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  • Obituary - Arcilia "Archie" Talamantez

    Updated Oct 28, 2016

    Arcilia Talamantez, 75, went home to be with the Lord Oct. 26, 2016. Memorial services will be Friday, Oct. 28, at 2: p.m. at the Hi-Line Funeral Services in Havre. Condolences for the family maybe left at www.hi-linefuneralservices.com Memorials may be given to ones choice. Arcilia, known as "Archie" to all, was born Dec. 15, 1940, to Ramon and Felisidad (Charo) Castillo. In 1959, she married Augustin Talamantez and they made their home in Dallas, Texas, before moving to Mont...

  • Hansen targets Bullock for deleted emails

    Alex Ross|Updated Oct 27, 2016

    State Sen. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, is speaking out about allegations that Gov. Steve Bullock deleted or did not save emails from his account while he was Montana attorney general. Hansen said this morning that during his tenure as state attorney general from 2009 to 2013, Bullock and his top aides at the time were required by law to maintain public records of actions taken during his term for historical purposes. Montana's five constitutionally elected officials - governor,...

  • Hays-Lodge Pole Schools receive grant

    Paul Dragu|Updated Oct 27, 2016

    Hays-Lodge Pole High School is receiving part of a $1.3 million federal School Improvement Grant that will allow it to continue its Schools of Promise program. “We are thrilled, believe me,” Hays-Lodge Pole Principal Beth Kendall said. The grant was announced Monday by Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau and is in addition to $1.5 million that was awarded in July. The $2.8 million grant not only benefits Hays-Lodge Pole, but also Heart Butte High School. “Schools of Promise is taking on the deep, inten...

  • Candidates talk at Conservation District dinner

    Alex Ross|Updated Oct 27, 2016

    Farmers, ranchers, political figures and others attended the Hill County Conservation District’s annual legislative dinner Wednesday night in Montana State University-Northern’s Student Union Building Ballroom. The dinner served as a venue for discussion about the district’s activities and projects this year as well as a chance for local officials and candidates for political office to introduce themselves to the agriculture community. For $25, attendees dined on prime rib and salad, as they listened to members of the board...

  • Montana House race contrast: Navy SEAL vs longtime educator

    Matt Volz|Updated Oct 27, 2016

    MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS - A decorated combat veteran warning about the threat of ISIS in America is being challenged for his U.S. House seat by a longtime educator who would become the first American Indian woman in Congress. The race between Republican Ryan Zinke and Democrat Denise Juneau for Montana's only House seat reflects a broader divide playing out nationwide between Republicans focusing on foreign threats and Democrats honing in on domestic issues...

  • Montana official calls election rigging a conspiracy theory

    Matt Volz|Updated Oct 27, 2016

    MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA - The idea that next month's elections could be rigged is a conspiracy theory comparable to the U.S. government hiding aliens in Rowell, New Mexico, Elvis Presley faking his death or the 1969 moon landing being a hoax, Montana's secretary of state said Wednesday. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch, a Democrat, sought to reassure voters that the state's elections won't be compromised after reports of stolen absentee ballots and people offering...

  • High-speed pursuit ends with five-year sentence

    Paul Dragu|Updated Oct 27, 2016

    A persistent felony offender who led police on a high-speed chase through Havre and then fled - and who was wanted for crashing a stolen vehicle a month earlier - was sentenced to five years to the Department of Corrections Monday in District Court. Samuel Lynn Latray, born in 1982, was sentenced as a persistent felony offender to five years for felony criminal endangerment, five years for obstructing justice, a felony, and to six months in the county jail for fleeing from or...

  • Pool closing for Election, Veterans days

    Updated Oct 27, 2016

    The Havre Community Pool will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 8, for Election Day and Friday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. For more information, people can call 265-5781....