Archive For July 2012
Havre will miss Nikki’s photography
July 31st, 2012
Editor: Much to my dismay, I recently learned that Nikki Carlson is leaving the Havre Daily News for yet another horizon. I wish her well and...
Our View: Buffalo Court helps fill a vital need
July 31st, 2012
Buffalo Court, a housing development for low-income senior citizens, will soon open on Havre's far south side. District 4 Human Resources Development Council...
Electricity grids fail across half of India
July 31st, 2012
NEW DELHI — India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for se...
Mildred Doney
July 31st, 2012
Mildred Doney, 91, a long-time primary school educator, passed to her Creator on July 29, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center.Visitation will be held 7 to 9 p. m. Wednesday at Holland &...
Schweitzer ups criticism of GOP legislators
July 31st, 2012
HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer is refreshing his criticism of Republican legislators and past administrations just in time for election season.
Roundup-resistant tumbleweeds found on Hi-Line
July 31st, 2012
A Montana university researcher has warned agricultural producers that a strain of tumbleweed growing on the Hi-Line has developed resistance to a common herbicide, and could spread rapidly if not...
Tribes to pay half of $150M settlement to members
July 31st, 2012
PABLO (AP) — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes leaders have decided to distribute about half of a $150 million settlement with the U.S. government over mismanaged land royalties to enro...
Chinook's Farmer will be a Skylight
July 30th, 2012
If there's one thing she's already shown in her two seasons of high school basketball, Chinook's Makhayla Farmer was born to be a Hi-Line star. And while she's got two...
2012 Frontier Conference Football Preview: Wide Receivers
July 30th, 2012
When it comes to big-play wide receivers, teams at the NAIA level search high and low to find one. Some teams even have two if they’re lucky, but home run threats are generally hard to come b...
Man to be sentenced for role in smuggling ring
July 30th, 2012
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A Canadian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in what the U.S. Attorney's Office in Montana says is one of the largest drug cases it has eve...
AP Source: Dems move to formally back gay marriage
July 30th, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party is moving to include support for gay marriage in the official party platform for the first time, a Democratic official said Monday, marking a key milestone f...
Pow-wow brings business to Hi-Line
July 30th, 2012
While the main action will be south of Havre at the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation during the annual powwow, celebrated this year as its 50th anniversary, plenty of action will be happening w...
Browning man dies in Highway 2 crash
July 30th, 2012
A 20-year-old Browning man is dead, and his same-aged passenger from Polson is in Northern Montana Hospital this morning, after a crash about halfway between Havre and Chinook early Sunday morning....
Erickson trial rescheduled
July 30th, 2012
A plea deal being negotiated with a Havre businessman on an assault charge appears to have fallen through, with a trial scheduled for Kenneth A. Erickson, born in 1963, starting Oct. 24.Judg...
Pony spikers win MSU-N team camp title
July 29th, 2012
Over the weekend the Havre middle school gymnasium was home of the annual Montana State University-Northern team volleyball camp. And while team numbers were slightly down from last summer, local t...
Havre's Miller places high at
state junior tennis tournament
July 29th, 2012
Incoming Havre High freshman Jeff Miller competed at the most prestigious junior tennis tournament of the Montana summer circuit this past weekend and did quite well in the process. &nb...
GOP cries foul over Democratic party staffing
July 29th, 2012
HELENA — The spokesman for Steve Bullock's campaign for governor doesn't work directly for him and is instead paid by the Montana Democratic Party — a practice recently clarified as p...
Olympic viewing: NBC critics loud on social media
July 29th, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — In the age of social media, NBC now has millions of television critics who make their opinions known about every aspect of Olympics coverage instantly.They've even set...
Defense: Shooting suspect was seeing psychiatrist
July 28th, 2012
DENVER (AP) — The former graduate student accused in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied, the first indication th...
Group doesn't want wolf trapping near Yellowstone
July 28th, 2012
BOZEMAN — A conservation group wants a trap-free buffer in Montana to protect wolves roaming outside Yellowstone National Park.The Greater Yellowstone Coalition said the state Fish, Wi...
Major Montana fires ease but lightning sparks more
July 28th, 2012
BILLINGS — Fire crews working in cooler temperatures Friday made gains on major wildfires threatening homes in central and southern Montana, but lightning continued to spark new blazes and th...
Montana fire threat eases — but it may not last
July 27th, 2012
BILLINGS — Fire crews working in cooler temperatures Friday made gains on major wildfires threatening homes in central and southern Montana, but officials warned more blazes were possible in...
With royalty and rock, Britain opens its Olympics
July 27th, 2012
LONDON — Britain opened its Olympics with a royal entrance like no other.London greeted the world in a celebration of Old England that was stunning, imaginative, whimsical and dramatic...
MSU-N's Lear tops best QBs in the league
July 27th, 2012
When it comes to offense, the Frontier Conference as a whole knows how to put up big numbers. Sometimes it’s the passing game, or in the case of 2011, the league was chalke...
George Ferguson column: Coaches change jobs sometimes, it's just the...
July 27th, 2012
Dean Smith, Mike Kyrzyzewski, Bobby Knight, Vince Lombardi, Don Shula — what do they all have in common? They are all legendary coaches in their respective professions and they coached or are...
