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The Havre Ice Hawks High School team had a busy weekend. the Ice Hawks played four games total, two against Glasgow/Miles City and two against the Glacier. Avalanche this past weekend at the Havre. Ice Dome. The Ice Hawks went 2-2 on the weekend splitting with each team. On Friday night the Ice Hawks lost 5-2, but came back strong on Saturday winning decisively 7-2 against Glasgo Havre's Levi Wavrick battles for the puck during Friday's game against Glasgow/Miles City at the Havre Ice Dome. CAPTION w/Miles City. The Ice...
Havre High senior Casey Schaub pins a Lewistown wrestler during a Central A dual Tuesday night in Havre. HHS junior Grant Pattison works on a Lewistown wrestler during Tuesday night's high school dual in Havre. Before heading into the long holiday break, Tuesday night's dual was the perfect opportunity for the Havre High wrestling team to get a little extra work against a beatable opponent. And that is exactly what the Central A Blue Ponies did, as they took down the visiting Lewistown Golden Eagles at the Havre High gym...
LONDON — CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan was an extremely hands-on tabloid editor who must have known that phone hacking was rife at his paper, a former employee claimed Wednesday. Business journalist James Hipwell said voicemail interceptions were an everyday activity at Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid, where Hipwell worked in the late 1990s as a columnist providing stock tips. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Piers Morgan, host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles, Tuesday. A tense and s...
BUTTE (AP) — A former Butte city judge who resigned earlier this month citing personal reasons is expected to plead guilty to taking money in exchange for dismissing traffic and other misdemeanor tickets. The Montana Standard reports (http://bit.ly/vn0jhq ) Steven J. Kambich acknowledges accepting cash and check payments on approximately 10 occasions in exchange for dismissing tickets. Federal court records show Kambich has agreed to plead guilty to felony bribery. Kambich submitted his resignation on Dec. 8. It was e...
The Havre Food Bank has been a busy place this week. "We have had a lot of donations," said food bank manager Penny Velk. "As soon as it comes in, it goes out the door." More than 50 Christmas boxes filled with turkeys, stuffing, yams, onions, Impossible Pumpkin Pie filling and other foods were given out Monday, and at least that many were going out the door on Tuesday. The holiday boxes went out early, Velk said, because she will be undergoing surgery today and will be unable to work and coordinate volunteers until Dec. 27....
Montana's unemployment rate dropped by 0.5 percentage points in November, bringing the rate down to 7.1 percent. This was the third month in a row that Montana's rate went down. The statewide drop was reflected in the figures along the Hi-Line. For the third month in a row, the jobless rate declined in three of four counties in the region and stayed stable in the fourth. The U. S. unemployment rate also experienced a large decrease, dropping 0.4 percent to 8.6 percent in November. "Montana's economy continues to recover, and...
The holidays can be a time of financial difficulty, which is why people get bonuses and some banks offer Christmas loans, but someone has started to look for a bit of extra cash in other people's mail boxes. According to Havre's Acting Police Chief Gabe Matosich, a call came in Saturday at around 8 a. m. The resident of a house near 13th Street West and Boulevard Avenue wanted to complain about their mail laying in the street, taken from the box and flung aside. As officers investigated the complaint they noticed that the...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Jesse Denny, right, hugs YouthBuild building trades instructor Holly Haas after receiving his YouthBuild certificate during graduation Wednesday afternoon in the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building Ballroom. As most people wind down their year for the holidays, one group of young people just kicked off their new lives on Tuesday. The ballroom of the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building was filled with family, friends and supporters of the eight graduates...
Carl Leslie Johnson, 85, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook, Mont. His memorial service will be held 11 a. m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Ila McClenahan officiating. A full obituary will follow....
Edna L. Hess, 92, a retired office clerk, passed away Dec. 19, 2011, due to natural causes. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at 11 a. m. at Highland Cemetery in Havre. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are made by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Saturday night jackpot bowling will resume on Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. after a brief absence. Bowlers who wish to bowl in this popular event are asked to call to reserve his or her spot for the night. There are still a few spots left for New Years Eve Jackpot also bowlers can call for their spot, but must come in and pay for it right away. $15 per person with a max of six per lane. The USBC Jr. Leagues bowled for the last time this year as they are taking a break for the Holidays and Sunday, Dec. 18, and will resume on Jan. 8. Bowle...
NEW YORK — An "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home remained in police custody after an arraignment on numerous terrorism-related charges. Jose Pimentel of Manhattan was described by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a Sunday news conference announcing Pimentel's arrest as "a 27-year-old al-Qaida sympathizer" who was motivated by terrorist propaganda and resentment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said...
The 2011 high school football season is now over. Saturday was the last day of games for the season, and the champions have been crowned. Friday night in Class AA action, the No. 2 Helena Capital Bruins defeated No. 1 Billings West Golden Bears 39-14 on Wendy's Field at Daylis Stadium in Billings. The state title is the seventh title since 1999 and the 11th overall since 1979 for the Bruins. The Bruins fell behind 7-0 early, but took a 13-7 lead into the half. And after outscoring the opposition 26-7 in the second half, the...
