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by Chris Aadland Montana Free Press Montana teachers will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a federal order. Already, several independent pharmacies across Montana have announced upcoming vaccination clinics for some school districts. Educators will also be able to get a vaccine through retail chain pharmacies, like Albersons and Walgreens, that are part of a federal pharmacy vaccine partnership. The health departments in Blaine and Hill counties already have held vaccinations for school and university...
by Kason Clark GREAT FALLS - There's just something about the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. Or maybe it's just the Havre High girls are that good. Either way, Saturday night, the Blue Ponies captured their third state title in four years, and their fourth since 2014, all in Great Falls, as they beat Billings Central 64-61 in a double-overtime thriller. "I'm just so happy for our kids. They work their tail off, they grind it out and they grinded out another one tonight,"...
Part of the COVID-19 relief package passed on party lines by the Senate last weekend including something directly impacting the Hi-Line — restoration of full service to Amtrak’s long-distance trains, including the Empire Builder. Amtrak had cut days of service to long-distance routes and furloughed employees, citing loss of traffic due to the pandemic. The members of Montana’s congressional delegation all called on the passenger rail service to restore seven-day-a-week runs and put the employees back to work, and the bill pas...
Saturday, state Rep. Ed Hill R-Havre., and state Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester., held a town hall in the former Dodge dealership location at 1720 U.S. Highway 2 East where they heard the concerns of constituents, answered questions and spoke about their experience this session. Tempel said this session has been uncommonly complicated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has made keeping up with the myriad bills nearly impossible. Hill said, as a freshman legislator, this was a very...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 100,959 with 46 new cases, 1,603 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 63. The number of deaths was 1,381. Blaine County reported on the state update this morning had no new cases, 706 total, 5 active, 24 deaths. Hill County reported on the state update this morning had no new cases with 1,933 total and 25 active. The health department reported Saturday 3 active hospitalizations and 40 deaths. Rocky Boy — current data not...
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Havre Police Department Leann Ahenakew Gardipee of Havre, 44, was arrested on four Justice or City court warrants and a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and Clayton Duncan Gardipee Sr. of Havre, 47, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant during a vehicle stop on 11th Street West Friday at 8:21 a.m. -- Officers investigated a Friday 9:01 a.m. report of a possible domestic disturbance on First Street Northeast. -- A caller at a Second...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension recently published six new MontGuides covering a variety of topics to provide unbiased information for Montanans. As part of their outreach efforts, MSU Extension specialists and agents write MontGuides with information gathered during their research and outreach work throughout the year. The fact sheets are designed for all Montanans, including agricultural producers, home gardeners, families, landowners and other groups. New and existing MontGuides are l...
Dear Editor: Since there was no non-partisan transmittal legislative update in north central Montana, here is the update for your readers from my viewpoint of what went on, on the other side of the aisle — Democrats. There were a lot of good bills and proposals presented from the minority, but most were tabled in committee. In the House, of the 98 bills on the floor the last two days before transmittal only 16 were sponsored by Democrats. This is my 10th session in the legislature since 2003, and it’s by far the most hyper pa...
Winning a state title would be an achievement for any high school wrestler, but to do it for a second time makes it even more special. And that's what Havre wrestlers Mick Chagnon and Orion Thivierge did Saturday in Miles City. Chagnon beat previously undefeated Frenchtown rival Eli Warner for the 120-pound Class A state championship with a 7-3 decision, giving the senior two for his career. "It's an indescribable feeling even though it's my second time achieving it," Chagnon...
GREAT FALLS - After 38 minutes of basketball, the Class A state championship game was still anybody's for the taking. Havre and Billings Central had battled to double overtime and were tied at 55-55 with just over two minutes remaining in the second overtime period. That's when Sadie Filius took over the game. With everything on the line, Filius gave the Blue Ponies a three-point lead when she grabbed an offensive rebound, made a layup while getting fouled and then hit the...
Before he and his Montana State University-Northern Lights left for the 2021 NAIA national wrestling tournament, Isaac Bartel said he wasn't sure how it would feel when he finally won the national championship he'd been chasing for the last four years. Saturday night in Wichita, Kansas, Bartel didn't have to wonder anymore. With a 6-0 decision over Lindsey Wilson's Trevor Lawson, Bartel captured the 197-pound NAIA national championship - something he's been after for a long...
The Havre Blue Ponies didn't win any state championships at this weekend's Class A-B state swim meet, but the Ponies had plenty of success, and plenty of fun. In the end to what was a crazy high school swimming season, the Blue Ponies competed at the state meet Saturday in Polson, with the Havre boys taking fourth place with 35 points and the HHS girls finishing fifth with 30.5 points. Billings Central swept the team titles. On the boys side, Havre got a pair of All-State...
Soon, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights will get to play a lot of matches at home. But this past weekend, Northern had to endure the tough road life of Frontier Conference volleyball. Friday night in Dillon, the Skylights lost a tough match to the Montana Western Bulldogs, by scores of 27-25, 17-25, 17-25 and 19-25, as Western rallied after the Skylights won a thrilling first set. Northern hit the ball as well as it has all season going .154 with 50 kills for...
There won’t be an area boys or girls basketball team at this week’s Class B state tournament in Billings, though the Harlem and Rocky Boy boys both got close. Harlem ended up finishing third at this past weekend’s Northern B boys tournament in Cut Bank, but the Wildcats couldn’t challenge second-place Fairfield for a chance to go to state. Harlem opened the tournament with a first-round loss to Fairfield, 69-57, where R.J. Ramone scored 19 points. Then however, the Wildcat...
Chinook, Fort Benton/Big Sandy and Harlem all had their moments at this past weekend Class B-C state tournament, which was held in Shelby due to the All-Class State Tournament being canceled because of COVID-19. The Sugarbeeters scored 32 points and finished 19th overall. Chinook had just three wrestlers in the B-C field, but a pair of them reached the consolation finals. Wyatt Dunbar took fourth at heavyweight for the Beeters, having reached the semifinals with two wins...
GREAT FALLS - As someone who has coached high school sports for almost 20 years, and has even been lucky enough to hoist a few state championship trophies along the way, I can attest to how hard it all is. That's right, coaching is hard. Winning is hard. But they're both a lot of fun, too. And knowing that, I find myself in awe of just what Havre High head girls basketball coach Dustin Kraske has accomplished in his time at the helm of the Blue Ponies, I'm in awe because I...
