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After having their games against Browning postponed on Friday night, the Havre Blue Pony boys and girls basketball teams returned to action Saturday. In Havre, the Blue Pony boys were defeated by Class B Conrad 50-46, while the HHS girls lost 38-35 in Conrad. The Blue Pony girls host Malta on Monday night, while the Ponies are home together next weekend, hosting Central A doubleheaders against Belgrad Havre's Dane Warp, left, looks to pass during Saturday night's high school boys basketball game at the HHS gymnasium. e and...
HELENA — Montana lawmakers said Friday they expect to seek changes to a recently completed plan to redraw the state's legislative map. The Districting and Apportionment Commission is submitting the proposal to the Legislature for comment. The proposal was nearly three years in the making, and crafts 100 new state House and 50 new state Senate districts to align with 2010 population numbers. The plan is set to take effect for the 2014 election. Commission Chairman Jim Regnier told a joint session of the House and Senate t...
HELENA (AP) — Flu outbreaks are spreading across Montana, with one death reported and 57 people hospitalized so far, a state health official said Friday. Influenza cases have been reported in all but 18 of Montana's 56 counties, and the number of cases is expected to increase for at least a few more weeks, said Department of Public Health and Human Services spokesman Jon Ebelt. "It does seem to be shaping up to be our worst flu season since 2009," he said. Montana is one of 47 states where flu is considered widespread, in w...
MISSOULA (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former University of Montana football player to 30 years in prison with 20 years suspended for raping a female friend in his apartment. Beau Donaldson pleaded guilty in September to sexual intercourse without consent after admitting to the 2010 rape in a phone call monitored by police. The Missoulian reports (http://bit.ly/13oJ5YG ) Donaldson began to cry as District Judge Karen Townsend handed down the maximum sentence sought by the prosecution. He will be eligible for parole after 2...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still designed to mark his unprecedented role in American history with plenty of eye-catching glamour. A long list of celebrity performers will give the once-every-four years right of democratic passage the air of a star-studded concert, from the bunting-draped Capitol's west front of the Capitol, where Obama takes the oath Jan. 21, to the Washington Convention Center, w...
Salt Lake City was not the place to be for the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams Saturday night. The Westminster Griffins swept the Lights and Skylights, in they did it in dominating fashion. In the women's game, the No. 4 Griffins drubbed the Skylights 72-43. The Griffins blew the game wide open with a late 11-4 run at the end of the first half, and never looked back. While Westminster had four players score in double figures, the Skylights got 10 points by Jordan Bruursema in what was...
After having their games against Browning postponed on Friday night, the Havre Blue Pony boys and girls basketball teams returned to action Saturday. In Havre, the Blue Pony boys were defeated by Class B Conrad 50-46, while the HHS girls lost 38-35 in Conrad. The Blue Pony girls host Malta on Monday night, while the Ponies are home together next weekend, hosting Central A doubleheaders against Belgrad Havre's Dane Warp, left, looks to pass during Saturday night's high school boys basketball game at the HHS gymnasium. e and...
HELENA (AP) — A breakdown of the federal crackdown on marijuana trafficking by people operating under Montana's medical marijuana law. Time period 2010-2013 Investigations 3: Operation Smokejumper, Operation Weed Be Gone, Operation Noxious Weed People indicted 34 People convicted 33 Plea deals 31 Trials 2, both resulting in convictions Dismissals 1 Source: U.S. Attorney's Office. A look at the changes in the Montana pot industry The Associated Press HELENA (AP) — A look at how the number of Montana medical marijuana use...
HELENA — If American society's tolerance for marijuana is now growing, then what happened in Montana illustrates just what can happen when the government decides things have gone too far. Pot advocates were running caravans, helping hundreds of residents in a day get medical marijuana user cards. Some doctors who conducted cursory exams on scores of people were fined. As the number of users quickly grew, so did a retail industry that led some to dub the state "Big High Country." AP Photo/Matt Volz Drug Enforcement Agent In C...
NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people. The shooting shattered the festive mood surrounding the parade that drew hundreds of people to the 7th Ward neighborhood of modest row houses not far from the French Quarter. Cell phone video taken in the aftermath of the shooting shows victims lying on the ground, blood on the pavement and others bending over to help or comfort them. AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael D...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club was excited to open Northern District play Sunday afternoon. But the North Stars had to face one of the best teams in the Northern A in that opener. Havre took on the Great Falls Electrics Sunday afternoon in Great Falls and came away with a pair of losses. The North Stars fell in game one 9-3, then dropped the nightcap 11-1. Offense was hard to come by for Havre in both games. In the first outing, the North Stars collected just three hits and scored all three of their runs...
The Havre High boys and girls tennis teams had work left to do before this week's Central A Divisional tournament. And the Blue Ponies completed that work Saturday at the Lewistown Invitational. Havre faced off against Central A rivals Livingston, Lewistown and Anaconda, as well as took on Butte Central Saturday in dual action, and with mixed results according to HHS head coach George Ferguson. "There was a lot of importance on the Lewistown Invite and the kids knew that going in," Ferguson said. "We needed to be at our best...
