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My friends, David and Vidya from Port Townsend, Wash., drove to Harlem to stay the week with me and attend the Montana Seed Show. We covered every event. Every breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sondra Ashton "Sondra told us so much about the Seed Show. We just had to come see it." Our first event Thursday was the wool judging. Vidya knits, so she was particularly interested. "I was surprised to see so many varieties of wool on display, to get to talk to the judge about the wool. I...
With lead architects and contractors selected and planning fully under way, the chairman of the Bullhook Community Health Center board said physical work on a new clinic is expected to begin this spring, with the new facility to open one year later. "The entire organization, not only the board, is extremely excited about this opportunity, " Chair Todd Hanson said this morning. He added that the project gives the opportunity to "put together a new community health center that is an asset for Havre and the Hi-Line. " Bullhook...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Mule deer keep watch in the snow across from the Montana State University-Northern campus Friday morning. Winter storm Gandolf blew a blast of cold, snowy winter magic through the region, dropping more than a foot of snow in Blaine, northern Chouteau and Hill counties and taking temperatures near minus-10 to minus-20 in the region. Other parts of the state saw far less snow, though most of the state saw temperatures near or below zero over the weekend. While snow is predicted to fall again today...
A smile radiated from Sarah Laszloffy's face as she recited the oath of office on the floor of the Montana House of Representatives. At only 21 years of age, she became the youngest member of Montana's 63rd Legislature. "It was surreal," said the new Republican lawmaker from Laurel. "It's really humbling, and I can't believe that it's actually happening." Photo by Jacob Baynham/Community News Service, UM School of Journalism. Sara Laszloffy stands in hte Montana House on her first day in office. Laszloffy isn't the only...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown An empty shelf in the bread isle at Gary and Leo's Fresh Foods Saturday afternoon. The collateral damage of last year's Hostess implosion is still afflicting some Havre businesses. Between the closure of the Sweetheart store on 2nd Street and the Billings-based vendor who further provided baked goods to the Hi-Line, it's become harder to buy a loaf of bread. At Walmart, Dennis Pearson, manager of the grocery department, said the store lost almost all of its bread offerings. "Most of our bread,...
The Montana Legislature will begin taking action on bills this week, and some action will be taken on controversial matters that will challenge the promises made by legislative leadership and Gov. Steve Bullock to cooperate. One such bill was introduced by Rep. Ted Washburn, R-Gallatin County. It would curtail late voter registration, ban registration on Election Day, require voters to show picture ID when they show up at the polls, and mandate that voters show some form of proof of birth when they register to vote....
Aaron Swartz, a 26-year-old Internet activist facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in federal prison, hanged himself in his New York apartment on Friday. The legal woes that led to him preferring a noose around his neck began in a Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office in July 2011, when he was charged with "wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer." The charges were later upgraded from four to 13 felony charges. Zach White He faced t...
Editor: From Culbertson to Miles City, cities are being hit hard by the costs of oil development. Sidney is expected to need $47 million dollars in improvements to accommodate Bakken newcomers. Bainville, population 200, is expected to accommodate a 350-person man-camp because of a new frack-sand facility. In Culbertson, the sewer lagoons are at capacity. Who pays for these infrastructure costs? Not the companies making the profits from the oil wells. The oil and gas companies escape almost all taxes on Montana's Bakken wells...
MISSOULA (AP) — A 46-year-old Arizona man has been returned to Montana to face charges he raped a woman in Missoula in late 2003. Kenneth Edward Whatley is charged with sexual intercourse without consent. He was being held in the Missoula County jail with bail set at $250,000 and was to appear in Justice Court Monday afternoon. According to jail records, Whatley was returned to Montana on Sunday night. Court records say Whatley is suspected of breaking into a house on Dec. 5, 2003 and raping a woman. The State Crime Lab n...
HELENA (AP) — Montana lawmakers on Monday looked at a proposal that would require cities to help enforce anti-immigration laws, which supporters argue is necessary to prevent what has happened in other states. The measure from Republican David Howard of Park City would prohibit cities from establishing policies that they won't enforce illegal immigration. He told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that House Bill 50 ensures local governments will enforce federal law. Howard said that cities elsewhere have made it a p...
