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  • Little Shell recognition heads to president

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 17, 2019

    Montana’s U.S. senators announced today a bill that includes federal recognition of The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians passed Congress and is on the way to the president for his signature. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., successfully added recognition of the tribe — something it has been seeking for more than a century — in the national defense authorization act. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., last session and this sponsored legislation to recognize the tribe. His bills...

  • Quick Pic: Havre High Winter Band Concert

    Updated Dec 17, 2019

    Havre High School's band performed its winter concert Monday in the High School auditorium. Watch for more from this concert and tonight's Havre High choir concert in Wednesday's edition of the Havre Daily News....

  • Havre law enforcement again helps bring Christmas to local children

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 17, 2019

    Editor’s note: This corrects the spelling of the name of Kaylynn Hawley. Havre Police Department held its fifth annual Shop with a Cop event for local children in Havre, partnering with Walmart, Pizza Hut, Gary and Leo's Fresh Foods and North Central Montana Transit to bring Christmas to a number of families in the area. "It feels great to have this going," Havre Police Sgt. Jesse Eller, an organizier, said. "It's nice to have everybody involved." Shop with a Cop is a p...

  • For the Record, Dec. 16, 2019

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Havre Police Department Someone in the Havre area reported a sex offense Friday at 11:46 a.m. -- A Lincoln Avenue caller asked to speak Friday at 4 p.m. about a stolen truck. Isaac Chapa, who was named as the calling party in the dispatch log, was listed in the jail roster as being held on two counts of motor vehicle theft and driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license. -- A caller reported Friday at 7:37 p.m. that a Chevrolet pickup truck was in the ditch on U.S. Hi...

  • Fire burns Big Equipment shop west of Havre

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Just months after moving into a new building that replaced its facilities that burned Dec. 24, 2017, another Big Equipment building was burning this morning. Local firefighting and emergency response personnel were at the scene of the fire on County Road 860 Northwest this morning. No one was available by printing deadline this morning about the fire because the officials were at the scene. Big Equipment specializes in working on large farm equipment, especially Big Bud...

  • Agenda - Great Northern Fair

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this agenda until this morning. The Great Northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment: Anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted upon. Fair manager report Civic groups report Donated hours report Committee Reports Buildings and Grounds Commission Policy Fin...

  • Havre High conducts hold in place relating to student health incident

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Havre Daily News staff Havre High School followed its emergency procedures protocol Friday and went into a hold in place while school staff members dealt with a student with a health issue. The Havre Daily News requested more information Friday about what happened, but no response to the request had been received by printing deadline this morning. The hold in place went into effect about 12:05 p.m. Friday and lasted until about 12:36 p.m. In a hold in place, students, faculty...

  • Quick Pics: Santa rides into Havre

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

  • Rocky Boy's St. Mary's Church burns to the ground

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 16, 2019

    St. Mary's Catholic Church, a historic landmark on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was considered a complete loss after flames consumed the structure Saturday. The fire started Saturday morning, Rocky Boy Volunteer Fire Department Chief Calvin Jilot said. He added that the volunteer fire department receiving a call at 10:21 a.m. and responded shorty after the call was made. He added that the initial report stated that the fire had originated in the kitchen of the church and...

  • Obituary - Martin Vincent Kane

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Martin Vincent Kane, age 86, was born on March 27, 1933, in Big Sandy MT, and passed away on November 26, 2019, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls MT. He was the son of John F. "Jack" and Beatrice M. Kane of Warrick MT. Martin was raised on a small ranch in the Bear Paw Mountains with his brothers, John and Steve O'Malley. He attended the Upper Dog Creek School, a one room school, located a half mile from his home for his elementary years, and then boarded in Big Sandy while...

  • Obituary - Lacey Kaide Arkinson (O-ki-maw-w Ni-pah-we-w)

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Lacey Kaide Arkinson (O-ki-maw-w Ni-pah-we-w), 16, passed away due to injuries sustained in an accident Thursday, December 12, 2019. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2019, and continued until her funeral service at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 13, 2019. Burial was to follow in the Standing Rock Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Lacey's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her...

