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Montana's junior senator Friday applauded last week's passage of health care reform and looked ahead to what he believes will be the next major issue in the U.S. Senate, financial oversight reform. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Big Sandy, said during a press conference that the health care reform bill and the subsequent reconciliation bill that passed will bring many benefits. "The law is a significant step forward, in my book," he said, adding that the law will make many common- sense changes. "It is major reform. It is not ra...
Despite some university leaders — including from Havre's university — saying their documents are ready to go, the Montana Board of Regents have delayed taking action on the universities' mission and vision statements set to be voted on during this weeks Board of Regents meeting in Havre. "We are not sure we have allowed sufficient time for … the campuses to have the discussions and for feedback," Sylvia Moore, deputy commissioner of higher education, said during the Regents meeting Thursday. The Board of Regents had reque...
After interviewing two finalists in March, Havre's u n i v e r s i t y i s bringing in two new candidates for the position of vice chancellor and provost. Montana State U n i v e r s i t y - Northern is looking to fill the position of second-incommand at the u n i ve r s i t y, i n charge of academic issues at the institution, due to the retirement of current Provost Joe Callahan. He announced his retirement in January, effective June 30. Northern's search committee had a difficult time narrowing down the field of the 70 outs...
The Montana Grain Growers Association has announced that it and the Montana Farm Bureau Federation will be honored at a meeting in Washington this week commemorating the work to resolve rate and service issues Montana grain growers have had with Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. The international news organization Argus Media, which publishes U.S. Rail Business News, will honor the farm organizations and the railway Thursday with its Bronze Win- Win award at the annual meeting of the North American Rail Shippers...
The president of Montana State University told people at a hearing at MSU-Northern Wednesday that she considers herself a leader of all parts of the university system, not just the main Bozeman campus. Several people Wednesday expressed concern that programs at Havre's university might be duplicated at other campuses or that state support for the campus does not exist. "When I came here in this very same room, I said the entire state is our campus, and I think I have shown that and that that commitment and that passion has...
The carvings are done for a mural depicting the local bison kill site, and the Canadian artist said he expects to finish firing the bricks and start bringing them down to Havre in April. "The mural has been carved and colored and is in the drying stage right now," Jim Marshall of Medicine Hat, Alberta, said Tuesday. The mural depicts two Native Americans driving bison over the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump north of the Holiday Village Mall in Havre. The 16-foot wide, 10-foot high mural is planned to be incorporated into the...
The first candidate for vice chancellor and provost at Montana State University-Northern said he thinks the position might be a good fit for him and his family, both on a personal and professional level. During an open forum at Northern's Student Union Building Ballroom this morning, Peter Johnstone said he thinks both the community and the university exemplify what he is looking for — a friendly, quality community and a university with a close relationship between the students and the faculty and staff. "It's extremely h...
Family and friends are coming together to remember a man lost in combat in Afghanistan, a man characterized as a true friend and loving family member. "He was a hero," Lois Jones of Box Elder said about her son, Staff. Sgt. Shane Barnard. Barnard was described as a caring, helpful man, dedicated to his family and an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish — and serve his country. Barnard was killed by wounds sustained May 19 when an explosive device detonated while he was working to defuse another such device. Barnard, who o...
After nearly two weeks of rising waters, the worst seems to be over in the region with flooding dropping in Hill and Blaine counties. Blaine County Commissioner Vic Miller, public information officer for the county, said this morning that after rising water and debris damaged a dam in Blaine County, little downstream damage seems to have occurred, and the water seems to be dropping. "Other than some low-level flooding, nothing really happened of any significance," he said. Water has caused damage in Hill County, but the...
Students from around the state were at Havre's university Wednesday, churning dirt and handling basketballs with construction equipment. Greg Kegel, dean of the College of Technical Sciences at Montana State University-Northern, said 155 students from 15 high schools came to Havre for the TekNoXpo, moving from station to station learning about programs and equipment at Northern, with the final event the Big Equipment Rodeo. The TekNoXpo was held on the last day of anothEr event, the four-day Women in Technology Institute,...
The second major flood event in two months is causing mass destruction on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, and floodwaters are again swamping campgrounds in Beaver Creek Park and lower Beaver Creek. Hill County Commissioner Mike Anderson said that, although the flooding started to dropping faster, the rains last week caused more flooding than the rains and melting snow did in May. At Rocky Boy, the Tribal departments are working to keep people out of dangerous areas, provide essential services and give shelter to displaced...
The dedication of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in a standingroom only ceremony was an emotional time for many, especially the score of family members of the man being honored, Merril Lundman. Patricia Wiebe, Lundman's sister, said she almost was overcome just walking into the room. "It brought me to tears," she said. "It's really something special." She said she always has heard that one person can't make a change. Her brother showed otherwise. "I guess one person counts," Wiebe said. The ceremony was planned...
The regular season of study and concerts for the Havre High School music programs wrapped up with a final concert Tuesday, with one more trip set for some of Havre's singers: a trip to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York. "I am frankly stunned and excited and incredibly proud of our students for achieving this honor," said Patrick Ryan, director of the HHS choir. Six members of the high school's A Capella Choir — Karla Hellegaard, Kelsey Bakke, Kaylee Schubert, Lauren Scofield, Aaron Alderson and Colton Wedding — will spe...
