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A somber nation spent Saturday holding events, nationally and locally, remembering the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people and changed the country and the world. Terrorists hijacked four airliners Sept. 11, 2001, crashing two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon in Washington and a fourth, believed to be targeting the White House or U.S. Capitol, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew fought the hijackers. President Joe...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce The winning Havre Festival Days button numbers for Sept. 16are: 351 324 906 792 463 501 Winners can bring their buttons to the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce office at 130 5th Avenue to claim their prizes. More winning numbers will be announced each day this week....
Dr. Al Olszewski, who recently announced his run for Montana's second congressional seat, made a stop at the Duck Inn in Havre Friday to speak to the North Central Pachyderms Club and ask for the support of its members. During his speech to the group, Olszewski indicated his support for more restrictive immigration and refugee vetting policies and decried the influence of religious nonbelievers in America. Before talking about any of that, however, he took some time to speak...
The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission presented the first of its 2021 Christmas ornaments to Anna Brumley and the staff of the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump in an event that drew a significant crowd Saturday. The commission honors one historic location in the area each year with an ornament depicting the building or site being honored, and this year's honors Wahkpa Chu'gn. The ornament's design is based on a sketch by Alberta-based Artist Jim Marshall, who made...
Hill County Health Department reported Friday evening that 36 new cases were confirmed, 124 active, 7 active hospitalizations, 2,453 total cases, 49 deaths. Rocky Boy reported Friday, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 25 new cases, 58 active, 1 active hospitalization, 940 total cases. It has had 8 deaths. Blaine County Health Department gave its last update Thursday evening with 54 active cases, no active hospitalizations listed, 1,009 total cases, 24 deaths. Fort Belknap last reported numbers Thursday...
Joseph A. Amato, 83, passed away suddenly on September 9, 2021 at his home in Havre, MT. He was born on July 28, 1938, in Detroit, Michigan, to Antonio and Beulah Amato. Although his birthdate was officially recorded as July 28, he was always told his birthdate was July 6th. This day was reserved to celebrate him throughout his life. He spent his childhood in Detroit attending school and working odd jobs. At the age of 18, he volunteered to join the United States Army on...
Loving husband, father and grandfather Michael L. Hansen, 77, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side from a long battle with cancer on Saturday, September 11, 2021. Michael was born June 25, 1944 to Carl and Gladys Hansen in Glasgow, MT. He grew up in Glasgow and spent as much time as he could on his grandparent's farm north of Glasgow. Michael attended Glasgow Public Schools all the way through graduation. On his 18th birthday he enlisted in the Marine...
Dani Lee Buffalo Sr., 42, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2021 at his home in Rocky Boy. His wake service began Sunday at 5 p.m. with his traditional funeral service 10 a.m. this morning Monday, September 13, 2021, all at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Please visit Dani's online memorial page at http:?/www.hollandbonine.com. Dani was born July 16, 1979, in Havre, Montana, to Virgil and Iris Jean (Denny) Buffalo,...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a remote alcohol monitoring device violation reported at 8:13 a.m. Friday -- A caller at a First Street business reported Friday at 11:39 a.m. that someone had stolen a toilet seat from a bathroom during the night. -- Leteaya Rose Murie of Box Elder, 22, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, and Leona Grace Roastingstick of Box Elder, 37, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant af...
Photo captions said in photos with a story about Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department putting up a new fire hall said a red building in the photograph was the fire hall. It was not. The fire hall has not yet been built. The article misreported that fire fighters with the department thanked the Eagles for support when it should have said Havre Elks Lodge #1201....
Festival Days is back. After COVID-19 kept most of the annual Havre celebration from going forward in 2020. This year nothing is stopping the 2021 Havre Festival Days celebration that includes, as usual, a plethora of local sports. This weekend, Havre will once again play host to the 48-Hours of Softball Tournament, which runs from Friday night through Sunday afternoon at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. The tournament is nonstop with games being played all through the day...
Press release Northern Montana Health Care Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Michelle Donaldson brought home top honors at the 2021 U.S. Eventing Association's American Eventing Championships - AEC - in Kentucky Aug. 30 to Sept. 4. Eventing is also known as horse trials and is an English riding discipline rooted in cavalry training which consists of three phases: dressage; cross country riding with jumping of fixed obstacles such as fences, coups and water jumps; and show jumping....
