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  • Obituary - Elmer "John" Allen Cure

    Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Elmer "John" Allen Cure of Box Elder, MT, 79, passed away on February 4th, 2022, in his sleep while at home. The funeral services will be held later in the year for most of the family to be able to attend. Military honors will be provided in recognition of his years of service to our country. Time and location to be announced at a later date. Please visit Elmer's online memorial page to send a card or leave at message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.co... Full story

  • For the Record, Feb. 17, 2022

    Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Havre Police Department Officers were called to investigate a two-vehicle, non-injury crash on Sixth Avenue Wednesday at 7:46 a.m. -- Officers investigated a vehicle crash reported at 8:02 a.m. Wednesday on Fifth Avenue. -- A Grant Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 8:49 a.m. he thought a license plate had been stolen. -- Wednesday at 10:51 a.m., officers were asked to assist a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 West business. -- Wilford Harlan Sunchild of Harlem, 57, was arrested...

  • Havre school buses being retrofitted with extended stop arms

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Havre Public Schools is outfitting its buses with extended stop arms that stick out 6 feet into the oncoming lane when activated, a change mandated by Montana House Bill 267 which requires these new arms and increases the penalties for driving past buses while the arm is extended. Havre Public Schools Transportation Department Service Attendant and Trainer Allen "Woody" Woodwick said five buses have been retrofitted so far, but the requirement for extended stop arms doesn't ta...

  • Fort Belknap reports another COVID death

    Tim Leeds|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Fort Belknap Indian Community Council reported on its Facebook page, Wednesday night about 11, of a new COVID-19-related death. Data from Fort Belknap is included in the information for either Blaine or Valley county. The data for Blaine County, received by Havre Daily News at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, showed 30 deaths in the county, its official total since Feb. 7. Fort Belknap also reported Wednesday seven new cases with 43 active and four active hospitalizations. Blaine County reported 12 new cases with 87 active and a total...

  • Quick pics: 9-C tourney underway in Havre

    Updated Feb 17, 2022

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Feb. 17, 2022

    Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Fort Belknap Indian Community, also listed in the Blaine or Phillips county numbers, reported Wednesday night 1 new COVID-19-related death, 7 new cases and 14 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 43 active cases, 4 active hospitalizations and 1,262 total cases. The reservation has had 15 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that it was notified of 12 new cases and 26 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 87 active cases in the county, 6 active hospitalizations, 2,282... Full story

  • Notice - Gildford Colony School announces election

    Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Press release Gildford Colony Elementary School District #89 announced the school district will hold a school election Tuesday May 3, 2022. One trustee position is up for election for one three-year term. It is currently held by appointee Ruben Stahl. To file for a seat on the Gildford Colony Elementary School Board, people can contact District Clerk Jessi Stevenson for candidate forms. The deadline to file is March 24, 2022....

  • Local News - Live harp music set at Havre-Hill County Library

    Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Press release Live harp music will be performed Saturday, March 5, at 10:30 a.m., in the Havre-Hill County Library. Mary Stevens and Barb Zuck, in addition to other members of the local harp circle, will perform. They will be performing solos and duets. The event is free and open to the public....

  • ORANGE PUNCH

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    In a rematch of last year's championship game, the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Fort Benton Longhorns met up at Havre High Gymnasium Wednesday for the District 9C boys basketball tournament. Last year, the Longhorns won their second straight district title but Wednesday Chinook got the better of them with a 63-33 victory. "We came out the exact way we wanted to," first-year Chinook head coach Chad Jones said. "All year long, we've used our defensive intensity to generate our...

  • Box Elder survives against North Star to begin districts

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    In the closest game of the first day of the District 9C boys basketball tournament, the No. 3 seed Box Elder Bears and No. 6 seed North Star Knights played hard Wednesday night at Havre High Gymnasium. Both teams played hard with both squads taking the lead throughout the night. But the Bears were able to grab the lead in the second half as they went on to win 70-62. "You got to give credit to North Star. They were well prepared. They came out firing and took it to us early,"...

  • Opportunity: Lights ready to capitalize on Cascade Conference Championship being in their house

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    Under now longtime head coach Tyson Thivierge, the goal of the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is to win a national championship. It doesn't change. And that's the goal in 2022. But, the journey to a national championship begins with qualifying as many Lights as they can for the NAIA national tournament next month. And to do that, Northern must perform well at the Cascade Conference Championships, which fortunately, will be held on their home mats this year....

  • MSU-N hoops aim to close the regular season with wins in Butte

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    A long Frontier Conference season has reached the final games for the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams, as they wrap up the regular season tonight in Butte against Montana Tech. For the Northern men (6-8, 17-12), the Lights will try and secure a top four finish in the Frontier when they take on the No. 14 Orediggers (12-2, 23-6) in the HPER in Butte. Northern will also try to spoil Tech's senior night, and its chance at the Frontier regular...

  • 9C Extra: Shot clock will give 2023 9C tourney some added excitment

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    One thing about the District 9C tournament that never changes is - the passion the communities and the kids have for their showcase basketball event each and every February. And that passion and intensity won't change as the 9C tourney once again returns to the Havre High gymnasium. No, the excitment, the energy, the emotions, all of it, from those in the stands, to the bands, the chearleaders, and the players and coaches on the floor, it will be like it always is each and...

  • Top-seeded Hawks fly by Tornadoes

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    The District 9C boys basketball tournament is finally back at the Havre High Gymnasium as eight teams fight for three spots to next week's Northern C Divisionals. The action got started Wednesday afternoon as No. 1 seed Chester-Joplin-Inverness faced off with No. 8 seed Turner. The Hawks demonstrated why they earned the top seed as they defeated the Tornadoes, 56-19, to begin tournament play. While they faced some adversity early on, the Hawks eventually found their footing to...

  • Big Sandy Pioneers race past Thunderbirds

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    In the last game of the first day of the District 9C boys basketball tournament, No. 2 seed Big Sandy looked to start the tournament on the right note against No. 7 seed Hays-Lodge Pole. On Wednesday night at Havre High Gymnasium, the Pioneers showed why they were the higher seed as they defeated the Thunderbirds 90-50. "That was a pretty good game to get started. We worked well aggressively and the shots fell," Big Sandy head coach Thomas Dilworth said. The Pioneers started...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Famous, notorious, adequate, anonymous

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Feb 17, 2022

    My friend Cheryl, a former high school classmate, was talking with our “girl-group” this week. She expressed how all her life, when among certain gifted, professional, highly recognized and extremely wealthy people, she has felt inadequate. Haven’t we all felt that way? Isn’t that a universal feeling, to feel like whoever we are, whatever the circumstances, we are not enough? Is it just me, or have we all at times felt like frauds and if people find out, oh, my, what shall w...

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