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It’s been an exciting season of track and field on the Hi-Line. There have been many great performances, great times and exciting races. Now, for many area teams and local athletes, the season comes down to one final day. Wednesday, the Havre Middle School Track will be the site of the 2013 District 9C track meet, where spots into the Northern C Divisional and team titles will be on the line. The 9C meet is by far one of the most competitive meets in all of Class C track a...
Montanans are no strangers to conflict over coal. It was four decades ago when multinational mining companies began buying coal seams in southeastern Montana, and it sparked debate with ranchers concerned for grazing lands and water. Today ranchers in the region are again worried about expansion of coal operations. Many now have years of experience with the damage the industry does to clean water. But there’s another important difference today: how much farther concerns about coal have spread. My family and I grow wheat n...
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. — P.J. O’Rourke The dust hasn’t totally settled on the legislative session ... we don’t yet have the final fiscal results of Gov. Steve Bullock’s vetoes. But the picture’s beginning to take shape, and for those who believe in limited government and slower bureaucracy growth, that picture isn’t pretty. Starting with almost half a billion surplus, a coalition of Democrats and swing-vote, squishy Republicans blew through that surplus plus...
For some time yet, weather will play a role in golf around Montana. After all, it really is only spring and weather is volatile, especially in Havre. Last week was a perfect example as only one night of men’s golf league was played at Prairie Farms. The second Tuesday of a brand new men’s season was canceled, but teams got Wednesday night in. Michelob Light earned high-team honors for the night, scoring 23 points. The team is composed of Jim Kato, Tom Baker III, Bruce Nor...
Helen Young, 73, of Lloyd, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Big Sandy School Auditorium. Burial will follow in Big Sandy Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made to the North Central Cattlewomen’s Scholarship Fund in care of Paulette Keller, 5180 Crown Butte Road, Chinook, MT 59523. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted w...
Havre Police Department A 25-year-old Havre man in the 24/7 Sobriety Program was arrested on charges of criminal contempt and probation violation Monday at 7:35 a.m. at the police station. ——— At 7:50 a.m. Monday at the police station, officers transported a 20-year-old Havre man with charges of disorderly conduct and criminal contempt to the Hill County Detention Center. ——— A 23-year-old Havre man in the 24/7 Sobriety Program was arrested on a charge of criminal contempt Monday at 8:06 a.m. at the police station. ...
The Bureau of Land Management is holding a meeting in Havre Wednesday to hear comments on its draft management plan for BLM land in northern Montana from Valley through Glacier counties, including plans to improve habitat for the greater sage grouse in the region, oil and gas development and recreation in the region. The Havre meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the Hill County Electric Hospitality Room at 2121 U.S. Highway 2 Northwest west of Havre. The draft plan is available online at the bureau’s “HiLine RMP Website” at http:...
A frustrated Havre City Council reluctantly agreed to a deal with Hill County over the city swimming pool Monday night. Under the deal, the county will pay $20,000 to the city each year for three years. There is an automatic renewal after three years unless the county gives 30 days notice. City Councilman Gerry Veis said that the country virtually dictated the terms of the out-of-court settlement, and said it was “asinine” for the city to agree to a deal that could be terminated in three years “and we will be back where...
On a party-line vote, Havre City Council appointed Jay Pyette, a Havre High School teacher and director of Montana Actors’ Theatre, to fill the vacant Third Ward seat. The council’s four Democrats voted to name Pyette, a Democrat, while the other three councilmen supported fellow Republican Debi Rhines. Pyette was immediately sworn in and will serve for the remainder of the year. If he wishes to remain in office, he will have to run in the November municipal elections. Councilmen of both parties praised both candidates for...
The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has issued a release saying work on a regional water project is proceeding and that an article reporting that the Bureau of Reclamation had temporarily halted funding on the project contained comments that were “not only taken out of context but untrue.” “The numbers reported by the local newspapers don’t match the facts,” Richard “Ricky” Morsette, acting chair of the tribe’s Business Committee, said in the release. A March 21 Associated Press article reported...
