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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press BOZEMAN — Today's nationally-watched election for Montana's sole congressional seat got a last-minute twist when the Republican candidate, Greg Gianforte, was charged with misdemeanor assault for grabbing a reporter by the neck and throwing him to the ground. Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin made the announcement shortly before midnight Wednesday in a written statement, about six hours after the attack on reporter Ben Jacobs of The Guardian. Gianforte would face a maximum $500 f...
HELENA (AP)— A reporter said the Republican candidate for Montana's sole congressional seat "body-slammed" him Wednesday, the day before the special election. Democrats say Republican Greg Ginaforte must quit the race. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Tyler Law said the Republican Party should publicly denounce Gianforte and apologize for the millions of dollars they spent on his behalf. Gianforte campaign spokesman Shane Scanlon said Gianforte was in a private office giving an interview to another n...
Montana's youngest lawmaker, state Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, was unanimously elected chair of the Hill County Democratic Central Committee in officer elections Tuesday night at the Havre Eagles Club. Brenda Skornogoski said after the meeting that she decided not to seek a third two-year term. Bachmeier, who turned 19 in January, defeated Republican state Rep. Stephanie Hess last November to represent House District 28, which basically consists of Havre. He was elected...
The jury trial for Nevada St. Marks, a Havre man facing charges including attempted homicide for accusations he stabbed his friend multiple times after an argument about sex with an underage girl, began Monday afternoon in state District Court. "Cordell Wilson tried to help his friend, and it nearly got him killed," Hill County Attorney Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson said in her opening statement to the jury. St. Marks is charged with felony counts of attempted deliberate homicide...
Montana voters will go to the polls Thursday to cast ballots in the race to fill the state’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and, in Hill County, to weigh in on two mill levies. Republican Greg Gianforte, a tech entrepreneur and failed gubernatorial candidate from November’s election, musician and Mission Mountain Wood Band co-founder Rob Quist, a Democrat, and Libertarian Mark Wicks, a rancher from Inverness, are vying for the House seat formerly held by Ryan Zinke. Zinke resigned from the House in March to...
Havre High School student filmmakers will showcase several short films Thursday night and the public is invited to watch and judge. The first annual Hi-Line Documentary and Shorts Film Screening, scheduled to feature about 12 films, will begin at 7 p.m. in room 28 at Havre High. Teacher Vicki Proctor said the screening came about as a “meeting of the minds.” The screening used to be put on by local group Yellow Bus Creations during events such as the New Ideas Expo. But they were disheartened students couldn’t make it, so the...
From Montana Veterans Affairs Montana Veterans Affairs Service Officer Judy Loendorf or Steve Mulonet, or both, will be visiting locations including in this area in coming weeks to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. People who are interested in applying for benefits should bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214, with them. The officers will hold a benefits seminar Tuesday, June 6, on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation at the Stone Child College Second Floor Conference Room from 10 to 11 a...
Havre Police Department Steven Lee Strike of Havre, 29, was arrested on a state District Court warrant during a motor vehicle stop on 11th Street West Tuesday at 7:27 a.m. —— Sella Marie Parisian of Box Elder, 33, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a person requested assistance at Montana Avenue at 9:44 a.m. Tuesday. —— Officers investigated after a person at 10:24 a.m. Tuesday said a person was violating a temporary restraining order. —— Officer investigated after a caller from a 10th Street West locati...
In For the Record Tuesday, the arrest of Catherine Autumn Star St. Marks of Box Elder, 37, on two Justice or City court warrants at a disturbance reported Monday at 8:20 a.m. on Smithville Road, was made by Havre Police officers not Hill County Sheriff’s deputies as was listed....
Judith Stuart Mazzuca was born in Havre, Montana, Sept. 4, 1932, and died in Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 2017 She was preceded in death by her parents, Joyce and Alice Stuart; sister Suzy; and baby, Jayne. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Frank Mazzuca, children, Stephen (Terry) Mazzuca, Patricia (Dan) Molloy, Susie (Dave) Doll and Stephanie (Jim Kattes) Mazzuca; grandchildren, Nicholas Mazzuca, Elizabeth Mazzuca, Sarah Preble, Jessica Heiman, Sean Francis Molloy,...
From USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service The Carbon Conservation District, along with the local and state Montana Range Days planning committee, is hosting the annual Montana Range Days event at the fairgrounds in Red Lodge June 19-21 Montana Range Days began in 1976 in Jordan and has continued throughout the years to provide an educational format to youth ages 4-19, as well as adults of all ages, to have an on-the-ground, hands-on learning experience. Rangeland professionals and landowners alike learn new and...
For the fourth year in a row, the Havre High softball team is headed to the Class A state tournament, and like in previous seasons, the Blue Ponies are looking to make some noise. The Ponies (9-9-1) have won a game in each of the last three state tournaments and they will look to keep that streak alive Thursday, when they take on Columbia Falls (13-8) at 1 p.m. The state tournament runs through Saturday in Sidney. The state championship game is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. "I ho...
For every high school tennis player, one of their biggest dreams is to make it to the state tournament. Once they're there, however, the dream changes. That will be the case for the six Havre Blue Ponies heading to this week's Class A state tournament. The annual state meet runs Thursday and Friday in Kalispell. And once there, the Blue Ponies will start dreaming of medals and trophies. And when it comes to trophies, the Havre High boys have been pretty adept at bringing them...
