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A fire that started on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation that was reported Sunday afternoon had consumed about 200 acres, some on private land, by this morning and officials anticipate today's weather will likely help the blaze to spread. The East Fork Fire was reported about 4 p.m. Sunday, Office of Forestry Fire Manager Theron Oats said this morning. The cause of the fire is unknown and being investigated, Oats added. The fire is burning east of Bear Paw Ski Bowl and north of...
Winning on the road is never easy and last Friday night in Hardin, the Havre Blue Ponies were reminded of that fact. In its first game of the season, the Havre High football team was plagued by turnovers and missed opportunities, as it fell to Eastern A rival Hardin 15-7. The Ponies are 0-1 and will try to even their record this Friday at home against Lewistown. "We had execution issues and had some unforced errors," HHS head coach Ryan Gatch said. "We had some substitution...
Educational facilities on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation are receiving nearly $100,000 in grants to help enhance learning and support poorer students. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded Stone Child College — on behalf of the Chippewa Cree Tribe — $7,000 to support existing library operations and maintain core library services, a press release from RJS and Associates, which wrote the grant applications, says. “This funding will allow the College to continue subscriptions for community use and provide...
A Havre man is facing a felony charge based on accusations he of grabbed, pushed and slapped a Hill County Detention Center officer. Samuel Wells, 60, is charged with felony assault on a peace officer and disorderly conduct. He was in jail on a trespassing charge when he allegedly assaulted the jail officer. Court charging documents say the officer received a call from the dispatcher Aug. 12 about a disturbance in one of the jail dorms. Two officers responded. When the officers arrived Wells was cursing and throwing around...
The debate over net neutrality seems to have died down a bit. Most stakeholders are in agreement on the core principles of an open internet, including internet content providers (like Netflix and Youtube) and internet service providers who deliver that content to consumers. In an attempt to clear up some of the confusion over the issue, here’s what the stakeholders generally agree on when it comes to net neutrality: ISPs should not prioritize internet content, data, or networks. That means that all of these things should b...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Second Street caller reported Friday at 10:27 a.m. that a bike was stolen. —— Officers investigated after a First Street West caller reported Friday at 12:19 p.m. a two-vehicle, no-injury motor vehicle crash. —— James Cedric Cox of Havre, 23, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault and revocation of suspended or deferred sentence after a Tracy Lane caller reported at 12:27 p.m. that he was arguing with his brother. —— Phyllis Mae Curley of Dodson, 46, w...
Heading into the weekend’s Eastern A Tip-Off tournament in Glendive, the Havre High volleyball team was looking to learn some things about itself and what it found out, is that the Eastern A is as tough as ever. When it was all said and done, the Blue Ponies would play a total of six matches in Glendive, four on Friday during pool play, followed by two more Saturday. Friday, Havre posted a record of 1-1-2, as the Ponies lost two sets to Hardin 25-9 and 25-12, before winning t...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team now knows what it’s like to play in five-set matches. That’s because, in week two of their 2017 season, the Skylights played three of them in just two days. Northern was at the Big Sky Challenge in Butte this past weekend, a huge tournament made up of not just Frontier Conference squads, but teams from all across the NAIA. And while the Skylights went just 1-3 on the weekend, they easily could have been 3-1. Friday, Norther...
The high school volleyball season got started on Friday night, and with an important Northern C match no less. Right off the bat, two of the top teams in the Northern C squared off in Chinook when the Sugarbeeters played host to the Fort Benton Longhorns. And it was Fort Benton which came away with a big early season victory, besting Chinook by scores of 25-17, 25-21, 24-26 and 25-23. McKenzie Clark had eight kills and Leah Gannon added four aces, while Maddie Thompson had 19...
BOX ELDER - For the first time in 15 years, the Rocky Boy Stars and Box Elder Bears met on the football field Saturday in Box Elder and when it was over, it was clear that the battle had lived up to the hype. In a back-and-forth affair that featured plenty of big plays on both sides of the ball, the Stars edged out the Bears 36-35. Chris Burns caught a 12-yard touchdown pass with around 30 seconds to go, getting Box Elder within one point. The Bears went for the win, instead...
Havre has been one of 20 national districts selected to be part of a national rauma-recognizing pilot program intended to help school employees learn to identify trauma in students. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said the program and its implementation is in its infant stages. A small handful of district staff and school board Trustee Curtis Smeby attended a trauma sensitive conference April 5 and 6 in Seattle. But it will take years to have enough staff trained to recognize trauma and learn to work with...
Havre public school students will fill the hallways and classrooms of the five city schools for the first time this year Aug. 30. District superintendent Andy Carlson said he is so excited about the new year that, up until recently, he had been telling people school started Aug. 26. "That's a Saturday," he said, laughing. "There will be no school Aug. 26." At least one new teacher has been hired in each of city's public schools. Twelve total new teachers, including new band...
