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Editor’s note: This version gives an updated location for the services. Annette (Olson) Powell, age 76, passed away at her home in Chinook, MT, May 26, 2022. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building in Chinook, MT. There will be a reception following the service at the Commercial Building.... Full story
After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Havre High School held its graduation for the Class of 2022 Sunday at Blue Pony Stadium, where the students were thanked for their perseverance and encouraged to succeed in the next chapter of life. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Craig Mueller also thanked graduates' families for their flexibility during this difficult time and the HPS Board of Trustees for their continued support. Mueller said students should keep...
Steve Chvilicek of Havre, running in this year's Republican Primary for Montana Senate District 14, spoke at a meeting of North Central Pachyderms Friday and touted his merits as a candidate. Chvilicek talked about his life growing up on a family farm north of Hingham, learning the value of competition and hard work which he described as one of the greatest gifts his parents bestowed on him. He said he started mowing lawns in sixth grade, a business which would be the...
Montana Historical Society Arlyne Reichert and Margie Smith are recipients of the 2022 Heritage Keeper award, while The Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers recently were named as the prestigious 2022 Heritage Guardian winners. Both awards are bestowed annually by the Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees. The Heritage Keeper award honors Montanans who provide distinguished service to the state and people of Montana by protecting our history and culture. The Montana...
Editor, Last week, Sen. Jon Tester announced he was able to help patients save costs by working with the Biden administration to close a loophole allowing Pharmacy Benefit Managers to charge excessive fees. Sen. Tester noted, “Pharmacy Benefit Managers have been preying on our pharmacies and Medicare patients for years,” and he is absolutely right. These middlemen are often the reason so many have such high out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy counter when picking up prescriptions. In today’s economy, Sen. Tester is worki...
There have been 27 school shootings in America so far this year. In 2020 there were 612 shootings involving three or more people. In 2020 America experienced 45,222-gun deaths. The U.S. averages more than 20 shootings involving 10 or more people (mass shootings) a year. The victims are white, Black, Asian, Latino, Christian, Jew, Muslim, men, women and children. Who are these people? They are all of America, they are us. There are varying polls, but by any measure more than 75% of Americans, including a large majority of gun...
I think the difference between a politician and a statesman is that the people believe a statesman will do what he or she believes is the right thing regardless of the political consequences. When it gets down to it, a statesman would rather be right than reelected. It is generally accepted that Mike Mansfield was Montana’s greatest statesman. In my younger years I had two wonderful opportunities to have extended conversations with Mansfield. He was “as common as an old shoe” as the saying goes. When he passed in 2001, natio...
Montana’s benchmark wildlife conservation program, Habitat Montana, is back in the news again after voters and the Legislature made historic investments in conservation spending in 2020 and 2021. That program, available to landowners since 1987, has conserved some of Montana’s finest wildlife habitat along the Rocky Mountain Front, The Madison Valley, on the Hi-Line and down in the Big Hole. The program helps family farmers and ranchers protect their home places, while still ensuring that the next generation has the chance to...
Beulah Carrell, 54, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Sunday, May 29, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and arrangements are pending with Holland & Bonine Funeral Home.... Full story
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Jody K. Hansen of Rudyard, 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of outfitting without a license in Hill County. In 2019, wardens began investigating Dogwood Hunting, the private lands outfitting business run by Hansen south of Rudyard, under the suspicion that Hansen was illegally taking some of his hunting and fishing clients on related activities outside his private land. During the investigation, wardens found that Hansen and his associate, Robert Spicher of Hingham, 56, outfitted fishing...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:39 a.m. Friday report of items stolen from a residence on Sixth Street. -- Tessa Shayne Bigknife of Havre, 20, was issued a summons on a charge of endangering the welfare of children after a 9:25 a.m. Friday caller on 10th Street West reported a woman had left her baby. -- A 16-year-old Havre boy was issued a summons on charges of juvenile curfew violations and runaway juvenile after a caller on Juniper Drive reported Friday...
Class A State Boys Track Meet Team Scores Dillon 103, Hamilton 91, Whitefish 57, Laurel 49, Corvallis 40.5, Frenchtown 32, Livingston 31, Libby 20, Columbia Falls 15.5, Ronan 13, Sidney 13, Butte Central 12, Lewistown 11.5, Glendive 8, Hardin 6, East Helena 6, Browning 6, Billings Central 4, Stevensville 4, Miles City 2.5, Havre 2. 100 - 1. Jakob Webinger, LAU, 11.01; 2. Carter White, FRE, 11.14; 3. Treyton Anderson, DIL, 11.16; 4. Tyson Bauder, HAM, 11.24; 5. Malaki Simpson,...
The spring season for the Havre High track and field teams finally came to an end with the Class A State Track Meet in Butte this past weekend. Throughout the season, first-year head coach Kari Filius had been looking to help her athletes improve in time for the state meet. At the end of the weekend, the HHS girls team finished 10th in its meet while the HHS boys team took 21st. However, Filius believes the Blue Ponies showed their improvement in their final meet of the...
As the school year comes to an end, so too does the spring sports season. This past weekend, schools from across the Hi-Line wrapped up their track and field seasons. In Great Falls, schools from the District 9C competed in the Class B-C State Track Meets. In the Class C boys meet, Seeley Swan took home first while Manhattan Christian came in second and Belt came in third. From the 9C, Fort Benton scored 27 points to finish sixth in the meet. In their final meet of the...
Heading into the Class A State Tennis Meet in Bozeman this past weekend, the Havre High tennis teams had high expectations. After the boys team won the state title last season, the Blue Ponies were looking to defend their crown. But things did not break their way as the HHS boys team finished tied for third in the tournament. While they did not reach last season's heights, HHS head coach George Ferguson was proud of how they played to end the season. "So proud of our state...
The Havre High softball team has had a year to remember. After going undefeated in conference play in the regular season, the Blue Ponies won the first Northeast A Divisional title in school history. This past weekend in Hamilton, the Ponies ended the season as they competed in the Class A State Softball Tournament. However, things did not break the Ponies’ way. After opening the tournament with a 6-0 win over Butte Central, the Ponies lost back-to-back games to Frenchtown a...
