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  • Murphy given highest honor by high school association

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

    Stone Child College Business Professor and long-time Havre High School Activities Director Dennis Murphy was bestowed the Montana High School Association's highest honor earlier this month, the James C. Haugen Meritorious Service Award, for his years of service in the organization. Murphy said the award is named after James Haugen, a long-time executive director of the organization who led it through some of its most turbulent times and had a profound impact on it and the...

  • Quick pics: Sledding in the slush

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

  • Quick pics: Knights present Tootsie Roll proceeds to Havre Day

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

  • North Star speech and drama does well at state meet

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

    Press release The North Star speech and drama team competed in the State Class B-C Speech, Drama, and Debate tournament held in Choteau Jan 26-27. All seven members made it to semi-finals, with one student making finals. Senior Emily Conner took fifth place at state in spontaneous oral interpretation of Literature. Other members that competed were junior Ecko Fraser with an original oratory titled “The Dress Code,” freshman Savannah Schaumloeffel in original oratory with a piece titled “Dance is a Sport,” freshman Christi...

  • Havre speech and debate competes at state

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

    Press release Havre High School took a small team to the Class A state speech, debate and drama meet in Columbia Falls over the weekend, and while no one brought home any hardware, the head coach said he is pleased with their performance. “All of our competitors are in their first year in their events, and while I would have liked to have seen some finalists, they did well against the best Class A has to offer for competition,” coach Tim Leeds said. Sophomore Paige Anderson, competing in her first year in impromptu spe...

  • The Postscript: Enough

    Carrie Classon|Updated Jan 30, 2024

    My husband, Peter, and I are headed out to Mexico again, and before we do, I thought it was a good time of year to check in with some folks I care about, to see how 2024 had been treating them so far. First, I had dinner with my oldest friend, Andrew. He told me about his mother, who lives alone and has been feeling her 92 years. Her activities are becoming more limited, and she may move into a smaller place. She’s figuring out what she is still able to do, and how much is e...

  • Climate crisis: We're all in it together

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

    The year 2024 will be the most consequential one in the history of the United States. This I believe because the existence of our system of constitutional democracy is being challenged by forces who want to give more authoritarian power to a single leader than has ever happened before. Those opposing the challenge to democracy must always use democratic means in their opposition. Whether democracy survives this year, an even greater challenge threatens the life-nurturing necessities of the coming decade. Last year was the...

  • Correction - Attorney General Austin Knudsen

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

    With a story about Attorney General Austin Knudsen on the front page of Monday’s edition of Havre Daily News, the paper ran a photo of state Rep. Casey Knudsen, R-Malta....

  • For the Record, Jan. 30, 2024

    Updated Jan 30, 2024

    Havre Police Department A Havre area caller reported at 9:03 a.m. Monday a possible temporary restraining order violation. -- A 10:45 a.m. Monday caller reported a sex offense in the Havre area. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller at a First Street business reported Monday at 11:44 p.m. a man in a black hoodie and blue jeans was looking in vehicle windows and checking the vehicle doors. Hill County Sheriff's Office James Lee Smith of Havre, 44, was...

  • Kim Berg inducted into MSU Hall of Fame

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 30, 2024

    For the second time this year, a local athlete has been inducted into a collegiate Hall of Fame. Montana State University recently announced its Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2023, and it included Kremlin's Kim Berg. Berg's journey from small-school high school star at K-G High School to Division I All-America stands out in Bobcat history as an amazing example of persistence. Overcoming multiple knee and shoulder injuries she won four Big Sky Championships in the javelin,...

  • Blue Pony swimmers finish season strong in Great Falls

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 30, 2024

    The Havre High swim teams finished their regular season last Friday in Great Falls. The Blue Ponies competed with Class AA powerhouses Great Falls High and CMR in a double-dual. The Havre boys scored 60 points against GFH and 62 against CMR, while the HHS girls nabbed 105 points against the Bison and 133 against the Rustlers. Individually, the Havre girls saw Elizabeth Carroll finish fifth in the 200 yard freestyle, while Liliana Smith took second and Mackenzie Dean finished...

  • Havre wrestling teams take 4th, 5th to end regular season

    Kason Clark|Updated Jan 30, 2024

    In their final competition of the regular season, the Havre High wrestling teams competed well at the Malta Tournament. The HHS boys team took fifth in its tournament while the HHS girls finished fourth to end the weekend. The HHS boys wrestling team scored 88 total points to take fifth in its tournament. Choteau took first in the tournament with 163.5 total points while Billings Central finished second and Glasgow took third. In their final competition of the regular season, several Blue Ponies wrestled well. Reed Mantle...