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MISSOULA (AP) — A 49-year-old Missoula woman who police say was too drunk to stand when her vehicle was pulled over faces a sixth drunk driving charge. The Missoulian reports (http://bit.ly/12vclxR) that Jane Kae Louise Collins was charged Friday in Missoula County Justice Court. Police say Collins struck several parked vehicles Thursday morning while driving a GMC Yukon and was pulled over and arrested at about 6:30 a.m. Police say Collins was not able to perform a range of field maneuvers that include standing on one l...
The annual Dewey No-Tap Tournament will be this Sunday, March 24, with shift times at 1 and 3 p.m. Anyone wanting to bowl call Hi Line Lanes at 265-5885 or Jason or Sharon McDonald at 265-1574 or 253- 0960. The cost is $15 for both bowlers which includes shoe rental. The format is the same as in the past, 8 pins for the junior bowler and 9 pins for the adults. Winter leagues will be winding down in the next three or weeks weeks, however we will be starting a Junior/Adult League No-Tap 8-week league the beginning of May. Day,... Full story
Playing college football has always been a dream for Zach Plum, and after his breakout senior season with the Havre Blue Ponies , his longtime dream will soon become a reality. Plum has announced that he is the latest Pony to take his game to the Montana State University-Northern Lights football program. The Ponies always seem to produce some of the top athletes in the state, in several different sports, and Plum is safely on that list. Playing wide receiver and cornerback for the Ponies, he was able to stamp his name in the... Full story
It was quite the year for girls basketball teams on the Hi-Line. And many area players have been rewarded for an outstanding 2012-13 season. Twelve players from the District 9C were recently named 9C All-Conference, including three players each from Chinook, the 2013 9C champion, as well as runner-up North Star and third-place big Sandy. Box Elder also had two players honored, while Hays-Lodge Pole had one. North Star's Lisa Carlon, left, looks to shoot during the 2013 Norther...
The Chinook High School Sugarbeeters have won a regional, eight-state competition, and again are advancing to a national tournament. The Sugarbeeters took a commanding lead in USA Today High School Sport's Best Mascot competition after the second round of the contest was extended due to server overload, and won the competition by more than 320,000 votes after the second round closed today at 1 p.m. Mountain Time. The Sugarbeeters won with 2,767,229 votes, with the Pratt High School Greenbacks of Pratt, Kan., taking second...
Along with finalizing and discussing issues with its upcoming fair, the Great Northern Fair Board at its monthly meeting in Havre Tuesday agreed to meet with an association that rents the Bigger Better Barn at the fairgrounds to see if the two groups can solve some issues of contention. Board member Missy Boucher said the fair board should meet with the Hi-Line Horsemen's Association and tour the barn, to work out any problems and which group is responsible for what. "I think that, from here on out, I suggest that we have...
The main topic at Tuesday's legislative video conference in Havre was breaking news from the Montana House of Representatives: its passing the main budget bill on a 100-0 vote with no amendments. "We passed the budget this morning in an hour and fifteen minutes, which by all accounts is a record … ," Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, said during the video conference in Robins School Administration Building, sponsored each week by Havre Public Schools and the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. "We voted House Bill 2 out of the House i...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Chippewa Cree Tribal Chairman Ken Blatt St. Marks is escorted to a tribal police vehicle this morning at the tribal council chambers. Chippewa Cree Tribal Chairman Ken Blatt St. Marks was taken into custody by Rocky Boy police this morning as he tried to enter tribal headquarters. The action was the latest in a series of strong disagreements between the council and St. Marks. Rocky Boy Police placed St. Marks in a patrol vehicle and drove away shortly after 10:30 a.m. About four Rocky Boy... Full story
RITZVILLE, Wash. — Frederick T. Slonaker, 102, passed away quietly March 17, 2013, at the Life Care Center in Ritzville. He was born in Ancoma, Ill., on Dec. 27, 1910, to George Elmer and Bessie Alma (Griffee) Slonaker. He married Agnes Monson Aug. 19, 1938, at Havre, Mont. They lived in Montana where Fred worked in the gas fields before moving their family to Ritzville in 1957. Fred worked to bring natural gas to the Ritzville area, managing Columbia Natural Gas Co. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Agnes, i...
Clarence Gideon was convicted of burglarizing a Florida bar and sentenced to five years in prison based solely on the testimony of one questionable eyewitness. But Gideon's side didn't adequately challenge that eyewitness at trial. You see, Gideon handled his own defense. When he requested a public defender be appointed to him, the judge said that the state only had an obligation to do that in cases eligible for the death penalty. Scott Crichton Gideon disagreed and penciled his plea to the U.S. Supreme Court. On March 18,...
HELENA — A proposal to allow people to salvage roadkill for food is in the fast lane to the Montana governor's office after the state Senate gave its initial backing. The measure calls for law-enforcement officers to issue permits to remove the carcasses of elk, deer, antelope and moose off the state's roadways. An earlier version would have allowed fur-bearing animals, upland game birds and migratory game birds to be scraped up, too. Supporters say the measure would stop good game meat from going to waste. Opponents q...
BILLINGS (AP) — The chief executive of a Montana mining company urged shareholders on Wednesday to reject a takeover by a group that includes former Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Stillwater Mining CEO Frank McAllister said a takeover could hurt the company's growth at a time when it's well-positioned to profit from anticipated increases in platinum and palladium prices. The comments came as the state's largest publicly traded mining company kicked off a six-week campaign to stall the takeover bid ahead of a May 2 annual shareholders...
