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  • Zip Trip partners with Salvation Army on Backpacks for Kids

    Updated Jul 7, 2017

    From Cenex Zip Trip SPOKANE, Wash. Throughout the month of July, Cenex Zip Trip will raise money in partnership with The Salvation Army to help prepare local kids for the new school year with the annual Backpacks for Kids campaign. “Cenex Zip Trip is excited to be continuing this tradition of partnership with The Salvation Army, and expanding the program to help prepare even more kids for the new school year. When kids are prepared for the school year, their performance in the classroom improves,” said Steve Haase, gen...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Field of dreams with Converse

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jul 7, 2017

    “I love my night life.” “You don’t have a night life,” my cousin Nancie, in Mexico for a three-week vacation in her house across the road from mine, countered. “You’re in bed when the sun goes down. What do you mean, night life?” “My dreams. I dream marvelous stories. I usually wake up feeling happy and full of energy. Most of the time I don’t remember my dreams once I’m out of bed. Most of my dreams are like playing solitaire with a pinochle deck, but, lately, I feel that i...

  • Landusky evacuated for fire

    Paul Dragu|Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Deputies with the Phillips County Sheriff's began evacuating residents out of Landusky this morning as a large fire that sparked to life July 3 southwest of Zortman spread through the region. Type-2 Incident Management Team Fire Information Officer Kathy Russell said this morning that Landusky residents were warned to be prepared to evacuate due to the forecast of west winds. At 9:15 this morning, a representative with the Phillips County Sheriff's Office said the evacuation...

  • Quick Pics: Lighting up the sky

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

  • Saturday Market opens this weekend in Town Square

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Havre Daily News staff People once again have the chance this weekend to visit, browse and buy products from local growers, artists, crafters, bakers and more with Saturday Market kicking off for the season Saturday in Town Square. The market runs from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Festival Days, with the last market scheduled for Sept. 16. The market, started by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce in 2002, has grown each year, with Saturday Market averaging 35 vendors...

  • Havre Trails sets Long George hike for Sunday

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Havre Daily News staff Havre Trails has invited people to a hike on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Sunday, a moderately difficult hike up Long George. The meeting time is at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at the red picnic table at Bear Paw Lake, or Second Lake. People should turn at the third Bear Paw Lake sign heading south from Havre to the picnic area there. The group will caravan from the parking lot to the trailhead. High-clearance vehicles are preferred, but carpooling from the meeting place usually is possible. The hike itself i...

  • For the Record, July 6, 2017

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated after someone reported Wednesday at 12:02 p.m that he needed to speak with an officer. —— Officers investigated after a Second Street business caller reported this morning at 5:36 that her nephew, who was drunk, was back and causing a disturbance. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies made an arrest this morning at 1:08 during a motor vehicle stop on Second Avenue West. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical crews responded to one call Wednesday. Havre Animal Shelter The anima...

  • Obituary - Wayne Lovejoy Thurston

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Wayne Lovejoy Thurston, born October 18, 1924, in Unity, Maine to Frederick and Marion Thurston, passed away June 30, 2017, of natural causes. This man of many talents — poet, author, photographer, educator, electronics expert and businessman — lived an interesting life. He was always an inquisitive learner, continuing to take courses and building electronics into his 90s. He could often be found at his ham radio station sending and receiving messages throughout the world … CQ CQ FROM AB70. In 1944-45, he served as a radio op...

  • Obituary - Richard D. Winchell

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Richard D. Winchell passed away March 8, 2017, in Great Falls. A short graveside service will be held at Highland Cemetery in Havre at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Any and all are welcome....

  • From the courts: District Court

    Paul Dragu|Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Eric J. Lipp of Great Falls was sentenced Monday in state District Court in Havre to two years’ probation for illegal possession of prescription pills. District Judge Dan Boucher sentenced Lipp, born in 1984, to two years, all suspended, for the felony offense of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. The sentence was part of a plea deal that dropped an additional criminal possession of dangerous drugs charge and a misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. According to a court document, Havre Police d...

  • Hunter education field day for adults to be held in Havre

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    From Fish, Wildlife and Parks A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course has been set for the Havre area Wednesday, July 12, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. All hunter education classes are free of charge. Students must register online at the FWP website, http://fwp.mt.gov; click on the education tab, then click “hunter education programs.” Next, “Find a class or field course” and search for the available class in Havre. Detailed instructions and other information will be found on the registration page. For the adult o...

  • Hunter bonus points

    Updated Jul 6, 2017

    From Fish, Wildlife and Parks Starting July 3, hunters who did not apply for bonus points during this year’s big game drawings or who are new to hunting can now purchase a bonus point until Sept. 30 to help in next year’s drawing. This new feature at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks was set up by House Bill 623, introduced by Rep. Kerry White, R-Bozeman, during the 2017 Legislature, and allows anyone who missed applying for bonus points to still participate in the program by purchasing a bonus point for the drawings. The leg...

  • Rodeo fun is about to invade the Hi-Line

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 6, 2017

    Finally, rodeo fans, your time is near. Rodeo is coming to the Hi-Line and plenty of it. Two weeks of rodeo action in the area begins with next week's Blaine County Fair in Chinook. The action starts Wednesday with the annual Chinook Kids Rodeo, which starts at 5 p.m. at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. Then the fun really gets going with two nights of PRCA rodeo in Chinook. The annual Bear Paw Roundup is one of the top pro rodeos of the summer circuit in Montana, and this...

  • Batter Up: Havre hosts 10U state tourney this weekend

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 6, 2017

    After months of playing both in Havre and around the state of Montana, the youth baseball season is winding down, but not before state tournaments are concluded. And luckily for the Havre 10U All-Star team, the 10U state tournament will be right here in Havre. While the 10U All-Stars have been playing a lot of baseball recently, they have been building toward the state tournament, which starts tonight and runs through Sunday at the south Havre softball complex. The Havre 10U...

  • North Stars make Northern A progress in Canada

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 6, 2017

    While most Americans were celebrating Independence Day, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball spent the holiday on foreign soil, Canadian soil to be exact. The North Stars were scheduled to be in Fort MacLeod July 4, but due to a rainout earlier in the season, they also played Lethbridge Monday, July 3. And the back-to-back doubleheaders proved to be fruitful for Havre, which split with Lethbridge, winning the first game 12-11, before dropping the second 2-1, before...