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Out our way, the novice cowhand has to learn a few terms to fully understand what others are talking about. For example, when Charlie first asked me to ride "drag" on our first cattle drive, I wondered if I was supposed to put on a dress. And when he told me to check if there were any pairs in the Hawthorne bushes, I thought he was pulling my leg. I may have been green, but even I knew that pears don't grow on Hawthorne trees. Later, when I learned the terms and what they...
By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — Three executives of Nevada-based consulting firm will pay a Native American tribe in Montana $2.5 million and face possible prison time for their roles in funneling cash from the tribe’s online lending company and kicking back some of the money to tribal officials. The firm, Encore Services LLC, and the executives, Zachary Roberts, Martin Mazzara and Richard Broome, pleaded guilty earlier this week to wire fraud conspiracy. The firm, represented by Roberts, also pleaded guilty to mon...
Havre Daily News staff The Interior Department said in a press release today it is starting the first-ever public comment period to look at whether to rescind executive orders presidents made to create national monuments, with the list of monuments under review including Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks. “A public comment period is not required for monument designations under the Antiquities Act; however, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and President Trump both strongly believe that local input is a critical compone...
Havre police officer Josh Holt is no stranger to physical strain. As a former 10-year U.S. Army combat engineer with a lifelong track record of activity, it wasn't a stretch to ask him to cover the 77-mile Havre-to-Fort Benton leg of the Montana Flame of Hope Torch Special Olympics Run. Holt was asked by someone from U.S. Border Patrol, which had been doing the torch run for years, to cover the run. "I just looked at it as a training opportunity," he said of the trek. Holt,...
By ALAN FRAM and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives. Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with 20 GOP defections — was preceded by several near-death experiences for the legislation, even though repealing Obama’s statute hel...
A Hill County judge has dismissed a $1 million lawsuit against the county in which a local woman said the county attorney’s gross incompetence was the reason assault charges against her former boyfriend were dropped. District Judge Daniel Boucher said in his dismissal order that the woman’s allegations “lack factual basis,” and that the county attorney is immune from civil liability in performing her duties, citing Harris v. St. Vincent Healthcare to support the latter. In her objection brief, Martha Hernandez — the woman...
Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, is receiving national recognition for his attempt to change how Montana handles charter schools. National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has listed Windy Boy as one of 19 state and federal “Charter champions.” “I did not have this award as my goal this session. However, I am honored to be presented as one of the honoree’s on the national stage in policy making with school choice,” Windy Boy said in a statement about the award. Windy Boy’s bill, which originally would have established...
Local businesses have a chance to lower their workers' compensation premium charges by taking part in classes offered in Havre later this month, a specialist with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry's Safety and Health Bureau said. Safety and Health Specialist Fred Miller said having employees complete classes in the SafetyFestMT session set for May 23-25 at Montana State University-Northern in Havre can cut the cost for business. He said SafetyFestMT came as a result...
Press release A Red Cross blood drive is set for Tuesday in Chinook at Wallner Hall. The Red Cross will be accepting walk-ins only from 12:30 p.m. to 1p.m. Appointments and walk-ins will be accepted between 1 and 6 p.m. Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. So, people who have not made an appointment can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 — 1-800-REDCROSS. Any healthy person age 18 or older, or ages 16 or 17 with a signed parental consent, and weighing at least 110 pounds is e...
Havre Daily News staff People have a chance Saturday to have a few brews with friends while supporting a worthy cause — The Havre Women’s Golf Association’s 13th Annual Golfing for a Cure tournament. For every pint purchased at Triple Dog Brewing Co. at 675 First St. W. in Havre from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Triple Dog will donate $1 to Golfing for a Cure. The event includes raffles with a chance to win prizes. All money raised will go to Golfing for a Cure’s effort to fight cancer across the Hi-Line. The 18-hole tournam...
