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  • For the Record, Aug. 5, 2021

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    Havre Police Department Christopher Ryan Magis of Great Falls, 31, was arrested on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence and careless driving after a caller on 10th Street reported Wednesday at 7:01 a.m. that a Honda Civic crashed into a parked Buick. -- Officers investigated after a Wednesday 7:28 a.m. caller on Northern Heights Drive reported two dogs attacked a deer. -- A caller at Havre Job Service reported...

  • New Childcare Connect Montana staffing service launching this month

    Dane McGuire|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    The organizations Family Connections and Raise Montana are launching Childcare Connect Montana, a service that links fully trained, quality substitute child care staff with area child care programs. Raise Montana Shared Services Coordinator Suzy Bertsche said Childcare Connect Montana addresses both the state’s child care capacity and workforce shortages while supporting small businesses, families and community members. Family Connections and Raise Montana are looking for individuals in Havre, Glendive, Glasgow and Sidney t...

  • 2021 Frontier Conference Preview: DB's

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    One of the hardest positions to recruit in NAIA football is the defensive back position. Really good cornerbacks and safeties are not only always a hit commodity in college football, they're also usually the difference makers in a championship-caliber defense. And yet, year after year, there's always good secondaries in the Frontier Conference and this coming fall will be no different. After the shortened spring season that substituted for the canceled fall season of 2020,...

  • MMIP event combined with Rocky Boy Sobriety Walk

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will be host to a trio of events Friday including a traditional powwow and the tribe’s annual sobriety walk which will double as a walk to raise awareness for missing and murdered indigenous people this year. Registration for the walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. and begin in earnest at 9 at the Old Stone Child College parking lot and end at Rocky Boy Powwow Grounds. Lunch will be provided. The sobriety walk has been an annual event at Rocky Boy for decades, but this year it is being held in con...

  • Festival Days planning underway

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    After many events in Havre Festival Days were canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Havre's decades-old celebration is coming back in full swing. Havre Area Chamber of Commerce announced that the theme for this year's celebration, set for Sept. 17-19, is "Havre Has Grit," and the Chamber is calling for parade participants and vendors to register. "Life on the Hi-Line is great, but it doesn't come without its struggles," a release from the Chamber said. "It takes a...

  • Carz: Part II. The Flim Flam Man

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    After our mutual agreement last week that Ariel’s car with Four-in-the-Floor and not enough wiggle room would not be a good car for my needs, Ariel went on the search for the “Right” car. Ariel’s morning routine includes a strong coffee, sweet roll, and Guadalajara newspaper at the Oxxo out on the highway. The Oxxo is a convenience store with the usual. You could walk in the door and feel right at home. The sweet roll might be a disappointment because Mexican sweet rolls,...

  • Obituary - LoyGene 'Canúba Sabá' Molina

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    On the peaceful night of August 1, 2021, LoyGene "Canúba Sabá" Molina was called home to the spirit world. Loy was born on the sunny spring morning of April 15, 2003, to Lionel Molina and Gina Rae Helgeson. LoyGene had an old soul from the time he was a toddler, you could often hear an Inkdomi story being told by a 4-year-old Loy. Throughout LoyGene's toddler years he became especially close with his Grandmother Florence, the start of a lifelong best friendship. LoyGene's e...

  • Obituary - Mary Genevieve (Noffsinger) Little

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    Mary Genevieve (Noffsinger) Little, 84, of Brandon, FL, passed away on January 31, 2021, of natural causes at her home in Brandon. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 7, 2021, in Calvary Cemetery....

  • Loretta C. Doney-Hawley

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    Loretta C. Doney-Hawley, 67, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at Benefis Heathcare. A Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. today, August 5, 2021, and her funeral service will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 6, 2021, all at the Hays-Lodge Pole High School Gymnasium. Burial will follow in the Spotted Bird Creek Hawley Ranch Cemetery....

  • George Theodore Molina

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    George Theodore Molina, 55, passed away at his home on August 3, 2021, of natural causes. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy, MT, and will continue until his funeral at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 6, 2021. Burial will follow at the Molina Family Cemetery....

  • FBI warns of reports of extortion scams targeting families in western Montana

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    From Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation Salt Lake City Division, Helena Resident Agency Office, wants to warn the public about virtual kidnapping scams and variations of this type of scam that have been targeting families in western Montana. FBI Salt Lake City has recently received reports of victims getting calls from scammers claiming to have kidnapped their loved one and threatening to harm them unless a ransom is paid. No one is physically kidnapped in these schemes, but they are often...

  • Hoops for a Cause fundraises for Belgrade's Gabby Weber

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    Throughout the summer, Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball coach Chris Mouat and other Frontier Conference coaches have spent their time coaching younger players at basketball camps. This weekend, many of them will come together for Hoops for a Cause in Belgrade. This year’s Hoops for a Cause chose Gabby Weber as their cause to raise money for. Weber has been dealing with a rare vascular disease in her legs the past few years. She discovered her condition after she collapsed during a high school bas...

  • All-State softball players head to Veterans Memorial

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    Many Blue Ponies had standout seasons for the Havre High softball program this past spring as the team took second in the Northeast A and finished with a record of 15-6-1. Now the Ponies' all-state players will be recognized for their success again as they have been selected to compete in the 8th Annual Veterans Memorial Softball Classic in Belgrade this Friday and Saturday. "It's just an opportunity to get those all-state players together and play. It's a good time of year...

  • Havre athletes bring home the gold at Big Sky Games

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 5, 2021

    While the summer Olympics are in full swing, sports fans should not forget Montana's own Big Sky games that took place in Billings July 16-18. After missing last year, the best athletes in Montana and some surrounding states gathered to compete. At these games, several local young athletes took home medals for their efforts. The seven- and eighth-grade girls basketball team, the Havre Ballers, had a great weekend as they went 5-0 and took home the gold medal. "The girls...

  • SBA opens Paycheck Protection Program Direct Forgiveness Portal

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program loans $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA. “The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses — including many sole proprietors — who used funds from our Paycheck Protection Program loans to survive the pandemic,” Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman said...

  • USDA seeks applications for rural microenterprise loans and grants

    Updated Aug 5, 2021

    From USDA Rural Development BOZEMAN — U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson announced Monday that the department is accepting applications for loans and grants to support rural microenterprises. The funding is being provided through USDA’s Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. RMAP provides loans and grants to a non-profit entity, tribe or institution of higher education as a Microenterprise Development Organization to establish revolving loan funds to provide loa...