MSU-N volleyball team camp will be competitive
July 27th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern Volleyball program has been busy with its annual camps this summer, but things will continue to heat up this weekend, as the Skylights host...
Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels
July 27th, 2012
Laurel — The Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump has been around for 2,000 years, and we hope it will be around for another 2,000 years. It has a lot of lessons to teach us about tho...
Go for the gold with Team Wavy Seals
July 27th, 2012
It seems that various teams in the past several Summer Olympics have utilized an amazing secret weapon to help them bring home the Olympic bling: U.S. Navy SEAL training. Go ahead and say it...
The housing units that private equity built
July 27th, 2012
Building a $5 million 20-unit housing complex is large endeavour, especially for a local nonprofit like the District 4 Human Resources Development Council, but Gene Leuwer explained how it happened...
Tester: Need to break the gridlock, solve problems
July 27th, 2012
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a telephone press conference Thursday that, whatever the results of the November elections, the crucial matter is that the results break the deadlock Washington ha...
Our View: Volunteers make the fair possible
July 26th, 2012
The Great Northern Fair has completed another year, and by all accounts the fair was a success. The fair is a traditional country fair. It includes all of the kinds...
Faster, broadband Internet! Download! Download!
July 26th, 2012
It’s always great to be an Internet user, but after the Federal Communications Commission released a report called Measuring Broadband America at this month’s meeting, it&r...
My abysmal failure in a one-day business venture
July 26th, 2012
I felt like I threw a party and nobody showed up.
Twitter briefly down across much of planet
July 26th, 2012
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD, RAPHAEL SATTER, The Associated PressLONDON — People across much of the planet briefly experienced problems accessing Twitter on Thursday, a day bef...
Montana extends football coach Delaney's contract
July 26th, 2012
MISSOULA — Montana announced Thursday that it has removed the interim tag from football coach Mick Delaney's title and given him a two-year deal to lead an embattled program caught up in an...
Wallace McMaster
July 26th, 2012
Wally was born on Sept. 19, 1924, in Havre, Mont., and was a longtime resident of Spokane, Wash., where he passed away at his home on July 12.One of seven sons born to Hiram and Jesse Pope M...
Children’s acting camp set for August
July 26th, 2012
The local amateur acting troupe is again offering a camp to involve local children and youths in drama and theater on the heels of a youth production for older young thespians.Montana Actors...
Sally Ann’s prepares backpacks for needy students
July 26th, 2012
The students of Havre probably don’t want to think about how close the next school year is getting, but the local Salvation Army is.According to the Salvation Army’s Havre direct...
Rehberg pushes to take pipeline decision from Obama
July 26th, 2012
Montana’s Rep. Dennis Rehberg is again pushing to force allowing a Canadian company to build an oil pipeline through Montana.Rehberg and 46 other representatives — all but one Re...
Twitter appears down across much of planet
July 26th, 2012
LONDON (AP) — People across much of the planet were having problems accessing Twitter on Thursday, a day before the 2012 Olympic Games are expected to cause a spike in use of the micro-bloggi...
Montana extends football coach Delaney's contract
July 26th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — Montana is extending football coach Mick Delaney's contract through the 2013 season. Delaney was chosen as the interim head coach for th...
North Stars came together for a great summer
July 25th, 2012
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball program is still climbing its way to the top of the ranks. The program has been hobbled in recent years, but took several big steps forward again this...
Huse will remain as MSU-Northern's head men's basketball coach
July 25th, 2012
After interviewing for the vacant head coaching position at NCAA Division II Minot Stater late last week, the school announced they had chosen a candidate other than Montana State University-Northe...
Study: ND oil output may jump threefold by 2025
July 25th, 2012
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new study says North Dakota's oil production could jump more than threefold by 2025 to more than 2 million barrels a day.The study released Wednesday by Bentek...
Buy a dress, fight abuse
July 25th, 2012
Lending a hand to local victims of sexual assault doesn’t require experience or a degree. On Saturday, Aug. 4, support can be offered by dress shopping.The District IV Human Resources...
Contentious discussion gives ideas on fair food
July 25th, 2012
After a 45-minute, often contentious, discussion, the manager of the Great Northern Fairgrounds thanked people who made comments during a Hill County fair board meeting about how to handle food con...
Babe Ruth All-Stars finish an impressive run
July 25th, 2012
Havre Babe Ruth baseball has come and gone already this summer, and now, so has the short All-Star season. The 14/15 year old Babe Ruth All-Star team found a...
Penn State loses one sponsor, others could follow
July 24th, 2012
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — State Farm is pulling its ads from Penn State football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is threatening to down...
FBI investigating reported $3.7M bank embezzlement
July 24th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — The FBI is investigating the embezzlement of nearly $3.7 million from First Security Bank in Malta, state banking officials said.The bank acknowledged the theft i...
Our View: HDN following the argument where it leads
July 24th, 2012
Havre City Council member Rick Dow was upset by last week’s editorial criticizing all Republican council members for voting against joining Vibrant Futures. After a guest column...
