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  • Train derails in western Montana; 3 cars in river

    Updated Jul 6, 2014

    MISSOULA (AP) — A freight train derailed in western Montana, sending three cars carrying aircraft components down a steep embankment and into the Clark Fork River. Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost says 19 cars from a westbound train derailed Thursday about 10 miles west of Alberton. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the derailment is under investigation. Thirteen of the cars that derailed were carrying freight, mostly aircraft parts with some soybeans and denatured alcohol. Six were empty. Frost says the a...

  • Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels, July 3, 2014

    Updated Jul 5, 2014

    Laurel — Community groups always unite to present entertaining programs for the community. Nothing highlights that fact more than this weekend. The Havre Jaycees will put on their annual Independence Day fireworks display Friday night. During the day, a group of volunteers will put on the annual Fourth of July. Festivities start at noon at Pepin Park. This year, the performance of Shakespeare in the Park gets underway at 7 p.m. in the park. Thanks to all the volunteers in all the groups who are helping to make the Fourth o...

  • Class A wrestling will remain four divisions for the upcoming season

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    Havre High and the rest of Class A will have to wait one more school year before getting started competing as two divisions. Last week, the Montana High School Association denied approval for Class A to go to two divisional tournaments for wrestling for the 2014-15 school year. The proposal for wrestling was to start what some are calling two super divisionals to start this coming season, while sports like basketball, volleyball and track and field could move to two divisions...

  • Bear Paw reduces rates on business loans

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    The local economic development agency is offering a special deal to help businesses in the area expand or to help people who want to start a new business. Bear Paw Development Corp. announced it is reducing a fee in its revolving loan program targeted to help create and grow small businesses. “To really help kick-start the financing needs of our entrepreneurial community, we thought the best way to do that was to make getting a loan more affordable from the very beginning by reducing our origination fee by 26 percent for t...

  • Ag research center shows off its work

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    The Northern Agricultural Research Center hosted its annual Field Day highlighting its facilities and projects Wednesday. NARC was celebrating its 99th year of operation as staffers carted people around to show and tell the about the various experiments and projects they are working on at the research center. Darrin Boss, the superintendent of the research center, said that those attending the event had an option of taking one of three tours. One of the tours was a crop tour,...

  • Fort Benton celebrates summer, Year of the Woman

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    The 38th Annual Fort Benton Summer Celebration brought hundreds of people to take part in the yearly celebration along the Missouri River. This year's celebration held many festivities, including a parade, an Old West re-enactment, many musical artists' performances and a fishing derby. "It's a busy three days," said Arnold Anderson, a volunteer at the Fort Benton Chamber of Commerce. There were also many vendors booths of food and crafts for attendees to peruse. Anderson said...

  • Patriotism and climate change

    Updated Jul 3, 2014

    With the arrival of Independence Day, veterans like us often reflect on what patriotism means in terms of the responsibilities we American citizens have. One responsibility we all have is environmental stewardship. As we celebrate our nation’s independence, the U.S. military remains ready to serve and protect. In order to maintain a strong defense, our military needs safe, secure, reliable, and affordable energy. That’s why the military is taking steps to strengthen our defense by using cleaner energy, increasing the use of r...

  • To err is human, to forgive needless

    Pam Burke|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    Today we celebrate the colossal public error and the people whose job or hobby puts them in line of public scrutiny. I live your pain. Today we celebrate the 1-minute parking sign in Brentwood, California. Yes, it’s a one-hour parking area, but thanks to an error in the official city signage making it a one-minute parking zone you’d barely have time for a round of musical chairs in a clown car. And those clowns are fast. Possibly the best part about this sign error, rep...

  • Once upon a mattress

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    I always knew I was a princess. Not any old run-of-the-mill princess, mind you, but a fairy tale princess. Not just any fairy tale princess, mind you, but a princess like the one from “The Princess and the Pea.” None of your Snow Whites or Rapunzels for me. Cinderella came close, but I could never do the glass slipper. How did I know my royal roots? When I was a child I could not sleep unless and until I had made the bed conditions exactly “right.” The sheets had to be smoo...

  • Celebrating History: New business in the Wright Building

    Emily Mayer|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    We return to Havre for the 26 installment of this series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the formation of Montana Territory, signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 26, 1864. Information for this column comes from the July 4, 1914 edition of The Havre Plaindealer. There was a lot of local news on the front page. Among the stories were: Lewistown Business Man Leases Wright Building And Will Open Novelty Store There About July 20 F. S. Usher of Lewistown, spent several days in Havre this week and while here...

  • Jonathan WindyBoy Soto

    Updated Jul 3, 2014
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    Jonathan WindyBoy Soto, our precious baby boy, was lost to us on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Jonathan was born to Alfredo Soto III and Jaycene WindyBoy of Rocky Boy, and would have joined his brothers, John Henry WindyBoy and Alfredo Soto IV. Our family was anxiously awaiting his arrival, and we are deeply saddened by the loss of such a wonderful boy. Wake services will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and will continue until Jonathan’s tra...

  • Benton Gould

    Updated Jul 3, 2014

    Benton Gould, 83, of Chinook passed away June 23, 2014, at his home in Chinook. Cremation has taken place, and there are no services planned at this time. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook....

  • For the Record, July 3, 2014

    Updated Jul 3, 2014

    Havre Police Department Roger Lee Wells, 59, of Havre was arrested on a charge of criminal contempt and Carl John Morsette, 41, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after an officer initiated an investigated at 10:27 a.m. Wednesday at a 1st Street business. ——— Officers investigated a 5 p.m. Wednesday call from 1st Avenue about people in a black Dodge Charger driving by the calling party and throwing a firecracker at his truck. ——— Casey Eugene Heavyrunner, 39, of Missoula was issued a summons on charges...

  • Kathleen Rose Leeds

    Updated Jul 3, 2014
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    Mrs. Kathleen Rose Leeds, 63, died in Glasgow, on June 22, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she is survived by her parents, Ralph Sommer and Virginia (Gates) Sommer, and brothers Paul, William and Jerome Sommer. Twice widowed, she leaves three children, Nathan Wood, Krysta (Wood) Drugge, and Amy Wood from her marriage to Charles Brent Wood; three stepchildren; Scott Leeds, Doug Leeds and Kevin Leeds from her marriage to James Stuart...

  • Four things for the Fourth

    Havre Daily News|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    As Havre enters into the three-day Independence Day weekend, there is an abundance of things for people to do. Here are four events where people can have fun over the weekend for free. 1. Fourth of July Festival at Pepin Park The 13th Annual Havre Fourth of July Festival in Pepin Park is set to provide entertainment and a barbecue to celebrate Independence Day in Havre. Jenn Thompson, one of the organizers of the celebration, said that the event has been out together by Vince...

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  • Lethbridge blows out North Stars twice

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 3, 2014

    After a dominant and lopsided performance Tuesday in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club had to see how the other half lived. The North Stars hammered the Fort MacLeod Royals in a Northern District doubleheader Tuesday, but Wednesday, the Lethbridge Minors turned the table on Havre in Lethbridge. The Minors swept the North Stars in a Northern District doubleheader. Lethbridge took game one 15-0 in five innings, then came back to win the...