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  • U.S.-China trade truce meets 'cautious optimism' for many in Montana

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 5, 2018

    The trade truce between the United States and China is being looked at by experts and producers alike with cautious optimism. "There is still quite a bit of uncertainty whether this is going to happen or not, but certainly, at least there is some optimism," said Associate Professor of Economics Anton Bekkerman of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University Bozeman. "At least one side of that conversation is saying that there is going to...

  • Quick Pics: Spinning the stars over Bear Paw Lake

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

  • Rocky Boy says federal audits show improvement

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 5, 2018

    The government of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation said in a release Tuesday that federal audits have greatly improved since the Chippewa Cree Tribe implemented safeguards in its money management. The release from Chippewa Cree Business Committee Chair Harlan Baker said fraud, waste and mismanagement of funds were discovered following severe flooding on the reservation that caused major damage including putting the tribe’s clinic beyond use. The release said that in June 2010, when the clinic was damaged and the tribe requested...

  • Hill County Community Foundation lists grant recipients

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    Press release The Hill County Community Foundation has announced 12 grant recipients for the 2018 grant cycle. The HCCF 2018 grant cycle was very competitive with 16 applications for funding submitted to the committee. This year’s grantees include the Artitudes Art Gallery, the Havre Main Street Group, District 4 Human Resources Development Council/ Community Garden, Jolly Janes of Gildford, Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission, Recycle Hi-Line, Montana Actors’ Theatre, Brother Van’s SOS Program, the Havre Softb...

  • Letter to the Editor - Nominations for Elliott Award sought

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    Editor, The Blue Pony Booster Club is in need of nominations for the Dr. Jim Elliott Memorial Award. Dr. Elliott’s family gave the first award in 2001 and purchased a plaque that hangs in a trophy case at the Havre High School’s west foyer with the name of each recipient engraved on in. The Booster Club has been given the responsibility from the Elliott family of choosing someone to receive this award. The honor of receiving this award is based on volunteerism, along with personal and/or professional sacrifices made for the b...

  • Obituary - Bob Echelard

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    YUMA, Ariz. — Bob Echelard passed away Nov. 22, 2018, at his home in Yuma. He was born in Havre, Montana, June 20, 1935. He attended grade school in Cut Bank, Montana, and Great Falls, Montana, and high school in Havre, where he met Pat, his girlfriend for life. He served in the U.S. Air Force radar division in Germany for four years. Pat was still waiting and they were united in marriage April 19, 1958, and celebrated their 60th anniversary April 19, 2018, at St. John N...

  • Correction - Montana Actors' Theatre panto

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    Entries in the Community Calendar on Page A3 in Monday and Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News listed the wrong play Montana Actors’ Theatre is producing as a holiday pantomime. The panto MAT is producing is “Peter Pan....

  • Obituary - Phyllis Kaye Baker

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    Surrounded by loved ones, Phyllis Kaye Baker, 52 years of age, peacefully and gently left this world in the early morning hours of December 4, 2018. She was born to Clement Baker, Sr. and Patsy Stump Gopher on September 18, 1966. She spent her early years in Great Falls and Rocky Boy, MT, and her teen years in Mandaree, ND. As an adult, she made her home in Rocky Boy, always appreciating the beauty of our homeland, the people, and the surroundings. Phyllis had a love of...

  • For the Record, Dec. 5, 2018

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a Tuesday 3:42 p.m. report from 10th Street West of a possible fight. -- An Eighth Street caller reported Tuesday at 6:55 p.m. two dogs jumped into her yard and attacked her dogs before taking off eastbound. -- Jennifer Gale Thomas of Havre, 36, was arrested on charges of reckless driving and aggravated driving under the influence after a two-vehicle crash was reported on 13th Street West at 8:54 p.m. Tuesday. -- A hit and run...

  • Hi-Line Sports Schedule

    Updated Dec 5, 2018

    THURSDAY High School Basketball NAC in Havre Rocky Boy girls vs Kainai, 2:30 p.m. HLP girls vs Browning JV, 4 p.m. HLP boys vs Browning JV, 5:30 p.m. Box Elder girls vs Harlem, 7 p.m. Box Elder boys vs Rocky Boy, 8:30 p.m. CJI at Cut Bank FRIDAY High School Basketball Havre girls vs Central, 6 p.m. Havre boys at Central, 6 p.m. NAC in Havre Box Elder girls vs Kainai, 10 a.m. Harlem boys vs Heart Butte, 5:30 p.m. At Chester Chinook vs Sunburst CJi vs Power At Dutton North Star...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Hannah Lunak, Havre High Swimming

    Chris Peterson|Updated Dec 5, 2018

    The Havre High swim teams will host the Havre Invitational this weekend and it will be the final meet for many Blue Pony swimmers. One of the most notable seniors in this class is Hannah Lunak. Lunak, who has been in swimming and cross country during her athletic career at Havre High, has really come into her own the past few years and was a key part of two Havre girls swim teams that took home trophies at state. The first one came when Lunak was a freshman and that was the...

  • Skylights win in Armory return

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 5, 2018

    Injuries and tough losses on the road have been what the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has been dealing with as of late. So what was just the Skylights second game inside the Armory Gymnasium this season, turned out to be exactly what they needed. Tuesday night in Havre, Northern used a dominant fourth quarter to pull away from the Yellowstone Christian Centurions, in a 66-45 victory. The win pushed Northern's record to 4-5 on the season, and the Sk...

  • Updated Nov 29, 2018