David Maurice Dahlin
July 24th, 2012
David Maurice Dahlin, 74, of Laurel, Mont., slipped peacefully into his rest surrounded by his loving family and friends. His final accomplishment was to initiate a four-day family reunion which br...
Carnival worker violates probation on rape, resentenced
July 24th, 2012
A former New Jersey man lost his probation, just weeks after being sentenced, for having sex with an underaged Havre girl, and will spend much of the next four years in state custody.Joshua...
Blaine, Chouteau added to emergency grazing
July 24th, 2012
With drought conditions spreading farther across the state and intensifying in the nation, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday it is adding 27 more Montana counties, including Blai...
Tester calls for fast decision on Fresno fishing access
July 24th, 2012
Montana’s junior U. S. senator, Democrat Jon Tester, has again weighed in on a question on fishing west of Havre.The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation held a listening session in Havre last...
Local preps help East to Shrine Game win
July 24th, 2012
With all of the talent on the field at one time, all-star games can always go either way. But after the West had won three straight Montana East-West Shrine games, it was time for the Eastern squad...
Local Golf Report: Rotary Blast still has openings
July 24th, 2012
The Great Northern Fair closed on Sunday and for local golfers, that signals the stretch run of the summer golf season. In the coming weeks, golf leagues will...
State issuing more oil drilling permits
July 23rd, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Montana is on pace to issue a record number of oil drilling permits this year while natural gas development has nearly come to a halt, state officials said.The stat...
Baucus, Tester try to set water project fund
July 23rd, 2012
As Montana’s U. S. senators announce a proposal to provide a secure funding source for rural water projects, the Indian tribe working on one of those projects announced a milestone.The...
Shooting suspect in court with orange-red hair
July 23rd, 2012
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — His hair dyed orange-red and a dazed look on his face, the man accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage at the opening of the new Batman movie appeared Monday in cour...
Penn State fined $60M, wins vacated from '98-11
July 23rd, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011,...
Chief Joseph war shirt fetches $877,500 at auction
July 23rd, 2012
RENO, Nev.— A war shirt worn by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe that can be seen in a painting hanging in the Smithsonian Institution sold Saturday for $877,500 at auction, organizers sai...
Colo. massacre suspect mum as he heads to court
July 23rd, 2012
AURORA, Colo. — As the suspected gunman in the Colorado theater massacre heads to his first court appearance, authorities have disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it could tak...
North Stars just edged out of Northern A tourney
July 22nd, 2012
Going into the 2012 Northern District Tournament, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team knew it was going to have to win the whole thing, or at least get to the championship tilt in o...
Five MSU-N gridders touted for 2012
July 22nd, 2012
It’s just a little over a month away from the Frontier Conference opening game between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and the Carroll College Fighting Saints...
Shooting suspect's gun range membership rejected
July 22nd, 2012
AURORA, Colo. — Shooting suspect James Holmes applied to join a Colorado gun range last month but never became a member because of his behavior and a "bizarre" message on his voice ma...
Some Senate race donors not disclosing occupation
July 22nd, 2012
HELENA — The latest campaign finance report for U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg shows he continues to receive a significant number of donations to his U.S. Senate campaign from people wh...
Former Bozeman coach pleads guilty to sex charges
July 21st, 2012
BOZEMAN (AP) — A former Bozeman High School track coach who authorities say sent sexually explicit messages to two 15-year-old girls has pleaded guilty to two charges of sexually abusin...
Fed probe proves costly to Missoula County
July 21st, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — Missoula County's chief administrative officer has asked county commissioners to add $100,000 to next year's budget that might be needed due to a U.S. Department of Ju...
Colorado suspect was brilliant science student
July 21st, 2012
DENVER — James Eagen Holmes came from a well-tended San Diego enclave of two-story homes with red-tiled roofs, where neighbors recall him as a clean-cut, studious young man of sparing words.
Breaking Sports: North Stars fall at district tourney
July 20th, 2012
The Havre American Legion baseball team lost its first game of the 2012 Northern District Tournament Friday evening in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The North Stars lost to top-seeded Fort MacLeod 9-4 in...
12 killed, 59 wounded in Colo. theater shooting
July 20th, 2012
AURORA, Colo. — A gunman wearing a gas mask and black SWAT gear hurled a gas canister inside a crowded movie theater during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie Friday and then opened f...
Alice Jean Russette
July 20th, 2012
Alice Jean Russette, 78, of Rocky Boy, passed away at Rocky Boy Clinic, Thursday, July 19, 2012, of natural causes. A wake will be held starting Friday afternoon, and funeral services...
Eric T. Rowlatt
July 20th, 2012
Eric. T. Rowlatt, 93, died July 16, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla., of natural causes.Eric was born Feb. 19, 1919, in London, England, the son of Thomas and Florence Rowlatt, and the middle c...
Drought conditions spread, central Hi-Line OK for now
July 20th, 2012
Although conditions are drying here as well, the region around Havre continues to be one of the better locations in Montana for avoiding the dryness spreading throughout the state.During a m...
Rocky Boy residents to get $300 each from settlement
July 20th, 2012
After weeks of misinformation and rumors circulating Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, the tribal Business Committee offered an explanation at a Thursday morning meeting of the use of funds fro...
