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The East Fork Fire ignited a nearly 400-acre flare-up Friday afternoon after embers were carried past containment lines, prompting responsive action from Type 3 Team fire management members and multiple volunteers and volunteer fire departments, officials said. The flare-up, which sparked on private land near the junction of Clear Creek Road and Sucker Creek Road in Blaine County about 2 p.m. Friday, was contained within four hours that same day, Incident Commander Don Pyrah of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre-Hill County Public Library is inviting people to once again come and browse books, movies and music during the annual Friends of the Library Book Sale, held each year during the week of Festival Days. The book sale starts Thursday and runs through Sunday. “We have a huge variety of used books for $1 per bag, and new books are $1 per book,” library Director Rachel Rawn said. “We also have movies and audiobooks. If you’re looking for your favorite old VHS tape or cassette, stop by and see if...
Editor, The Havre firefighters would like to thank everyone for their extraordinary efforts with the East Fork Fire. The generosity of this community was an amazing thing to see. We offer a differing explanation to what we have been hearing from the public about the Havre firefighters and why we did not respond to this fire. A Hill County water tender and a command unit from the Havre Fire Department responded to the fire, operated by the HFD chief and assistant chief, however, the firefighters were not requested by HFD...
Editor, I wrote this letter to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. I ask you to do the same. Dear Montana FWP, I am writing to ask that you close the 2017 hunting season until there is sufficient rain or snow across our state to alleviate the dry conditions. Make no mistake; I am an avid deer and elk hunter. Like many Montanans, I look forward to our hunting season every year and I even drew a cow elk tag for the Bears Paw Mountains this season. This year, however, we are in a precarious situation with our drought,...
Editor, Please help me thank our local law enforcement Saturday, Sept. 16. National Tell a Police Officer Thank You Day takes place Sept. 16. The initiative has been started by the Whole Truth Project and Wives Behind the Badge, an organization with a mission to promote a pro-police message. It’s held every year on the third Saturday of September just like Festival Days. Police officers risk their lives to protect and serve their communities. Chances are, at one time or another, a police officer has been there to assist you o...
Montana’s crisis isn’t too much water or hurricanes — it’s fire. It’s smoke filling Big Sky Country and filling our lungs, communities being evacuated, structures lost and tons of fuels just lying on the forest floor waiting for a spark to ignite. In this year alone, over 1,600 fires have burned over 1 million acres in Montana — that’s nearly equivalent to the entirety of the state of Delaware being on fire. We are tired of being told that others know better than us while we watch our forests and grasslands burn every su...
VAUGHN — Bernice C. Morgan, 82, a homemaker, died Thursday, Sept. 7, at Great Falls. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dodson. Interment will be in the Zortman Cemetery at Zortman, Montana. Condolences for the family may be left at http://www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Survivors include her daughters, Mary (Ron) Kunkel of Belt and Alaine Morgan of Bozeman; sons, Buddy Morgan Jr., Albert (Julie) Morgan and Arthur (Cindy) Morgan, all of Cookville, Texas; three nieces; a... Full story
The Great Northern Fair Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 6:30 a.m. at the Great Noerthern Fairgrounds Community Center with the following agenda: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees New business: Personnel communications The next meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds Community Center....
Christopher T. Murphy, “Little Red Bird,” was born and passed away Sept. 7, 2017. He will be laid to rest in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.... Full story
Kenneth Alan Shelhamer, 68, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, at Northern Montana Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at the St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Harlem with Father Michael Schneider officiating. Burial will follow in the Harlem Cemetery with military honors. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Ken’s online memorial page and leave a message of c... Full story
From Unified Disposal Board The Unified Disposal Board of North Central Montana is currently accepting bids for the following items: 1. A 627 CAT scraper, SN-68M326, minimum bid $11,000; 2. A 1986 International water truck 3. An IHC 484 tractor 4. A John Deere 410 tractor 5. A 1994 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel truck These items can be viewed at the landfill at 7055 Rd 451 SE, or at the old landfill site nine miles east of Havre. Bids will be taken at the Unified Disposal Office in Hill County Courthouse, 315 Fourth St, Havre, MT...
A Choteau man received five years probation Tuesday in District Court in Havre for having methamphetamine while in Havre. Brandon Gratz Seaman, born in 1974, received a suspended sentence of five years with the Department of Corrections for the offense of felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs. The sentence is part of a plea deal that dismissed misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to carry proof of insurance. A Havre Police Officer stopped Seaman Feb. 24 after he noticed a blue...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after someone near Fourth Street reported Friday at 9:06 a.m. that someone spray-painted her car. —— Dagmar Eyvonne Johnson of Havre, 55, was arrested on a federal warrant Friday at 9:21 a.m. near a Fourth Street business. —— Carolyn Jean Scheaffer of Missoula, 43, was arrested on driving under the influence and driving without insurance charges on First Street at 9:36 a.m. after a First Street Northeast caller reported Friday at 9:26 a.m. that someone may be driving intoxicated....
