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Montana State University-Northern senior setter Joni Nagy makes a pass during the Skylights' intra-squad scrimmage Wednesday night at the Armory Gymnasium. MSU-N opens the season Friday afternoon in Great Falls.... Full story
A Havre men’s slowpitch softball team laid claim to a state championship last weekend in Helena, and is now headed to a national tournament. The Valley Furniture men’s slowpitch team captured the Montana ASA State Men’s E-Division championship last Sunday in Helena, and advanced to the ASA National Tournament in Kent, Wash. The squad had to win six games on Sunday to capture the state title. The team went undefeated Saturday, defeating Double Tap of Helena 5-3, DP All-S... Full story
It seems like just yesterday. One day Mark Samson was winning Class AA state championships at Helena Capitol High School, and the next, he had become just the second head coach in Montana State University-Northern’s return to football after a nearly 30-year dormancy. Now, Samson enters his 10th season with the Lights, and in that time he’s certainly made huge strides. Samson’s first MSU-N team went 2-9, but after that, the Lights ripped off for straight seasons above the .500... Full story
It started out as a typical morning at coffee with the “boys.” I’ve been having coffee with the guys at City Shop around four years now. We show up any time after 6:00. The boss is there first and the coffee pot is full. “We” means the city employees (minus the clerks), a county commissioner, another councilperson and me. I’m there by invitation — honored to be accepted as “one of the boys.” Work starts at 8:00. I usually leave when the boss begins assigning the day’s tasks,... Full story
GREAT FALLS — Barbara “Bobi” Baker, 85, of Great Falls passed away, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, from COPD at home surrounded by family. At her request, no services will be held. Cremation has taken place. Bobi was born July 30, 1928 in Havre, Mont. She held many different jobs in Seattle, California, Havre, Forsyth and Great Falls. At the time of her retirement, due to illness, she was a cook at the Gold Dust Casino in Great Falls. She was also an accomplished portrait artist. Bobi... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers arrested one man for outstanding warrants and one woman while investigating a 8:22 a.m. Wednesday call requesting a welfare check on 2nd Avenue. No information was given as to why the woman was arrested. ——— Officers investigated a complaint that was made at 9:29 a.m. Wednesday at the Police Station about a failure to comply with Sexual or Violent Offender Registry regulation. ——— A 9:47 a.m. Wednesday report at the Police Station of a theft of a phone and diamond ring was investigate... Full story
In the midst of concern that funding for research will drop due to cuts from federal sequestration, a Havre-based program researching converting camelina oil to jet fuel got a shot in the arm from the Montana Department of Commerce. Commerce announced Wednesday that the Montana State University-Northern Bio-Energy Center is one of the recipients of 12 grants totaling more than $1.1 million from the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology. “It is very important for Montana to support research and c... Full story
School officials are pushing to implement the Response to Intervention program at two more Havre schools, citing success at its first location. At the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees meeting 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Leland Stocker, director of education for Havre public schools, presented to the board the prospect of spreading the Response to Intervention program from Sunnyside Intermediate School to Highland Park Early Primary School and Lincoln-McKinley Primary School. “We are seeing that (this program)is affecting s... Full story
A controversial animal relocation is back in the works, with state Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Fort Belknap Indian Community officials signing an agreement to transfer 35 bison from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The agreement comes after more than a year of legal battles, when Hi-Line ranchers and elected officials contested the state moving bison, following a relocation to Fort Peck. The officials signed the agreement nearly two... Full story
