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BILLINGS — A Montana judge who said a 14-year-old rape victim appeared older than her chronological age has waived formal proceedings and asked the state Supreme Court to decide his punishment. District Judge G. Todd Baugh said in a court filing Tuesday that his actions appeared improper and failed to promote public confidence in the courts. He says he is waiving the pending proceedings before a judicial oversight panel. The Montana Judicial Standards Commission filed a complaint against the Billings judge earlier this m...
ROCKY BOY - The Havre High girls basketball team took a rare two-game losing streak down to Rocky Boy on Saturday night. And for much of the game, the Morning Stars were a serious threat to hand Havre another loss. But in the end, the Blue Ponies were too powerful on both ends of the floor. Havre beat the Morning Stars 49-38 Saturday in Rocky Boy, as the Ponies improved to 11-6, while Rocky Boy ended its regular season with a 7-11 overall record. Havre also earned a season swe...
Photos from the state wrestling event....
BILLINGS (AP) — At least 10 times since 2008, freight trains hauling oil across North America have derailed and spilled significant quantities of crude, with most of the accidents touching off fires or catastrophic explosions. The derailments released almost 3 million gallons of oil, nearly twice as much as the largest pipeline spill in the U.S. since at least 1986. And the deadliest wreck killed 47 people in the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Those findings, from an Associated Press review of U.S. and Canadian accident r...
The Association of Montana Retired Public Employees is standing up to protect the legal rights and pension benefits of thousands of state and local government retirees The association is not a group of highly paid members with a big support staff. Just the opposite. The organization’s leaders are volunteers donating their time because they care about retirement issues affecting all Montana public employees. They care about government not reneging on its promise to those workers. And they have been very busy. The 2013 L...
I agree with Rick Dow. I've lived in this area of Havre for 31 years, and the city has never taken care of the boulevards, the sidewalks or the streets. They have never cleaned the snow off the streets or trimmed the trees in all that time. Why don't they do the work that should be done on the city property? Loretta Fredriksen Havre...
Coach Dustin Kraske, what an example you set. Listening to the wrap up of the basketball game our Blue Pony girls played in Lewistown Feb.8 was one of the most heartwarming broadcasts I have heard. I hope someone taped the broadcast so you were able to hear the announcer's comments of the example you set, not just for your team but for our school, town, students, players, fans and other coaches as well. No, your team did not win according to the scoreboard, and it was an upset, but the sportsmanship you displayed following...
Some day, generations down the road, people will be mining the area where the landfill east of Havre is now located, Hill County Sanitarian Clay Vincent believes. They will be looking for things of value — the cans, bottles, plastics — that we now bury at the landfill. So Vincent, who supervises the landfill for the Unified Disposal District, has an idea. Why don’t we mine those materials today? We should make sure they don’t end up at the landfill. Instead, we should recycle the plastics, glass and other materials that no...
Harry Fred Foster, 84, of Rudyard died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Liberty Medical Center in Chester. It was Fred’s preference for cremation with no formal services. His ashes will be buried at the Deep Creek Cemetery in Townsend at a later date. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Fred was born Jan. 27, 1930, at Asotin, Wash. His parents were Harry and Blanche (Messier) Foster. He grew up at Pony, Mont., and graduated from Harrison High school in 1947. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1949 and served d...
The up-and-down weather in north-central Montana is expected to continue this week, with wind warnings in effect, more snow in the forecast and cooler temperatures predicted to hit again by the end of the week. This while blizzard and avalanche warnings are in effect further west on the Rocky Mountain Front, with high levels of snow and whiteout conditions predicted for Browning and Marias Pass, and another major winter storm is expected to hit from the Dakotas through the East Coast. National Weather Service again has a...
The 30th annual Havre-Hill County Library pie social Friday offered a wide array of pies to raise money for readers. Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library was the main organizer of the Valentine's Day Pie Social and the money received will go back to the library to buy books. Carol Spolar, a member of the Friends, said 62 pies were made for the social. Pies, like mincemeat, apple jack cheese, strawberry-rhubarb, pecan and other kinds one might not run across every day,...
BILLINGS - Make it two in a row for the Havre High wrestling team. And that's now nine for Blue Pony head coach Scott Filius. Saturday night, the Blue Ponies walked out of the Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings as Class A state champions for the second straight season, and for the ninth time since 1999. Havre got a huge fight from its biggest rival as Sidney sent eight wrestlers into the finals, but they couldn't catch the Ponies, who scored 294.5 points and crowned four...
