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Arlene Marie Donoven (Pursley) died peacefully after a short bout with cancer on May 29, 2015, at her son's home in Trenton, N.D. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Margaret Mary Church in Big Sandy, Montana, on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. A reception will follow. Burial will be in the Big Sandy Cemetery. She was born Dec. 2, 1937 in Havre, to Clarence and Lenore Pursley. Arlene graduated from Kremlin High School in 1956. Soon after high school she...
HELENA (AP) — Health insurers selling individual policies on Montana's Affordable Care Act marketplace say rate increases are likely next year. The Missoulian (http://tinyurl.com/o2ww2nb ) reports companies are now filing requests for higher rates. Montana's insurance regulator, state Auditor Monica Lindeen, said Friday that her office has just begun reviewing the requests and that she'll likely object to parts of the increases, and it's possible insurers are overestimating some expected costs or other factors. Health i...
HELENA (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock's appointments to a Medicaid expansion panel include a spot for the Republican sponsor of the new law. Bullock's office announced Friday the appointments of two hospital representatives, two state officials and a doctor to the committee that will oversee the implementation of a new health care law. Bullock also made the sponsor of the new law, Republican Sen. Ed Buttrey, one of the panel's four non-voting members. Four lawmakers on the committee will be joined by Benefis Health S...
Staff and wire report While even some Republicans including Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead supported a new U.S. Interior Department plan to preserve sage grouse habitat, some Montanans including Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock aren't quite as happy with the plans. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell revealed plans Thursday to preserve habitat in 10 Western states, including Montana, for the imperiled ground-dwelling bird, the federal government's biggest land-planning effort to date for...
Just outside Gildford, a semitractor trailer drifted off the highway and overturned, sending its occupants to the hospital. Miroslav, 53, and Vesna, 48, Tabakovic, of Winnipeg, Ontario, were traveling east on U.S. Highway 2 when the vehicle drifted off the highway in the ditch on the south side of the road around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to a release from the Montana Highway Patrol. The 2014 International semi and trailer tires furrowed into the soft soil and caused the vehicle to trip, overturning onto its passenger...
The Box Elder School District has completed its search for a new superintendent in hiring the Charlo School District superintendent, Thomas Peck. Jeremy McDonald, the principal of Box Elder High School, said he is happy with the decision. “We had some good candidates,” McDonald said. “Everybody we interviewed was very knowledgeable.” Peck in particular had good answers, said McDonald, to his and the school board’s questions and showed enthusiasm for what the school district was doing. McDonald said he wanted Peck for the j...
Northern Montanans who want to start or expand a business may be eligible for help under a program operated by Bear Paw Development Corp. Bear Paw, a Havre-based nonprofit development corporation, has funds available to lend at favorable terms and in-house assistance available to help with completing loan application paperwork. Bear Paw partners with area banks to offer a full range of business financing options and to help fund larger projects. “Spring always seems like it’s a pretty good time for business owners or asp...
By Emily Mayer The saga of the Courthouse continues in the Havre newspapers 100 years ago. In both the Havre Plaindealer and Hill County Democrat's May 29, 1915 issues, a letter from T. J. Troy appeared, and he was clearly in favor of a block of land being offered for sale by the Catholic Church trustees. It had been announced earlier in 1915 that the Catholic Church was going to construct a new church/school, and church members decided to offer the land where their church...
