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An ex-Marine and parson who is walking from Washington state to Washington D.C. to raise funds to fight pulmonary hypertension stepped foot in Havre Wednesday. Don Stevenson, 79, walks 30 miles a day. He has been walking since 1998 and has accumulated over 50,000 miles under his belt through walking for different causes. He goes by "The Pacing Parson" and raises money for various causes that have affected someone he knows. He has been walking for this current trip since June...
By Bruce Auchly FWP Region 4 Information Officer There is something about songbirds this time of year that can catch the ear, eye and heart of even the most preoccupied person. It doesn't matter where: mountain tops, middle of the prairie, downtown, uptown. It doesn't matter what you call them: tweety birds, little brown jobs, neotropical migrants. Songbirds are nesting, raising young and - at least the males - singing their blessed little hearts out. Sure, a dedicated birder...
Press release The Weapons Collectors Society of Montana, District No. 1, will conduct its annual Youth Shoot Saturday, July 11. This free event provides youth ages 11-17 the opportunity to learn about gun safety and military weapons history. They then will be able to fire weapons dating from the civil war to modern times. All weapons fired will be under the one-on-one supervision of an instructor. There will be two sessions, the first at 9 a.m. and the second at 1 p.m. Each session is limited to 75 participants, Hearing and...
MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — 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 e...
Havre's annual Air Fair and fly-in breakfast is set to begin Saturday at 7 a.m. The public is invited, at no charge, to the Havre City-County Airport to see a variety of airplanes and talk to the pilots, said Willy Hurd, president of the North Central Hangar of the Montana Pilots Association, the group that hosts the event. Kids will be offered a free airplane ride this year, Hurd said, but cautioned that with the hot weather, which causes turbulence, people should show up...
In February, officials from Hill County and the sheriff met to discuss the problematic situation of the Hill County Detention Center and are now seeing results. The detention center staff was having a hard time getting employees to stay and an even more difficult time getting people to apply for the positions. Blaine County Sheriff’s Office was told to send their inmates elsewhere due to the Hill County Detention Center’s waning work force and inability to handle as many inmates as before. Hill County Sheriff and Coroner Don...
“Just walking in the rain. Getting soaking wet. . . People. . . stare at me. . . saying who can that fool be.” That fool be me. Gloriously, deliciously drenched. Three hurricanes this month held promise of rain and then either drifted out to sea or fizzled into nothing. Not a drop of rain in months. Then one morning, the skies burst. I waited for a pause in the downpour and headed out for a walk. A block from my casa, the sky unzipped right on top of me. I loved it. Instantly...
Norman C. O'Neal, 87 of Havre died at Northern Montana Care Center on June 22, 2015. He was born Dec 31, 1927, to Thomas and Rose (Stremcha) O'Neal in Havre. He attended school at St. Jude Thaddeus School. Norman joined the Army during the Korean Conflict where he trained soldiers in Georgia. He returned to Havre where he began driving a beer truck to all the delivery points on the Hi-Line. He later worked for the Havre Air Force Base as a cook. When the base closed, Norman... Full story
Havre Police Department The computers at the police station are down and personnel are unable to send the police log. Hill County Sheriff’s Office The computers at the sheriff’s office are directly connected with the police station’s and they are also down. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded two calls Wednesday and one this morning....
Inez Mae Damson, 91, of Havre died at Care and Comfort Home surrounded her family on June 20, 2015. Inez was born Nov. 11, 1923, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Alvin and Ida M. (Bakken) Baker. She attended school in New Rockford, North Dakota, where she graduated. She later attended and graduated from State Teachers College in Minot, North Dakota, on May 24, 1945. Inez met and later married Joe E. Damson on March 2, 1946, in Poplar, Montana, where Inez was teaching school. Inez... Full story
Evelyn E. Petr Bitz, 80, passed away Tuesday evening in Big Sandy. Her funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2015, at Big Sandy Methodist Church. A full obituary will follow. Services have been entrusted to Holl... Full story
Press release NorthWestern Energy was recently honored by New York Stock Exchange Governance Services in its annual Governance, Risk & Compliance Leadership Awards. NorthWestern was the top award winner in the category of Exemplary CD&A for Compensation Committee, topping the other finalists — AMN Healthcare Services Inc., ManpowerGroup Inc., Jack in the Box Inc. and Prudential Financial. The award recognized work on the 2014 proxy statement prepared for shareholders by Tim Olson, senior corporate counsel and corporate s...
Archers last weekend once again gathered in the Bear Paw Mountains to test their skills at Frank and Bettie Barber's ranch at the annual Bear Paw Bowmen 3-D Archery Shoot. The 315 archers brought 116 tents and trailers and camped out during the fundraising competition, shooting at 80 targets set up in four courses and participating in fundraising events like raffles and sales. Proceeds from the event are donated to charity, with this year's benefit the Frank and Bettie Barber...
Shaina Evans was a special person, and meant so much to so many here in Havre and her home town of Kalispell. And, she was also a special athlete, on the volleyball court and the softball field among other sports she played so well. And in her honor, Havre has something special going on, as the third annual Shaina’s Challenge Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament returns this weekend at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. The tournament, started three summers ago by Dan Wir...
The Montana Grizzly football program is just 60-plus days away from its historic season-opener against four-time FCS national champion North Dakota State on Aug. 29. And the Griz will start their 2015 campaign with seven different Preseason All-American picks as selected by USA College Football it was announced today. Senior wide receiver Jamaal Jones earned the highest rank on the list with a second team All-America selection. Fullback Jamal Wilson, linebacker Herbert...
