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  • MAT opening two shows this week

    Kason Clark|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Theater in the area is in full swing this weekend as the Montana Actors' Theatre is set to open a pair of shows on the Hi-Line. Tonight, MAT will begin its run of "Blue/Orange" in the Little Theatre in Cowan Hall on the Montana State University-Northern campus with the doors opening at 7:30 p.m. The local troupe will also begin their run of "Charlie's Aunt" as dinner theater at the Eagles Club in Chinook Friday at 6 p.m. "Blue/Orange" is a dark comedy set in a mental...

  • Supreme Court candidate speaks in Havre

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Montana Public Service Commission Chair James Brown is running for a seat on Montana's Supreme Court this year, and spoke with the North Central Pachyderms Wednesday about his campaign and what he believes needs to change in Montana's judicial system. Brown said he attended the University of Montana as an undergraduate, doing a double major in history and political science, then worked as a congressional aide to Montana's then-Sen. Conrad Burns, which he said was a great learn...

  • Fourth of July Festival may not happen this year

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    The Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic Planning Committee has lost two key members in Allen “Woody” Woodwick of Havre and committee chairperson Sherri Simonson, who now lives in Helena, and hasn’t yet found people to fill these seats, meaning the event may be canceled for the third year in a row. The event, a long-running tradition in the area, was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, but this year it may be canceled due to a lack of committee members. Woodwick said if the committee doesn’t find someone to ste...

  • Board of Health looks at reorganization, impacts of new law

    Tim Leeds|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    The Hill County Board of Health held a lengthy discussion Wednesday during its quarterly meeting about reorganizing the board and determining what body would have authority over it, a discussion largely stemming from a law passed by the 2021 Legislature. The bill, pushed due to mandates issued to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, strips health boards of their authority, requiring health proposals from the boards be approved by elected officials in a body overseeing the health board decisions. Hill County...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Building a sturdy spite fence

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Unfortunately, I have friends stuck in a spite fight. As is often the case, one party is bewildered while the other party is self-righteously sticking pins in voodoo dolls, metaphorically speaking. I’m the onlooker. There is nothing I can do but watch it unfold. I feel sad. I know about spite. And I know who spite hurts. Not so much the intended victim, who often is unaware. My first clear and vivid memory of my own spiteful action occurred when I was five or six years old. M...

  • Spring Celebration returns to the Art Alley

    Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Press release The Art and Beautification Committee of Downtown Havre Matters! in partnership with the Hi-Line Arts Council is very excited to bring back the Spring Celebration in the Art Alley in downtown Havre, the committee said in a press release. “Join in the Spring Celebration with your friends and family on Saturday, April 30th, weather permitting,” the release said. In 2015, the Art and Beautification Committee took on “an ambitious goal to add colorful art through multiple mediums to enhance the downtown core, to gi...

  • Havre Beneath the Streets holding Hawaiian-themed fundraiser

    Updated Apr 21, 2022

    by HDN Staff Havre Beneath the Streets museum is accepting donations of items until the end of the month for live and silent auctions at their May 13 fundraiser dinner. Organizers said the fundraiser will be a Hawaiian-themed dinner at the Eagles Club. The evening will start with no-host cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30. The event will also include games and a 50/50 raffle, as well as the live and silent auctions. Organizers are working on trying to arrange live music for later in the evening. The money will be used...

  • Eager Beaver disc golf tournament set for May 14

    Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Press release Havre Trails has announced the first Eager Beaver Disc Golf Tournament Saturday, May 14, at the Normandy Coulee Disc Golf Course south of Havre, with the tournament planned as an annual event. The course, built in 2021, is located near Rotary Campground in Beaver Creek Park, at GPS coordinates 48.270234, -109.650788. It will be an 18-hole tournament playing on a nine-hole course using alternate tees throughout the round. The event is sponsored by Northstar...

  • Thivierge accepted to U.S. Naval Academy

    Updated Apr 21, 2022

    from the Office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester congratulated Havre’s Orion Thivierge Wednesday on his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Thivierge is the captain of the football and wrestling team, student body secretary, and a National Honor Society member at Havre High School. He has also received the Presidential Education Award and is in the top 10 students of his graduating class. “As Montana’s senior senator, it’s an honor to help our state’s next generation of leade...

  • Obituary - Louis A. Lucke

    Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Louis A. Lucke, 65, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Sunday, April 17, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and at his request no services will be held....

  • For the Record, April 21, 2022

    Updated Apr 21, 2022

    Havre Police Department Spencer Owen Lagree of Havre, 48, was issued a summons on a charge of criminal contempt after a 24/7 Sobriety Program no show was reported Wednesday at 8:02 a.m. -- A Second Street caller reported Wednesday at 5:13 p.m. that someone kicked in his door. Hill County Sheriff's Office Daniel Lewis Leighton of Havre, 18, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and no vehicle...

  • Havre softball returns with conference doubleheader

    Kason Clark|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    While it is spring on the Hi-Line, you would not have been able to tell last week. Snow over the latter half of last week resulted in the Havre High softball team postponing its games. Now, the Blue Ponies can finally get back on the diamond with a pair of conference games in Lewistown today. "We're ready to get back on the field," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "They're important conference games for us, and we've had a great couple of weeks of practice so I expect us...

  • Ponies back on the track with pair of meets this weekend

    Kason Clark|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    A week of inclement weather in northern Montana has forced several high school athletic programs to adjust their schedules and cancel some events. One of those programs, Havre High track and field, was unable to compete at all last week. The teams will now make up for that with the Whitewater Invitational in Malta today, as well as the Laurel/Park City Invite this Saturday. The Blue Ponies will face a small field of teams when they compete in today's Whitewater Invitational....

  • Ponies ready to finally get some court time with Hardin Invite

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 21, 2022

    The Havre High tennis teams are anxious to get back on the court. After last weekend's Class A Duals, and a dual with East Helena were wiped out by a winter storm, the Blue Ponies are hoping to catch up this weekend. And they're doing it at a new venue. Havre is set to attend the Hardin Invitational, which has been moved to today and Friday due to more bad weather. And while the opponents Havre will play in Hardin will all be familiar, this trip will be the first time the...