BOZEMAN (AP) - Taryn Christion ran for two touchdowns and South Dakota needed a trick play to hold off Montana State, 31-27 on Saturday night. The No. 4 Jackrabbits built a 17-0 lead, but Chris Murray, who fired four touchdown passes, brought the Bobcats back to trail by just three, 24-21 after three quarters. With 4:26 left South Dakota State opted for a fake field goal and kicker Chase Vinatieri ran 31 yards for a touchdown to make it a 31-21 lead. "We didn't escape," SDSU c...
In the first competitive meet of the season for both Havre High cross country teams, both Blue Pony squads finished near the top of their respective team competitions at the Malta Invitational Saturday. Buoyed by a second-place finish from Kadia Miller, as well as two other Top-10 finishes, the Havre girls took home the team title with 56 points, finishing just ahead of Glasgow, which had 60. Malta was third with 100. On the boys side of things, Havre fell just short of the...
There's no more time off for the Havre High golf teams, and the 2017 Central A divisional tournament will be here before the Blue Ponies know it. After a week off, the Ponies returned to the golf course Friday as they took part in the Lewistown Invitational held at Pine Meadows Golf Club. The 18-hole tournament featured Havre, Lewistown and Browning, as well as a host of players from the area. And the Ponies of head coach Brett Gilman showed little sign of rust. The Havre...
The Havre High volleyball will get into the heart of its schedule soon, but this past weekend, the Blue Ponies took part in one last early-season tournament as they competed in the annual Electric City Classic. The tournament, which was held in Great Falls, was played Friday and Saturday. Havre, which was in the CMR group during pool play, finished eighth out of eight teams, following a 0-6-1 record in group play. Saturday, in the single-elimination phase of the tournament, th...
Just like that, Frontier Conference play is here. And the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is going into league play with plenty of momentum. Northern wrapped up its non-conference schedule with two wins at this past weekend’s University of Providence Tournament in Great Falls, as the Skylights swept both Benedictine-Mesa and NAIA power Dickinson State. The wins improved MSU-N’s overall record to 6-8 heading into Thursday’s Frontier opener at Rocky Mount...
Sitting at 0-3, things look a little bleak right now for the Havre High football team as far as the Eastern A playoff picture is concerned, but the reality is, things are so wide open, the Blue Ponies aren't out of anything just yet. Certainly, the Ponies will need to play better than they have in recent weeks. But losses to Lewistown (2-1) and Laurel (3-0), two teams that look like locks for the playoffs, is nothing to be ashamed of. Right now, looking at the Eastern A...
Saturday was not an easy day for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. In their home-opener, one of the best teams in the NAIA, and a legitimate contender for the national championship, the Montana Tech Orediggers, showed the Lights how far they still have to go. But, the Lights, Saturday, and through two games, have also showed plenty, in a lot of different areas. And one of those areas is the passing game, which has been very good under junior college transfer Tommy...
The Havre High football team has yet to win a game this season, but Friday night against Laurel, head coach Ryan Gatch still felt his team took a step in the right direction. He felt that way, even if the scoreboard didn't necessarily agree, as the Locomotives downed the Blue Ponies 42-21 at Blue Pony Stadium Friday night in an Eastern A Clash. "I know that we lost by 21 points, but we are getting close," Gatch said. "I am extremely proud of this team's effort. I thought all t...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights knew exactly what they were up against in their home opener against the Montana Tech Orediggers. And that's why the start to Saturday's Frontier Conference game inside a sweltering and smoky Blue Pony Stadium was so exciting. On just Northern's second play from scrimmage, junior quarterback Tommy Wilson found freshman Marvin Williams streaking up the right sideline, and with the catch in hand Williams turned the play into an...
Montana Tech 21 14 28 7 - 70 MSU-Northern 6 14 0 7 - 27 First Quarter MSU-N: Marvin Williams 82 pass from Tommy Wilson (kick failed) Drive: 2 Plays, 85 Yards Tech: Quinn McQueary 1 run (Derrick Holt kick) Drive: 2 Plays, 36 Yards Tech: McQueary 3 run (Holt kick) Drive: 8 Plays, 59 Yards Tech: Chris Kelly 4 pass from McQueary (Holt kick) Drive: 4 Plays, 59 Yards Second Quarter Tech: Dion Williams 21 pass from McQueary (Holt kick) Drive: 7 Plays, 69 Yards MSU-N: Williams 17...
The title of this column says it all. And when it comes to the Montana State University-Northern Lights, and the rest of their 2017 season, it rings true. You can’t judge these Lights based on what you Saturday afternoon inside Blue Pony Stadium – at least not when looking at the scoreboard. I know the numbers, I was there. The Montana Tech Orediggers smashed a bunch of offensive school records against the Lights. They put up astronomical offensive numbers and all day, they se...
