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Raymond Kenny, 49, died Dec. 22, 2010, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a gravside service will be held later in the spring. Raymond Kenny, 49, died Dec. 22, 2010, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a gravside service will be held later in the spring....
Barbara Lou Reddoor, 62, retired school teacher, died Jan. 9, 2011, at the Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Her wake service began at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church, with the wake continued on to Wednesday with her traditional Native American services at 10 a. m. Thursday, all at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. Services have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Barbara was born Feb. 3, 1948, in Poplar, Mont., to George and Iola (Benson) Sutherland. She was raised and educated in the Po...
Supporters of abolishing the death penalty, Randy Steidl, former death row inmate, left, and Gail Rice, whose younger brother was shot to death, react after the Senate passed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.. AP Photo/Seth Perlman SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn declined to say Wednesday whether he will sign legislation abolishing the death penalty, insisting he would listen to all sides of the issue a... Full story
HELENA — Minority Democrats in the state House opposed the bill that pays the Legislature's expenses as a protest to Republican moves to cut state spending elsewhere. Democrats argued Wednesday it is wrong for the controlling party to increase funding for legislative benefits after GOP moves a day earlier to start cutting state programs for the needy and elderly. Republicans said the Democrats are just trying to score political points by politicizing a normally routine bill. Gov. Brian Schweitzer has already taken issue with... Full story
TUCSON, Ariz. — President Barack Obama says that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes for the first time since being shot through the head on Saturday. The president says it happened a few minutes after he left her hospital room Wednesday evening. The president, speaking at a prayer service in Tucson for shooting victims, says that Giffords' husband allowed him to share the news with the crowd. That brought people to their feet amid cheering. The president says that after he left Giffords' hospital room at Tuc... Full story
TUCSON, Ariz. — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." Following a hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the assassination, he said: "She knows we're here, and she knows we love her." In a memorably dramatic moment, the president said that G...
MATT GOURAS,Associated Press HELENA (AP) — Utilities and supporters of a high-voltage power line in north-central Montana asked the Legislature Wednesday to make sure eminent domain can be used to build such projects when private landowners won't let them. A Montana judge ruled last month that the Canadian developer building the Montana Alberta Tie Line does not have the authority to condemn private property for the project. State Sen. Ken Peterson said Wednesday in a legislative hearing that utilities had long believed t...
Barbara Lou Reddoor, 62, retired school teacher, died Jan. 9, 2011, at the Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Her wake service begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church, with the wake continuedon to Wednesday with her traditional Native American services at 10 a.m. Thursday, all at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. Services have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Barbara was born Feb 3, 1948, in Poplar, Mont., to George and Iola (Benson) Sutherland. She was raised and educated in the...
Class A Wrestling Poll 1. Belgrade, 2. Havre, 3. Frenchtown, 4. Glendive, 5. Corvallis, 6. Polson, 7. Miles City, 8. Laurel, 9. Lewistown, 10. Dillon. Individual Rankings 98 — Carlos Quinones, Pol; Colton Cox, HAM; Chism Lewis, SID; Andrew Olson, LEW; Bryan Dorin, HAR; Lucas Polk, POL. 105 — Dillon Tennant, GLE; Dylan Moll, POL; Nate Kennelly, HAV; Jake McCarthy, ANA; Tyler Forcella, GLE; Matt Walters, FRE. 112 — Tyler Kinn, GLE; Cameron Alvewrson, BEL; Craig Feistner, POL; Levi Gengrich, COR; Gilbert Bara, HAV; Cody Lemon... Full story
Stone Chile College will hold an MTCBL round robin tournament Saturday and Sunday at the Little Bear Gym in Rocky Boy. Participating Teams will be: Stone Child College (SCC), Blackfeet Community College (BCC), Fort Belknap College (FBC), and Fort Peck Community College (FPCC). Saturday's games start at 10 a.m. with SCC women against BCC, 11:30 SCC vs BCC; 1 p.m. FFCC against FBC, 2:30 p.m. FFCC vs FBC, 4 p.m. BCC vs vs FBC, 5:30 BCC, FBC, 7 p.m. SCC vs FFCC and 8:30 p.m. SCC against FPCC. The games will alternate between...
The Pepsi U.S.B.C. Youth Challenge Tournament will be run the next two Sundays during league. Those wishing to participate will have to designate before league starts. All bowlers will have to bowl three lines in each division. In all cases at least two (2) bowlers per division, per league shall advance to state which is to be held in Butte, April 29-30, and May 1, at Star Lanes. The PBA results this week were a little different with the USA challenging the World and losing. The format was 6-man teams, and individual matches,...
