
BILLINGS - After nearly two years away from the First Interstate Bank Arena in Billings, the All-Class State wrestling tournament finally returned this past weekend. The Havre High wrestling team looked to make it a strong return, as well, and while they faced some adversity along the way, they ended the weekend with a second-place finish in Class A. While a team trophy was huge for the Ponies, the special moment of the weekend came near the end when senior Orion Thivierge...
BILLINGS - Orion Thivierge's weekend at the Metra in Billings would be an extraordinary performance for most high school wrestlers. But if you look at his career and season before then this past weekend was just another feather in the cap of Thivierge's incredible career. After placing sixth in state his freshman season, Thivierge did not falter in the postseason again, as he won state titles in both his sophomore and junior seasons. As he began this season, he looked primed f...
As the winter sports season comes to a close, several Havre High teams are looking to end their years on a strong note. This past weekend in Great Falls, the Havre High swim teams finished their season with the state meet. The Blue Ponies faced tough competition over the weekend as both the boys and girls teams finished sixth in their respective Class AB meets. The HHS boys team took sixth with a score of 23 points. Billings Central took first with 85.2 points while Whitefish...
They got off to the start they wanted. But, they just couldn't hold it. Saturday afternoon in the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights dropped their home finale to the Montana Western Bulldogs, 75-62. It was a tough, senior day loss for Northern, which got off to a great start, leading 22-13 after the first quarter. "We got off to a great start at both ends of the floor," MSU-N head coach Chris Mouat said. "I thought we did a good job on the...
On an emotional senior day, the Montana State University-Northern Lights needed a win over the Montana Western Bulldogs in order to keep their position in the Frontier Conference standings. The Bulldogs, however, had other ideas. Saturday afternoon to the Armory Gymnasium, the Lights played from behind all day in a 77-72 loss to the Dawgs. The game was Northern's home finale, as the Lights dropped to 5-8 in the league. "Tough night. I feel horrible for our seniors," MSU-N...
BILLINGS - The Havre High wrestling team was not the only area team competing for state glory this past weekend at the First Interstate Bank Arena at Metra in Billings. In fact, it was a huge weekend for a pair of local squads, as Fort Benton's Brock Hanford and Chinook's Tyler Schoen brought Class B-C state championships back to the Hi-Line. The Fort Benton Longhorns showed strong at the tournament as they placed second in Class C and 10th overall in Class B-C. With a team...
BILLINGS - As the boys competed through the weekend at the All-Class State wrestling tournament at the First Interstate Bank Arena in Billings, the second-ever girls state wrestling tournament got rolling at the Metra for the very first time. One of the teams competing there for the first time was the Havre High girls wrestling team and while the Blue Ponies only finished 30th, HHS head coach Beau LaSalle believes they showed promise. "I thought they did well and they competed...
