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  • Havre football survives against Sidney to open the season

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 29, 2022

    Football has finally returned to the Hi-Line as the Havre High football team began its season this past Friday night. On the road, the Blue Ponies played in a defensive slugfest against the Sidney Eagles to open the year. Fortunately for the Ponies, their defense made more plays as they held on for a 13-7 win to start the year. “Nice to come away with the win, especially in the first game of the season,” new HHS head coach Jake Eldridge said. “You take into account the long...

  • Lights fall in first game under Jerome Souers

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 29, 2022

    After several months of anticipation, the Montana State University-Northern football team has finally made its debut under new head coach Jerome Souers. The Lights opened this season this past Saturday with a trip to Caldwell, Idaho to face the College of Idaho. While the Yotes got the better of the Lights with a 31-3 victory, Souers liked how his team responded to the adversity during the game. “There was a feeling through the course of the game that we were getting better a...

  • Paws getting, looking for, help in major dog rescue

    Pam Burke|Updated Aug 29, 2022

    PAWS of Chinook was asked last week by Blaine County Sheriff's Office to assist with rescue of an unknown number of dogs at a residence in western Blaine County. Alissa Hewitt, director and president at PAWS who is leading the effort, said they have rescued 31 dogs of varying ages, including six puppies still nursing. All but two border collies are of mixed breeding so far. They know of at least five more that still have to be trapped. All of the dogs seem to be nice, with som...

  • Montana's nine-day election laws trial concludes

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

    Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press Throughout the past two weeks, a steady stream of witnesses have taken the stand in Yellowstone County District Court. Each spoke to the perceived pros or cons of three election administration laws passed in 2021 by the Montana Legislature — testimony that collectively addressed broader concerns about voter access and election security that lie at the heart of the case. Thursday marked the close of those proceedings, leaving Judge Michael Moses to review roughly 60 hours of testimony and h...

  • Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

    by Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON - A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified material at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. But plenty of questions remain, especially because half the affidavit, which spelled out the FBI's rationale for searching the property, was blacked out. That document, which the FBI submitted so it could get a warrant to search Trump's winter home, provides new details about the...

  • Revised Montana wolf regs aim to limit Yellowstone-area kills

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

    Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press The Montana Fish and Wildlife commission voted Thursday to reinstate a cap on the number of Yellowstone-area wolves that hunters and trappers can kill, abandoning an approach that allowed hunters and trappers to kill 21 wolves last season. Most of the approximately 100 commenters speaking about wolf management at the Aug. 25 commission meeting expressed frustration with wolf hunting and trapping generally, or the prospect of hunting and trapping wolves that leave the northern border of Yellows...

  • Obituary - Cynthia E. Bryson

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

    Cynthia E. Bryson, 88, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Monday, August 22, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Cynthia’s life will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 16, 2022, at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Burial will take place later with her parents in Canada. Memorial donations may be made in Cynthia’s memory to the Cynthia E. Bryson Rodeo Scholarship Fund, Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, or to the charity of the donor’s choice....

  • Connie Jean (Swan) Morsette

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

    August 25, 2022, Connie Jean (Swan) Morsette, 75, peacefully passed away at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, MT. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. today, August 29, 2022, in Highland Cemetery....

  • For the Record, Aug. 29, 2022

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

    Havre Police Department Officers assisted other agencies on a call on Boulevard Avenue Friday at 1:39 p.m. -- A Fifth Avenue call reported Friday at 2:18 p.m. finding a red Dynacraft bike in their yard. -- A dead deer was reported in a backyard on Eighth Street Friday at 4:34 p.m. -- Jace Kovalicky of Lolo, 24, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and careless driving after a caller reported an erratic driver on First Street Friday at 11:02 p.m. -- Dawson Joe...

  • Lights out at the Dome 5 takes over Havre

    Updated Aug 29, 2022

  • Northern volleyball plays strong in Arizona tournament

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 29, 2022

    A long trip to Arizona could have been a daunting challenge for a season-opening tournament. But a young Montana State University-Northern volleyball team handled the visit to the OUAZ Tournament like a savvy veteran team in mid-season form. Playing Friday and Saturday night in Surprise, Arizona, Northern went 3-1 to improve to 4-1 on the young season. Head coach Jerry Wagner's team opened the tourney by beating Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Friday at the OUAZ tournamen...

  • Havre High volleyball tips off season with Lockwood tournament

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 29, 2022

    After finishing second at last year’s state tournament, the Havre High volleyball team is looking to continue that success this season. To get themselves ready for that run, the Blue Ponies began the new season with the tipoff tournament in Lockwood this past weekend. With their first competition of the year, HHS head coach Stephanie Huse liked what the weekend had to offer. “I was just really pleased with how the tipoff tournament went for our girls. They definitely sho...