Storms could hit during fair
July 20th, 2012
National Weather Service is warning people that severe thunderstorms could be hitting the region right in the middle of fair activities.Weather Service reported at 4:05 a. m. today that show...
Mont. jobs rate steady, up on Hi-Line
July 20th, 2012
Montana’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.3 percent in June.More than 1,000 jobs were added over the month. The national rate also held steady at 8.2 percent for the month.&l...
Shrine Game will have a Hi-Line feel
July 20th, 2012
The Montana East-West Shrine Game has been a goal for young football players for over 60 years now. Since the inaugural high school all-star football game was played in 1947, thousands of athletes...
North Stars walk off with a win over the Miners
July 20th, 2012
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club’s quest to reach the 2012 Class A state tournament took a big step in the right direction on Thursday morning in Medicine Hat. ...
Police: 12 dead in Colorado theater shooting
July 20th, 2012
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver at a midnight opening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight R...
Grain Growers back efforts to keep SURE
July 19th, 2012
The Montana Grain Growers Association had high praise for the state’s U. S. senators working to continue a disaster program through this year.Montana’s U. S. Sens. Max Baucus and...
Power grid upgrades may prompt higher energy rates
July 19th, 2012
The rural cooperative based in Hill County is among a slew of co-ops warning that a federal proposal to upgrade the nation’s power grid could raise costs in Montana.Rick Stevens, Hill...
Havre gears up for a Great Stampede
July 19th, 2012
The Great Northern Fair brings in thousands of visitors every summer. Jam-packed with carnival rides, games, food, and a number of grand stand attractions, the Hill County fairgrounds has something...
Junior rodeo a hot success
July 19th, 2012
It was scorching hot, it was sunny and it was dusty. But the 2012 Havre Junior Rodeo was a big success and successfully kicked off the night entertainment at the 2012 Great Northern Fair.&nb...
Lights add a solid
shooting guard to
their recruiting class
July 19th, 2012
With a bevy of great players who contributed to two straight Frontier Conference championships to replace, Montana State University-Northern head men’s basketball coach Shawn Huse has announc...
Havre flight times will change in August
July 18th, 2012
Wednesday, Aug. 1, will bring a few changes to services provided by Silver Airways, formerly Gulfstream Airlines, in Montana.In Havre, the Essential Air Service-subsidized schedule will temp...
North Stars chase a district title up north
July 18th, 2012
There isn’t a single team the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team hasn’t beat in the Northern A District this season. In fact, the North Stars have beaten every team i...
Young cowboys and cowgirls take center stage tonight
July 18th, 2012
The 2012 Great Northern Fair officially opened this afternoon. The food, the rides, the exhibits, it’s all underway now. But tonight, inside the grand ol...
Major League All Stars compete well at state
July 18th, 2012
The Havre U12 all-star baseball team was able to win a handful of games at the 2012 Cal Ripken state tournament over the weekend, but unfortunately their season still had to come to an end.&...
Babe Ruth stars headed to state
July 18th, 2012
The Havre Babe Ruth 15-year-old all-star team has had a busy summer. And now the squad will seek a state championship starting Thursday morning in Kalispell a...
BNSF cargo train derails in northeast Montana
July 18th, 2012
GLASGOW (AP) — A BNSF Railway official says a freight train headed from Chicago to Portland, Ore., has derailed in a remote part of northeast Montana.Spokesman Gus Melonas says a...
BNSF cargo train derails in northeast Montana
July 18th, 2012
GLASGOW (AP) — A BNSF Railway official says a freight train headed from Chicago to Portland, Ore., has derailed in a remote part of northeast Montana. &n...
BNSF cargo train derails in northeast Montana
July 18th, 2012
GLASGOW (AP) — A BNSF Railway official says a freight train headed from Chicago to Portland, Ore., has derailed in a remote part of northeast Montana.Spokesman Gus Melonas says a...
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
July 18th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT):1. SUICIDE BLAST KILLS DEFENSE MINISTER DURING MEETING IN DAMASCUS
Police: Gunman in Ala. bar shooting turned self in
July 17th, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A gunman who fired into a crowded bar and wounded nearly a dozen people turned himself in Tuesday, several hours after the rampage rattled the nearby University of Ala...
Lawyer thinks Jesus statue will stay on ski hill
July 17th, 2012
WHITEFISH (AP) — An attorney for a conservative Christian group is confident a judge will uphold a decision by the Flathead National Forest to renew a permit for a 6-foot-tall Jesus sta...
Rescue, restore, reconsider: Our historic buildings
July 17th, 2012
Earlier this month I was pleased to see Holden’s Hotwheels open for business in a new location at 1st Street and 5th Avenue. What pleased me wasn’t that it was a new building, but that...
Late with water bill? You’ll have to pay a fee
July 17th, 2012
Not paying a Havre water bill just got a little more expensive.Havre City Council approved a resolution at Monday night’s meeting adding a $5 late fee to water bills that are more than...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Brandon Smith
July 17th, 2012
Every season the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team loses top notch talent. This season the North Stars will lose a handful of those players, one of them being longtime player Brandon...
Local Golf Report: Report golf league results, please...
