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WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent, the lowest since February 2009. The rate has dropped for four straight months. AP Photo/J Pat Carter A construction worker directs a steel hoist at the foundation of a new condo complex in Sunrise, Fla., Thursday. A burst of hiring in D...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is coming off its longest break of the season. Now the Lights will make their longest road trip of the season. Saturday and Sunday, the Lights will be in Springfield, Ill., for the 2012 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals, one of the most prestigious regular season events on the wrestling calendar. The sixth-ranked Lights will open the NAIA bracket against Morningside of Iowa at 11 a.m. Saturday morning. Morningside is currently... Full story
When a team is still trying to come into its own, a break from competition could be just what is needed to take the program to the next level. And with the Havre High boys basketball team exiting the holiday break with two games this weekend, the Blue Ponies are hoping they made the right tweaks during their hiatus. "The break was nice because it gave us a chance to spend a little extra time to fine tune some things," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "That was good, but now the kids are anxious to get back on the... Full story
The holiday break is finally over. And for the Havre High girls basketball team, the break was productive, but it is time to get back on the court and see if the Blue Ponies can maintain the success they found prior. Sitting at 2-0 in the Central A and 2-3 overall, the Blue Ponies are ready to get back to competition. Just before the break the Ponies dropped a tough 54-41 non conference game to Great Falls High, but the Ponies have showed steady progress with each and every game. Now coming out of a break where the Ponies... Full story
MSU-Northern's David Maddock launches a shot during a men's college basketball game last Friday in Havre. The Lights open Frontier Conference play tonight against the Great Falls Argos at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Just under 10 months ago, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was headed to Kansas City to play in the NAIA national tournament. Tonight, the journey for a chance to go back there begins for the 19th-ranked Lights when they open defense of...
By now, it's a well-known fact, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights are good. After all, the Skylights are off to their best start ever under head coach Chris Mouat, and they've had good starts before. But for all intensive purposes, Northern is back to square one and a new season begins tonight when the Skylights open Frontier Conference play at home against the University of Great Falls. Tonight's game tips off at 6 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Northern was...
Bernice Mae Perry Clark Bernice Mae Perry Clark, "Feather Woman," "Wa-Tsin-i-Tha," 79, went home to be the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Mont., due to natural causes. Bernice was born on Jan. 23, 1932, at the Fort Belknap Indian Health Service Hospital to Vernie Mary Assiniboine Perry and biological father, Paul Shortman, but was adopted, raised and loved by the father she knew, Albert Perry. She attended schools in Lodge Pole, Mont., Pierre, S.D., and Flandreau, S.D. She loved to... Full story
According to a Montana Highway Patrol crash report, Brandon Brostrom flipped his truck at 5 a. m. Thursday. The report says the 18-year-old was driving on Warrick Road, south of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation between the mountains and Big Sandy, early in the morning when he hit an icy patch and lost control. "Vehicle began to fishtail and the vehicle entered a clockwise rotation, " the report by Trooper Joel Knutsen says. "Vehicle went into the ditch on the south side of the roadway and rolled one half times coming to rest...
Chinook had its City Council meeting Thursday night, as it does on the first Thursday of every month, but something was missing: 20-year council veteran Freda Bryson, who was replaced by freshman councilman Keith Hanson. Bryson joined the Chinook City Council in 1991, 30 years after moving to Chinook with her husband who worked for the railroad. They moved from Warland, which is now at the bottom of Lake Koocanusa, after the construction of the Libby Dam in 1975. "It was kind of different, " Bryson said. "People were kind of... Full story
The Havre High School wrestling team has a temporary new leader, as its highly successful head coach has been placed on administrative leave pending an inquiry. "I really do believe this will be quickly resolved, " Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said this morning about the situation with head coach Scott Filius. Carlson said he could not release any details about the administrative leave — which he stressed is not a disciplinary action — or the inquiry, which will be conducted in house by the district, due...
Editor: It happened mid-summer. A member of the Eagles Manor kitchen staff is said to have reported to a coworker, "There is a great big cat out there, and it's too big for me to pet!" The following day, the cat was sighted by Reverend Al Rosgaard. The following week a smaller one was seen by Rev. Rosgaard. After this unusual event, Rev. Rosgaard exercised his poetic license by composing the following verse. Here it is for our reading pleasure. Noel R. Davidson Havre A Cougar Visits Eagles Manor As I gaze out my window's view... Full story
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre Police Department Chief Kirk Fitch poses for a photograph on his first day on the job Wednesday afternoon. Fitch was sworn in as the new police chief Tuesday during a Havre City Council meeting. There's a new law man in town, Havre's new Police Chief Kirk Fitch, who may have brought some weather with him from his last post in Maricopa, Ariz. Fitch was sworn in at Tuesday night's City Council meeting, ending a six-month search for the new chief. But how did he get here? What will he bring...
