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The Box Elder Bears and Fort Benton Longhorns have played some memorable girls basketball games the past few years, but none was more memorable than the District 9C championship game Saturday night in Havre at the HHS gymnasium. The two teams battled back and forth all night, even going to overtime before it was all said and done. But in the end, the difference came down to one play and for Fort Benton one player, freshman Aspen Giese. With the Longhorns down 61-57 with 40 sec...
The District 9C championship is something that has eluded the Chinook Sugarbeeters for years, but Friday night, in front of a packed house at the HHS gymnasium, the Beeters finally climbed to the top of the 9C mountain. Thanks to an incredible 33 points from junior Isaac Bell, as well as 14 points and one emphatic slam dunk by Cord Schneider, Chinook held off hard-charging North Star 62-56 to win the 9C championship game. The Beeters (20-1) finished the regular season 14-0 in...
When it comes to the District 9C girls basketball tournament, the Box Elder Bears and the Fort Benton Longhorns have dominated in recent years and after both teams took care of business in the semifinals Friday, inside the HHS gymnasium, they will meet in the 9C championship game for the third time in four years. Box Elder punched its ticket into the championship and the Northern C Divisional for the fourth year in a row after a dominating 67-27 win over Ch...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights played great defense against the No. 11 team in the NAIA Friday night. Unfortunately Carroll College's defense was even better. The Fighting Saints, who are alone in first place in the Frontier Conference, held the Skylights to just 30 percent shooting and 17 percent from the 3-point-line in a 47-40 win inside the Armory Gymnasium. Northern, was nearly as good defrensively. Carroll shot just 37 percent from the floor and made...
Todd Hanson, director of development of the proposed 3,000-acre Madison Food Park to be located between Great Falls and Belt was in Havre Thursday to speak with area farm and ranch producers, and ag supporters, and to answer questions about the food processing plant and creating partnerships. A preliminary application submitted for the agri-business entity calls for the facility to include a meat-packing and processing facility for beef, pork and poultry; a cheese-making and f...
Dangerous conditions caused by abnormally severe winter weather conditions have prompted Fort Belknap Indian Community President Andy Werk Jr. to declare a state of emergency on the reservation Thursday. “The situation is creating considerable hardship for the members of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the Fort Belknap Indian Community government,” the declaration says. The situation, the declaration says, has effected individuals, living conditions, travel and the economy of the reservation. The declaration says tha...
National Weather Service again has issued a hazardous travel weather conditions warning, saying blowing and drifting snow will continue today and turn into snowfall tonight and through the weekend, along with bitterly cold temperatures developing by Sunday. A winter weather advisory is in effect from Blaine and Fergus counties west through the state, with winter storm watch and hazardous weather outlooks in effect for the southern part of the state and for part of Phillips and all of Petroleum County. The only part of the...
Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel said he plans to ask the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education at their meeting in March to approve a proposal to bring the campus a step closer to having its own on-campus stadium. Kegel said he will ask that the Board allow the Northern Alumni Foundation to temporally lease the practice field by Cowan Hall, so that construction companies who have committed to donate their time and equipment can get started on...
Hill County Conservation District Board will meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the USDA Building at 206 25th Ave. W. in Harvre The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Approval of the minutes of the board’s Jan. 24 meeting. Treasurer’s report Bills to be paid out of county funds and conservation district checking Public comment Old business • Fresno Reservoir Road Project • Weed Control Grant for Beaver Creek Park • Saline Seep Mitigation • Emergency Contingency Funds/Fire • 2018 Annual Banquet • Removal of HCCD counter ...
Havre City Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 3. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Havre—Hill County Historic Preservation 2018-2019 CLG Grant Application. 2. CDBG Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Renovation Grant draw down No. 4 in the amount of $78,615.88. 3....
The Great Northern Fair Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse Call Meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment: anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted upon Fair managers report Civic croups report Committee reports • Buildings and Grounds • Commission Policy • Financial Planning • Events Old business • Great Northern Fair policy updates • Credit card system:...
Monday Courthouse closed in observation of Presidents’ Day Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting 5:30 p.m. — Fair Board meeting Wednesday Regular office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. — Bear Paw Development Corp. Annual Meeting at Fireside Room in Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public Friday Regular o...
Florence Morey, 94, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at Big Sandy Medical Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held this summer in Opheim. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Florence’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....
Dale Joe Gunderson, 78, a rancher from Rudyard, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Services will take place in the spring of 2018. Condolences can be made to http://www.asperfh.com/....
Robert L. Meddings of Lead, South Dakota, 56, died of heart failure in a Rapid City, South Dakota, hospital Feb. 14, 2018. Robert was the son of Tom and Jennie Meddings of Havre. Robert was preceded in death by his mother, Jennie, and an older brother, Thomas. He is survived by his wife, Sheila, and son, Michael, of Lead, South Dakota, brother, Gregory of Manhattan, Montana, and brother David of Lead, South Dakota, and his father, Tom. At his request, cremation has taken place and no memorial services are...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a representative of Havre Public Works reported at 8:54 a.m. Monday that a sanding truck was involved in a crash on Eighth Street and 14th Avenue. —— Officers issued a written or verbal warning after a person spoke with an officer at 9:44 a.m. Thursday about being harassed. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash on First Street reported at 11:09 a.m. Thursday. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash on Fifth Avenue and 10th Street reported at 12:44 p.m. Thursd...
Press release Barbara Allen, a world class harpist, will be performing in three locations in Havre Tuesday, Feb. 20. She is coming at the invitation of Mary Stevens of Harp for Healing, LLC of Havre. Allen will be performing at St. Judes Catholic Church, Northern Montana Care Center, and Timber Creek Village. Since winning the second prize in the Seventh International Harp Competition held in Israel, Barbara Allen has been active as a performer, recording artist and teacher....
Press release Montana Americana Country singer-songwriter Doug Adkins is releasing his ninth studio album, "Dirt Roads and Fence Lines." The first single, titled "Second Hand Heart," was sent to Montana Radio week of Feb. 1. People can listen to the single and watch the video at http://www.dougadkins.com . The CD is officially on sale April 30, but people can pre-order the CD from dougadkins.com and an autographed copy will come directly to the door one month before the...
I always said the quickest way to kill a joke was to explain it, but I think scientists have discovered, unbeknownst to themselves, that the most efficient way to kill a joke is to research it and explain the research. Thoroughly. Apparently, academic study of jokes and laughter is a real thing. Salvatore Attardo and Lucy Pickering at Texas A&M University Commerce wrote a study called “Timing in the performance of jokes” that I would like to share with you in part today. In...
Through with Chew Week is observed in Montana Feb. 19-23. The Bullhook Dental Clinic is partnering with the North Montana Tobacco-Free Coalition to provide free oral cancer screenings to spit tobacco users during this week. Early detection is a key to successful treatment. Health risks of spit tobacco and other forms of smokeless tobacco The Mayo Clinic concludes that while there is evidence that smokeless tobacco may be less dangerous than cigarettes are, long–term use of chewing tobacco and other smokeless tobacco p...