July 17th, 2012
Hot, dry conditions have been the story around the local golf scene. When playing golf in extreme heat, remember to keep hydrated as it's easy to not drink en...
17 people hurt in Tuscaloosa, Ala., bar shooting
July 17th, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Police say multiple people were wounded when a gunman opened fire at a bar in Tuscaloosa, home to the University of Alabama.A hospital spokesman said 17 people...
2 Americans kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai are freed
July 16th, 2012
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide who were abducted by a Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last week were released unharmed on Monday after negotiations...
Don't be like Havre Daily, follow the story on Vibrant Futures
July 16th, 2012
The role of the press in our country is quite unique. They are called to be the most inquisitive amongst us. Their importance and power is specifically enumerated in the First Amendmen...
Freedom from the cost of motor vehicle crashes
July 16th, 2012
This July 4, thousands of Montanans hit the roads to visit family, watch fireworks, get out of town and relax. That special day reminded us of the precious freedoms our forefathe...
Language tools make the world even smaller
July 16th, 2012
Learning a new language can be useful for business, a foreign vacation or as a fun hobby, while learning about a different culture and our own language in the process.&nbs...
Havre area sees record rainfall Sunday
July 16th, 2012
Havre, and much of the state, got a bit of a break from the recent hot, dry weather, with National Weather Service reporting Havre receiving the most rain in the state Sunday and setting a new reco...
Springsteen, McCartney silenced by London curfew
July 16th, 2012
LONDON (AP) — Concert organizers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at London's Hyde Park, silencing their microphones...
It's officially Great Northern Fair week
July 15th, 2012
When it comes to the Great Northern Fair, there's always plenty to see and do. And sporting events are no exception. In fact, sporting events at t...
A new-look Frontier hoops schedule awaiting Lights
July 15th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team is the two-time defending Frontier Conference champions. But when the Lights get to Frontier play later this year, the schedule wil...
North Stars split in Conrad
July 15th, 2012
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team played two crucial league games over the weekend, and by the results, it looks as if the North Stars will head into the district tournament as th...
French party to sue Madonna over swastika image
July 15th, 2012
PARIS (AP) — France's far-right National Front said Sunday that it plans to sue Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party's leader with...
Tainted Montana town reaches cleanup milestone
July 15th, 2012
BILLINGS — Grass and freshly planted trees are sprouting in a new town park that sits atop the site of a vermiculite plant that once spewed asbestos dust across the mountain community of Libb...
Weather stops balloon flight to Montana
July 14th, 2012
BEND, Ore — An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Central Oregon to Montana were forced to abort their flight to Montana on Saturday due to thunderstorms....
Ore. man heads to Montana on lawn chair balloon ride
July 14th, 2012
BEND, Ore. — An Oregon gas station owner is preparing to fly aboard a pair of lawn chairs suspended from helium-filled party balloons across Oregon and Idaho and into Montana with an Ir...
Montana dismisses QB Kemp from football team
July 14th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — University of Montana quarterback Gerald Kemp has been dismissed from the football team for what school officials say was a violation of team rules, but did not offer de...
Hi-Line Darts and Laurels
July 13th, 2012
Laurel —Lots of good things are happening at Montana State University-Northern, not the least of which is the renovation of the Student Union...
Food, precious, I still love you truly, madly, deeply
July 13th, 2012
If we assume that this statement is true: That which comes between two true loves is pure evil (and really, what kind of cold-hearted, dirty rotten nogoodnick would think otherwi...
Movement in three Fitzpatrick marijuana cases
July 13th, 2012
Two medical marijuana caregivers in Havre are seeing movement in three separate cases alleging the sisters have violated the law while providing the herb to patients in the area. ...
Solar flare may light up our sky
July 13th, 2012
It may have felt like the sun has been exploding for the past few weeks, but on Thursday it did, giving us a possible atmospheric fireworks show this weekend. On Thursday aftern...
Helen M. Larson
July 13th, 2012
Helen M. (Blythe) Larson, 96, of Missoula, went to be with her heavenly family on Monday, July 9, 2012, at her home. She was born to Ludwig and Nora Hanson on Sept. 18, 19...
Pauline K. Laeupple
July 13th, 2012
Pauline K. Laeupple, 83, died Thursday, July 12, 2012. at the Care and Comfort Home in Havre. Her prayer vigil service will be 7 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2012, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel,...
George Ferguson Column: North Star veterans show a love and respect fo...
July 13th, 2012
There have been a lot of great baseball players come through the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball program over the years. So many, I wouldn’t even know where to begin when listing t...
Havre's Major League All-Stars head to state
July 13th, 2012
After all the city tournaments finished up several weeks ago, little league baseball may not be in Havre anymore, but post season tournaments are still taking place all over the state. ...
10 Things to Know for Friday
July 13th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT) 1. WHY JPMORGAN CHASE'S CEO HAS A LOT TO EXPLAINThe largest ban...
FWP OKs new rules on wolf hunts
July 12th, 2012
HELENA — Montana wildlife commissioners approved new wolf hunting rules Thursday that allow trapping and the killing of up to three of the predators by one trapper.The move came after...
Hoax shooting suspect appears in Glasgow court
July 12th, 2012
HELENA — A West Virginia man accused of shooting himself and then claiming to be a drive-by victim was arrested in northeastern Montana on Thursday and quickly released on a $10,...
