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The Christmas spirit will be on full display next week on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation with three public events, including a two-day powwow. Stone Child College will hold its annual Christmas Extravaganza Tuesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m in the college’s Kennawash Foyer. A flyer posted on the college’s Facebook page says everyone is welcome at the event which will include arts and crafts, home-made products, baked goods, beadwork, artwork, paintings and ceramics. People can reserve a space to sell their goods or get more information...
Saturday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Absarokee 74, Broadview-Lavina 73 Arlee 95, Hot Springs 19 Belgrade 49, Havre 34 Belt 65, Centerville 56 Bigfork 55, Anaconda 44 Billings West 75, Casper Natrona, Wyo. 52 Browning 59, Whitefish 54 Butte Central 52, Stevensville 46 Casper Kelly Walsh, Wyo. 54, Billings Skyview 49 Chinook 63, Big Sandy 23 Choteau 82, Townsend 60 Drummond 54, Victor 35 Fairview 80, Circle 30 Florence 58, Missoula Loyola 54 Fort Benton 63,...
It's no secret that conference basketball games are important, no matter what level you are talking about. But when you play just six of them and they determine your seeding for the postseason, their importance reaches a whole new level. In the next two days, the Havre High boys basketball team will find out just how important they are, as the Blue Ponies get ready to play a third of their conference schedule with games against Livingston tonight at 6 and Saturday against...
A Havre woman whose toddlers tested positive for methamphetamine use after drugs were discovered in her room was sentenced to two years with the Department of Corrections Monday. Cassandra M. Stidham, born in 1986, received five years with three suspended for felony endangering the welfare of children and six months to the county jail, all suspended with credit for 28 days served, for misdemeanor criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. A man called police June 19, 2016, to report he had a fight with his ex-girlfriend,...
Friday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Baker 56, Ekalaka 41 Belt 47, Winnett-Grass Range 37 Big Timber 50, Townsend 35 Billings Central 61, Lewistown (Fergus) 41 Billings Senior 64, Sheridan, Wyo. 59 Billings West 67, Casper Kelly Walsh, Wyo. 54 Box Elder 66, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 43 Bozeman 59, Missoula Hellgate 46 Bridger 71, Broadview-Lavina 39 Browning 69, Ronan 53 Butte Central 46, Frenchtown 39 Choteau 95, Centerville 45 Clark Fork 60, St. Regis 42 Colst...
Parents, friends, teachers and shoppers flooded the Sunnyside Intermediate School gymnasium Thursday night to buy crafts from the students who glued, stapled, colored or dipped their homemade inventions and put them on the market. The annual Fifth Grade Trade Fair allows students a chance to combine their creativity and their entrepreneurial drive just in time for the holiday shopping season. Students, with the help of parents, family members and teachers created items like...
After months of public comment and discussion, the Havre City Council will hold its final vote Monday on whether to ban medical marijuana storefront dispensaries in the city. A second and final reading of the proposed ordinance is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall. The ordinance would regulate land use in general terms, prohibiting land within the city from being permitted or conditionally permitted for any use that violates federal, state or local law. Mayor Tim Solomon broke a 3-3 tie on the proposal’s first reading...
Staff and wire report Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has set meetings in Chester and Havre next Thursday to talk about chronic wasting disease, as the state also is asking Wyoming to change its policy of feeding elk due to concerns it could increase the disease’s spread. A mule deer buck shot about 30 miles north of Chester Nov. 12 tested positive for the fatal, contagious wasting disease. That followed deer harvested south of Billings previously testing positive for the disease. FWP reports the Chester-area deer is the sev...
Police say they are looking for a man who fled after his girlfriend’s mother pulled a gun on him for allegedly assaulting both of them. Aaron Twoteeth, suspected of assault and partner or family member assault charges, is on the loose, Lt. Aaron Wittmer of the Havre Police Department said this morning. Police dispatch records show that a Third Street caller reported to police Thursday at 9:26 p.m. that someone was being held at gunpoint. The assault was drug-related, Wittmer said. Twoteeth, who was going through drug w...
The big news in The Havre Plaindealer in its Dec. 15, 1917, edition was that of the dismissal of a case involving “Long” George Francis. He had been charged with horse stealing and was represented by George Hurd of Great Falls. THE FRANCIES CASE DISMISSED IN COURT Was to have come up for Hearing Today After being continued until Dec. 15th at the request of the state, the case of The State of Montana vs. George Francis, was dismissed yesterday afternoon in district court upon the motion of Attorney General Ford. The gro...
Havre Daily News staff Santa Claus is coming to town Friday, Dec. 22. St. Nicholas will be riding into town on a BNSF Railway train scheduled to stop at the Amtrak platform at 6 p.m. He is expected to bring treats, and children are welcome to come see him arrive and visit with him at the station....