Laurel — New Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Jim Limbaugh has landed in Havre with both feet on the ground. He spent part of last week in Bozeman for meetings. We're sure he won't find this the most fun part of his job. Then he spent time meeting with people on campus. That part should be more interesting. Laurel — Jim Kyle of Darby is in his 80s, but he continues to give blood, Over his lifetime, he has donated 23 gallons of blood, and plans to keep on going. Laurel — The temperatures this week are between 80 an... Full story
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of the highly acclaimed book "Beyond the Kite: 101 Uses for a High Wind" written by Windy Erenell and published by Pamville Publishing Company Inc., LLC, PDQ, FTW: Philosophers have long debated whether or not a tree falling in the woods makes a sound if no man is there to hear it. So too, the best minds of many centuries have debated whether or not the wind actually blows in places that have no man there to get annoyed by it.... Full story
The head coach of Havre High School wrestling is back in action after completion of an inhouse inquiry, the Havre Public Schools Superintendent said this afternoon. Superintendent Andy Carlson said coach Scott Filius was taken off administrative leave and reactivated at 12:19 p.m. today after completion of the inquiry. "I received the inquiry (and it is completed)," Carlson said. "I have confidence in the integrity of the inquiry." Carlson confirmed earlier this morning that Filius, the highly successful wrestling coach who... Full story
MSU-Northern's Nikki Tresch (left) lays in a shot during the second half of Friday night's Frontier women's game between the Skylights and UGF in Havre. The momentum the MSU-Northern women's basketball team built during a 13-1 nonconference campaign helped them overcome a stern challenge in their Frontier Conference opener Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Skylights played great basketball down the stretch and held off rival UGF 55-47. The Skylights finished... Full story
Havre High's Morgan Mazurkiewicz (middle) fights for a shot during Friday night's girls basketball game at the HHS gymnasium. It was a good return from the Holiday Break for both Havre High basketball teams Friday night. In Havre, the Blue Pony girls trounced rival Lewistown, 59-23 at the HHS gymnasium. Jaclyn Evans scored 11 points for the Ponies, who are now a perfect 3-0 in Central A play. The HHS girls are on the road Saturday to face Shelby. The Havre High boys were also in action on the road and defeated Lewistown...
Northern's Devin Jackson (rigth) drives around a Great Falls defender during a Frontier men's game Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. It was everything it was billed to be and more. On Friday night, the the MSU-Northern men's basketball team began defense of its 2011 Frontier Conference championship with a narrow, 63-62 win over a vastly improved University of Great Falls squad at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The game was intense from start to finish. There were... Full story
DENVER (AP) — Recreational marijuana use became legal in Washington state Thursday, but Colorado could have to wait almost a month before the state constitution allows people to legally smoke pot in private. Colorado's elections chief planned Thursday to certify last month's vote to allow recreational marijuana use. The certification sets up a 30-day window for Gov. John Hickenlooper to declare the amendment part of the state constitution. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Medical marijuana is packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at t... Full story
The Districting and Apportionment Commission tasked with setting the state legislative districts for the next 10 years switched positions on two Hi-Line towns Thursday, although it does not appear to change the situation for a HI-Line senator who will be out of a job in two years due to the redistricting process. The commission approved a compromise motion by presiding officer Jim Regnier to move Malta north into House District 33 north of U.S. Highway 2, and Harlem south into House District 32, which stretches from Rocky...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is staying right where it started in the NAIA Coaches Poll. The Lights sit at No. 23 in the first NAIA regular season poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon. Northern was picked No. 23 in the NAIA Preseason Poll, and the Lights have gone 11-2 since. Three Frontier Conference teams are ranked in this week's poll. Westminster College is at No. 7 after a 9-1 start to its season, while the 10-0 Lewis-Clark State...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has played very few games in 2012. But the Skylights are finally busy now. Northern embarks on a three-game road trip starting tonight when it visits Evergreen State in Olympia, Wash. The Skylights then head south for games in Oregon against New Hope Christian on Friday night and Willamette University on Saturday night. Northern comes into this weekend's road trip fresh off a tough 56-50 loss to Carroll College...
Havre's Jake Williams, left, battles a Libby grappler during last weekend's Havre Invitational. The Blue Ponies are in Butte this weekend for the annual Mining City Duals. Once the Havre High wrestling team gets rolling, it hardly slows down until the end of the season and a state champion has been crowned. The Blue Ponies started their season last weekend with the annual Havre Invite, two solid days of wrestling, and are preparing to march into another jam-packed three-day weekend. The Central A Ponies finished as the No. 2...
It isn't clear just what kind of season the Havre High boys basketball team is going to be able to turn in this year. It won't be an easy one right out of the gate, but with a lot of young talent, and a new head coach in former Havre Blue Pony Curt Leeds, HHS is remaining optimistic. The Central A Ponies will open the season with two of the tougher teams on their schedule. Friday they will face the defending Cl Havre High's Kade Rismon, left, looks to pass during a Central A boys basketball game last February in Havre....
After weeks of practice, the Havre High girls basketball program will finally take to the court this weekend. And after a great season last year, the Central A Blue Ponies will hopefully pick up right where they left off. Friday in Malta, the Ponies will face the Class B Malta M-Ettes, and on Saturday, the Ponies will face the Class AA CMR Rustler in Great Falls. But a year ago, the Ponies returned to the state tournament for the fifth time in the last six seasons. The defending Central A champion Ponies did so with just two... Full story