The weekend plans for the Havre high softball team included winning a couple of games, and gaining some momentum heading into the postseason. And after a clean sweep of the competition, the Blue Ponies accomplished both. The Havre High girls fastpitch softball team won four games this weekend in Butte. In non-league action, the Central A Ponies faced four teams while attending the Laverne Combo Softball Invitational in Butte. The Ponies went 4-0 on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, the Ponies started the weekend with a 5-1 win...
Editor: Havre Hi-Line's home heating help program is still accepting applications until 5 pm, Tuesday, April 30. If you live in Hill, Blaine or Liberty counties, our office wants to help you! The program, pronounced LEE-APP, is a supplement for paying home heating costs through the winter season. Such heating costs may be natural gas, electricity, propane, and in some cases, even wood. Eligibility requires a household to meet a certain gross income, limit on liquid assets, type of heating fuel used, size, type and location of...
Editor: It's that time of year again. North Central Montana Relay For Life will be holding its Third Annual Paint the Park Purple event at Town Square Saturday, June 22, from 11 a.m, to 3 p.m. We will have team registration, survivor registration, luminary sales, team fundraisers and much more taking place on this day. Businesses, if you would like, please decorate your store fronts and windows with purple to show our community how much you support the fight against cancer. The North Central Montana Relay for Life event has...
HELENA (AP) — Democrats are offering to pay for the damage caused when they pounded mugs on their Senate desks during last week's attempt to drown out a floor session. Legislative Services Executive Director Susan Fox says the scratches and ring marks on the desks are an easy fix that will likely be made after the session ends. Fox did not have an estimate of the cost. The legislative standoff began last Friday when Democrats announced they wanted to make a motion to halt proceedings because of one of their senators was a...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A bill that would require student-athletes to be removed from play after they show signs of having a concussion is headed to Gov. Steve Bullock's desk. The Senate passed Senate Bill 112 on Thursday. It is named for Dylan Steigers, a former Missoula Sentinel star who died after suffering a concussion at an Eastern Oregon football practice. Democratic Sen. Anders Blewett, the bill's sponsor, tells the Great Falls Tribune he expects Bullock to sign the measure into law. "It was great to see the legislation p...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock says he is open to modifying the proposal to take federal money in order to expand Medicaid to the working poor. Bullock talked about spending and other issues on Friday, as the Senate prepares to take up the state's main budget bill. Bullock says the fate of Medicaid expansion and many other priorities are still up in the air with about two weeks left in the session. The governor has sparred with Republicans over Medicaid expansion all session. One plan passed the Senate, but has since s...
HELENA — Senate debate on a relatively minor bill dealing with so-called "dark money" in politics is leading to another row in the Republican caucus. The issue has split Republicans all session after anonymous groups' spending in recent elections has helped fuel bitter GOP primary battles. The wound was re-opened Friday during debate on a bill to require a new disclaimer on materials sent by groups that don't disclose donors. Senate Majority Leader Art Wittich of Bozeman agitated some in his caucus by alleging a "crossover c...
The state Office of Public Instruction has awarded two local schools funding to help retain students and improve graduation in a program a local official said already has helped more students graduate. "It has (made a difference), and we are lucky to be working with the (Havre) Middle School on it," Havre High School Principal Craig Mueller said this morning. Havre High and Box Elder High School each received $5,000 grants to use in their Graduation Matters programs. Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau...
Some local legislators have commented on actions in the Legislature Wednesday that could have significant impacts in north-central Montana. Most think bills cut or stalled could still move forward. Wednesday, a Senate committee tabled House Bill 5, the bill to erect state buildings, including a new automotive-diesel technologies building at Montana State University-Northern. The House Education Committee made significant cuts and eliminated a property-tax reduction proposal, from a Senate K-12 education funding bill. Sen....
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Dennis Teigeler playing Joey, left, and Martin Holt playing Denny speak during Thursday's rehearsal of "A Steady Rain" at the Montana Actors' Theatre. The local acting troupe is bringing what has been described as a tough, gritty look at the streets of Chicago to Havre, with Keith Huff's "A Steady Rain" scheduled to premiere tonight. The play is being directed by Montana Actors' Theatre veteran Chad Zuelke, and stars fellow veterans Martin Holt and Dennis Teigeler as Chicago police officers...
Our View: Laurel — A working group has been struggling for some time on a way to make necessary renovations to the St. Mary Diversion, a program that has been vital to the area for a century. The group moved forward this week when it decided to hire a consultant to draft a detailed work plan for the future. We hope this comes to fruition. The diversion is critical to the economy of the Hi-Line. Laurel — Bear Paw Development Corp.'s annual report shows that the organization has helped create 30 jobs in the Hi-Line and hel...
No job is perfect, but mine, I've recently discovered, is ruining my life. No biggy, you're thinking. You've read my column and you think it wasn't much of a life to begin with. But I will have you know that, through careful consideration of my options at every juncture, I have deliberately built a life that bears as little resemblance as possible to one lived by an adult accepting of her responsibilities and any desire to get ahead financially, emotionally,...
Courtesy photo Montana businessman, rancher, state senator and active community member William T. Cowan of Box Elder wears the clothing given to him by the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. The local museum has set a special display honoring a pioneer businessman, rancher and state senator, Box Elder's William T. Cowan, or Little Bone Chief. The display, set between the pioneering and Native American sections of the H. Earl Clack Museum, shows a decorated buckskin jacket, leggings, moccasins and a feather...
