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HELENA — A legislative measure making it illegal to kill an unborn child easily cleared its first committee vote Friday, despite being mired in the abortion debate. Supporters of the bill said it has nothing to do with abortion and noted the bill exempts "lawful procedures" from prosecution. But those supporters were unwilling to change the measure to clarify that the protected procedures specifically include abortion. "It has nothing to do with an abortion," said sponsor Rep. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell. "It places a value o... Full story
The MSU-Northern women's basketball team suffered a Frontier Conference road loss at the hands of Montana Tech Friday night in Butte. The Orediggers defeated the Skylights 64-54 in what was a three-point game with six minutes to play. Northern dropped to 0-2 in conference play and 9-9 overall. The Skylights play at UM-Western Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Dillon. For complete coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News....
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team secured an important Frontier Conference road win Friday night in Butte. The Lights held off the Montana Tech Orediggers 67-61 to improve to 2-0 in league play. The Lights are 13-4 overall heading into Saturday's game at UM-Western in Dillon. For full coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News....
Friday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Belt 58, Augusta 42 Broadview-Lavina 60, Fromberg 17 Browning 70, Havre 48 Centerville 60, Moore-Judith Gap 42 Chinook 57, Geraldine 24 Deer Lodge 40, Jefferson (Boulder) 38 Ekalaka 68, Rosebud 17 Foothills Christian 72, Rimrock Christian 28 Forsyth 83, Lodge Grass 59 Gardiner 66, Harrison 65 Grenora/Westby, N.D. 57, Froid/Medicine Lake 50 Heart Butte 49, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 48 Highwood 52, North Star 48 Hysham 39, Plevna 37 Joliet 80, Reed Point-Rapelje 47 Laurel 71,... Full story
7th annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic At Missoula Sentinel Friday's results Team scores - University High (UHi) 111, Central Valley (CV) 100, Coeur d' Alene (CDA) 99, Mead (Md) 86, Kalispell Glacier (Gla) 80.5, Bozeman (Boz) 79.5, Kalispell Flathead (Fla) 79.5, Havre (Hav) 78.5, Missoula Sentinel (Sent) 69.5, Great Falls High (GFH) 63.5, Lewistown (Lew) 61, Corvallis (Cor) 58, Frenchtown (Ftn) 55, Polson (Pol) 50.5, Missoula Big Sky (BS) 45, Butte (But) 44, Lake City (LC) 43, Ronan (Ron) 38.5, Clarkston (Clk) 37, West...
A man with a Santa cap looks up at a marquee with high gas prices at a Shell gas station in San Francisco. Consumer prices rose last month as the cost of gas increased by the largest amount since June 2009. But outside of energy costs, there was little sign of widespread inflation. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File WASHINGTON — Consumer prices rose last month as the cost of gas increased by the largest amount since June 2009. But outside of energy costs, there was little sign of widespread inflation. The Labor Department said F...
VATICAN CITY — The pope on Friday signed off on the miracle needed to beatify Pope John Paul II, and set May 1 as the date to honor one of the most beloved popes of all times as a model of saintliness for the church. Pope Benedict XVI said in a decree that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for beatification. A second miracle is needed for the Polish-born John Paul to be made a saint. The May 1 ceremony, which Benedict himself will celebrate, is expected to draw hundreds of t... Full story
All Great Lakes flights in Montana, after March 1, may be cancelled. On Thursday, members of the Essential Air Service board for Montana had a conference call with representatives of the two airlines bidding for the Department of Transportation subsidy, Great Lakes Airlines and Gulfstream Airlines. A several hours, the board voted six to one in favor of Gulfstream taking up Montana flight service. "After four hours of talking on the telephone with these people we finally put it to a vote," Gerry Grabofsky, Havre-Hill County... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team had a rough trip to the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals last weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Now, with their final home dual of the season just a week away, the Lights will look to build some momentum in Oregon. Tonight, the Lights get two days of wrestling started with a dual against Clackamas Community College in Clackamas, Ore. Northern will also compete in the Clackamas Open on Saturday. Tonight's dual will be a homecoming of sorts for a pair of Northern's top wrestlers.... Full story
When the Havre High boys and girls swim teams jump into the pool at the Swarthout Fieldhouse Saturday in Great Falls, the Blue Ponies will certainly know their opponent. On Saturday at 12 p.m., the Ponies are back in Great Falls, where they'll compete against the Great Falls High Bison and CMR Rustlers for a third time this season. HHS already hosted both teams in a double-dual in Havre last month, then the following week, competed against the squads in a pair of meets in Great Falls. Now, the Ponies will do so again, and... Full story
It's been a while, but the Great Falls High Bison finally found a way to upsend the Havre Blue Pony wrestling team. The Ponies lost their annual dual with the Bison 42-36 Thursday in Great Falls. Havre got a huge edge right away as Eli Hinebauch, who just went down to 145 pounds, defeated GFH's top-ranked Class AA 145-pounder Dylan Mendenhall by pin at 5:12. And HHS kept rolling early with wins by Grant Pattison and Kameron Pribyl, as well as Jared Ruttokfsky. Duell Stadel and Dillon Seely also grabbed victories for the Blue...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the University of Great Falls last Friday night. And even before that loss, the Skylights were dealing with a host of injury problems, none of which have been resolved. So to say this weekend's road trip to Montana Tech and UM-Western is daunting would be an understatement. The Skylights (9-8, 0-1) visit Tech tonight in Butte, then play at Western Saturday night in Dillon. "It's a very tough trip for us," MSU-N head coach Chris Mo... Full story
Winning on the road is never easy in the Frontier Conference. However, it's also the key to successfully chasing down the Frontier crown, and while the Montana State University-Northern Lights already have a key road win under their belt, the mission is far from complete. Tonight, the Lights (12-4, 1-0) take step two in the process when they visit Montana Tech in Butte. Northern wraps up a weekend swing at UM-Western on Saturday. The Lights got off to a strong start in conference play with a hard-fought win over a... Full story
There is always a strong rodeo tradition on the Hi-Line. But this weekend, plenty of Hi-Line cowboys will make their presence felt even stronger as they compete in the annual Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals. The 32nd annual Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals hits the Four Seasons Arena starting tonight. The three-performance rodeo, which includes 7 p.m. performances tonight and Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, features large purses and huge crowds. And Havre and the Hi-Line will be there. The top 12 money-winners from... Full story
If it hadn't been for a slow start offensively and for a few untimely fouls, the Havre High girls basketball team may have come away with a win. Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium the Browning Indians defeated the Blue Ponies 46-40 in Central A play. The Ponies trailed the Indians the entire first half, as well as for the entire third quarter. And it wasn't until the 6:56 mark in the fourth quarter the Ponies were finally able to game at 30-30 after clawing their way back after trailing by as much 11 throughout. "We...