I pen this letter upon return from a 1,700-mile journey to communities across the state and numerous hours of phone and online communications these past two weeks with administrators in Montana’s public schools. The purpose of that travel and communications was to get a sense from our school leaders about the opening of the 2021-22 school year in our schools and communities all across the state. What I learned is that each community’s education team has joyously opened school with students returning with the energy and enthus...
Dear Montana, In my work as a primary care Physician Assistant I regularly advocate to all patients that they get the COVID-19 vaccine. One question I am regularly asked: “The C19 vaccine was rushed, how do I know it’s safe?” I think medicine in general struggles to explain complex subjects in a media environment where only sound-bites are heard and only a few characters on are read. Nuance and long explanation are difficult. So I want to be clear with my patients in my community: The COVID-19 vaccines are incredibly safe...
Twenty years ago Saturday, the world changed. People in the United States and around the world watched in shock and horror as terrorists hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington and a fourth plane, believed to be targeting the White House or U.S. Capitol, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew heroically overcame the hijackers. And people watched the bravery and selflessness of the emergency responders who worked to fight...
Heading into their Friday night matchup with the Hardin Bulldogs at Blue Pony Stadium, the Havre High football team was looking to rebound from their shutout loss to Lewistown last week. Not only did the Blue Ponies get on the scoreboard against Hardin, but they put up 18 in the first half en route to a 25-14 win over Hardin. "Our kids played hard and came out. They were able to put a couple drives together real nice, moved the ball real well," HHS head coach Ryan Gatch said....
Heading into the Havre Invite at Prairie Farms Golf Course Saturday, the Havre High cross country team's goal was to at least place third out of all the tough teams competing at the meet. Based off times early in the season, HHS head coach Erin Lynch expected such a finish for the Blue Ponies. However, the Ponies exceeded her expectations as both the boys and girls teams finished second at the Havre Invite. "We came out looking to get some season-best times and so I think...
Through their first three matches of the season, the Havre High volleyball team was never pushed to the brink as they swept all three of their opponents. On Saturday night at Blue Pony Stadium, Miles City gave the Blue Ponies a fight that lasted five sets. Despite their best effort, Havre lost to the Cowgirls, 3-2, by scores of 24-26, 25-17, 25-21, 20-25 and 15-17. "It was a battle. Miles City just came and was pretty relentless all the way around," HHS head coach Stephanie...
Four matches is all that stood between the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team and their home debut. And the Skylights’ final preseason road trip didn’t disappoint. This past weekend, Northern played four times at the North Star Conference Challenge in Dickinson, North Dakota, and they found plenty of success. On Friday, MSU-N opened the tournament with a 3-1 win over Valley City State. The Skylights beat the Vikings by scores of 22-26, 25-21, 25-22 and 25-...
The final stretch of holes is here for the Havre High golf teams. And the mad dash to the state tournament started this past week with a pair of 18-hole tournaments against Eastern A rivals. Havre was in Glendive for the nine-team Glendive Invitational Thursday, while the Blue Ponies traveled to the 10-team Sidney Invite Friday. “This is the start of the busy portion of our season,” HHS head coach George Ferguson said. “We have four tough tournaments in a two-week stretch and...
After a delay of a week of their game against Southern Oregon University because of fires and poor air quality near Ashland, Oregon, the Montana State University-Northern football team finally got the chance to play the Raiders this past Saturday. However, the Lights and Raiders had to play at Autzen Stadium in Eugene where the University of Oregon play their games. While the Lights got the chance to play at such a high-profile stadium, the trip ended with a 42-7 loss to SOU....
MISSOULA - The Montana Grizzlies gave head coach Bobby Hauck his 100th career win at UM in style, carrying the momentum from last week's historic win into a blowout 42-7 win over Western Illinois in front of a sold-out Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Hauck is already the all-time leader in wins at Montana but extended his program record by reaching the historic milestone. He improved to 100-26 in 10 years at the helm of the Grizzly program, and the Griz improve to 2-0 heading...