Over the last four years senior Paighton Gilman has steadily grown into one of the elite athletes at Havre High School. Gilman has dabbled in a variety of sports. She played softball her freshman and sophomore year, and has been a major factor in the Blue Pony basketball and volleyball programs all four years. Gilman is a three-year varsity letter winner for both volleyball and basketball, and was a huge part of the Ponies' basketball success at the state tournament a year ago. And to top it off, Gilman plans to participate... Full story
Nineteen Montana State University-Northern football players were honored this week for their outstanding work in both football and academics as the 2010-11 Frontier All-Conference Academic Team was announced. Seven seniors paced the list of the Lights on the team, including K.C. Barrett, Hilbert Corbert, Ryan Halko, Kyle Kercher, Jeff Mahana, Travis Hjort and Casey Varner. The rest of the Northern players honored were sophomores, including Matt Bean, Alex Cummings, Nick Griffin, Todd Henrich, Orin Johnson, Tim Jovanovich,... Full story
One week of Frontier Conference basketball is in the books. And what a week it was. The opening weekend of league play might have more of an effect on the final league standings than any opening week has in years, and it's mainly due to one night in Salt Lake City. On Thursday night, the Montana Tech men's and women's basketball teams went into Salt Lake and shocked the Westminster Griffins, favorites to win league titles on both sides. First, the Tech women pushed around the Griffins and earned an upset victory over the No.... Full story
HELENA — Republicans running the Montana Legislature who have launched bills aimed at undermining a federal health care law they believe is unconstitutional may themselves be running up against the state Constitution by trying to order the attorney general to take action. The first GOP proposal on the issue to get a hearing Wednesday would direct the state attorney general to join about 20 other states suing the federal government over the health care plan. But the Legislature's top lawyer said in an analysis that ordering t...
HELENA — A Thompson Falls lawmaker wants Montanans to have the option of hunting with a hand-thrown spear. The Independent Record reports the Senate Fish and Game Committee discussed Republican Sen. Greg Hinkle's bill on Tuesday, and nearly voted to approve it. However, they decided the bill needed to clarify the hunting season in which the practice would be allowed. The committee is expected to consider the bill again on Thursday. Hinkle says about a dozen other states have legalized the use of spears in hunting. Senate b...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees and administrators easily slid back into regular business after two weeks of emergency planning. At Tuesday's meeting, the school board started, as it has in the past few months, by recognizing some students for their achievements. This month's honorees included All Northwest Honor Choir singers Kaylee Schubert and Shawna Cary and All State Offensive Guard Danny Roe. "You see around our district 'a tradition of excellence, '" Superintendent Andy Carlson said. "I have been asked what... Full story
TUCSON, Ariz. — In the hours before the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner went to Walmart, was pulled over for running a red light and ran from his father after an angry confrontation. Investigators are piecing together the timeline of Loughner's frenzied morning before the attack that killed six. "What he did and the morning before the shooting, we're just trying to find all that out," said sheriff's Capt. Chris Nanos. Won't say what suspect bought Nanos wouldn't say what Loughner bought d...
Windy Boy discusses Legislature Hearing on car insurance premium bill set for Thursday A senator from the Hi-Line region expressed concern about the tone of this year's Legislature while he discussed one of his bills going before a committee Thursday, a bill to keep credit ratings from driving up car insurance premiums or forcing people to drive without car insurance. Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, said this morning that he is seeing many proposals to cut programs in an effort to reign in state spending, cuts he said...
Legislators' bills going before committees Several bills sponsored by local legislators have been heard or are scheduled for committee hearings in the 2011 legislative session, with a plethora of additional requests pending in the drafting stage. Rep. Tony Belcourt, D-Box Elder, has the most actual bill numbers assigned, including one bill that was heard in committee Monday. That bill, House Bill 58, would revise the status of an account for the Fort Belknap Indian Community for control of water flow in People's Creek from a...
EAS board to decide local flights' future The control of rural Montana air travel is up in the air this week, as the Essential Air Service board meets in Billings on Thursday. Representatives of the two airlines that offered bids for the Department of Transportation program, current service provider Wyoming-based Great Lakes Airlines and newcomer Florida-based Gulfstream Airlines, will meet with the board to argue for their proposals. Then the board will decide who gets the approximately $8 million to fly Montanans about....
In this Nov. 9, file publicity image originally released by Team Coco, Conan O'Brien speaks during his monologue on "Conan". After two months on the air, O'Brien's late-night talk show is the favorite of younger viewers _ that is, when DVR usage is factored in, according to basic-cable network TBS. AP Photo/Team Coco, Meghan Sinclair, File NEW YORK (AP) — After two months on the air, Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show is the favorite of younger viewers — that is, when DVR usage is factored in, according to basic-cable netwo...
While a skiff of wintry weather is expected to continue through this week, a return to severe winter weather still is not expected before Christmas, the National Weather Service predicts. A bit of snow and cool temperatures were hitting Havre and the region this morning, leaving a cover of white in the area, with more snowshowers expected through midweek, but the weather definitely is milder than in December 2011. Last year, snow hit the region in mid-November, with temperatures below zero on several days long before...
Legislation sponsored by Montana's U. S. Rep. Denny Rehberg to speed up the decision on an oil pipeline that would run through Montana has been tied to a bill that would extend payroll tax cuts set to expire Dec. 31. Rehberg, a Republican, said Friday that his bill, a companion to legislation introduced by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., should be quickly passed and signed into law. President Barack Obama's decision to delay a decision on the pipeline until after the 2012 election has drawn outcries from supporters and warnings... Full story
State police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old pedestrian who was hit by a car outside of Havre. The Hill County Sheriff's Office received a report at 4:18 a. m. Saturday from a caller near Fort Assinniboine on U. S. Highway 87, who said that a man was "jumping at traffic on highway. " Near that same time, the Montana Highway Patrol report says 4:11 a. m., the young man, 20-year-old Havre man Cody Boucher, either walked or ran in front of an oncoming vehicle, driven by 35-year-old Wenatchee, Wash., man, Jesus... Full story