The 28th annual We Love Northern Ball brought together many supporters of Montana State University-Northern for a hoedown-style celebration. Attendees square- and line-danced their way through the event. The student ambassadors of MSU-N showed off the line-dancing skills they picked up from their dance lessons and did their best to keep the night lively. Miss Rodeo Montana Laramie Pursley also danced often with the ambassadors and signed headshots for those who wanted one. The university’s food service out-did themselves w...
BILLINGS — After strong regular season of Class B-C wrestling on the Hi-Line, area teams headed south this weekend for the grand finale. And competing at the Class B-C state tournament at the Rimrock Auto Arena at Metra Park in Billings, it was Harlem and Chinook which were really able to put a stamp on another successful season in 2014. The Class C Chinook Sugarbeeters were able to finish in second place as a team in the Class C only competition, returning to Chinook with s...
ROCKY BOY — Two weeks ago, the Rocky Boy boys basketball team wasn’t sure where it was headed. The Stars were struggling and their head coach was suspended. But after Saturday night’s senior night game in Rocky Boy, the Stars look like they know exactly where they’re going. Rocky Boy demolished new Class A rival Havre 101-71 Saturday night, giving the Stars a three-game winning streak heading into this weekend’s District 1B Tournament. “I’m proud of these boys,” Rocky...
Salt Lake City has never been very friendly to the Montana State University-Northern basketball teams. And it wasn’t hospitable Saturday night, either. Both the nationally ranked Lights and Skylights dropped road games at Westminster College Saturday night, wrapping up the final road trip of the regular season for Northern. The No. 20 Lights took a six-game Frontier Conference winning streak into Saturday night’s battle with Westminster. And for a time, Northern looked lik...
If you have seen one state wrestling tournament at the Metra Park Rimrock Auto Arena, you have not seen them all, not even close. I have had the privilege of covering the all-class tournament for several years now, and every year the story lines which come away from the 12 mats are some of the best in prep sports in all of Montana. The 2014 state tournament was no exception, as some of the hardest-working athletes in the state accomplished things they will never forget. And it wasn’t just the Havre High squad writing those m...
As expected, it the final week of the boys basketball regular season was an exciting one on the Hi-Line. But now area teams will turn their attention to upcoming district tournaments and state championship dreams. This past week was a coronation for the Box Elder Bears as they tried to cap a perfect regular season. They started their run with an 86-59 win over Tri-Cities Thursday night in Box Elder. Randall Gardipee scored 20 points, Lonnie Plain Bull added 17 and Jerrod Four...
The regular season in girls high school basketball has come to an end. And now the real work begins as teams embark on their postseason journey this week. The final weekend of the regular season saw the Turner Tornadoes scored a big win over Hays-Lodge Pole Friday night in a District 9C bout. The Tornadoes beat the Thunderbirds 58-34 in Hays. Kristina Conlan scored 21 points and Ella Billmayer added 19 for Turner, while HLP got 15 points by Treaunna Stiffarm and 11 from Cory...
BILLINGS — And then there were four. Four Havre High wrestlers who outlasted all that Class A could throw at them at the state tournament in Billings. Overall, there were six Blue Pony wrestlers who battled it out for individual state titles at the Rimrock Auto Arena as the Ponies captured their second straight team title Saturday night. Sophomore Keegan Kennelly (106), freshman Parker Filius (138), freshman Jase Stokes (152), junior Jace Billy (195), senior Tyler Adams (...
They may be younger and outnumbered by some of the Class AA swim teams, but the Havre High girls and boys performed very well at yet another state swim meet. The Blue Ponies may not have grabbed a state champinship this weekend, but after being in the waters of the Butte YMCA at the Montana State Swimming Championships Friday and Saturday, things will hopefully just continue to get better for the Ponies moving forward. Finishing in second place in the Class A ranks, and in ten...
BILLINGS — Repeating as a champion isn’t easy. But the Havre wrestling team sure makes it look like it is. For the second straight season, the Blue Ponies captured the Class A state championship, and they did it in record fashion. The Central A Blue Ponies were crowned the Class A state champions Saturday night in Billings. The Ponies turned in another great season all around under veteran head coach Scott Filius, but all that hard work was put on the line at the Rimrock Aut...