Havre supporters will walk against cancer
July 12th, 2012
The road to a cure for cancer is long, difficult and expensive, but many members of the community, including many with very personal struggles with cancer, are joini...
Miracle baby has surgery
July 12th, 2012
A Havre baby born months premature at 1 pound, 5 ounces successfully underwent heart surgery this week, and her mother says she is hopeful that the family is on the road to bring...
The geography of love: Back home in Indiana
July 12th, 2012
I am an incurable romantic. I fall in love too easily, both with people and with places. Wherever I travel, I daydream myself a new home. While in China, I fe...
Our View: Spread the word about what Havre has to offer
July 12th, 2012
Word came out this week that the number of people visiting the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump and the H. Earl Clack Museum is increasing, though still short of record levels....
Bad cellphone company, bad! Stop over-charging!
July 12th, 2012
Going into a phone store is a lot like taking a car to a mechanic, for the most part you don’t know what it is you are actually getting and you’re pretty sure it shouldn’t...
Report: Penn St. officials hushed up sex abuse
July 12th, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago for fear of bad publicity, allowing Sandu...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Curt Leeds
July 12th, 2012
Havre native, and former Havre High Blue Pony standout Curt Leeds was recently named the new head boys basketball coach. And with the annual HHS summer camp in full swing, Leeds has finally been ab...
Havre wraps up home schedule today
July 12th, 2012
If major league baseball teams hit the stretch run and chase pennants in the dog days of August, then that time is now for American Legion baseball and the Havre North Stars. &nb...
Havre Babe Ruth All-Stars play home games Friday night
July 12th, 2012
The Havre 15-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team will play its only home games of the summer this week at Legion Field. Havre will take on Conrad in a doubleheade...
Report: Penn State officials concealed abuse
July 12th, 2012
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials "concealed critical facts" about Jerry Sandusky's child abuse because they were worried about bad publicity,...
Report: Penn State disregarded children's welfare
July 12th, 2012
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State's investigation into the Jerry Sandusky scandal concludes that the administrators who fielded a 2001 complaint about him created a dangerous situation for fut...
FAMU still dealing with fallout from hazing death
July 12th, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The fallout from the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major appears unlikely to end soon.University leaders will hold an emergency meeting next wee...
Romney raises money in Montana
July 12th, 2012
HAMILTON — Republican Mitt Romney became the first presidential candidate to visit Montana on Wednesday evening, raising money in a state he is expected to win with little effort.Romne...
William “Bill” James Wilson
July 11th, 2012
William “Bill” James Wilson, 63, went home to be with the Lord on Monday July 9, 2012. He passed away at Benefis East Hospital in Great Falls from complications of diabetes. ...
The so-called Vibrant Futures program
July 11th, 2012
Recently your newspaper took issue with myself and the other members of the Havre City Council who voted against joining the Vibrant Futures consortium, calling such disagreement troubling f...
Cottonwood wants deal with Havre on buses
July 11th, 2012
Now about halfway through the summer, the Hill County Superintendent’s office hopes the Havre Public Schools District will make some busing changes before school starts up next month.H...
Museum board plans special events during Great Northern Fair
July 11th, 2012
The Hill County museum board is setting up two special events tied to local history on the Saturday of this year’s Great Northern Fair.The Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump archeologica...
Eric Boisvert
July 11th, 2012
Eric Boisvert, 27, of Harlem, passed away July 7, 2012, due to a tragic motor vehicle accident. Memorial services will be held Friday, July 13, 2012, at 2 p. m., at the Harlem High School Little Gy...
Crews watch for new fire starts as heat returns
July 10th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Beleaguered fire crews in southeastern Montana are keeping a wary eye out for new blazes after lightning strikes were spotted in the area.Smoldering embers from the...
Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions
July 10th, 2012
DEFIANCE, Ohio — Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather's attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of basebal...
Join the fight against cancer, have a good time Friday night
July 10th, 2012
Many years ago, when I was Back East, the newspaper I worked at was in an old-fashioned newspaper war with a paper in a neighboring community. One...
Our View: Havre needs Vibrant Futures
July 10th, 2012
Havre City Council recently passed on a partisan 5-4 vote a resolution to become a part of Vibrant Futures, a group that will work to attract funds for programs assisting the Hi-Line.
Sabotaging Montana's finance legacy
July 10th, 2012
As a Montana newspaper editorial succinctly put it: "The greatest living issue confronting us today is whether the corporations shall control the people or the people shall control the corp...
Visitors up at Buffalo Jump, new Clack Museum site
July 10th, 2012
The managers of the H. Earl Clack Museum and the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump archaeological site told the museum board Monday that numbers of visitors are up at both sites.Anna Brumley,...
Oliver ‘Spike’ Bruss
July 10th, 2012
Oliver "Spike" Bruss, 84, passed away Dec. 28, 2011, in Fort Worth, Texas, due to natural causes.Memorial services for Oliver "Spike" Bruss will be held on Saturday, July 14, 2012, at 10...