The Chinook High School Sugarbeeters have won a regional, eight-state competition, and again are advancing to a national tournament. The Sugarbeeters took a commanding lead in USA Today High School Sport's Best Mascot competition after the second round of the contest was extended due to server overload, and won the competition by more than 320,000 votes after the second round closed today at 1 p.m. Mountain Time. The Sugarbeeters won with 2,767,229 votes, with the Pratt High School Greenbacks of Pratt, Kan., taking second... Full story
In a split vote, the Hill County fair board Tuesday approved the professional rodeo moving into the Saturday slot at this year's Great Northern Fair, and keeping the Jaycees Demolition Derby in its current Sunday slot. Fairgrounds manager Tim Solomon said the carnival also is set, with final details to be written into the contract with Brown's Amusement to come to the fair in July. In the board's January meeting, truck pull organizer Bill Mangold told the board that ticket sales did not justify continuing that event, which... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — Attorneys for asbestos victims in a Montana mining town are seeking more than $4 million in fees and costs out of a legal settlement with chemical company W.R. Grace that was set up to cover the victims' ongoing medical costs. State District Judge James Wheelis has ordered a March 1 fairness hearing on the request, recently submitted by a group of lawyers who said they sunk more than 16,000 hours of work into the case over 11 years. Last year's settlement followed decades of asbestos exposure from a Grace m...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock is disputing a Republican argument that his budget proposal spends too much. The Democratic governor told reporters Tuesday his budget only increases state spending in agency budgets by about 2 percent. He says Republican legislative leaders have shown themselves to be the big spenders with a proposal to increase their own legislative division's budget by 11 percent. Senate Republicans recently said they want to keep the budget increase — including federal money — at about 2 percent. The G...
GREAT FALLS - The North Star Knights got a game-tying buzzer beater from Bettie Carlon, then shut out Chester/J-I 9-0 in overtime in a 49-40 Northern C win Thursday afternoon in Great Falls. North Star trailed the Hawks 40-38 with :04 left, before Carlon sent the game into overtime. Lisa Carlon scored 14 points and Bettie Carlon added 10 for the Knights, who will play in Thursday night's 7 p.m. semifinal. Brittnee Theel paced the Hawks with 11. C/J-I has to play in a loser-out game Thursday morning at 8 a.... Full story
Two games, two big games is all that stands between the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team and the postseason. But for the Skylights to secure a Frontier Conference to-four seed in the upcoming playoffs, they'll have to do it on the road. MSU-N (7-7, 15-11) is currently alone in fourth place in the Frontier standings, which means if the Skylights stay there following tonight's game at Rocky Mountain College and Saturday's regular season finale at...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball has known championships the last two seasons. The Lights have shared the last two Frontier Conference regular season titles, and have won the last two postseason crowns. So it's only fitting that entering the final week of the regular season, the Lights are in championship hunt mode yet again. Montana State University-Northern's Roshawn West lays up a shot during last Saturday's Frontier Conference men's game in Havre.... Full story
It is never easy for a young team to make a postseason run. But if the Havre High boys basketball team can continue to piece the puzzle together as the Blue Ponies continue to improve, they should have as good a chance as anybody at the divisional tournament. Havre High senior Thurman Holdsclaw, right, looks to make a move during a Central A boys basketball game against Belgrade last month in Havre. The Blue Pony boys open the 2013 Central A Divisional tonight at 8 against the Livingston Rangers. The Central A tourney runs th...
After taking the regular season championship in the Central A Conference for the second straight season, the Havre High girls basketball team is poised to make another run at a Central A and Class A state titles over the next two weeks. Havre High's Brandy Lambourne, right, goes in for a layup during a girls game against Malta last month in Havre. The Blue Ponies are the No. 1 seed and the defending champion at this weekend's Central A Tournament in Great Falls. The Ponies play in the semifinals Friday night. A year ago the P... Full story
GREAT FALLS — The North Star Knights and Chester/J-I Hawks know each other well. The two schools are separated by just 15 miles, and they see each other on the floor twice a year. North Star's Tylynn Rettig, right, tries to drive by Chester/J-I's Denerey Haaland during the opening round of the Northern C girls tournament Wednesday in Great Falls. So it only figured the rubber match of the 2012-13 season, which was played out in the first round of the Northern C girls d...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team graduated some key players off of the 2012 team, a team which came within two points of reaching the NAIA national tournament. However, Northern head coach Bill Huebsch recently announced a new addition to the Skylights' roster with the singing of 6-2 middle blocker Annie Ferris. She comes to Northern from Pierce College in Washington. Ferris was born in Anchorage, AK, but she was raised all over the world, previously... Full story
Despite a difficult home loss to the UM-Western Bulldogs last Thursday night, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team held steady in the newest NAIA Men's Coaches Poll. Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Lights are ranked No. 13, as they dropped just one spot after splitting with Western and Westminster this past weekend. Northern needs to remain in the NAIA Top 25 for the final two polls in order to be considered an at-large team to... Full story
February 23–24, March 2-3, and March 9-10 are the dates of Hi Line Lanes Annual No-Tap Mixed Doubles Tournament. Shifts start at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and run into early evening. Keglers may bowl anytime lanes are available. 8 pins count as a strike for women, while nine pins is the goal for men. An added feature in the tournament is the chance for a bowler to win $500 for shooting a "292" game. The third Annual Havre Youth Baseball Jackpot Bowling Fundraiser will be on Saturday, March 9th starting at 5:30 p.m. w... Full story
