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While the high school basketball season wrapped up a couple weeks ago with the completion of state tournaments across Montana, there is one more tournament to play and it features some of the top players from both all over. The tournament is the 32nd annual Hi-Line Invitational, which features some of the best boys and girls players from Class AA, Class A, Class B and Class C. The tournament starts tonight and will run through Saturday with all games being played inside the...
After a winter marked by frigid temperatures and record-breaking snowfall, the weather has taken its toll on Havre's streets, and Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said it will likely have long-term effects. The city has received more than 80 inches of snow since July. All the more overwhelming, Peterson said, is the fact that the snow has not melted away. "Usually you have warm spells and the snow melts out, you get rid of it and then you get more snow," Peterson...
Montana's senior senator Wednesday defended statements he made about the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In a telephone press conference, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., responded to a story by the Associated Press that said past statements he made about Dodd-Frank's effect on smaller community banks were only "mostly true." The 2010 Dodd-Frank bill was passed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 Great Recession in an attempt to regulate financial institutions...
The Havre High School principal is leaving his job to move back to his starting point at St. Jude Thaddeus School. Second-year Havre High Principal Mike Haugen said Wednesday he has accepted, effective for the 2018-19 academic year, the job as the principal of Havre's Catholic school, the first school at which he taught after receiving his degree. "I was hired in 1979, right out of college," Haugen said, adding he taught history, math and some physical education classes in...
Havre Police Department In addition to the following actions, Havre Police officers reported making extra patrols around schools throughout the morning and afternoon. —— Officers investigated a Wednesday 8:06 a.m. complaint of a no-show related to the 24/7 Sobriety Program. —— Cody Michael Anderson of Havre, 23, was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of dangerous drugs, and Clintessa Beth Williamson of Hays, 29, was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, after an officer...
Two weeks ago the neighboring trees out my east window were naked sticks. Today the same sticks are tricked out in every shade of leaf, heavy with green. Most trees here shed their leaves in spring; the old brittle leaves pushed off the branch willy-nilly by the new sprouts. The Jacarandas are still naked, just budding into flower. By next week a giant purple umbrella will fully cover the northwest corner of my yard. The Prima Vera wear great daubs of primary yellow. And over...
I waited for my friend — a combat veteran of the First Gulf War — at a restaurant. As I sat there, my Twitter feed was lighting up with news of Dana Loesch of the National Rifle Association who had put all of us lyin’ journalists on notice that our time was up. The practitioners of the First Amendment were being strongarmed by those who love the Second Amendment even more. And as someone who cherishes the First Amendment, I support her right to freedom of speech. I also have a message for Loesch and her NRA zealots: Right...
Press release HELENA — High school students who dream of spending their summer outside can apply now to have their wish granted. Interns get to spend their days in the forest, including a backpacking trip into the Scapegoat Wilderness. Applications for the internship are due Friday, April 13, and the internship runs from June 18 to Aug. 2 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 out...
Press release Havre’s annual Breakfast for Literacy fundraiser is set for Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Havre Eagles Club. The event includes The Eagles Auxiliary preparing a breakfast that includes pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs, orange juice, milk, and coffee, Havre High School’s Key Club providing a variety of activities for the children, Bullhook Blossom Garden Club providing materials and activities for the children, and new to the event, a book swap, as well as a silent auction. Tickets for the event are...
When you live in North Central Montana, on the Hi-Line, then you know what to expect when spring rolls around. It's going to be cold, it's also probably going to be windy, there might even be a little snow. However, what residents in Havre and the surrounding areas have had to deal with the past few months and so far this spring, is well beyond the norm and the havoc it's wreaking on local sports has continued into track season. Of course, track isn't the only sport that is...
Havre native Jason Morse has been promoted to principal of the Seattle civil engineering firm AHBL Inc. Morse is a landscape architect, and his 21-year career has been guided by his passion for design excellence and creative solutions. He is committed to serving the community through work as a vice president on the Board of Directors of The Arboretum Foundation in Seattle, and as a board member and longtime tour guide for the Seattle Architecture Foundation. He was promoted as AHBL’s director of landscape architecture in 2...
Press release Paddlefish anglers planning to harvest a fish in the Upper Missouri River, from Fort Peck Dam to Fort Benton, will need to apply for an Upper Missouri River Paddlefish Tag. Applications for this drawing can be made by mail, online at http://fwp.mt.gov, or by stopping by any regional or area FWP offices. Applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, March 29. For 2018, a total of 1000 tags will be available for the drawing. Successful applicants may harvest a fish anytime during the season, from...
Press release Landowners will now have until May 1 to submit applications to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks for enrollment in the Unlocking Public Lands Program. Through this program, landowners who agree to allow access, for a majority of the year — at least six months and one day — are entitled to receive a $750 annual tax credit per contract. Landowners may have a maximum of four contracts per year or up to $3,000 in tax credits. Public recreational access across private land to reach a parcel of otherwise ina...
Press release Just in time for the beginning of spring, grizzly bears have been reported out on the Rocky Mountain Front. “We had reports, sightings and footprints in the last few days indicating maybe four or five or so bears out,” said Mike Madel, bear management specialist with Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “This is a little later than last year,” Madel said, “but the bears went into their dens last fall in good shape and we had lots of snow to cover their dens.” An FWP game warden spotted footprints of a female grizzly and...
Press release HELENA — Montana State Parks has announced that applications for $300 field trip travel grants are now being accepted through the 2018 Montana Fourth Graders to Public Lands Initiative. The grant money is aimed at providing transportation funding to Montana fourth graders for visits to federal and state public lands with an emphasis on assisting classrooms and groups who lack needed transportation funds. The grants are made possible by the National Park Foundation and help support the 2015 White House youth i...
Press release The temperature may be cool outside, but boating safety advocates urge boaters to enroll in a boating education course. Spring Aboard — Take A Boating Education Course campaign encourages boaters to get educated prior to the kick-off of the boating season. Many education providers offer discounts or other incentives for students during the week of March 18-24, 2018 to enroll in a boating education course. “We know that an educated boater is safer on the water,” said Phil Kilbreath, Boating Law Admin...