  • Guided rock art hike set at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    From Montana State Parks First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park will host its first guided rock art hike of the season Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. This guided hike is an opportunity to learn about two distinctive methods for producing rock art, the differences between pictographs and petroglyphs, and how symbols are used in interpreting a people or an era. People can learn about these topics as they join state park staff on a hike that is off-trail and strenuous along the cliffs at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park....

  • Havre Police Protective Association donates to Christmas Dinner

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 16, 2019

    The Havre Police Department Police Protective Association donated $500 to the Community Christmas Dinner Friday. "I love it," Havre Eagles Club manager and chair of the community dinner Tom Farnham said. "It shows they care about the people in town and want to make sure it continues." He said the community dinner has been at the Eagles Club for more than 40 years, starting with Bob Sivertsen, who ran the dinner for 25 years before passing it over to Jerry Bergren and his...

  • Havre speech does well at Great Falls AA tournament

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team traveled to its largest meet of the year over the weekend, and did well at the AA Great Falls Electric City Optimists Invitational Tournament. Havre competitors faced students from Montana’s AA schools at the meet, as well as from Class A rival Browning and Class B Great Falls Central High School. Havre beat Browning in the Class A team points, with one debater making outrounds and another speaker just missing making finals and competing for the top eight. The H...

  • Pony swimmers make a big splash

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Dec 16, 2019

    The first swim meet of the year is always one that manages to be exciting and often has many of the swimmers shaking off the rust from the offseason. For the Havre High swim team, that was the atmosphere this weekend. With two other schools, Great Falls High and CMR at the meet, there was bound to be some intense competition to kick off the year. The Blue Ponies put forth a lot of work and placed third on the boys and girls side in the Havre Invitational Saturday at the Havre...

  • Lights fall to Firestorm, continue with Cactus Classic

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 16, 2019

    What was going to be a tough three-game road trip in Arizona certainly started out that way for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. Saturday night in Phoenix, the Lights lost their opening game of the Cactus Classic to host Arizona Christian. Northern fell to the No. 19 Firestorm in a tight battle, 77-73. The game between the Lights and Firestorm was close throughout, with the two teams knotted up at 34-34 at halftime. However, ACU went on a run early...

  • Ponies thump Locomotives, fall to Rams

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    The season has started for the Havre High girls basketball team and this last Friday and Saturday had many different results from the Blue Ponies. In the season and home opener on Friday in the Havre High Gymnasium, Havre proved its moxie as the defending Class A state champions with a big win over a tough program in the Laurel Locomotives, winning 66-49. But on Saturday down in Billings, the Ponies experienced some more tough competition and fell to an all-too-familiar...

  • Dethroned: Havre boys knock off Central

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Dec 16, 2019

    The second year of the Walynn Burgess era began this last weekend and the Havre High boys basketball team already had a great performance. The Ponies' year started off on a sour note on the road in Laurel last Friday, where Havre fell to the strong Locomotives 73-51. But then, in the home opener in the Havre High Gymnasium on Saturday, the Blue Ponies beat the defending Class A state champions, the Billings Central Rams, 64-59. The game against the Rams was a highlight for Hav...

  • Cats make history; Griz lose heartbreaker

    Updated Dec 16, 2019

    BOZEMAN - It was a night 35 years in the making. With a balanced offense paced by running back Isaiah Ifanse and quarterback Tucker Rovig, No. 5 Montana State rolled to a 24-10 win over visiting Austin Peay State Friday night at Bobcat Stadium. With the win, the fifth-ranked Bobcats advance to the FCS semifinals next weekend against top-seeded North Dakota State. The last time the Bobcats were in the semifinals was 1984, when they won the national championship. Ifanse put the...

  • Shorthanded Blue Ponies finish strong in the Mining City

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Dec 15, 2019

    After placing fifth at the season opening Havre Invitational, the Havre High wrestling team was prepared for one of the biggest competitions of the year, the Mining City Duals at the Butte Civic Center, which took place last Friday and Saturday. The Blue Ponies had a rough first day, losing to Billings Senior 52-10, falling to Columbia Falls 39-35 and losing to Glacier 39-34. But, the second day went a lot better for Havre, who beat Missoula Sentinel 33-33 for criteria and...