Local Golf Report: An ace for Havre's Peterson
July 10th, 2012
With the Fourth of July holiday falling in the middle of the week, it was fairly quiet on the golf front over the past seven days. Still, several events highli...
10 Things to Know for Tuesday
July 10th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT):1. WHY THE FATE OF THE TAX CUT PLAN SEEMS DUBIOUSDemocrats want...
Firefighters gain ground but struggle in Idaho
July 9th, 2012
BOISE, Idaho — Firefighters gained ground on a number of wildfires across the West but struggled in southern Idaho, where winds fanned a fast-moving blaze across nearly 300 square miles of sa...
Governor drops lawsuit over F-15 transfers
July 9th, 2012
HELENA — The governor on Monday dropped Montana's lawsuit against the Defense Department over plans to move the Montana National Guard's F-15s to California since the adm...
Heat sets in to north-central Montana
July 9th, 2012
A mild version of the heat sweltering most of the country finally set into north-central Montana over the weekend, with National Weather Service reporting a high Sunday at its station just west of...
Rocky Boy woman dies in Saturday crash
July 9th, 2012
Early Saturday morning, a Ford F150 went off the road, killing the driver and injuring the only passenger.Francine Standingrock, 56-year-old Havre woman, was driving south on Laredo Road, on...
North Stars enter the final stretch
July 8th, 2012
It's early July and that means it's the dogs days of American Legion baseball. For the Havre North Stars, that means one final push before the Northern Distr...
George Ferguson Column: When it comes to the Frontier, change is good
July 8th, 2012
I might only be 37 years old, but in some ways, I'm old fashioned, and I'm also set in my ways. Needless to say, I'm not always big on change, especially wh...
Local Summer Sports Camps
July 8th, 2012
Skylight Volleyball Camps Kids Camp will be July 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and July 24 and 25 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. It will be held at Havre Middle School, located at...
Wolf trapping plan generates huge public response
July 8th, 2012
HELENA — The public response to the plans for this year's wolf hunt in Montana has been staggering: A whopping 6,500 comments have been received on the proposal set for approval Thursday by...
Oscar-winning star Ernest Borgnine dies at 95
July 8th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Mart...
Montana. medical marijuana user numbers stabilizing
July 7th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — The number of registered medical marijuana users in Montana is leveling out after last year's restrictive law passed by the Legislature caused a steep drop in cardholders...
Border Patrol: Agent fires shots after rock attack
July 7th, 2012
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent fired shots after being pelted by rocks thrown along the Rio Grande.Border Patrol spokesman Henry Mendiola said Saturday...
Montana high court says obesity may be impairment
July 7th, 2012
HELENA — The state Supreme Court says obesity qualifies as an impairment in some cases under the Montana Human Rights Act, potentially allowing obese people to seek greater protection against...
SATURDAY Market opens under sunny ski
July 7th, 2012
SATURDAY Market gives the volunteers at Special Olympics a chance to raise some money for their special cause.
Extreme heat bakes Midwest, parts of East Coast
July 7th, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Highways buckled in Illinois and Wisconsin, water use was cut back in Indiana and those who had power in the mid-Atlantic were urged to conserve it, but the heat gripping...
US Highway 212 reopens in fire area
July 6th, 2012
HELENA — Fire managers took advantage of a lull in the weather to make headway on the state's largest forest fires, and were able to reopen U.S. Highway 212 in southeastern Montana on...
Yahoo, Facebook in ad alliance, end patent dispute
July 6th, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a patent dispute, averting a potentially lengthy battle over the technology running two of the Internet's most popular destinations.
Talks under way for hoax shooting suspect's return
July 6th, 2012
BILLINGS — Negotiations are under way for the voluntary return of a man accused of shooting himself then claiming to be the victim of a drive-by shooting, a Montana prosecutor said Friday.
Jolene Sargent
July 6th, 2012
Jolene Sargent, 80, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Her funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2012, at Fifth Avenue Christia...
Kristy Dritshulas Bakker
July 6th, 2012
Kristy Dritshulas Bakker, 45, lost her battle with breast cancer and quietly slipped into God’s loving arms on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. She was surrounded by her lov...
Jaden Nathaniel Griggs
July 6th, 2012
Jaden Nathaniel Griggs died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, due to injuries from a car accident. Calling hours will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Holland &am...
Havre gets fire truck in 'win-win' deal
July 6th, 2012
The Havre city government and the Hill County government are joining forces in a new industrial park going in southwest of Havre, with the city agreeing to provide fire protection at the site...
Recount done: Brockie beats Belcourt
July 6th, 2012
The first results of an election recount are complete, with the original results of the primary standing: Clarena Brockie of Hays has won the race in House District 32 and will s...
Blaine County set for a cruise
July 6th, 2012
While the rest of the country bakes, some Blaine County residents think the Hi-Line’s got perfect weather for a cruise. This weekend is the second annual...
‘Kamp for Kids’ program being organized for August
July 6th, 2012
Two Havreites are working to create a replacement for a decades-old children’s camp that has dwindled into limbo. Sheila Forshee and Ursula Brese are in the pr...
Babe Ruth All Stars succeed
July 6th, 2012
The Havre Babe Ruth 15-year-old all-star team continued a successful summer run by finishing second at the prestigious Firecracker Babe Ruth Tournament last weekend in Kalispell.
