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Editor's note: This version corrects that the committee approved a draft, not an an ordinance, and that the committee is not officially created until the ordinance is changed. It also corrects that the draft goes to the park board first. The Hill County Park Board's Grazing and Haying Committee Monday approved a draft with changes to the ordinance on haying and grazing on Beaver Creek Park including removing a restriction saying people who hay on the park cannot re-sell that...
In a telephone press conference from Washington, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, said he plans to vote against President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration once it reaches the Senate. Trump declared a national emergency Feb. 15 to fund building a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, accessing billions of dollars to use for the wall. Congress previously refused to give him money to build a wall, which led to the longest partial federal...
Staff and wire A wide-ranging bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates five new national monuments has won congressional approval, with all members of Montana's congressional delegation praising the bill and taking credit for its content, particularly blocking mining outside of Yellowstone National Park and permanently authorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The office of...
Havre Police Department A caller on Second Street asked officers Wednesday at 10 a.m. for assistance with a well-being check on someone. -- A vehicle crash was reported Wednesday at 4:41 p.m. on U.S. Highway 2 West. -- Adam James Swan of Box Elder, 32, was arrested on a trespass to property charge, and Sunshine Main of Havre, 37, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and a charge of trespass to property, after a Sixth Street caller reported Wednesday at 6:53 p.m....
Press release Havre Chapter of the Montana Landlord Association will meet Tuesday, March 12, at the Havre-Hill County Library at 7 p.m. All area landlords are encouraged to attend, and Guests are welcome. People with questions can call 945-4318....
Press release The 70th Montana Seed Show is coming in two weeks and woodworkers are urged to get their projects in. The Seed Show is Thursday through Saturday, March 14-16. The woodworking projects entry day is Thursday, March 14, by 2 p.m. at the Harlem High School gymnasium. Organizers are encouraging “everyone to get those wood projects finished and enter them in our show.” Judging starts at 2 p.m. sharp that Thursday. People must remember that no kits can be entered. Anyone with questions can call Dale Klungland at 353...
UM News Service MISSOULA — High school and middle school students from across Montana will present their research findings during the 64th annual Montana Science Fair Monday, March 18, at the University of Montana Adams Center. Registration and exhibit set up will take place from 8 a.m. to noon, and this coincides with the UM STEAM Lounge, where UM researchers and scientists will host hands-on activities for parents, teachers and students. Student projects will be judged from 1 and 4:30 p.m., and the exhibits will be open f...
Press release The Havre Public Schools Education Foundation has 26 scholarship opportunities available for 2019 Havre High School graduates. A few of the applications are also offered to Hi-Line, North Star High School and continuing education students. One online scholarship application form is used to apply for any and all of the scholarships. The application form can be found on the foundation website at http://www.hpseducationfoundation.com/. A few of the applications require specific criteria along with the general...
Dear editor, Both of Montana’s senators, Sen. Jon Tester and Sen. Steve Daines, promoted and voted for the permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Rep. Greg Gianforte praised this public lands package and called for immediate action in the House. (https://gianforte.house.gov/) Bipartisanship worked in the interest of Montanans. Conserving natural ecosystems and biological diversity is a core Montana value. Another bipartisan bill that will further protect our air and water is H.B. 763, the Energy I...
Montana State University-Northern was in Helena for a legislative meet and greet. Last Monday, the folks from the university system had a presentation for a number of us Legislators from north-central Montana. We were made aware of some of the different crops that oil and fuel are being made with, i.e. camelina, mustard and flax. Currently, some very volatile products are being designed to provide fuel for drones. The idea is to find a lighter fuel source. Chancellor Greg Kegel experimented with fuel and fire while we sat in...
When she was a freshman, Lilly Gopher was part of a team that advanced to the Class C state girls basketball tournament. That season, the Box Elder Bears made it all the way to the state championship game before falling to Belt. That game was inside the Four Seasons Arena and the tournament was the true coming out party for Gopher, who has gone on to do some incredible things during her four-year high school career. That career, which will undoubtedly go down as one of the gre...
Getting to the Class B state tournament has become old hat for the Rocky Boy Stars. And that’s what they’ll try and do again this weekend in Shelby. However, after capturing the District 1B championship two weeks ago, the Stars don’t just want to get to state, they’d love nothing more than to win a Northern B championship on the way there. Rocky Boy will try to accomplish that at the 2019 Northern B boys tournament, which runs Thursday through Saturday in Shelby. The Stars g...
The 2019 Frontier Conference regular season, and an opportunity to host a postseason game came right down to the wire for the Montana State University-Northern Lights — literally. But thanks to a Caulin Bakalarski 3-pointer, the Lights ended the regular season on the highest of highs, and now, they get to play at home at least one more night. Bakalarski's three in the final seconds of last Saturday night’s Northern win over Montana Western vaulted the Lights into a fourth-plac...
No team has given the Montana State University-Northern Skylights more fits this season than the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears. Still, while the Skylights lost to the Bears in all three regular season meetings, they were hoping the fourth time against the Bears would be the charm. Rocky, however, would have none of it. Tuesday night in Billings, the No. 24 Bears pulled away from the Skylights, 72-46 in a Frontier Conference quarterfinal inside RMC's Fortin Center. The...
WEDNESDAY College Basketball Lights vs Providence, 7 p.m. THURSDAY High School Basketball Class C State Girls in Great Falls Box Elder vs Ekalaka, 8 p.m. Roy-Winifred vs Wibaux, 12:30 p.m. Scobey vs Arlee, 2 p.m. Charlo vs Savage, 6:30 p.m. Northern B Boys in Shelby Rocky Boy vs Malta, 1 p.m. Choteau vs Wolf Point, 2:30 p.m. Poplar vs Shelby, 6:30 p.m. Glasgow vs Fairfield, 8 p.m. FRIDAY High School Basketball State C girls in Great Falls Northern B boys in Shelby College...
State C Girls Feb. 28-March 2 at Great Falls Thursday Roy Winifred vs Wibaux, 12:30 p.m. Scobey vs Arlee, 2 p.m. Charlo vs Savage, 6:30 p.m. Box Elder vs Ekalaka, 8 p.m. Friday Loser-out 1 12:30 p.m. Loser-out 2, 2 p.m. Semifinal 1 6:30 p.m. Semifinal 2, 8 p.m. Saturday Loser-out 3 9:30 a.m. Loser-out 4, 11 a.m. Consolation 6:30 p.m. Championship, 8 p.m. Northern B Boys (three teams advance) Feb. 28-March 2 at Shelby Thursday, first round Game 1: Rocky Boy vs. Malta, 1 p.m. Game 2: Choteau vs. Wolf Point, 2:30 p.m. Game 3:...
