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State Democrats are bringing their tour to talk with people about creating and maintaining jobs in the state to Havre Monday. The "Business and Jobs Listening Tour" stop will be held at the Hill County Electric Hospitality Room Monday starting at 6 p. m. Democratic legislators, including Rep. Tony Belcourt, D-Box Elder, have been holding the listening sessions around the state, including at Billings, Miles City and Sidney. In the press release announcing the Havre stop, the tour organizers said the purpose of the tour is to...
At the official opening of a race that has been heating up for more than a year, candidates for a U. S. Senate seat came out firing Thursday. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., officially filed as a candidate Thursday in the race for the seat now held by Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. Tester had not filed Thursday, although his campaign manager, Preston Elliott, said he will file his paperwork with the secretary of state at a later date. Rehberg immediately went on the attack. "You cannot spend your way into prosperity, " he said at... Full story
With record-setting activity in the Montana Secretary of State's office, and more filings in local clerk and recorder's offices, candidates have set the initial stage for races in the 2012 election impacting north-central Montana ranging from county seats to federal lawmaking positions, with most of the activity on the state level from Republicans in the first day. The filings included one filing to take over a seat from a Hill County incumbent who has decided to retire. Democrat Kathy Bessette, serving her 22nd year this...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre High School special education teacher Shaylee Lewis, center, shares her favorite childhood memories with her English class to help them come up with their own favorite childhood memories to write about in their journals Thursday afternoon. Lewis will be featured on KRTV Monday at 5:30 and 10 p.m. after winning the TV news station's One Class At A Time grant. TV crews don't make a lot of appearances on the Hi-Line, but Havre High School special education instructor Shaylee Lewis recently...
Sherry Arnold HELENA (AP) — A Montana math teacher who disappeared last weekend when she left her house for a run is dead, and the FBI said Friday it had one man in custody and was questioning another in connection with her disappearance. Sidney Public School officials posted a statement online saying they learned of Sherry Arnold's death Friday morning. No further information was immediately available, although a news conference was scheduled for Friday afternoon. "I think we are starting to find some closure in the whole d... Full story
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) — Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a life-threatening heart condition that will require surgery next month, his doctor told a judge presiding over Edwards' upcoming court case over possible campaign violations. AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File Former Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, center, leaves a federal courthouse with attorney Abbe Lowell, to right of Edwards, after a hearing in Greensboro, N.C. on Dec. 16.Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition t... Full story
The MSU-Northern women's basketball team had their eighth straight win in their sights. The referees had other ideas. Leading 50-49 with the ball and :10 left, a phantom holding foul on Northern's Laci Keller gave Tech two free throws, which Danielle Devenny promptly sunk. Laramie Schwenke's ensuing game-winning shot rimmed out and the Orediggers walked out of the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse with a 51-50 Frontier Conference win Fr MSU-Northern's Taylor Cummings (right) guards a...
The Havre High girls basketball team won in dramatic fashion on the road Friday night. The Ponies improved to 4-0 in the Central A Conference with a 55-53 win over the Browning Indians. The Ponies are at home Saturday to host the Conrad Cowgirls. Friday night wasn't as good for the HHS boys. Browning crushed the Blue Ponies 64-36 at the HHS gymnasium. In the loss, the Ponies got 12 points from junior Thurman Holdsclaw. The Ponies will look to rebound when they travel to Conrad on Saturday night. For full coverage, see Monday'... Full story
MSU-Northern's David Maddock (left) shoots over Montana Tech's A.J. Paine during Friday night's Frontier Conference men's basketball game in Havre. The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team already took one team's best shot in early Frontier Conference play. Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the No. 13 Lights took another. Northern had tou battle hard, but the Lights won a defensive struggle, 62-52 over Montana Tech. Despite making five 3-pointers... Full story
For the third time this season, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams will take to the water against the powerful Great Falls High Bison and CMR Rustlers. But each time the Ponies do so, it only serves to make them better because the Bison and Rustlers are two of the top swim programs in the state of Montana. On Saturday, HHS will be in Great Falls for a dual meet against GFH and CMR. Havre already swam head-to-head against the Bison and Rustlers during last month's Havre I...
In preparation for the Missoula Invite today and Saturday, the Havre High wrestling team first made a quick stop in Great Falls for a non conference dual with the CMR Rustlers. Thursday the Ponies were in Great Falls, where they took on the Rustlers. And while the Central A Blue Ponies didn't wrestle their normal lineup, they still saw some much needed reps and a little bit of success. The Rustlers defeated the Ponies 43-36 in the dual. The Ponies went into Great Falls just for the extra preparation. They narrowed their... Full story
The Havre High girls basketball team continues to turn heads with its impressive play this season. The Blue Ponies have shown consistent growth and improvement with a young squad, and are looking to makes moves again this weekend. The Central A Blue Ponies have two more games this weekend, two more winnable games more importantly. Tonight the Ponie Havre High sophomore Peyton Filius (left) looks to pass during a Central A girls basketball game against Lewistown last Friday night in Havre. The Blue Ponies will be back at the... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is off to its best start in over a decade. And the Skylights are also a perfect 1-0 in Frontier Conference play to boot. Never-the-less, Northern head coach Chris Mouat says his team can, and needs to play better, and it needs to start this weekend. Northern is at home again this weekend, where the Skylights will host the Montana Tech Orediggers tonight at 6, and the UM-Western Bulldogs Saturday at 6 p.m. Both... Full story
Now sitting at 2-1 in conference play, the Havre High boys basketball team is stressing just how important it is to play well this weekend. With two games lying just ahead of the Blue Ponies, one conference and on non conference, HHS has an opportunity to climb the ladder. Tonight at 7 p.m. the Central A Ponies (3-5 2-1) will host the conference rival Browning Indians, the leaders in the Central A Havre High senior Justin Jensen launches a 3-pointer during a boys basketball game against Shelby last Saturday at the Havre High...