Blue Pony boys basketball camp begins Monday
July 6th, 2012
By Havre Daily News Staff Havre High head boys basketball coach Curt Leeds will be holding his first boys basketball camp as the Blue Pony hea...
Ronald Anderson
July 5th, 2012
Ronald Anderson, 53, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center. Wake services were held at Rocky Boy Lutheran Church on Thursday,...
City, county partner for industrial park fire protection, improve rura...
July 5th, 2012
The Havre city government and Hill County Commission just announced they have teamed up to have the city fire department provide service to an industrial park the county pushed for, with the county...
Joan L. Voise
July 5th, 2012
Joan L. Voise, 79, of Ryegate, broke her earthly bonds on Monday July 2, 2012. Do you hear the angels sing? The rejoicing? Joan was the first of six children born to...
Havre teen killed in car crash
July 5th, 2012
A Havre teenager is dead and the Vaughn teenager he was with was taken to Northern Montana Hospital after an accident early Wednesday morning. The driver...
Big crowd at Pepin Park for Fourth festival
July 5th, 2012
The annual Fourth of July festival in Havre's Pepin Park started in a traditional form Wednesday. A large crowd had gathered on the picnic tables and benches under...
Miracle baby resting, well in Missoula
July 5th, 2012
What began as a routine pregnancy checkup went crazy, with the result of an emergency delivery of a premature baby and up-and-down times ever since. ...
Frontier to get another football only member
July 5th, 2012
Expansion to the growing Frontier Conference isn't over yet. The College of Idaho will join the Frontier Conference as a football only memb...
Local Summer Sports Camps
July 5th, 2012
Skylight Volleyball Camps Kids Camp will be July 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and July 24 and 25 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. It will be held at Havre Middle S...
Margaret Bryan
July 3rd, 2012
Margaret Lee Bryan, 82, of Chinook, passed away July 1, 2012, due to a accidental fall. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 5, 2012, at 11 a.m.,...
Is greater dependence or independence best for our community?
July 3rd, 2012
Editor: I would like to thank Bruce Patera for taking the time to write his June 21 letter to the editor. His comments on the Vibrant Futures...
Brian John Wright
July 3rd, 2012
Brian John Wright, formerly of Havre, passed away June 28, 2012, in Brighton, Colo. Brian was a long-time resident of Havre, living here from 1976 through 1997.&nbs...
Rita Haas
July 3rd, 2012
Rita R. Haas, 86, died Sunday, July 1, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center, of natural causes. Her funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2012, at St. Jude...
Rheannon Marie Whetham
July 3rd, 2012
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 7, 2012, at the Gorder Jensen Funeral Chapel in Choteau, Mont., for Rheannon Marie Whetham, 24, of Great Falls, Mont., who died Frida...
Marcia Lynnes
July 3rd, 2012
Marcia Lynn (Watson) Lynnes, 64, passed away on June 30, 2012, at her Havre residence surrounded by her family after a nine-year battle of cancer. Cremation has taken plac...
What's open and closed for July 4:
July 3rd, 2012
Here are a few of the activities planned for the Fourth of July in the Havre area:
City of Havre leads the charge into paying bills
July 3rd, 2012
Havre City Hall has heard the voices of the bill-payers and it has listened to their needs. Monday morning saw the first of the long-awaited credit card transa...
Park Board hears people complain about rules
July 3rd, 2012
The Hill County Park Board monthly meeting got a little contentious Monday night when the wife of a park board member said they had received a cabin regulation violation letter that co...
City OKs more summer construction work
July 3rd, 2012
The summer construction season is really going to kick into gear after Monday night’s Havre City Council meeting. In addition to...
North Stars sweep Cardinals, host Royals
July 3rd, 2012
It had been 22 days since the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team had played in the friendly confines of Havre’s Legion Field. But they made...
Fatal crash grounds key part of firefighting fleet
July 2nd, 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The deadly crash of a military cargo plane fighting a South Dakota wildfire forced officials to ground seven other Air Force air tankers, removing critical fir...
Eastern Mont. fires spread, prompt new evacuations
July 2nd, 2012
BILLINGS — Two fast-moving wildfires triggered new evacuations in southeastern Montana on Monday as firefighters battled a potent combination of lightning strikes, dry weather and flame-whipp...
Dearling ‘Del’ Daphne Reid
July 2nd, 2012
Dearling “Del” Daphne Reid died from cancer May 20, 2012. A service honoring Dearling’s memory will follow at a later date....
Belcourt, Brockie House recount starts today
July 2nd, 2012
The recount on a legislative primary race that was decided by three votes starts today, with the last counts scheduled Thursday and the results due back to the Montana Secretary of State by July 10...
Everyone’s invited to community Fourth of July festival
July 2nd, 2012
What started out 11 years ago as a group of friends gathering at Pepin Park for burgers and hot dogs on the Fourth of July has turned into a massive community celebration.Vince and Allen &ld...
High bid Pray, Mont., falls short
July 1st, 2012
PRAY — The town of Pray in southwestern Montana failed to attract a bidder willing to pay the minimum acceptable amount.Bidding on Wednesday reached $325,000....