Enough is enough. Why has Congress delayed refunding basic health insurance and medical service to millions of people in the nation and thousands in Montana? With focus on issues like the attempt to repeal and replace the health care reform program known as Obamacare, the fact that the Children’s Health Insurance Program that provides low-cost health insurance to children in families that make too much to qualify for Medicaid was hardly even noticed at first. Something else that hardly anyone has mentioned is the failure to f...
Clinical Assistant Professor in family medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland Dr. Kyle Sue recently published an article in British Medical Journal that The Guardian described as a “wry” scientific look at how men experience cold and flu virus symptoms worse than women do. Yes, a guy named Sue was looking to prove that “man flu” is a thing. In a not entirely thorough treatise based on some scientific studies and some not-so-scientific stuff, Sue proposes in part that men feel worse when they’re sick because they are...
Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health meeting in Great Falls Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting 5:30 p.m. — Fair Board meeting Wednesday 10 a.m. — Ear Marked Alcohol Taxed meeting 1 p.m. — Great West meeting 3 p.m. — Roads Advisory Committee meeting in the Timmons Room Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly Business meeting Manual Claims Employment Review Resolutions Tax Adjustments County Permit Approval Subdivision/Survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public 3 p.m. — Airport Board meeting Friday...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 and 2. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Confirmation of Various Mayor Board Appointments. a. Bob Breum – Airport Board – 2 Year Term b. Keith Doll – Havre Historic Preservation Commission – 2 Year Term 2. Ordinance No. 903 (Seco...
Havre Police Department Officers assisted a citizen who came to the police station Thursday at 10:42 a.m. with the phone he reported stolen the previous night. —— Officers investigated after a Washington Avenue caller requested Thursday at 12:16 p.m. to speak to an officer. —— Officers investigated a non-injury motor vehicle crash after a First Street West caller made a report Thursday at 4:28 p.m. —— Officers arrested Jamie Leigh Cowan of Havre, 36, on charges of violation of conditions release, possession of drug parapherna...
Among the Christmas trees dispersed throughout Havre this holiday season are a select group of trees which could make a significant difference for some children this season. Salvation Army's Angel Giving Trees give people a chance to anonymously buy gifts for children who may otherwise not receive any this Christmas. Every year in Havre, between 80 and 90 children receive Giving Tree gift packages, Salvation Army Social Services Director Trina Crawford said. The children are b...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, Dec. 18-22 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m.; cards at 1 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; pinochle at 1 p.m.; Great Falls trip at 8 a.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. No cards were played this week. Menu by Earlene DeWinter...
Out our way, imagination can be a wonderful thing. Riding up on the Tiger Ridge with Charley and looking out over the vast prairies, one can imagine what it was like hundreds of years ago when instead of angus cattle the land would be filled with millions of buffalo. Now and then one finds some teepee rings and imagines when the Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, and Blackfeet were setting up hunting lodges here as they followed the herds. On the other hand, imagnation can be a...
You know, dear Lord, it’s autumn now, most outside work’s done soon. Some nights are clear, stars shine so bright, we even see the moon. The neighbors brought their cows back home; we see them on the hill. We see them eat; walk to the creek. Just watching is a thrill. Yep — cows are home, the calves are sold, and chicken coop is cleaned. Llama and sheep, they’re tended to, all baby critters weaned. Family and friends and neighbors, too, sometimes will stop for fun. Winter is due, it’s coming soon! Most outside work is done. A...
Finals are in the books. Christmas is on the way and a new year is, too. But for the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams, there's still plenty of hoops to be played in December. The Lights and Skylights are both home this weekend to host Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in games inside the Armory Gymnasium. The Skylights take on the Lady Storm both tonight and Saturday night, while the Lights face the Storm tonight. For the Northern women, it's a...
Over the years, the Havre High girls basketball team has dominated the Central A Conference. And even though the league has a slightly new look this season, the Blue Ponies are out to prove they are still the team to beat. One way they can do that is by holding serve at home against conference opponents, which they will get two chances to do this weekend, starting tonight against Livingston. The two teams will play at approximately 7:30 p.m., followed by a game Saturday...
In just one summer, the Cody Four Colors Memorial Bull Ride has already become a smash hit. And Bull Riders Canada has confirmed it. The Great Northern Rodeo was awarded the Event of the Year by the BRC for the Cody Four Colors Memorial Bull Ride held during the 2017 Great Northern Fair. The Cody Four Colors Memorial Bull Ride held last July was the first of its kind in Havre and was a stop on the BRC Tour, which recently held its year-end championships. What made the award...
Jim Harbaugh, Steve Sarkisian, Ron Caragher, the list of coaches Andrew Rolin has played for or coached under is impressive to say the least. And the schools he's been at, San Diego, the University of Washington, San Jose State, they're impressive NCAA Division I schools. So no doubt Rolin, a native of southern California who played quarterback for Harbaugh at the University of San Diego, would bring an impressive resume with him to Montana State University-Northern, a...
