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Rosalyn Templeton, Montana State University-Northern’s provost and vice chancellor, left her position prematurely early Monday morning. Templeton, who put in her notice of resignation late August, was planning to vacate her position Jan. 3. In an email sent to staff Monday, Limbaugh gave no reason for her sudden departure. “No interim provost will be named; rather, Academic Affairs will be managed for the remainder of the semester via a tripartite structure of Dean Greg Kegel, Dean Christine Shearer-Cremean, and myself. “Th...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — The Blackfeet tribe's chairman has reinstated two tribal council members after suspending two others, the latest round of turmoil in what has been a tumultuous year for the leadership of the northwestern Montana tribe. Chairman Willie Sharp Jr. sent previously suspended council members Paul McEvers and William Old Chief letters on Monday saying their reinstatements were effective immediately. Chairmen in the past have hired and fired personnel without being questioned, Sharp told the Great Falls Tribune (...
Joseph H. Heavey Jr., 85, of Havre, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Ila McClenahan officiating. Joseph was born on Jan. 19, 1928, at the family homestead north of Havre to Joseph and Rose (Gillen) Heavey, Sr. He was raised there, attending the country school that was on the property next to the...
Liliana Smith, 6, makes a bird feeder at the Atrium Mall Saturday morning....
HELENA — A judge has set a Feb. 3 trial date for five people charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid from the Chippewa Cree Tribe. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ordered the new trial date Thursday after federal prosecutors arraigned the defendants earlier this month on a new indictment charging embezzlement, theft and bribery. The trial originally had been set for Nov. 12, but Christensen pushed it back due to the new charges and the complexity of the case. Former state Rep. T...
The first ever Great Rocky Mountain ShakeOut starts in Montana Wednesday morning at 10:23, with people urged to “Drop, Cover and Hold On,” the recommended safety practice during an earthquake. The drill will be done in conjunction with the fall testing of Havre’s emergency sirens. Both the dispatchers at the Hill County Sheriff’s Office and at Havre’s 911 dispatching center will set off the sirens, with two three-minute cycles planned during the drill. Montana, Wyoming and Colorado organized the Rocky Mountain section o...
Havre City Council Monday approved using funds to make a plan to improve the stormwater collection facilities and approved deeming Havre as a city that “goes the extra mile.” The city will match grant funds of $15,000 from the Montana Department of Commerce for a total of $30,000 to hire someone to take a look at Havre’s stormwater collection facilities. Pamela Lemer of Bear Paw Development Corp. spoke at the meeting to explain some of the work that will go into the project, which is a part of the city’s capital improvement p...
The haunted house above the Havre Eagles Club opened its doors Friday to give Havreites a scare they will remember. T.J. Daulton, a haunted house chairperson and member of the Havre Jaycees, said he has been helping with the haunted house for eight or nine years but would guess that the haunted house has been happening for 15 to 16 years; maybe longer. "We've done quite a bit of work over the years," Daulton said. "We've been working for the past two months this year. ... The...
For the third time this season, Montana State University-Northern's Abby Nicholas has been touted by the Frontier Conference. Nicholas, a senior from Sandy, Utah was named Frontier Conference Volleyball Player of the Week on Monday. Northern won two matches on the road over the weekend, beating the University of Great Falls 3-0 and Lewis-Clark State 3-1. Nicholas averaged 6.43 kills with a hitting percentage of .365. She also averaged 3.71 digs and 0.57 solo blocks. In the...
Haley Ohm, HHS Cross Country Havre High senior Haley Ohm has only been running cross country for a little over two months now. But she's certainly had a bright impact on the Blue Pony girls team. Ohm placed fourth at this past Saturday's Central A Divisional race in Bozeman, finishing the run in a time of 20:27.96. Ohm's time was part of an outstanding performance by the HHS girls, as the Ponies captured the Central A team title. Ohm, who also excels in basketball and track...
As one of the most successful women's basketball programs in Frontier Conference history, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights know what it's like to go through change. And entering the 2013-14 season, change is something the Skylights will have to get used to, and get used to quick. Veteran head coach Chris Mouat is back for his ninth season at the helm of the Northern program, but beyond that, the Skylights will have a new look and feel this winter. MSU-N went 17-...
It was an odd week in prep football with most of the games being played Wednesday and Thursday, but the unusual schedule didn't throw off all of the local teams. Unfortunately though, the Six-Man North Star Knights weren't one of those teams to come away with a win. On Wednesday, the Knights hosted Denton-Geyser-Stanford in Rudyard, but the Bearcats handed the Knights a devastating 59-0 loss at home. The Knights dropped to 4-2 in league play and 5-2 overall. North Star failed...
