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BAINVILLE (AP) — Amtrak says a train carrying 117 passengers has partially derailed in northeastern Montana, causing minor injuries to one passenger. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says three cars on the 13-car Empire Builder slipped off the tracks at a switch Monday afternoon near Bainville, just west of the North Dakota line. The passenger train was headed west from Chicago to Portland and Seattle. Magliari says the injured passenger is being treated at the scene. Magliari says the train is upright and still has power, a...
With both sides of the audience furious over the length of the sentence, a federal judge Friday sentenced Garrett "Kirby" LaFromboise to 13 years and 4 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release for assault on a child. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said LaFromboise's behavior in the death of his son, 11-month-old Kaidynce Small, was "unforgivable." Morris said any man can father a child. "The most important role a father has is to protect his child," Morris...
MISSOULA (AP) — Pop legend Paul McCartney has added a stop in Missoula to his "Out There" tour. The University of Montana announced Monday that the former Beatle is scheduled to play at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Aug. 5. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 9. Prices range from $49.50 to $250 and will be available at all GrizTix locations. The Out There tour features music from McCartney's entire career, as a solo artist, as a member of Paul McCartney and Wings and as a Beatle. He also plays music from his most recent s...
MISSOULA (AP) — A 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed over the weekend by a Montana man who said the teen had broken into his garage was a foreign exchange student from Germany, authorities said. Police in Missoula arrested a man on suspicion of deliberate homicide in the death of Diren Dede of Hamburg, Germany. Dede was a junior at Big Sky High School in Missoula, Missoula Public Schools officials said. Officers responded to the reported shooting just before 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Markus Kaarma, 29, told officers he found a...
The 38th Annual Sweetgrass Society Powwow was held at the Montana State University-Northern Armory Gymnasium Friday and Saturday. The Sweetgrass Society of MSU-Northern organizes the powwow every year and draws in competitors from Washington to Fort Peck and Canada to New Mexico. "We don't represent one tribe or one nation," said Ron Kling, the president of the Sweetgrass Society. "We represent a multitude of tribes and nations." The first grand entry Friday brought a...
There are arguments pro and con — more con, we think — to the idea that state governments should take over federally owned lands in western states. A group of western Republicans met in Sandy, Utah, this weekend with the intent of pushing state-takeover of federal lands, claiming that states can do better at managing the properties for natural resource development, recreation and forest-fire fighting. Sen. Jennifer Fielder, a tea party favorite from Thompson Falls, became a spokesman for the cause, contending that the feds on...
Havre High’s track and field numbers may keep the boys and girls teams from winning some of the bigger meets throughout the season, but the individual Blue Pony athletes who continue to place and score points also continue to impress the coaching staff. Nearly 20 teams made the trip to Belgrade Saturday for the annual Gallatin Valley Invitational, and the competition was fierce. But teams, like they so often do, found themselves chasing the hosting Panthers. The Belgrade b...
The Havre High boys and girls tennis teams were hoping for a full day of duals Saturday in Lewistown, but rain forced the Blue Ponies to take what they could get. Havre was set to square off against Central A rivals Livingston, Anaconda and Lewistown for the only times this season, but rainy weather forced some of the day to be called off. Still, the HHS boys did top Anaconda 5-2 and won four of five matches against Livingston. On the girls side, the Ponies beat the...
The five candidates for the three school board positions of the Havre District Board of Trustees answered questions in front of an audience at the Havre Middle School auditorium Thursday. Each candidate was asked to give background information, what the would like to see happen differently with the way the school system operates, what they think the district is doing well and why they think they would be a good board member. Voters will have a chance to decide who should take the three positions May 6 at Havre High School....
A woman accused of threatening to kill her husband with his own .22 caliber pistol has asked to withdraw her pleas in two cases. Cindy R. Stidham, born in 1966, had pleaded guilty to a possession of methamphetamine charge filed in January and pleaded no contest to an assault with a weapon charge and a partner or family member assault charge stemming from an alleged incident last summer. Friday, her attorney said she wished to withdraw her pleas, made under a plea agreement. Judge Dan Boucher had rescheduled the sentencing...
A Havre man will spend nearly seven years in federal prison for his role in selling methamphetamine. Brandon Wayne Glover, 31, pleaded guilty Jan. 9 to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Last week in federal court in Great Falls U.S. District Judge Brian Morris sentenced Glover to 80 months in prison followed by five years supervised release, a release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana said. Havre police officers and Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force agents conducted the...
Unfortunately, some poor spring weather made another appearance over the weekend and altered the Havre High softball schedule. After defeating the conference rival Browning Indians Thursday, the Central A Blue Ponies were looking forward to getting in another four non-conference games Friday and Saturday. But as rain hit across most of the state, the Ponies were limited to just two games, one varsity and one junior varsity, at the Conrad Invitational in Conrad. Saturday’s p...
