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Articles from the May 24, 2013 edition


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  • For retiring teacher, 39 years of fond memories

    John Kelleher|Updated May 24, 2013

    Karen Murri went to Havre High School, went to college and came home to teach at her alma mater for 39 years. She’s taught business, accounting and computer classes in the same school and same place — Room 45 — all these years. She’s become the institutional memory, as well as the favorite teacher of hundreds over the years. But her stretch at Havre High is coming to an end. She'll retire at the end of the school year, and she’ll leave with the fondest of memories. “It was 3...

  • Congress busy in last week before Memorial Day

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 24, 2013

    The members of Montana’s congressional delegation have been busy this week before going into a week-long recess for the Memorial Day holiday. Freshman U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., reported that in a hearing Thursday, his bill opening up hydropower electricity generation on federal irrigation projects received bipartisan support, including in testimony by representatives of President Barack Obama’s administration. “In Montana, we say ‘whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.’ That’s how important water is to our s...

  • For the Record, May 24, 2013

    Updated May 24, 2013

    Havre Police Department After a caller reported people fighting in 2nd Street Thursday at 11:39 a.m., officers arrested a 21-year-old Spokane, Wash., man for assault and criminal mischief, vandalism. ——— Officers investigated a cellphone theft reported Thursday at 12:23 p.m. at a 1st Street establishment. ——— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash reported on 1st Street at 6 p.m. Thursday. Hill County Sheriff's Office Deputies investigated vandalism at a business south of Hingham reported at 12:13 p.m. Thursday. ...

  • Lindeen: Generally pleased with Legislature's work

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 24, 2013

    Montana’s commissioner of securities and insurance said that, overall, she was pleased with legislation passed during the 2013 legislative session, including some issues she has been pushing for for several years. State Auditor Monica Lindeen, head of the state office that regulates insurance and securities, said one of the bills that passed this year could help people understand what her office does. The Legislature approved sending a constitutional referendum to the ballot in 2014 to change the name of the position from a...