Montana currently has one of the fastest-growing economies in the nation, with historic low unemployment and new businesses being created at record speed. We have a stable business climate allowing businesses across the state to grow, expand and create more good paying jobs. And we are consistently recognized for our innovation, entrepreneurship, and Montana work ethic. Many states would welcome such economics. These trends are by design. In the last three legislative sessions, I worked with Republicans and Democrats to craft...
National Tourism Week 2017 is all about celebrating the many faces of travel. During this week of May 7-13, we will celebrate the power of tourism through the people who make the industry so remarkable. Tourism is America’s third largest retail sales industry. Tourism is Montana’s second largest industry. Locally, tourism is big business, too. While we may not be a destination for summer vacations, we still see a huge segment of the traveling public come to our community from June to October. The answer is simple. For a num...
As I write this, I am exhausted, sun burnt, sticky and salty with dry sweat, gritty and muddy, but I am here to say that one of the greatest marvels of modern civilization is indoor plumbing — water that runs from a well, through buried pipes to places like water troughs, sinks, toilets (for the love of sanitation, the toilet). Regular readers might remember that the universe’s Christmas Eve gift to me and my husband was a totally unusable water system to the house. For...
Havre Police Department Dianna Sue Cole of Seattle, 38, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after a First Street business caller reported Thursday at 6:41 a.m. that a woman was fighting with two employees. —— A 13-year-old was issued a summons on an assault charge after a Havre Middle School employee reported Thursday at 8:11 a.m. that two students were fighting. —— Officers assisted a citizen after a 14th Avenue caller reported Thursday at 8:29 a.m. that someone was violating a restraining order. —— Officers assisted a...
The meeting scheduled for Monday of the board of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum has been canceled because the chair and vice chair of the board will be out of town....
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will hold three meetings The board will meet Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. at the Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, if any B. New business 1. Canvass election results a. Authorize clerk to publish election results C. Superintendent’s report 1. Process for swearing in new board members D. Open agenda — public comment E. Adjournment The board wil...
Monday Office hours Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — LEPC meeting 10:30 a.m. — Road meeting — Hanson 1:30 PM — 911 Committee meeting Wednesday 10 a.m. — Safety meeting Thursday 10 a.m. — Business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public 7 p.m. — Great West Engineering Waste Water PER meeting Friday Office hours...
Lillian Mae Teske, 96, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at Highland Cemetery at 2 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2017, with Ila McClenahan officiating. Lillian's family has suggested memorial donations be made in Lillian's name to Northern Montana Care Center or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and...
Havre’s acting troupe is holding auditions for a classic play about a group of women — friends in a small southern town — and how they deal with one of their own dying partway through the story. Auditions for the Montana Actors’ Theatre production of Robert Harland’s 1987 play “Steel Magnolias” are Monday, May 15, and Tuesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre in Cowan Hall on the Montana State University-Nothern campus. The auditions are for roles for six women. The play was converted to the screen in 1989 in a fil...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, May 8-12 – 2017 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; exercise class at 11 a.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transporta-tion from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m.; cards at 1 p.m.; mall or Walmart shopping from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; cards at 1 p.m.; exercise class at 11 a.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at...
It’s been another busy time for the Havre High track teams and it won’t slow down until after this weekend, when both Blue Pony teams will be hosting the Havre Invitational, a triangular track meet that also includes Malta and North Star. The meet will also serve as a senior day for all the seniors on both Havre track teams. There will be a ceremony to honor all the senior athletes before the meet gets underway at the Havre Middle School track at 11 a.m. “This year we will...
The Havre High softball team hosted the Lewistown Eagles Thursday at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field, with the hopes of evening its conference record at 4-4. However, after a 14-4 win by the Eagles on an 80-degree day, the Blue Ponies finished Central A conference play 3-5. HHS is now 4-5-1 overall on the season. The team will be back in action Saturday, when it hosts the Havre Invitational. "They hit the ball better than we did," HHS head coach Whitney McNally said. "They...
