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To say it was an incredible year for girls basketball on the Hi-Line would be a gross understatement. After all, on the same night, two area teams won state championships. Those two teams, Havre High and Box Elder, along with the success of the Rocky Boy girls, the Harlem girls, Fort Benton, and the incredible story of the Turner Tornadoes, made this past winter one for the girls basketball record books. So, it should come as no surprise that, the 2018 All Hi-Line Girls Team...
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS — An Idaho mining company sued Montana environmental regulators Friday for labeling the company and its president “bad actors” who should pay for cleanups at several polluted sites before pursuing two new mines beneath a wilderness area. Attorneys for subsidiaries of Hecla Mining described the state’s allegation that the company is responsible for past and ongoing pollution from defunct mines as frivolous. Hecla, based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, claims to be the oldest precious metals...
By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — Students and gun-control advocates in Montana and Wyoming joined protesters who rallied across the nation Saturday, galvanized by the students-turned-advocates who survived last month’s Florida school shooting. At least nine March for Our Lives rallies and marches were planned across the two states, most of them organized and led by high-school students after the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland left 17 people dead. At the rally in Helena, two teen sis...
Flooding has crept into this part of north-central Montana in a year of record snowstorms, with National Weather Service issuing a flood advisory for Chouteau County through 4 this afternoon, but officials in Hill and Blaine counties saying no major issues from flooding have arisen so far. The Weather Service advisory says that Disaster and Emergency Services continues to report minor flooding with water over some rural roadways, making some impassable. That includes Promise Land Road, Antelope Lake Road, Brady Road and...
Larry William Horinek, 60, passed away suddenly and went to meet his heavenly Father on March 20, 2018. Larry was born on July 20, 1957, in Havre, Montana, to Richard and Ruth (Klemetson) Horinek. He grew up on the family farm north of Hingham and graduated from Hingham High School in 1975. Larry attended the Helena Vo-Tech, completing an ag diesel degree in 1977. Dec. 17, 1977, he married the love of his life, Alou Morrison, and they spent the next 40 years raising their...
Thomas "Tom" John Filler went home to the arms of Jesus, his mom and dad, brothers and loved ones March 11, 2018. A vigil service will be April 19, 2018, at 7 p.m. and the funeral liturgy April 20, 2018, at 11 a.m., both at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Great Falls. Burial of ashes will be in Highland Cemetery in Havre. Tom was born to Eddie "Hap" and Florence Filler Feb. 25, 1956, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Havre, Montana. He had a good life filled with love. He, himself,...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a sex offense call Friday at 2:41 p.m. —— Officers investigated a Friday 3:32 p.m. report of suspicious activity at Lincoln-McKinley School. —— Michael Blake Butterfly of Harlem, 19, and Mari Ereaux of Hays, 20, were each arrested on a charge of minor in possession, after a caller reported at 5:28 a.m. Saturday from a First Street West business that the people in the next room were arguing loudly. —— Officers investigated a Saturday 2:18 p.m. complaint from Third Street. ...
March 20, I read in the Havre Daily News yet another article speaking out against gun violence toward children. Here again, like so many other letters and statements, it's only against the gun. And it's always the same answer, ban guns. Some blame video games, others, drugs and cults. bullying has been mentioned as well by our top shrinks. Never once have I ever heard that parental guidance was needed or was lacking. Not only are parents needed, but mentors and adult role models are critical for young development. From birth...
Local input is a hallmark of democracy. Good laws should and do bubble up from neighborhoods, country churches, and bar stools, just as bad ideas are often killed by the folks who have to live with the results. That’s why, if you’re running for public office, it’s a smart idea to say that you’re in support of local decisions. Imagine the alternative: “I’m from the distant government and I’m here to tell you how to live your life.” You probably wouldn’t win many votes. But that alternative is precisely what our lone U.S. Con...
Press release The Havre-Hill County LIbrary’s Winter Reading Series wil discuss the book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi Thursday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Copies of the book are available now to be checked out at the Havre-Hill County Library. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Library....
Press release Monday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m., Havre High School will hold an open house for students who will be freshmen at Havre High School in the fall of 2018. This assembly for students and their parents or guardians will start in the high school auditorium. At the April 9 evening meeting, packets of information about the high school curriculum will be handed out. This is an important meeting for students and their parents as information about high school graduation requirements, college preparatory programs, and the...
Press release Parents of preschool children in the CJI, Sage Creek, Cool Spring, Riverview, Liberty, Rimrock and Hillside School Districts who would like to have them participate in a free community early childhood screening have been invited to a screening Friday, April 13, 2 at CJI Elementary School from 10 a.m. to noon. To make appointments people can call Lindsey at 759-5477 The screenings are sponsored by the Bear Paw Cooperative....
Coming into the 2018 version of the Hi-Line Invitational Tournament, the Class AA boys team was looking to capture its fourth consecutive title. However, a close loss to the Class C team in the championship game, left the AA team just four points shy of a 4-peat. The 32nd edition of the HIT, played at Montana State University-Northern starting last Thursday, concluded with the championship game Saturday evening. After building a 15-point lead at the half, the Class C team...
Over the last four years, the Class B girls squad dominated the Hi-Line Invitational Tournament, held annually at Montana State University-Northern. But this past weekend, the Class C girls were on a mission to change that. And by the time the championship game rolled around Saturday at the Armory Gymnasium, that's exactly what they did, defeating Class B for the second time in two days, 99-81 to win the team championship. Kailee Oliverson of Twin Bridges, who was named MVP...