The Havre High boys basketball team has two home games this weekend. And with the two games leading off five consecutive home games for the Blue Ponies, HHS is entering into a favorable stretch in the schedule. Tonight the Central A Ponies will host the conference rival Browning Indians and Saturday HHS will host the Class B Conrad Cowboys. Tonight the Ponies and Indians will tip off at 7 p.m. and Saturday tip off between the Ponies and Cowboys will be at 5 p.m., both games at the Havre High gymnasium. But the Blue Ponies...
Parke Kunkle, who teaches astronomy at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, talks with a reporter about the changing astrological signs in his office in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday. Kunkle told a newspaper interviewer that the Earth's wobbly orbit means it's no longer aligned to the stars in the same way as when the signs of the zodiac were first conceived. That means when astrologers say the sun is in Pisces, it's really in Aquarius, and so on, Kunkle said. AP Photo/Craig Lassig MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis a...
OXON HILL, Md. — Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus is leaping ahead in balloting to become the next head of the Republican National Committee. He leads the shrunken field with 67 votes after five rounds of balloting. GOP operative Maria Cino won the endorsement of current Chairman Michael Steele after he dropped out of the race. But she got only 40 votes the next time around. Saul Anuzis got 32. And Ann Wagner trailed with 28. The winner will serve for the next two years....
The local amateur acting troupe is looking for actors to fill slots in the bittersweet retelling of the life of an entertainment icon. Montana Actors' Theatre will hold auditions for "Hollywood Dreams," the story of Carol Burnett, written by her and her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, Monday and Tuesday. The play, set to run the last two weekends in May and the first weekend in June, will be directed by Angela Pratt and Audrey Barger. Barger said one of the reasons the auditions are set so far before the curtains will rise will... Full story
Local legislators responding to questions about a proposed law requiring Montana to sue the federal government over health care reform are split on the issue. Sen. Rowlie Hutton, R-Havre, said Thursday that he has received twice as many e-mails on the issue than on any other topic. Of those, 98 percent are in favor of Montana joining the lawsuit, he said. "It's amazing, the public outcry on this," Hutton said. But Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, has a different take on the issue. "If we're trying to make budget cuts to... Full story
While Republican legislators are working to overturn the federal health care reform law, the state office which handles securities and insurance is working on creating laws to implement the reforms. State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, said in an interview earlier this week that legislators were briefed on the bills that would set Montana's implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the reform bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in March. "This would lay the...
Board rejects Great Lakes bid to renew contract All Great Lakes flights in Montana, after May 1, may be cancelled. On Thursday, the members of the Essential Air Service board for Montana had a conference call with representatives of the two airlines bidding for the Federal Department of Transportation subsidy, Great Lakes Airlines and Gulfstream Airlines. After several hours, the board voted 6-to-1 in support of Gulfstream taking up Montana flight service. "After four hours of talking on the telephone with these people, we... Full story
Politicians in Montana this week have been debating House Bill 167 as it makes its way through the House Judiciary Committee. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, carries the short title of "Criminalize offense involving death to an unborn child." After anti-abortion legislation failed repeatedly in Montana, the supporters finally wised up and started repackaging their efforts in order to find the proper wording to fool their constituents. Their efforts...
Glenda Miller Zemke passed away early Tuesday, Dec. 21, after a prolonged illness, in the company of her family. She was born on Nov. 30, 1944, to Glen and Katherine Miller in Havre, Mont. She attended Havre High School and Montana State University-Northern, and moved to Lompoc, Calif., to pursue a career in medical transcription. There she met Zeke (Daniel) Zemke. They married in 1980 and took up residence in Mountain Green, Utah. They had a son, Peter, in 1983, and welcomed a daughter-in-law, Cindy, in 2009. Glenda...
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The national Republican Party, coming off huge election victories but facing a $22 million debt and an internal war over identity, ousted chairman Michael Steele Friday and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus to lead in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race. The embattled Steele dropped his re-election bid halfway through the balloting when it became clear he could not win another two-year term after a first marked by verbal missteps and financial woes. "We have to get on track. And together w...