Montana's sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Denny Rehberg, sponsored a bill Tuesday to ensure that people cannot be banned from carrying guns on land administered by the U.S. Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management, including areas designated as national monuments. "There's a large segment of powerful Washington, D.C., elites that thinks the Second Amendment is obsolete and unnecessary," Rehberg, a Republican, said in a press release. "These progressives envision a world where only criminals and...
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians has, at least temporarily, closed its offices in Great Falls, moving all operations to its location in Havre over the weekend. John Sinclair, who was elected chair of the Tribal Council in 2009, said this morning that the move primarily was done because of security concerns. "The state is withholding our funds so we can't keep anybody in the office," he said. John Gilbert, who was elected chair of a second Tribal Council in March, said he believes the move came because of...
Dennis McDonald started traveling the state the day after he won the Democratic primary in his race for Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, pushing for a victory against five-term incumbent Denny Rehberg. McDonald won the primary with 38. 26 percent of the vote. The other Democrats, Tyler Gernant, Melinda Gopher and Sam Rankin, received 23. 96 percent, 21.02 percent and 16.2 percent, respectively. He now will face Rehberg, who won the Republican primary with 74.56 percent of the vote. His challengers,...
Gov. Brian Schweitzer's chief business officer was in Havre Tuesday to talk about the state of the economy of the state and to answer questions, touting the achievements of Schweitzer and Bear Paw Development Corp. in the process. Evan Barrett met with local leaders at Bear Paw's office Tuesday morning, starting the meeting with a PowerPoint presentation on the state of the economy and initiatives the state government is pursuing. In his opening, Barrett said the region is fortunate to have as well-established and successful...
Montana Actors' Theatre is bringing one of the most well-known stories in the world to life in Havre this week, with its production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" opening tonight at 8 p.m. MAT founder and President Jay Pyette, who is acting in the production as well as directing it with his wife, Dana Pyette, said the production is a rearrangement of the show's schedule. The company of actors had planned to produce the show in Havre this fall, including productions in local schools. Pyette said the community showed enough...
Several contested primaries were decided in Tuesday's election, with the voters selecting who will go on to the November general elections, or, in some cases, selecting the official who will take or remain in office next January. In Blaine County, incumbent Commissioner Don Swenson won the Democratic primary, defeating challenger William Harbolt by a vote of 200-156 in the unofficial results. All election results are considered unofficial until the vote can be canvassed, usually within a few weeks of the election. Swenson wi...
Incumbent attorney Gina Dahl was victorious in the Democratic primary in her bid to retain her seat for the next four years. Dahl defeated her deputy county attorney, Lindsay Lorang, and private attorney Randy Randolph with 1,094, to 962 and 447 votes, respectively in the unnofficial vote count. With no other-party candidates in the race, Dahl's primary win gave her the overall victory in the race. Dahl, who left shortly af ter the resul t s were announced Tuesday night, could not immediately be reached for comment. "Wel l ,...
The local bus system that was launched in August is attracting national and international attention illustrated by its location being selected by Easter Seals as one of a dozen in the country where meetings on increasing available transportation will be held. A meeting set by Easter Seals Project ACTION, an acronym for Ac c e s s i b l e C ommu n i t y Transportation in Our Nation, is set to begin in Havre Wednesday at 8 a.m. Jim Lyons, director of the North Central Montana Transit system, said his greatest hope is that the...
Sunnyside Intermediate School is in the middle of switching half of its teaching for fifth-grade students to mirror the style in a middle-school setting. "We're departmentalizing next year with three teachers," Sunnyside Principal Brian Barrows said Thursday during a workshop meeting of the Havre School Board to discuss next year's budget in response to a question from Board Chair Lee Christianson. Barrows said the reason a science supply line item was increased was because one of three teachers will teach three sections of...
U. S. Department of Agriculture officials were at Rocky Boy's Indian Re s e rvat ion Thursday, t e l l ing Chippewa Cree Tribal leaders and reservation residents about a plethora of programs that could help pay for rebuilding areas damaged by the major flooding in July. "We all have a number of programs to assist you," USDA's Natural Resources and Conservation Service S t a t e Co n s e r va t i o n i s t J oyc e Swartzendruber told the group during the briefing at Stone Child College. Swartzendruber and Matt Jones, s tate...
Contention over possible creation of new national monuments has ratcheted up a level, with Montana's member of the U.S. House of Representatives s e e k i n g t o change the 1906 act that a l l ows t h e president to create them. Rep. Denny R e h b e r g , R-Mont., has cosponsored a bill that he said would modernize the 1906 Antiquities Act to meet public expectations of transparency and accountability. "Montanans expect and deserve a new level of government transparency that wasn' t possible when the Antiquities Act was firs...
For the first time in decades, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 in Havre do not have their own club in which to relax, hold functions and conduct their organization's business. Post Commander Bill Bilger said the Havre VFW Club closed a few weeks ago, after failed attempts over several years to raise enough business to pay the mortgage. "We were trying everything we could think of for several years," Bilger said. "They would work for a while, then people would quit coming in again. "We didn't expect it to come...
