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The Box Elder boys basketball team knows a thing or two about winning District 9C championships. But one thing the Bears don't know much about, is winning one as an underdog, that is until Saturday night. After losing twice in the regular season to Hays-Lodge Pole, the Bears got the ultimate payback Saturday inside a sold-out HHS gymnasium, knocking off the Thunderbirds 71-57 for the 9C championship. The win gave the Bears an unprecedented fifth consecutive district...
Since the start of the District 9C boys basketball team, there has been one matchup just about everybody has wanted to see. And after Box Elder and Hays-Lodge Pole each won convincingly in the semifinals, the Bears and Thunderbirds will meet in a highly-anticipated showdown Saturday night. The T-Birds, which defeated Box Elder twice during the regular season, cruised to an easy 72-30 win over North Star Friday night inside the HHS gymnasium. To hold up its end of the bargain,...
The Box Elder girls basketball team has made the District 9C championship game a regular part of their schedule the past few seasons and Friday night inside the HHS gymnasium, the Bears added their second consecutive title. Box Elder, the top-seeded team in the 9C tournament coming in, knocked off second-seeded Fort Benton 42-26 to win back-to-back titles in the district. The Bears will head to Great Falls for the Northern C Divisional starting Wednesday. "It feels great,"...
Montana Republican Party Chairman Jeff Essmann has apologized to state Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, days after the party had posted a photoshopped image of the freshman legislator on the party’s social media accounts, Bachmeier said in a facebook post Thursday. Bachmeier in a post on his Facebook page said that Essmann apologized to him Wednesday night and the posts had been taken down. “I do not believe that this posts reflects upon the GOP as a whole and thank the Republicans who stood with me,” Bachmeier said. He later...
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press HELENA — Alarmed by rising health care costs, a Montana legislator is seeking to impose price controls on hospitals and place them under the authority of the state’s public service commission. Democratic Rep. Tom Woods of Bozeman asserted Wednesday before the House Human Services Committee that Montana Hospitals have a virtual monopoly in many communities. He said he wants the PSC to review any increases in pricing. As expected, hospitals pushed back against the bill. Montana Hospital As...
A Havre man is accused of hitting a 9-month-old hard enough to cause a hemorrhage in the infant’s left eye. Bruce Collins, born in 1989, is charged with felony assault on a minor. An arrest warrant was returned on Collins Thursday and he is in the Hill County Detention Center and listed on a $50,000 bond. Charging documents say a registered nurse at Northern Montana Hospital called police Feb. 6 to report “suspicious bruising” and a hemorrhage on a 9-month-old’s face. The responding officer noticed the bruising on the lef...
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., will speak about rural economic development at Bear Paw Development Corp.'s Annual Meeting Luncheon Thursday, Feb. 23, a press release from Bear Paw Development said today. “Bear Paw Development has always had a strong, productive relationship with our federal partners, including Montana’s congressional delegation, and we’re pleased that Sen. Daines will be joining us as we celebrate the culmination of another successful year of working to meet the economic and community development needs...
Police officers have been dispersed and posted at all the Havre public schools today after a threat aimed at Havre High School was made Thursday evening, Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said this morning. Havre police say in a press release issued at 11 a.m. that people came to the police station at 7:21 p.m. Thursday and reported an “implied threat being made toward the school of a possible shooting.” Police began an investigation into the threat and notified the Havre High School administration. The investigation is ong...
HRDC closing for Presidents’ Day District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Monday in observance of President’s Day. HRDC will resume normal business hours Tuesday at 8 a.m. Transit buses stop for Presidents’ Day North Central Montana Transit announced its buses will not run Monday in observance of Presidents’ Day. The buses will resume their normal schedule Tuesday. Northern showing ‘Bajo la Misma Luna’ Tuesday From Montana State University-Northern The movie “Bajo la Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)” w...
Press release GREAT FALLS - The Great Falls Regional Community Council of Make-A-Wish Montana invites the community to attend a celebration for recent wish recipient Henry Merrill. Along with his family, 6-year-old Henry traveled to Italy in December to visit Pompeii. The Welcome Home Party will take place Sunday, Feb. 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Mighty Mo Brewery conference room. After receiving a book on Pompeii from his grandparents, Henry became deeply interested in natura...
I’ve spent three decades involved in improving public safety. The people that know me recognize it remains one of the great passions in my life. It’s that passion that’s driven me in my life as a police officer, as a community volunteer and in my role in our legislature. It is why after seeing the information in the TRIP report I recognized we have to change the rate at which we are funding road and bridge work in this state. The TRIP report is an independent study commissioned by the Infrastructure Coalition that paint...
We are the voice for the elderly and it is our duty and responsibility to speak up on their behalf. If the sick, elderly and disabled were able to organize and raise their voices high enough, the Legislature just might think twice about taking money from them. The consequences of reducing Medicaid reimbursement rates and cutting wages for direct-care workers will dramatically impact nursing homes across Montana. It is already difficult to recruit workers in a rural community when restaurants and bars offer more competitive...
