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HELENA (AP) — A new criminal indictment charges a businessman with bribing the head of the Chippewa Cree tribe's roads department and overcharging for the work his company did as part of a $10.6 million federal stimulus grant to the tribe. The federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday charges Shad Huston, of Havre, with bribery, wire fraud, false claims conspiracy and false claims against a federally funded project. Those come on top of charges in three other pending cases accusing Huston of embezzlement conspiracy, b...
The entire Montana congressional delegation will be in town sometime this weekend to address the Montana American Legion convention. Representatives of the state's 130 posts will gather at the HRDC builiding Thursday through Sunday. The legion auxiliary will also be in town this weekend. Gary White, the department adjutant for the legion, said new officers will be elected, and there will be votes on several resolutions. Unlike some years, the resolutions are routine and mostly...
Press release The United Property Owners of Montana - an advocacy group dedicated to preserving Montana's agricultural heritage - has named or Sen. John Brenden, R-Scobey, as one of its "Property Rights Heroes" for the 2015 legislative session. The distinction was announced in the group's recent release of its legislative scorecard, an analysis of the 2015 legislative session from a property rights perspective. The scorecard can be downloaded at http://upom.org. In...
Some streets in Havre are so bad off that they would be better off as gravel roads, City Council Member Allen "Woody" Woodwick said Tuesday night. Woodwick told Hill County Democrats that a referendum that will be on the November ballot would solve some of the problems facing the city, but not all. Woodwick provided a list of the Top 10 bad streets engineers have listed. If the referendum is passed, he said, the city will get $1.5 million per year to repair streets. The first...
Big Sandy's two most well-known residents will be honored by the Blackfeet Nation at 1 p.m. Friday. The tribe will show its appreciation to Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., for their support in the effort to protect cultural lands At a skateboard park-naming ceremony with Ament and Tester, the Blackfeet Nation will hold a special presentation to show the tribe’s appreciation for their support of the protection of the Badger-Two Medicine from oil drilling. Tester; Ament, Harry Barnes, chair of the B...
On May 28, the Bureau of Land Management reached a historic milestone in its effort to conserve the imperiled greater sage-grouse. The plans proposed by the BLM would protect the West’s sagebrush sea, which acts as essential habitat for the sage-grouse as well as mule deer, pronghorn and hundreds of other wildlife species. The agency has taken a big step toward balancing multiple use activities on Western public lands while keeping the sage-grouse off the endangered species list. While the sage-grouse protections are i...
Havre Police Department The police station’s computers are down again and they are unable to send police logs until they are back online. Hill County Sheriff’s Office The sheriff’s office computers are connected to the city’s and are also down. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to two calls Tuesday. —— Firefighters were called to the 900 Block of 1st Street North at 1:57 p.m. Tuesday to put out a fire that fully engulfed the engine of a passenger truck and after investigation, it is thought it...
Norman C. O’Neal, 87, of Havre passed away June 22, 2015. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today, June 24, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. A funeral mass will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with burial to follow at Highland Cemetary. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. A full obituary will follow....
From MSU News BOZEMAN - Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture will visit Montana State University in July. Ramaswamy's visit includes a question and answer session that is free and open to the general public. "Our nation's success in addressing the 21st century challenge of ensuring food security is linked directly to the research, education and Extension work of our partner institutions, and the time I...
The Blaine County High School Rodeo Club is sponsoring the Blaine County Kids' Rodeo as part of the Blaine County Fair. The annual rodeo is on Thursday, July 9 at 5 p.m. at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. Entry forms are due July 3. The rodeo is open to youths through age 18. Entry forms can be picked up at E-Z Mart and The Clothing Company in Harlem. They can also be picked up at the the Blaine County Journal and Bear Paw Livestock in Chinook, as well as the Kwikstop in Fort...
I know this is a day late, but please forgive me if I still had Chambers Bay and the U.S. Open on my mind the last few days. And I admit, I’ll probably have Chambers Bay and the 2015 U.S. Open on my mind for a while; I’ll probably reference it in many of these columns to come. But alas, I am back in Havre, and last week was another good one on the local golf scene. Last weekend, the annual Natalie Patrick Foundation Scramble was held at Prairie Farms, and as usual, not onl...
It’s official, the dog days of summer are here and that means that the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team is nearing the midway point of its 2015 season. The North Stars, who just won three of four games against conference opponents at Legion Field this past weekend, are getting ready for their tradition of playing in the Mike Walsh Memorial Wood Bat tournament in Deer Lodge. “It’s kind of a fun tournament for us to play,” North Stars head coach Dick Fuzesy...
