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GREAT FALLS (AP) — Nearly 55,000 people attended this year's Montana State Fair in Great Falls. The Great Falls Tribune reports (http://gftrib.com/1DxOQd6 ) that Saturday, July 25, had the best turnout of the nine-day fair with just more than 9,000 paying visitors. In their release of this year's profits and attendance, the Montana State Fair says the return of horse racing led to the highest grossing days for concessionaires, which raked in more than $662,000. The Mighty Thomas Carnival also saw an increase in total s...
A former president of Stone Child College and her husband, who was the head grounds manager at the college, were both sentenced to five months in federal prison Thursday. Melody and Frank Henry will also have to pay a restitution of $47,301 jointly and severally for the charges of tax evasion they admitted guilty to. Melody Henry, in 2012 filed a false return on her taxes. She and her husband claimed $135,146 on their 2012 tax return, with a business loss of $10,609, “then and there well knowing that they had not incurred b...
There were laughs, applause and conversation aplenty Thursday night as local Republicans met at the Duck Inn Vineyard Room to watch the televised debate between the party's leading 2016 presidential primary candidates. The debate, hosted by Fox News Channel and Facebook took place at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. It saw the 10 candidates with the most support in opinion polls discuss a myriad of subjects ranging from national security to the fight against ISIS, the...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — Montana's largest landowner is proposing a new land exchange with the federal Bureau of Land Management after a previous one met opposition from hunters. Farris Wilks and his brother, Dan, who own the NBar Ranch at Grass Range in Fergus County, are proposing, on a preliminary basis, to give 5,200 acres of their land to the BLM in return for 4,900 acres of BLM land. About 3,400 acres of the Wilks property that would be exchanged is inside the Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument and 640 acres is a...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has appointed former Montana political reporter Charles Johnson to the state Historical Society Board of Trustees. Bullock announced the appointment of Johnson and Blaine County Museum executive director Jude Sheppard of Chinook as trustees on Friday. Johnson retired earlier this year as Lee Newspapers' Montana statehouse bureau chief. He was a journalist for more than 40 years, and covered the 1972 state constitutional convention for The Associated Press. The trustees oversee the Montana H...
A water main break under 3rd Avenue in front of the Masonic Temple on the 300 Block burst caused damage to the street and building Thursday. Water gushed through a sizable hole in the eastern half of the street and cracks in the sidewalk. The water main break was to a water supply line to a fire suppression system in the Masonic Temple and flooded the building's basement. The owners and building manager of the Havre Historic Post Office, directly across the street, were the...
For one weekend every August, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, the smallest of Montana’s seven reservations, jumps up its population while hosting a lively celebration of Native American culture, drawing visitors from across the continent. It is here, surrounded by rolling prairies, with the Bear Paw Mountains in the distance that the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy holds its annual powwow. The gathering is a fascinating marriage of the modern and traditional. Campers, min...
By Emily Mayer There is a correction to last week's column. Josephine Broadwater was the daughter of A. J. Broadwater, not Edward Broadwater. Mixing the two brothers up was easy. It is similar to a parent yelling at one of their kids, only calling them another sibling's name - or two - before getting to the right one. A special and heart-felt thank you goes to Judy Ward for bring the oversight to my attention. A. J. Broadwater lived at 133 3rd St., right across the street...
Jon Ebelt Public Information Officer Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services The Montana Children’s Trust Fund’s is promoting the Not Even for a Minute campaign that reminds parents and caregivers to never leave children unattended in or around vehicles. Left alone in a vehicle for even a short time, a child is in danger of heatstroke, dehydration, overheating, hyperthermia, injury, abduction and even death. Department of Public Health and Human Services officials said no child should ever be put in that sit...
Press release Blaine County Extension has been selected as one of 12 rural locations in Montana to participate in a collaborative research study, Strong Hearts for Montana, funded by the National Institutes of Health. In this study, researchers will examine the effects of two programs on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in rural communities. The leading cause of death among adult men and women in Montana is heart disease. County Extension representatives said, because of that, they are very pleased to be able to be...
This week marks National Health Center Week and there is no better way to recognize the work of Montana’s Community Health Centers than to tell the story of our patients. Holly lives in the Flathead Valley with her husband and her mother. Five years ago, she was diagnosed with a lung disorder that began attacking her kidneys. Within six months she was in kidney failure and in need of a transplant. Holly had employer sponsored insurance coverage when she got sick, but she eventually lost her job because of her illness. W...
Cecil the lion, yes, I’ve been avoiding the topic. It’s a matter of prudence and respect to the issue. In case you are among the 1 in 1.02567 million people who doesn’t know what I’m talking about: a hunter from the U.S. went on a dream-come-true lion hunt in Zimbabwe. His guides lured in an older male lion and the American shot and killed the lion with a bow and arrow. Of course this isn’t the end of the story. The lion was part of a 10-year study on the Hwange Game Rese...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:46 a.m. Thursday call from a 1st Street West business about an abandoned BMX bicycle with a flat tire. —— Orin Tyler Alexander, 39, of Box Elder was issued a summons on a charge of open container after an officer investigated a 9:39 a.m. Thursday suspicious activity in which a man was passed out on 2nd Street. —— Officers investigated a 10:08 a.m. Thursday call from 3rd Street West about a found debit card. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash between three vehic...
The next regular meeting of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board will be on Monday in the Conference Room at the Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites, 1425 Hwy. 2 NW. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. and the agenda is: Roll Call of Members Reading and approval of Minutes Museum Managers Report Wahkpa Chug’n Manager’s Report The Foundation Report Committee Reports: Education and Programs Budget and Finance Displays Bylaws Unfinished Business New Business Discussion of Summer Hours Discussion of Montana Memories Project Coa...
MONDAY 10 a.m. — Budget Meeting 1:30 p.m. — Building Manager — Anez TUESDAY 10:30 a.m. — Road Supervisor — Otto 10:30 a.m. — Department of Transportation Meeting WEDNESDAY Office hours THURSDAY 10 a.m. — Business Meeting: Manual Claims Employment Review Resolutions Tax Adjustments County Permit Approval Subdivision/ Survey Approval Contracts Time for comments from the public FRIDAY Office hours...
From Havre Middle School The Havre Middle School office staff are welcoming students to the 2015-2016 school year. Parents and students with questions and concerns can contact any of the following: Principal: Dustin Kraske Vice principal: Mark Irvin Secretaries: Brandee Parsons and Meg Lippy Havre Middle School registration is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 18, and continues through Thursday, Aug. 20, during 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Any six-, seventh-, or eighth-grader or new student can register during these scheduled days. Students mu...
"John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from all over Judea and Jerusalem were going out to him and being baptized in the Jordon River, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, 'The One who is greater than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to even untie the thongs of his sandals! I...
In football, the defensive secondary is the last line of defense so to speak. And in a league with so much offensive firepower every, teams that do well in the Frontier Conference always seem to have a strong secondary. And 2015 should be no different, as the top teams in the Frontier will be led on defense by outstanding play in the secondary. At Montana State University-Northern, the secondary has some shoes to fill, but the glue in back has returned for his senior season....
New Montana State University-Northern head football coach Aaron Christensen has been waiting to get his football team on the field and finally, Thursday evening, he got the chance to do just that. The Lights, who are just 16 days away from their season-opening game on the road against traditional rival Dickinson State University, took part in their first practice of fall training camp as nearly 100 players were on the field for the opening day of drills. "I thought it was a go...
