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For nearly 50 years, Bear Paw Development Corp. has left its mark on north-central Montana's economy by helping local communities, governments and entrepreneurs meet their economic development needs. Bear Paw, the oldest economic development district in Montana and one of the oldest in the nation, is made up of Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty and Phillips counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian reservations. Economic development districts are entities created in...
All good things must come to an end. For Montana State University-Northern wrestling star Ben Stroh, the end to his wrestling career is near. At least competitively. But no matter what happens to Stroh at this weekend’s NAIA national tournament in Topeka, Kansas, there’s no denying it’s been an incredible ride. In fact, incredible isn’t even a word that fits Stroh’s wrestling career, one that’s been going for so long now, he really has trouble recalling when it all started. “W...
For the first two and a half quarters Friday night against the University of Montana Western, it seemed that the Montana State University-Northern Skylights, couldn't buy a bucket. But thanks to an outstanding defensive effort, the Skylights hung around in the Frontier Conference semifinal inside the Armory Gymnasium, just long enough for Jacy Thompson to knock down two clutch 3-pointers, the last coming with 13.5 seconds left to give MSU-N the 44-42 win. Northern will...
BUTTE - The Havre High girls basketball team came into Friday night's game with Columbia Falls just one win short of playing for the Class A state championship, but thanks to an epic third-quarter run by the Wildcats, Havre ultimately fell short, 55-42. Columbia Falls, which has finished second and third at the state the past two seasons, beat the Blue Ponies for a third straight year at the state tournament, this time in the semifinals inside the Butte Civic Center. The game...
Area lawmakers spoke at length about the budget and other matters that have come up during the first half of the legislative session during a legislative meeting Thursday night hosted by Bear Paw Development Corp. and the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. The meeting took place in Bear Paw's conference room in their office on the second floor of the Ryan Building. State Reps. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, and state Sen. Frank Smith, D-Poplar,...
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billing contractor has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Chippewa Cree Tribe in northcentral Montana in a series of kickbacks and inflated invoices. Kevin McGovern pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges as part of a plea agreement that will settle three separate indictments. McGovern pleaded guilty on behalf of himself and his former company, MC Equipment Holdings LLC, to wire fraud and to theft from an Indian tribal organization over a deal involving a portable paving plant. He previously pleaded guilty on b...
The Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line will be putting on a collection of spoof skits, performed by kids in the multi-purpose room of the club March 8 starting at 4:30 p.m. Arts Director Tara Prigge said this is the first year this has been done, and members 6 to 12 years old will produce and act in the skits. "It's part of the performing arts curriculum, to introduce kids to performing arts, from costuming to designing the sets," she said. The spoofs being performed are "Rafunz...
A paper by a Montana State University-Northern professor on the 13 most common errors in rhetorical writing will be made into an online course for teachers throughout Montana. "This is something I am really proud of," said Fred Smiley, a Northern professor of education who wrote the paper on which the program is based. Smiley said he was approached by Catherine Thatcher, Education Licensure Unit Manager of the Montana Office of Public Instruction, at a meeting of the Montana...
by Emily Mayer Local news items in the March 3, 1917 issue of The Havre Plaindealer were few but interesting. In business news, we find these two columns: LOCAL LAW FIRM IN NEW QUARTERS Their increasing business having outgrown the former quarters on the third floor of the Masonic temple, the law firm of Griggs & Rhodes was this week transferred to a four room suite of offices in the southwest corner of the Temple. The new offices have been fitted up in such a way that they are considered the best in northern Montana....
From U.S. Forest Service HELENA — High school students who dream of working in the great outdoors have just that opportunity this summer. The Montana Discovery Foundation and the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest are encouraging incoming high school students who love the outdoors — or are curious about the outdoor-based jobs — to apply to the 2017 Youth Forest Monitoring Program student crew. “YFMP is an intensive seven-week internship program for high school students,” said Liz Burke, YFMP program leader. “In the p...
In 1929, just 26 years after the Wright Brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, a transcontinental airway beacon system was christened to safely guide pilots across America in all kinds of weather. This modest but practical network blazed the trail for today’s sophisticated modern airliners that almost fly themselves with previously unheard-of levels of safety. Today, that system exists in only one place in the entire United States: Montana. Seventeen beacons stand silent sentry on craggy passes from Bozeman to Great Falls, from Hel...
Growing up an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy, I was always comfortable with the idea of reality not being what we expect it to be and even looked for signs that I was living in or had slipped into an alternate reality. Well, folks, I think I have arrived. In 2008 a majority of Americans and the Electoral College voted into the office of President of the United States the first African American president in the U.S. Barack Obama was a young, inexperienced...