Montana State University-Northern's Joe Simpson lays in two points during a Frontier Conference men's basketball game against UGF last Friday in Havre. The No. 13 Lights are home to face Montana Tech tonight and UM-Western Saturday night. Big games are nothing new to the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. But trying to get back into a rhythm while playing two big games is another story. Yet, that's exactly what the 13th-ranked Lights (15-2, 1-0) will try... Full story
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian court on Friday sentenced Joran van der Sloot to 28 years in prison for murder of a young woman he met at a Lima casino, even as the family of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway sought to have him prosecuted in the U.S. over her disappearance in 2005. The decision comes two days after the young Dutchman pleaded guilty to killing Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old business student. AP Photo/Karel Navarro Joran van der Sloot arrives to the courtroom for his sentence at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, F... Full story
Since the Hi-Line Sletten Cancer Center opened in Havre, the quality of care to Hi-Line residents has increased substantially. A proposed federal regulation endangers at least some of that care, and the proposal should be rejected out of hand. Under the proposal being studied by a Department of Health and Human Services panel, a radiation oncologist will have to be present every time radiation treatment is administered. At Sletten's Havre clinic, an oncologist sets up the radiation program and administers the first round.... Full story
The Pamville science news editor tasked Pamville reporters to bring forth the latest hard-hitting dope on the recreational drug scene, scientifically speaking, that is. ——— University of Connecticut officials in an internal review have found that their famous heart researcher, wine connoisseur and cheese cutter, Dipak Das has fabricated, falsified and manipulated data in the last seven years of his studies on red wine's benefits to cardiovascular health. UConn officials recently turned down $890,000 in federal grants award...
Editor: Once again the Havre community and surrounding area has come through to help those in need. The Salvation Army's Christmas Assistance Program and Red Kettle Campaign were great successes this year. Much thanks goes to the community for participating in the Christmas Angel Tree program and Adopt-a-Family program. Many low-income/needy families were helped because of your generosity. Many of the families stated that they couldn't believe that someone cared that they had a nice Christmas We were able to help more than... Full story
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees has joined a group of Class A school districts around Montana to help take their issues to the Montana Legislature during the coming legislative session. Finances are a main topic of concern. The district will want to make sure that it gets its fair share of the state funds that are likely headed toward the schools this year. But the district will also want to protect its position in a variety of other topics. Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, will chair the House Education Committee this... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Gov.-elect Steve Bullock has filled two more cabinet posts as he prepares to take office next month. Bullock says outgoing Montana Highway Patrol director Mike Tooley will take over as the new head of the Montana Department of Transportation. The two worked together during Bullock's tenure as attorney general. The incoming governor says John Tubbs of Helena will lead the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Tubbs previously worked at the DNRC and most recently was a deputy at the U.S. Department o...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is off to its best start in over a decade. And the Skylights are also a perfect 1-0 in Frontier Conference play to boot. Never-the-less, Northern head coach Chris Mouat says his team can, and needs to play better, and it needs to start this weekend. Northern is at home again this weekend, where the Skylights will host the Montana Tech Orediggers tonight at 6, and the UM-Western Bulldogs Saturday at 6 p.m. Both... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after an ugly standoff with Republican senators who declared they would vigorously oppose her nomination. The move elevates Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry as the likely choice to be the nation's next top diplomat when Hillary Rodham Clinton departs soon. AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File UN Ambassador Susan Rice is seen leaving a meeting on Capitol Hill on Nov. 28. Rice has withdrawn from c... Full story
Thursday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Belt 62, Cascade 42 Bigfork 79, Eureka 45 Box Elder 80, Big Sandy 66 Broadus 54, St. Labre 52 Chinook 68, North Star 36 Columbus 62, Shepherd 51 Conrad 48, Shelby 32 Darby 72, Lincoln 35 Deer Lodge 64, St. Ignatius 58 Fairfield 56, Choteau 53 Frenchtown 73, Anaconda 58 Great Falls Russell 49, Helena 42 Helena Capital 69, Butte 63 Highwood 74, Geraldine 44 Laurel 70, Billings Central 48 Lodge Grass 80, Lame Deer 67 Missoula Sentinel 45, Corvallis 44 Sheridan 55, Lima 31...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Tied for second-place with five nominations each, including best drama are Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's slave-turned-bounty-hunter tale "Django Unchained." AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, File This undated p...
