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We’re only two weeks into the Frontier Conference football season, but already 2013 is shaping up to be as tumultuous as 2012 was. And just like in 2012, surprise teams are emerging. The Montana State University-Northern Lights have aspirations to be one of those teams, and Saturday’s home-opener against the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers will be telling. The Lights have played two games this season, with a win coming against 0-2 Dickinson State, as well as last Saturday’s loss...
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Marshals and police in Helena have arrested a man wanted on a homicide warrant issued in San Diego, Calif. The Independent Record reports 36-year-old Phong Thanh Huynh was arrested Wednesday at the nail salon where he worked. The warrant was issued Monday. The Marshals Service says Huynh is a suspect in a February 2000 homicide in Mira Mesa, Calif. No other details were immediately released. Huynh was scheduled to make an initial appearance Thursday afternoon in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court in H...
A new Blue Pony mascot will be working up crowds at Havre Blue Pony games this year thanks to the efforts of the Havre High Boosters Club. The old Blue Pony is believed to be 12-13 years old and was becoming tattered, said Brenda Evans, Booster Club president. Among other things, the tail was hanging off, she said. So last year, the cheerleaders approached the Boosters, asking if they could work toward getting a new one. The Blue Pony mascot whoops it up for the Ponies,...
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester says that he opposes a military strike in Syria. The Obama administration had asked Congress to vote for military action against Syria to destroy its chemical weapons. In recent days, though, focus has shifted to diplomatic efforts where Syria possibly could turn over its stockpile. Tester said Thursday in a statement that he has been listening to Montanans and is "convinced a military strike at this time will only make the situation worse." The Democrat says the best solution is p...
HELENA (AP) — An attorney for a Montana State Prison inmate who is serving a 100-year sentence without the possibility of parole for a murder he says he didn't commit is asking the state parole board to recommend he receive a parole hearing. Attorney Peter Camiel tells the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/1aFoeHT ) he sent an application for commutation, or a reduction of sentence, to members of the state Board of Pardons and Parole on Wednesday on behalf of Barry Beach. The application includes more than 200 letters o...
What a year it was in Frontier Conference volleyball back in 2012. The conference ended with Carroll College beating the Montana State University-Northern Skylights in a dramatic five-set match that went well beyond 15 points. That was just the ending to what was one of the most competitive season’s of volleyball in the Frontier in as long as anybody can remember. Northern was the big story as the Skylights finished as high in the standings as they have in over a decade. M...
Every year the Havre High volleyball team plays in some of the state’s top volleyball tournaments, and heading into only the third weekend of their season, the Blue Ponies will travel to one of those notoriously tough tournaments in Great Falls. Friday and Saturday, the Central A Ponies, 1-2 in the conference, will travel to Great Falls for the Electric City Classic. Havre High is a young and inexperienced team, even with six seniors, and a trip to the Electric City Classic c...
The college rodeo season comes and goes with the blink of an eye this time of year, so local fans aren’t going to want to miss a chance to see the Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams compete at home. Friday through Sunday, the MSU-N Lights and Skylights will host their annual MSU-N Rodeo at the Great Northern Fairgrounds in Havre. Friday, the rodeo will begin at 7 p.m., while Saturday’s slack will begin at 9 a.m. Rodeo action will resume at 7 p.m. Saturday, and wil...
There was not a whole lot of reason to vote in the recent Democratic and Republican Havre municipal primaries. In fact, there’s a good argument that the state law that mandates elections when there are no contests is a bit archaic — to say nothing of costly. Democratic voters could vote for Tim Solomon for mayor or not vote. Republicans had the choice between Bob Rice and not voting. Despite the meaninglessness of it all, 41 percent of registered voters took the time to vote. Why? Hopefully, one of the reasons is that it is i...
Holy Baloney! I’ve been on Harlem City Council the entire seven years I’ve been back in this little town of my youth. We’ve begged and pleaded for people to please show up, please. One is a usual number, six cause for celebration and anything more is indicative of a raise in rates. If the language in the 350 little yellow flyers which had been distributed over the weekend asking for answers and accountability from the city’s mayor, council and employees was designed to drag...
The Havre Holiday store sold another winning lottery ticket — this time for $9,000 — Wednesday. The winnings for three tickets sold in Havre have been unclaimed so far. On July 3, a $30,000 ticket was sold at the Sinclair store on 1st Street, and the Holiday store now has two unclaimed tickets: Wednesday’s $9,000 ticket and, of course, the $2 million ticket. Daniel Iverson, communication manager at the Montana lottery office in Helena, said people waiting to pick up their prizes is not uncommon. “What we hope people are doi...
Havre Police Department Responding to a request to assist a citizen made at the police station Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., officers made an arrest. No further details were provided. ——— Officers investigated a 3:31 p.m. Wednesday call from a 1st Street business about a phone being stolen off the Rocky Boy transit bus. ——— Officers investigated a 8:11 p.m. Wednesday call from a 1st Street business about someone hitting a parked truck with their car. ——— Officers investigated a 1:02 a.m. Thursday call from a 1st Street establishm...
Montana Actors’ Theatre’s annual fundraising gala is coming up quick, with some new twists. The local acting company’s event, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, in the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building Ballroom, has some changes, including focusing on individual donors and a gambling theme. The fundraiser’s top prize this year is a trip to Las Vegas, including airfare, three days lodging and tickets to a show such as Cirque du Soleil or a compara...
Work to preserve and renovate Donaldson Hall is underway and many wait in anticipation to discover the historic building’s next purpose. Donaldson Hall was the third building on the Northern Montana College campus — now Montana State University-Northern. It started off as a women’s dormitory and was first furnished and occupied in 1936. According to “A Northern Reflection,” a book of the university’s history, poor building materials and construction materials caused prob...
