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GREAT FALLS (AP) — Montana has had more corruption prosecutions than any other federal court district in the nation in recent months, mainly because of an effort to target fraud in tribal programs, the state's U.S. Attorney's Office says. According to a study from a Syracuse University-affiliated research group, 18 people were prosecuted on federal corruption charges in Montana between October 2013 and April 2014. No other federal judicial district in the nation had more than 15. A news release this week from the Montana U.S....
BILLINGS (AP) — A California fugitive who hit his Montana public defender in the head during an extradition hearing, possibly causing permanent injuries, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Assistant Public Defender Erik Moore lashed out at David Anthony Aguilar Jr. in court Thursday, saying "people like you don't change" and "belong behind bars." Aguilar, 33, had pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon for hitting Moore in the head with his handcuffed hands without warning during a video court appearance Jan. 21. M...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — This week, candidates have been busy introducing legislation and laying out their campaign platforms. Here's a look at the week's most interesting and important developments in Montana's election campaigns: BILLIONS FOR COAL: Democratic U.S. Sen. John Walsh, who is trying to keep the seat he was appointed to earlier this year, gave a lukewarm reception to President Barack Obama's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. Now he wants the federal government to spend at least $...
BILLINGS (AP) — A BNSF Railway spokesman says the company is investigating the cause of a coal train derailment in which 13 cars came off the tracks in southeastern Montana. BNSF spokesman Matt Jones said the loaded train originated at the Decker Mine in Bighorn County. It was en route to Superior, Wisconsin, when the cars derailed about 35 miles east of Billings at about 7:45 p.m. Thursday. No one was injured, but some of the cars ended up on their sides. Crews were expected to remain on the scene through Friday. The line t...
Turner has a population a little higher than 60, and the people who make up the citizenry of the town employ a sense of community and family rarely found in larger towns. Fifteen miles south of the Canadian border, on State Secondary Highway 241 north of Harlem, Turner sits as the first town in the gateway from the border through the Turner Port of Entry. A fun fact about Turner, according to Craig Robinson, the author of "Flip Flop Fly Ball," is it's the town in the United...
Lt. Gov. Angela McLean attended a Main Street Montana Project meeting at Stone Child College in Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Thursday, looking for feedback from the community. Main Street Montana Project is an initiative from Gov. Steve Bullock that aims to vitalize communities around Montana. The project creates relationships between communities and state government to kickstart economic development, including on reservations. "We want to get feedback directly from the...
MALTA — Surrounded by loved ones, Lloyd Earl (Pete) Tribby, Jr. passed away on July 9, 2014, in Malta. A celebration of Pete’s life will be held at Kirkwood Funeral Home in Malta Sunday evening, July 13 at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Malta Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. on Monday July 14. Interment will be in Malta Cemetery at 2:30 p.m., following the service and luncheon. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....
Dart — The idea of the state taking control of federal land in Montana is, unfortunately, taking hold in some quarters. Montana’s federal lands are national treasures that are enjoyed by people around the country. The people of the United States ought to pay for their upkeep and maintenance. The idea of states taking over federal lands could open up a whole new can of worms. Should New York State take over the Statue of Liberty or the District of Columbia assume control of the Washington Monument? Laurel — The Blaine Count...
I am willing to entertain the idea that the devil is real and he is working in the manufacturing business as a design concepts innovation engineer. Yes, I just made up that job title, but with the devil on the loose, literally making mischief, I think we have bigger things to worry about than my imagination. These devilish products include mirrors that make objects appear closer than they are. Yes, it’s true. Why mess with my depth perception? Why not make it a plain ol’ mirro...
A memorial service will be held for Burl Miner, July 20, 1 p.m., at Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy, with a luncheon to follow....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:45 a.m. Thursday call from Cleveland Avenue about a mailbox that was smashed during the night. ——— Officers investigated an 11:53 a.m. Thursday call from 4th Street about someone breaking into the calling party’s grandparents house and stole her and her brother’s tablet. ——— Officers investigated a 1:10 p.m. Thursday call from Cleveland Avenue about a mailbox that was hit the night prior. ——— Officers assisted another law agency at the police department at 2:58 p.m. Thursday...
Robert D. Strandberg, 86, passed away July 5, with his wife of 61 years by his side. Robert was born in Crosby, North Dakota, to Fred and Carrie Viola (Basham) Strandberg, growing up in Minot, North Dakota. He started work with the Great Northern Railroad at a tender age of 14, with a break in service to serve two years in the military stationed in Germany. His job moved him to St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as Minot, North Dakota, where he met the love of his life, Norma V. Pet...
March 26th, 1946 – July 5th, 2014 (68 years young) Sandy Lee Carrier died July 5, 2014. She was 68 years young. She was born in Havre, Montana, on March 26, 1946, to Edwin and Viola Freier. She was the first born of six siblings. She lived a complete life full of family, friends and faith. She passed away peacefully in Lakewood, Colorado. Sandy graduated from Havre High School in 1964. After earning a nursing degree at Montana State University, she dedicated herself to a caring and compassionate career as a nurse in S...
Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester said Thursday he hopes several important bills will move forward quickly but is not so sure after what he called political gamesmanship stalled an outdoors bill he said was a “slam-dunk.” At the start of a press conference with Montana reporters about 11:30 Thursday morning, Tester said a bill sponsored by both a Republican and a Democrat, with nearly half of the Senate co-sponsoring it, failed to go to a vote. “I had a similar bill back in 2012,” Tester added. “It fell victim to political g...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said the situation in Iraq has him worried and the United States needs to be careful that sending advisers, to help the Iraqi government deal with rebels, doesn’t escalate into sending combat troops back to the Middle Eastern country. “My concern is, is we could get sucked into this thing really easy, and I am going to be very, very, very hesitant to do that,” he said during a press conference Thursday. “I’ve told them we ought to back out and let the Iraqis sort it out.” Tester said he and other s...
A federal judge Thursday sentenced the first of a series of people who have pleaded guilty in a complex, interrelated set of plea agreements dealing with corruption and embezzlement at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Thursday, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris sentenced Hunter Burns, who owned Hunter Burns Construction, to two months in prison, followed by four months of home detention, followed by another three years of probation. Morris ordered Burns to pay a $100,000 fine along with other defendants and sentenced his c...
There were some tense, emotional moments Thursday night at Legion Field. The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club was playing their final two home games of the season, and with them, the final home games of the careers of David Denny, Chance Pitkanen and Spencer Ross. So when the North Stars had a chance to pull off a split by beating the Fort MacLeod Royals in the nightcap, things got tense. However, it was the Royals who held the North Stars off, thwarting a Havre...
