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The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team wanted to finish its home schedule in dominant fashion. The Lights were also unhappy with the way they performed at last weekend's NAIA National Duals. And the Lights took that unhappiness out on the Western Wyoming Mustangs. Northern, the fourth-ranked team in the NAIA won seven matches by bonus points against the 14th-ranked NJCAA Mustangs in the Lights' final home dual of the season Wednesday night at the Armory Gymnasium...
The Havre High wrestling team is getting closer, and closer to competing at the Class A state tournament in Billings, and this weekend in Belgrade, the Blue Ponies will get an in-depth look at many of the teams that will also compete at the state tournament next month. Friday and Saturday, the Central A Ponies will look to maintain their stay near the top of the Class A ranks. The No. 2 Ponies will join over nine other Class A teams in Belgrade for the Class A Duals. Last season the Ponies finished in second place, losing to...
LAIE, Hawaii (AP) — People in small Hawaii hometown of Manti Te'o are offering support for the Notre Dame linebacker, after the story of his girlfriend and her death from leukemia were revealed as a hoax. AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o waits for the snap during the second half of their NCAA college football game against Boston College on Nov. 10. No one answered the door Wednesday evening and no one appeared to be inside the modest, single-story wood home of Te'o's parents, Brian and O...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team wanted to finish its home schedule in dominant fashion. The Lights were also unhappy with the way they performed at last weekend's NAIA National Duals. And the Lights took that unhappiness out on the Western Wyoming Mustangs. Northern, the fourth-ranked team in the NAIA won seven matches by bonus points against the 14th-ranked NJCAA Mustangs in the Lights' final home dual of the season Wednesday night at the Armory Gymnasium...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A crowd gathers in the Duck Inn Olympic Room Wednesday to attend the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce kicked off its 104th year with its annual meeting at the Duck Inn Olympic Room, including introducing its new president, wishing outgoing members well, and hearing from a slate of speakers on a variety of local topics. Incoming President Jacob Lorang welcomed the audience and introduced new board members Stacy Mantle, Bonnie O'Neill and Mike...
HELENA — Lawmakers on Thursday were considering a renewed effort to test drivers suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana — a measure law enforcement agents said is necessary to deal with an increase in such cases. Republican Rep. Doc Moore of Missoula said his House Bill 168 provides a legal limit for the amount of THC — an ingredient of marijuana — that can be in a person's blood while operating a motor vehicle. He argued the measure is just aimed at enduring streets are safe, not at the debate over medical...
HELENA — Montana Senate Republicans held a pep talk Thursday for their members after documents detailing an internal power struggle publicly exposed a widening rift within the caucus — but the message was met with skepticism by at least one ousted leader. Senate President Jeff Essmann, appearing to offer a concession, told the caucus he will let the group decide policy goals collectively — including whether to back those coming from moderates. Essmann said his only personal goal is a conservative and balanced budget. AP Ph...
HELENA — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a drug treatment center to the Montana State Prison for threatening a staff member and violating his treatment plan, a corrections official said Thursday. The former San Diego Chargers and Washington State Cougars quarterback was charged last spring with breaking into two houses and stealing prescription painkillers near his hometown of Great Falls. He pleaded guilty in May to burglary and criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and his five-year sentence called f...
Thursday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Bigfork 68, Plains 21 Choteau 65, Fairfield 61 Ennis 61, Lone Peak 32 Florence 60, Thompson Falls 28 Glendive 51, Colstrip 40 Helena 53, Butte Central 49 Helena Capital 54, Missoula Hellgate 39 Northern Cheyenne 107, Hysham 63 Noxon 59, Two Eagle River 35 Ronan 62, Troy 42 Sidney 62, Miles City 43 Victor 71, Darby 57 Wibaux 62, Jordan 43 GIRLS BASKETBALL Billings Central 70, Laurel 54 Charlo 32, St. Ignatius 21 Colstrip 50, Glendive 42 Fairfield 65, Choteau 47 Florence...
HELENA (AP) — A series of emails shows plans by conservative Republicans to take over leadership of the state Senate from a more moderate faction. The documents obtained by the Great Falls Tribune also outline a long-term strategy that includes "changing the face of the Montana Supreme Court" and remapping legislative districts to favor Republicans, according to an email written by Sen. Jeff Essmann of Billings last September. "If we can implement the long term strategy we will be in a position to actually elect a majority o...
Montana Prep Basketball Standings BOYS Central A Team Conf. Overall Belgrade 4-0 6-4 Browning 2-1 6-2 Livingston 2-2 2-7 Havre 1-2 2-6 Lewistown 0-4 1-8 2B Conf. Overall Malta 5-0 8-1 Wolf Point 3-1 7-2 Plentywood 2-1 6-3 Glasgow 2-2 6-3 Harlem 1-3 5-4 Poplar 0-3 1-7 9C Conf. Overall Box Elder 5-0 7-2 Big Sandy 3-1 5-4 Hays-Lodge Pole 2-1 3-5 Chinook 2-3 3-6 Turner 1-3 2-6 North Star 0-5 1-8 10C Conf. Overall Heart Butte 5-1 6-4 Dutton-Brady 5-1 8-2 Chester/J-I 4-2 8-2 Valier 4-2 6-4 Power 2-4 4-6 Simms 1-5 2-8 Sunburst 0-6...