When my wife Barb and her partner opened their restaurant in 1985, money was tight — both for the business and at home. They started with lunches only, and then as income allowed, they hired more employees and offered dinners and catering services. In 32 years since, they’ve been successful by always finding the right balance between income and expenses. When I look at the state budget, the same principles that drive business success come to mind: when money is tight, take a hard look at expenses and adjust. The good new...
Havre Police Department Tracy Lynn Eagleman of Havre, 28, was arrested on charges of criminal trespass to vehicles, two counts, and endangering the welfare of children, two counts, after a First Street East business caller reported Thursday at 8:04 a.m. that a woman with two little girls was “walking up and down checking cars.” —— Austin Reese Ameline of Box Elder, 23, was arrested on charges of criminal trespass to property and possession of drug paraphernalia after a First Street Northeast caller reported Thursday at 9:42...
Hill County Commissioners MONDAY 1:30 p.m. — Buildings manager 5:30 p.m. — Park Board meeting TUESDAY 10 a.m. — Road meeting —Hanson Noon — Legislative call-in WEDNESDAY 10 a.m. — Safety meeting 1:30 p.m. — Nadir Greytak 2:30 p.m. — Sheriff deputies THURSDAY 10 a.m. —Business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public 1 p.m. — SWIF Stakeholder meeting FRIDAY Office hours Havre City Council City Counci...
Marla Jendro, 62, passed away suddenly Saturday, Feb. 25, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Montana. Her life was devoted to Jesus, her husband and her kids, whom she loved unconditionally and selflessly. It was amazing that someone could have that much love. Marla was born May 23, 1954, in Miles City, Montana, to Patricia and Bill Normile. She was married to Robert Jendro, and spent her days as a devoted homemaker, mother, and foster mother who loved reading, talking to...
North Central Senior Center March 6-10 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Exercise Class Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Bingo 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; TOPS at 8 a.m.; Cards 1 p.m.; Mall or Walmart shopping 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Cards 1 p.m. Friday — Medical transportation is available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours ahead of time. Pinochle — First place, Elva Van Dessel; sec...
Press release Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for February is Dever Everingham. Dever is the son of Rod Everingham and Andrea Daniel. He has two siblings, Mina and Rory Everingham. Dever is involved in the middle school band and golf. He also enjoys hockey outside of school. In his spare time he loves playing video games and spending time with his cats. His nominators said that at school, Dever is a kind, considerate and dependable student. He is...
Missing our mate! There is a face we can’t forget, no matter time of year. Through rough season, those stormy days; at times our way’s not clear. Though he is gone we won’t forget the things he loved to do. Some guys liked cars, horses or cows or fish the whole day through. There is a chill that Autumn brings with flashes of regret. But time slips by and brings to light pleasures we won’t forget. Each one of us who’s lost a Mate, we miss them, oh, so much. Their sparkling eyes, their special love, and oh, their gentle to...
You know, Lord, here comes March, the windy month. Some say that March is the trumpet month, as the winds bring their loud sounding trumpets with them and wear them at their lips, wearing out our ears, perchance? There are even some folks who actually like the racket? They say that to them, the winds are having their Fourth of July in March! Well, it’s a lot cooler than in July, and if you’re in the brass band, at least you’re not going to get red in the face blowing the brass horn as you might, if you were doing so in July....
Mark 12: 1-12 Out our way, most folks know that livestock needs to be handled with some common sense. I recently read a novel about a World War I battle in which mules were used for transporting supplies, ammo and the wounded. The men assigned to handle the mules were all from Austrailia and New Zealand and most were "stockmen" - their term for cowboys - but the officer in charge was from England and knew nothing about livestock. He only knew that his rank and breeding put him...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights haven’t had much luck when it comes to playing the Carroll College Fighting Saints this season. But with that season hanging in the balance, the Lights are poised to change their fortunes. After blasting Rocky Mountain College in the Frontier Conference quarterfinals Wednesday night in Havre, the Lights are headed to Helena for a semifinal showdown with the fourth-ranked, and top-seeded Saints. The game will tip at 7 p.m. S...
Last Friday night, Montana State University-Northern head women’s coach Chris Mouat talked about how incredibly hard it was for his Skylights to beat the resurgent UM-Western Bulldogs three times this winter. But if the Skylights want to play for a Frontier Conference championship for the second time in three years, they’ll have to beat Western, again. Tonight, the No. 12 Skylights (22-7) will square off against the No. 20 Bulldogs (23-7) inside the Armory Gymnasium for a ber...
The Havre High girls basketball team faced a daunting challenge Thursday, taking on the defending state champions in their hometown right off the bat. Yet it was the Blue Ponies, not the Butte Central Maroons, that looked at home in the Butte Civic Center, as Havre led wire-to-wire for an opening-round, 55-41 victory in the quarterfinals of the Class A state tournament. “The kids played great,” HHS head coach Dustin Kraske said. “They executed our gameplan very well.” The win...
