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HELENA — An estimated 17,000 small businesses in Montana will be exempt from paying the state's business equipment tax under a new law that takes effect on Wednesday. The reduction in the business equipment tax is one of a handful of bills passed by the Legislature last spring that become law with the new year. Starting Wednesday, businesses will be exempt from paying taxes on their first $100,000 in equipment. That means if a small business has less than $100,000 in equipment, it won't have to pay any of the tax. P...
HELENA (AP) — Federal prosecutors oppose a former medical marijuana lobbyist's request to be removed from probation so he can tend to his sick mother without restrictions. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thaggard said Thursday in response to Tom Daubert's request that early termination is reserved for rare cases of exceptionally good behavior. Thaggard says the health of Daubert's 83-year-old mother and his desire to resurrect his consulting career do not justify ending his five-year probation sentence after only one year. U...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — The American Indian liaison for the state Department of Corrections says he's working to provide cultural awareness to agency staffers and to help Native American inmates prepare for their release. Harlan Trombley told the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/1ad53Qh ) that after a month in the job, he's found that corrections staff often don't understand traditional practices such as smudging, when herbs are burned so the smoke can be used as a cleansing agent. "They don't know what that is or why i...
Laurel — The Salvation Army made sure that nearly 300 kids on the Hi-Line received Christmas gifts they wouldn't have had otherwise. Actually, the Salvation Army didn't do it a alone. Lots of Hi-Liners took part by picking cards from the Giving Tree and buying the gifts. And volunteers helped distribute the gifts. Dart — The short Christmas season and the bitter cold weather made it difficult for Salvation Army to raise as much money as usual during the Red Kettle Campaign. The campaign is over, but you can still write a che...
The newspaper on microfilm for this week in 1893 is not available, so we will go back in time to 1898, when Havre had been incorporated for five years. Entries for this article, which is the 51st installment of this series celebrating Havre's 120th anniversary of incorporation, come from the Dec. 23, 1898 issue of The Milk River Eagle. Good news came to Havre with this announcement, complete with misspelling: Two Trains After Jan. 1st Beginning with the first of the year the...
Anymore, I’m happy once Christmas is over not because I am curmudgeonly or because of the commercialism, or the mad frenzy to have everything ready for the big day, or even the constant sound-barrage of Christmas music. It’s the big mud-pit brawl over whether Christmas is a holiday or a holy day that is sucking the life out of the celebration. If there were such a designation as “The Biggest Brouhaha Over Nothing,” my vote would see the award go to the argument-cloud surroun...
CHINOOK — Ruby Reed, 87, passed away Dec. 24, 2013, in Chinook. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
RUDYARD — Floyd L. Herman, 62, a local farmer, died of cancer on Dec. 23 in Rudyard. His funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, at the Calvary Evangelical Church in Rudyard. A reception will follow. Burial will be at Grace Church Cemetery near his farm. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester. Floyd is survived by five children, Joshua, Trace, Carley, Joelle and Jadon Herman; one sister, Maryle Lynn Pester; and one sister-in-law, LaVonne Herman....
CHESTER - Ardith R. "Tinkey" Cushing, 75, who enjoyed crafts, cooking and poetry, died Dec. 20, at Lewistown, N.H. Her memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester. Her ashes will be buried in the spring. Survivors are five children and 15 grandchildren. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester....
GREAT FALLS - Floyd E. Gould, 79, passed away at his home Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, in Great Falls from natural causes. A memorial service will be held at O'Connor Funeral Home on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at 1 p.m. Floyd Gould was born on April 20, 1934, in Havre. He worked for Sletten Construction for 32 years and loved his work. He was also in the Navy in the 1950s. He is survived by his wife Doris; son David; stepdaughter Debbie; brothers, Benton (Leta), and Roland (Peggy Jo);...
Havre Police Department A two-vehicle, noninjury crash was investigated after officers received a 2:52 p.m. Thursday call from 2nd Street. ——— Renee Jean Denny, 63, of Box Elder, was arrested on a charge of shoplifting after officers responded to a 4:03 p.m. Thursday call from a 1st Street business. ——— Officers responded today to a 12:32 a.m. call from 16th Avenue about a woman who was assaulted by her husband. ——— Joshua James Fredrick Nimmick, 35, of Havre was arrested on a charge of stop sign violation after an officer...
It’s back to work for the nationally ranked Montana State University-Northern basketball teams, and this weekend marks the end of nonconference play. Following this weekend’s home games for the MSU-Northern men and a road trip to Las Vegas for the Northern women, Frontier Conference play will begin for good. The No. 16 Lights (11-2, 1-0) are home for a pair of games against Northwest Indian College. The Lights host the Eagles tonight at 7 and Saturday at 11 a.m. Northern has...
For the last decade, maybe even more, Frontier Conference women’s basketball has been known for having some of the top post players in all of NAIA basketball. The league has been dominated by bigs, and team’s who have them usually contend for conference championships. The 2013-14 season should be no different. There are a handful of high-caliber post players in the conference this season, and if you like watching the inside game, then the Frontier is for you. The Montana Sta...
There’s no question the talent at the guard position in Frontier Conference men’s basketball is outstanding this season. But there’s no shortage of great post players either, and it seems just about every team which has a great guard, also has a big man to go with him. The Montana State University-Northern Lights have never been one of the bigger teams in the league under head coach Shawn Huse. But the Lights have certainly got great post play out of some undersized bigs in hi...