The final score may have been shocking to many fans on both sides of Saturday's 111th meeting between the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats — I'll admit, it shocked me. But there were so many more things that made this Cat-Griz game a special one. Griz fans, of course, now have bragging rights, at least for 360-plus days, unless the Cats and Griz meet again in the FCS playoffs, then all bets are off. But bragging rights aside, a lop-sided score aside, there is no q...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team brought a four-week road odyssey to an end with a pair of emphatic wins over the weekend. The Lights were at a tournament in Vajello, Calif., on Friday and Saturday and MSU-N showed good form, winning two games against good California NAIA competition. On Friday night, the Lights bested Menlo College, 87-62 then took care of a tough California Maritime Academy squad on Saturday night. "I thought in both games we did a really good job of building leads and keeping...
After a weekend with two more games, it is still so far so good for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team. The Skylights spent the weekend in Great Falls, where they faced two nonconference opponents. Friday, the Skylights defeated Valley City State University 62-52, and on Saturday, the Skylights defeated Central Baptist University 68-40. The two wins mean a flawless record for MSU-N, as they improved to 7-0 on the season. "You always want to win every game you play," Skylights head coach Chris Mouat...
MSU-Northern's Evan Hinebauch (top) takes down Southern Oregon's Ethan Hinton during an NAIA dual Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Coming back from a 12-0 deficit isn't an easy thing in an NAIA wrestling dual. But when you're trying to do it against the No.1-ranked team in the country, it's even a bigger chore. Yet, that's almost what the No. 7 Montana State University-Northern wrestling team did in a 27-18 loss to the No. 1 Southern Oregon Red Raiders Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Lights fell...
The Montana State Bobcats were the No. 1 team in the FCS, they possessed the No. 1 defense in the Big Sky Conference and they had a hostile, record crowd of over 20,000 fans on their side. But none of that mattered to the Montana Grizzlies. Seventh-ranked Montana turned a 12-7 third-quarter lead into a 36-10 Big Sky Conference championship-clinching win in the 111th Brawl of the Wild Saturday afternoon at a frigid but sunny Bobcat Stadium. ??Montana tight end Kavario Middleton (85) catches a touchdown pass against Montana...
The holiday season will officially start this week when thousands of Black Friday shoppers descend on Havre stores to purchase Christmas gifts. A special group of about 25 shoppers will be coming to Havre for what has become a holiday tradition. The women come from as far away as Vancouver. For five years, they have gathered in Canada and come across the border to start their "power shopping. " The group — ages 18 to 85 — will stay at TownHouse Inn of Havre. They will check in on Thursday and shop throughout the weekend, goi...
Winter finally reared its icy head in north-central Montana this weekend, but the National Weather service is predicting its leaving for a bit and letting more normal weather to prevail over the holiday. Snow fell in the region Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, with enough to leave the landscape white. The exact amount of snowfall was not available from the Weather Service as of deadline this morning. The temperatures plummeted, leaving sub-zero marks registering on thermometers across the area. In Havre, the high of 22...
With the focus on Thanksgiving Day in the early part of the week followed by the crush of holiday shopping starting on Black Friday, the main kickoff of Christmas celebration will be joined by the main man himself — Santa — Saturday at the Christmas tree lighting at Town Square. "It's basically to bring the community together to kick off the Christmas season …, " said Joe Ross, who co-chairs the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's tree lighting committeee. "It's always a good time. " The event is a major celebration each year,...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Certified Zumba instructor Bruce Meyers, front, leads a group of people through Zumba dance steps during an open house event at the Chippewa Cree Wellness Center in Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Tuesday evening. Leaders at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation say they have seen too many residents become obese and then suffer the health consequences. Even people who are moderately overweight are more likely to suffer from diabetes or high blood pressure, resulting in debilitating diseases or death,...
Kent Gerard Culbertson Kent Gerard Culbertson, 57, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at Benefis Hospital, after suffering a heart attack. Cremation has taken place, and his memorial Mass will be 11 a. m., Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Kent's honor may be made to the local Red Cross. A fellowship will be held at 15 West immediately after the graveside services. Services and arrangements have been entrusted...
Correction: The story originally said the derailment was west of Glasgow. It was 25 miles east of Glasgow. No one was injured when a large derailment 25 miles east of Glasgow on Saturday night obstructed rail traffic until 9:25 p.m. on Sunday. According to Gus Melonas, public affairs director for Burlinton Northern Santa Fe Railways, a four-locomotive and 70-car train on the single mainline track from Seattle, Montana's busiest with more than 30 trains a day, went off the rails near Kintyre, leaving 11 segmented rail cars...
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., fends off reporters as he arrives to meet in the Capitol Hill office of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., with other Supercommittee members. WASHINGTON — Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $15 trillion, unable to overcome deep and enduring political divisions over taxes and spending. Stock prices plummeted at home and across d...
