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  • August North Central Senior Citizens Center calendar

    Updated Aug 3, 2022

    “If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito” African Proverb Thursday, Aug. 4 - 11 a.m to noon Michael Stevenson, retired music teacher, will play a round of music on the piano touching on different styles and artists Tuesday, Aug. 9 — 10 a.m. to noon Brad Taylor is B.J.’s Geetar — Okie, live guitar melodies with professional backing tracks for a full musical sound. He plays locally and his unique gig is very well received. This venue will interest all you music lover...

  • Park Board proposes complete replacement on Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Aug 2, 2022

    The Hill County Park Board Monday set dates for an open house at the Beaver Creek Park Beaver Lodge for people who want to see the state of the lodge and ask questions about the levy to pay for its replacement that may be on this year's ballot. After being denied a grant that would have paid for a great deal of a project to repair damage, restore and upgrade the lodge earlier this year, the board agreed that it is more economically sensible at this point to replace the...

  • Senate approves bill to aid vets exposed to toxic burn pits

    Updated Aug 2, 2022

    Staff and wire report A bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits won final approval in the Senate Tuesday, ending a brief stalemate over the measure that had infuriated advocates and inspired some to camp outside the Capitol. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, who extensively rewrote the original bill in a bipartisan effort with Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, praised the bill’s passage. ...

  • Quick pics: Working in the Club

    Updated Aug 2, 2022

  • Council approves Festival Days road closure

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Aug 2, 2022

    The Havre City Council voted on a number of routine ordinances, resolutions and requests Monday before addressing the concerns of a city resident regarding her desire to use her home as an Airbnb. The council approved a request by the Heil family to close Third Street between Second and Fourth avenues within city limits Sept. 16 for this year’s Steve Heil Memorial Car Show, part of Havre Festival Days. Council member Andrew Brekke, who ran the meeting in the absence of Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher who was not feeling well, said...

  • Obituary - Charles D. 'Chuck' Lowen

    Updated Aug 2, 2022

    Charles D. “Chuck” Lowen, 74, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Chuck’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 5, 2022, in the Chuckwagon building at the Great Northern Fairgrounds....

  • Obituary - Betty L. Strissel

    Updated Aug 2, 2022

    Betty L. Strissel, 93, passed away at the Northern Montana Care Center Sunday, July 31, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 4, 2022, at the Rudyard Lutheran Church with Pastor Cheryl Muncy. Burial will follow in the Rudyard Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Betty's online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com...

  • Correction - Name of fatality in Beaver Creek crash released

    Updated Aug 2, 2022

    A July 26, 2022, article on Page 1 about a crash fatality in the Bear Paw Mountains mistakenly gave the location as on Beaver Creek Park. The crash east of Bear Paw Lake was on private property near the park....

  • For the Record, Aug. 3, 2022

    Updated Aug 2, 2022

    Havre Police Department A 15th Street West caller reported Monday at 10:54 a.m. that his truck had been spray painted. -- A summons was issued after a caller reported finding a toddler walking down Fifth Avenue at noon Monday. No details on charges were provided. -- A theft from the previous night was reported at a First Street business Monday at 3:33 p.m. -- Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 6:38 p.m. asking to speak with an officer. -- Trey Cole Stiffarm of...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Ava Moomey, Skylights youth volleyball

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 2, 2022

    Before getting the season started, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team hosted the Skylights youth volleyball camp at Armory Gymnasium Monday. Young volleyball players from across the Hi-Line went to the camp, including Ava Moomey, a Havre local who had one goal on her mind at the camp. "(I came here) to get better and learn," Moomey said. Throughout the camp on Monday, Moomey and other camp attendees worked on drills involving serving, setting and hitting....

  • Skylights announce exciting 2022-23 hoops schedule

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 2, 2022

    The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team always likes to play a tough, and exciting non-conference schedule. And as fall approaches, the Skylights, of longtime head coach Chris Mouat, announced that upcoming schedule. Northern will open its season Oct. 28 with a home game against The Kings University from Edmonton, Alberta. That game begins a three-game home stand for the Skylights, which also includes a game against Dickinson State Nov. 1 in the Armory Gy...

  • Chester native Jeff Graham is Montana Tech women's hoops' new head coach

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 2, 2022

    The Montana Tech women’s basketball program has a new head coach, and once again, the Orediggers went with a Hi-Line star from Chester, Tech announced Monday it had hired Belt head girls basketball coach Jeff Graham as its new women’s basketball coach. Graham is originally from Chester, and also spent time playing sports at Montana State University-Northern. At Belt, Graham led the Huskies to six Class C state championships, seven Northern C championships and 11 8C titles in...