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Articles from the July 25, 2019 edition


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  • Coffee Hound opens 406 Roasting Company

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    Coffee Hound opened an additional coffee shop called 406 Roasting Company Café Wednesday morning located at 1415 First Street, Suite A. "It is a neat location because it is almost like it has its own area code," Coffee Hound Owner Natalie Hannum said. The coffee shop café will feature three roasts: Kenya, a dark roast; Mexican Chiapas, a medium roast; and Honduras, another medium roast. Other featured items at the new shop will be pastry treats, wraps, salads, sandwiches, r...

  • Obituary - William Scott Young

    Updated Jul 25, 2019

    William Scott Young, 69, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Viewing will be held today, July 25, 2019, from 5-7:00 p.m. at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, July 27, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at the 4-H Chuckwagon at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. You may visit Scott's online Memorial Page at http://www.hollandbonine.com to leave a message of condolence for his family. Scott was born December 12, 1949, in...

  • For the Record, July 25, 2019

    Updated Jul 25, 2019

    Havre Police Department Nathan Charles Stanley of Box Elder, 37, was arrested on a state District Court warrant at the police station Wednesday at 12:19 p.m. -- Dustin Paul Kessel of Havre, 42, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant on Fourth Street Wednesday at 1:18 p.m. -- Matthew David Sequenzia of Boulder Creek, California, 33, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, in response to a request Wednesday at 1:34 p.m. from a...

  • High-speed pursuit ends in armed standoff, arrest

    Derek Hann|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    A pursuit which started on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Wednesday and ended in Beaver Creek Park turned into a standoff that ran long into the night after suspect Thompson Densmore St. Pierre of Rocky Boy, 29, attempted to flee from law enforcement. This morning St. Pierre was being held without bond in Hill County Detention Center on a federal warrant and two felony counts of assault on a peace officer. Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said the Rocky Boy Police Department started the pursuit with a green Honda Elantra w...

  • Winds whip up fire, threatening Big Sandy home

    Ryan Berry|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    A fire tore across a field and threatened property northwest of Big Sandy Wednesday afternoon, after the remnants of a Tuesday night fire were brought back to life by high winds. Robin Pearson said the fire burned land belonging to and threatened the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Ron and Gay Pearson, but thanks to neighbors and the Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department, the fire was halted about 100 feet from his brother's house. "I don't think they wanted it any...

  • Global recycling issue shuts down paper recycling in Havre

    Derek Hann|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    Due to a global shift in the recycling market, Havre Pacific Steel and Recycling and other recycling companies have put a hold on accepting mixed paper and some other items until new opportunities arise. "Right now, we don't want to continue accepting paper with no outlet because we have no way to store it, to hold on to it and wait for that market to come back," Havre Pacific Steel and Recycling Manager Anthony Bowden said. "If folks want to do that, if they want to hold on...

  • Verizon giving away back-to-school backpacks Saturday

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    Havre’s Verizon-Cellular Plus is providing free back-to-school backpacks, filled with school supplies, Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. “We just wanted to give back to the local community and help students kick off the school year in a great way,” Verizon-Cellular Plus Marketing Director Merisa Saunders said. “We thought … giving them a brand new backpack would help.” The backpacks include school supplies, such as a notebook, pens and pencils, crayons, a pencil sharpener, a folder and more. This is the first year...

  • Grants available to assist Native American businesses

    Updated Jul 25, 2019

    From Montana Department of Commerce HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce’s Indian Equity Fund is accepting applications for grants that assist start-up or expanding Native American businesses in Montana. “These grants provide opportunities for tribal businesses to grow, develop and create jobs while strengthening economic sustainability for many communities in Montana,” Commerce Director Tara Rice said. Since 2007, awarded funds have helped to start, grow and expand more than 180 Native-owned businesses. Eligibl...

  • Hoops For a Cause in Helena

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    Montana State University-Northern head women's basketball coach Chris Mouat has been a part of a very special basketball camp the last two summers, and now, he will do it again at Carroll College in Helena. The third annual Hoops For a Cause Camp will take place Aug. 3 at Carroll's P.E. Center in Helena. The camp is open to boys and girls entering kindergarten through grade 4 and grades fifth through eighth with separate sessions for each. The camp is conducted by various...

  • Frontier Football Media Day set for Tuesday in Great Falls

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    The start of the 2019 college football season is quickly approaching, and around these parts, that means Frontier Conference football. And to get Frontier fans ready for the upcoming season, the league will hold its annual Frontier Conference Football Media Day Tuesday in Great Falls. All eight Frontier coaches will be in attendance, including Montana State University-Northern second-year head coach Andrew Rolin. For the second straight year, the media day will also feature...

  • Some new twists on the Havre High football schedule

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    When it comes to its conference, the Havre High football team has experienced plenty of change over the years. But now, that change is starting to get reflected on the schedule in a couple of very big ways. Maybe the biggest change to the Blue Ponies football schedule in 2019 is the fact that Havre will play only eight regular season games for the first time since 2010. The other notable difference for the Ponies is the absence of long-time rival Belgrade, which has moved up...

  • Plenty of coaching changes on the Hi-Line

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    Chinook will have a new girls basketball coach this winter, but he will be a familiar face. Sugarbeeter football coach Mike Jones will also be taking over the girls basketball job this season. Jones came to Chinook last year and took the reigns as the Sugarbeeter’s football coach. Jones is one of several coaching changes that have been announced along the Hi-Line this year. At Box Elder, Joel Rosette has moved to Spokane, and LaVon Meyers took a job in Las Vegas, so the B...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Piecing a partial picture patchwork past

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jul 25, 2019

    DNA and ancestry search sites are the latest greatest. I’m not sure I want unknown relatives crawling out of the woodwork. The relatives I know are scary enough. Of my background, I know I am predominately British American (English, Welsh, Scotch, Irish) with added German from Dad’s side and French (Brittany) and a secret on Mom’s side. That is to say, mongrel. Cousin Nancie and I have spent the last two weeks talking about our shared maternal family. Nancie and I did not m...