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A wind-swept wildfire covered 500 acres of eastern Blaine County on Wednesday night. Firefighters from at least five departments battled the blaze on Savoy Road not far east of Harlem.. It was first reported at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday, but the situation got worse throughout the night. As winds changed, the fire was headed in different directions through the day. As of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, it was headed northeast. Volunteers were handing out sandwiches to the firefighters who had been on the scene for nearly six hours....
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted, during Tuesday evening’s meeting at Havre Middle School, to bring licensed addiction counselors back to Havre High School. Craig Mueller, Havre High School principal and HPS assistant superintendent, presented the motion to bring licensed addiction counselors back to Havre High School and Havre Alternative High School. The program, as explained by the Bullhook Community Health Center, will address “intervention, prevention, treatment referral, and identifying any using and...
All three members of Montana’s congressional delegation denounced recent calls by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S.” Trump made the suggestion in a statement released by his campaign Monday. The outspoken billionaire and former “Apprentice” host said such extraordinary measures are required, he said, because large segments of the Muslim world harbor a hatred for America that is “beyond comprehension.” “Until we are able to determine and understand th...
It’s time the city of Havre looks at having a city manager form of government, Mayor Tim Solomon believes. Solomon was interviewed Tuesday night by the Havre Review Commission, the panel that is determining whether the city should change its form of government and how. When panel members asked him about the city manager proposal, he said it was a tough question, but he came down on the side of an appointed city manager who would answer to city council. He said the city needed a professional to run the day-to-day operations o...
Though in the end he was not one of the four educators to be selected for a Professor of the Year award, Fred Smiley, an education professor at Montana State University-Northern, said the real honor is having been considered in the first place. Smiley said that when William Rugg, Northern's provost who nominated Smiley, came down to his office to inform him of the news that while he had not won, he did receive an honorary mention in the form of a plaque. "It would have been...
Hi-Line youngsters will have a chance to celebrate a prehistoric Christmas Saturday at the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum in Holiday Village Mall. The museum’s board president, Judi Dritshulas, said all kinds of activities with a dinosaur theme will take place throughout the afternoon. Kids will get to play games, decorate cookies and have a good time with the dinosaur theme, she said. The young people will be able to tour the dinosaur exhibit at the museum, she said. And someone dressed in a dinosaur costume will play with t...
Havre Police Department Jamie Lee French, 27, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault and criminal contempt, after an 8th Street caller reported Tuesday at 7:47 a.m. that a man had shoved a woman. —— Officers investigated a Tuesday 9:33 a.m. report at the police station that someone had been writing checks from the reporting party’s bank account. —— An arrest was made after a caller at Havre Middle School reported a drug offense Tuesday at 11:06 a.m., but no further details were provided on the arrest. ...
HELENA (AP) — In a story Tuesday about NorthWestern Energy’s property tax increases, The Associated Press, relying on a statement by a company attorney, reported erroneously the impact of the increases on the average customer. The company says the average electricity customer’s bill will increase .45 percent, not 4.5 percent. The average natural gas customer’s bill will go up .49 percent, not 4.9 percent....
A front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of The Havre Daily News about a Pizza Hut benefit for Joan Jess Binder organized by her friend Heather Ellingson mispelled their names....
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana farmers planted wheat varieties developed by the Montana State University Montana Agricultural Experiment Station — MAES — more than any other variety in 2015, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. USDA statistics show that Montana planted 5.8 million acres of wheat this year, with 2.2 million acres of spring and winter wheat varieties developed by MAES. MSU wheat varieties accounted for approximately $500 million of $1.2 billion wheat sold by Montana farmers in 2015,...
Press release GREAT FALLS — At the conclusion of this year’s annual convention in Great Falls, the Montana Grain Growers Association elected officers, installed new board members and set the organization’s policy for 2016. These actions put the finishing touches on a successful 60th Annual MGGA Convention attended by almost 900 farmers, agribusiness representatives and guests. Rob Davis, a grain producer from Larslan, was installed as MGGA president for the coming year. Elected vice president was Tom Butcher of Lewis...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Registration is now open for the Montana State University Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology’s crop and pest management school. The workshop, which will be held Jan. 5-7 at MSU, will focus on forage and pulse crops. The 2½-day workshop will feature three guest speakers. Earl Creech, assistant professor of agronomy at Utah State University, will present two lectures on forage crop management; Pierce Paul, associate professor of cereal pathology from Ohio State University, will...
Coming into the new school year, there was no doubt that Havre High standout Dani Wagner was going to play college basketball, the only question was where. But, now, that question has been answered as Wagner recently committed to play basketball at Carroll College next season. “It’s great,” Wagner said. “It feels good to have that off my back now so I can focus on the rest of my high school sports and stuff, but it’s nice to know that I am going to be going to a school th...
The Montana State University-Northern women’s and men’s basketball teams each suffered a Frontier Conference setback this past week. But, that didn’t stop either team from rising to new heights in the first regular season NAIA Coaches Poll. In the women’s poll, released Tuesday, the Skylights (8-1) moved up three spots to No. 3. It’s Northern’s highest ranking in a basketball poll in more than two decades. MSU-N is one of four Frontier Conference teams ranked in the Top 25....
The high school basketball season is always highly anticipated along the Hi-Line and this year is no different as local teams get set to open their seasons this weekend, While the Havre basketball teams opened the season last weekend, the majority of teams from the Hi-Line have yet to play. Many of those teams will be making their 2015-16 season debuts this Friday and Saturday at the Native American Classic inside the Armory Gymnasium on the campus at Montana State University-...
Thursday High School Basketball C/J-I Tipoff Tourney In Chester High School Wrestling Havre at Butte Central Friday High School Basketball Native American Classic In Havre C/J-I Tipoff Tourney In Chester High School Wrestling Havre at Mining City Duals In Butte Chinook Mixer Hockey Glacier at Great Falls Saturday High School Basketball Havre girls vs CMR, 5 p.m. Havre boys at CMR, 5 p.m. Native American Classic In Havre C/J-I Tipoff Tourney In Chester High School Wrestling...
