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The Havre Daily News is holding a forum for Hill County and local legislative candidates to talk to voters about who they are and where they stand on issues. The forum, with Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel moderating, will start at 6 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in Northern's Applied Technology Center off of 13th Street. In the forum, candidates from each race will be called up to give an introduction, then each candidate will have up to two minutes to...
Editor’s note: This version corrects an Associated Press headline that said Daines would leave his daughter’s wedding if needed WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Steve Daines said he will return to Washington D.C. by private jet on his daughter's wedding day if his vote is needed to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The Montana Republican said in a statement to The Associated Press that his Republican colleague, Montana congressman Greg Gianforte, "has come to save the day" by offering him use of his private jet. Daine...
A large swathe of north-central Montana lost telephone, internet and television service last night in the midst of NFL Thursday Night Football, Major League Baseball playoff games and prime-time television programming when a fiber-optic cable was damaged, with people still waiting for service to be restored this morning. “Damage to a third-party carrier's fiber-optic network is disrupting services for Spectrum customers in the Havre area,” Spectrum spokesman Bret Picciolo said in an email this morning. That carrier has bee...
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle today, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that's seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump's effort to tip the court rightward for decades. The Senate voted 51-49 to limit debate, effectively defeating Democratic efforts to scuttle the nomination wi...
Luke Karnauskas has been a staple of the local running scene, first as an athlete at Havre High and now as a member of the Montana State University-Northern Men's cross country team. Karnauskas, who is among the Lights top runners this season, is in his third year with the program and his second season running attached for MSU-N after his red shirt season back in 2016-17. "It's definitely a big step up in competition," Karnauskas said of collegiate cross country. "You are...
Support and education - those are the goals of Saturday's Domestic Abuse Awareness 5K run and walk. This year's Havre walk, sponsored by District 4 Human Resources Development Council, Hill County Public Health Department and United Way of Hill County, is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. with sign-ups starting at 9:30 a.m. The event, expected to go until noon, will start in the Western Drug parking lot. The purpose of the event is to show support for domestic violence victims...
A blend of humor and seriousness was used at a discussion held at Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall Wednesday night to clarify what sexual violence is and how people can help intervene. Norhtern's student-based Rape Prevention Education Task Force organized the presentation. The presentation, which was called The Hookup, was given in a unique fashion by Connor Konz, an educator for Catharsis Productions. Konz said the discussion was not going to focus on men...
The company Affiliated Developers Inc. which has been attempting to purchase the Eagles Manor has stepped away from the deal, said Jeryl Schneider, vice president of Tamarack Property Management Co., in an email to the Havre Daily News Wednesday. “Affiliated Developers Inc. is no longer working towards the purchase of Eagles Manor in Havre,” she said. “They were unable to work out an agreement with the current debt lender and the numbers simply did not work for them.” Affiliated Developers has not returned multiple phone c...
Havre Police Department A caller at Second Avenue and Ninth Street reported a non-injury vehicle crash between a GMC and a Subaru at 8 a.m. Wednesday. -- Franklin John Dearth of Box Elder, 59, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a 13th Street facility asked Wednesday at 1:36 p.m. to have an officer talk with a transient. -- A van was reported stolen by a Lincoln Avenue caller Wednesday at 7:02 p.m. -- A hit and run vehicle crash was reported at 9:...
Montana Actors’ Theatre is continuing its tradition of putting on a pantomime for the Christmas holiday season and is inviting people to audition Sunday and Monday for its 2018 production of “Peter Pan.” A modern panto, or pantomime, considered a British creation, takes a well-known story, often a fable or children’s story, and puts it on the stage with dancing, singing, jokes and other twists on the original story. The staging of pantos is a Christmas tradition in England. Auditions for “Peter Pan” will be held at Montana St...
I would like to tell you it is all about the weather. I would be lying. Even though it seems like rain has followed me from Washington to Glacier to Harlem to Glendive, I am simply not that powerful. I do not make the rain. Much as I would like to think it is all about me, it is not. Nor is it all about the weather. Weather is weather, variable. Today weather is rain. This is Montana. Tomorrow might bring a heat wave or it might snow. This week and a half is all about family....
The Havre High cross country teams are currently in the midst of the most challenging part of their schedule and Thursday in Helena, at the annual Preview Meet, things won’t get any easier for the Blue Ponies. That’s because both Havre teams will face strong opposition in Helena, as the Preview Meet features top runners from across the state, as well as teams from all of the classifications, Class AA, Class A, Class B and Class C. The meet will be held this afternoon at the...
Just before the snow flew, the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's golf teams got their last tournament of the fall in. The Lights and Skylights competed at the Battlin' Bear Invitational in Billings earlier this week. The tournament, hosted by Rocky Mountain College, was held at Peter Yemen Golf Club. The MSU-Northern men finished 10th place, in a tournament that not only featured all of the Frontier Conference, but also Corban University and Montana...