Even after Rocky Mountain College captured the 2009 NAIA men's basketball national championship, it has seemed as though Frontier Conference teams have had a hard time making headway in the weekly NAIA Coaches Poll. However, so far in 2013, that hasn't been the case. With Lewis-Clark State ripping off 18 straight wins to start the season, and the Montana State University-Northern Lights not far behind, winning 16 of their first 19 this season, the NAIA has had to take notice....
It's that time of year. It's the time of year when basketball championships are won and lost. George Ferguson Sports Editor It's also the time of year when the Armory Gymnasium really comes alive. MSU-Northern students cheer on the Lights during the 2012 Frontier Conference men's championship game last March in Havre. The Northern men and women have just five home games left this season, starting with Friday and Saturday's games against Montana Tech and Lewis-Clark State....
Havre High's Sarah Armstrong emerged as one of the top prep volleyball players in the state last fall. She led the Havre High volleyball program to a solid run at the Central A divisional tournament, and will now move up to the col Havre High senior Sarah Armstrong, right, goes up for a kill during a volleyball match last fall in Havre. Armstrong earned Class A All-State honors this season and is headed to play for Rocky Mountain College next fall. legiate level where her outstanding hitting ability can be utilized for at...
Wesley Brook Collier Wesley Brook Collier, 31, of Havre, Mont., passed away May 10, 2013. His memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, 730 13th St. West Havre, Montana. He was born Aug. 13, 1984, in Superior, Mont. He was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was a service technician for Office Equipment Company. He is the son of Gerald Collier and Sandra Reed. He is also survived by his wife, Ashley Collier; one sister, Elusia Young and her husband, Jeremy Young; nephews:...
Anne Marie Stranahan Shaw Anne Marie Stranahan Shaw died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at her home in Missoula, in the loving care of family, after a brave fight with cancer. She was born May 6, 1935, in Fort Benton, to Clinton Goodwin and Marie Ethel Stranahan. Anne grew up north of Loma on the Stranahan River Ranch. She attended school in Fort Benton and graduated from Fort Benton High School in 1953. In August 1953, she and William Alfred Shaw were married in Fort Benton. Anne and Al farmed north of Carter on the Shaw family...
Bruce A. 'Buzz' Doney Bruce A. "Buzz" Doney, 62, of Hays passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Indian Health Services in Fort Belknap. A viewing for family and friends will be at his home at 2 p.m. and wake services will begin at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at the St. Paul Mission Recreation Center, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013. Burial will be in the St. Paul Mission Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Montana's unemployment rate fell slightly to at 5.5 percent in April, down by 0.1 percentage points from March. The national rate decreased by the same amount, but remains much higher than Montana's unemployment at 7.5 percent. With the advent of warmer weather, the jobless rate on the Hi-Line took a steep decline in April. "After a slow start in the first quarter, Montana's employment growth is back on the right track this month, adding about 660 jobs," said Labor Commissioner Pam Bucy. "Montana's unemployment rate...
High school graduations begin in full force this weekend, as seniors say goodbye to their high schools and start their adult lives. The final numbers aren't in, but Havre High School will have the largest graduating class, while only 11 will graduate at Box Elder. Box Elder and North Star will kick off the ceremonies, both at 2 p.m. Saturday. Chinook services are 2 p.m. Sunday at the school. Here is the lineup for area schools: Box Elder Jonni Bacon will be the valedictorian as the 11 students are saluted in ceremonies in...
The H. Earl Clack Museum Board this week heard updates on events completed, work being done, work being planned and a local attraction being featured this month on public television. Anna Brumley, manager of the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump archaeological site the board oversees, said at the board's monthly meeting Monday that the crew of Montana Public Broadcasting System's "Backroads of Montana" was at the site May 4 filming footage to be used in an upcoming broadcast. "They were there for four-and-a-half hours," Brumley...
In the late 1960s, Howard Bailey built a reservoir on his property south of Kremlin. The reservoir is, at the longest point, nearly two-thirds of a mile long, and Bailey became something of a hero to area fishers. "He just looked over the prairie, and he could see on the lay of the coulee a body of water," his daughter, Jeanne Bailey Martin, said. "He saw it like an oasis on the prairie." "He built it for only two reasons," said Woody Baxter of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. "He wanted people to be able to fish, and he wanted a...
Less than two months after being placed on administrative leave, the head of the local nine-county district of the Montana Highway Patrol will end his 22-year career with the force. Montana Highway Patrol announced this week that Capt. Brad Sangray has submitted his resignation effective May 31. Sangray was placed on nondisciplinary administrative leave April 11, with Major R.V. Moody stepping in as interim director of the district. Anastasia Burton, a Montana Department of Justice spokeswoman, said Moody will continue to act...
The picture of the upcoming special election at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation could be changing again. Three days after Michael "Big Mike" Corcoran announced he was withdrawing his candidacy for chair of the Chippewa Cree Tribe's Business Committee, the man who was removed from that office said he is going to tribal court this afternoon to ask the election be put on hold and his name reinstated as a candidate. "I just thought I would throw my name in again to see what the people are thinking," Ken Blatt St. Marks said this...
Davee McLeod isn't just any Havre High senior to navigate through the Blue Pony softball program the last four years. Yes, McLeod has been a permanent varsity fixture since her freshman season. And yes, as a freshman, McLeod was a key player in the Ponies' last state tournament run. But taking into account what McLeod has done for the program over the last four years, all that is just the tip of the iceberg. As a Pony softball player, McLeod has proven her talents. She is a two-time Academic All-State award honoree, as well...
Local track and field programs are one step closer to the state meet, and area athletes performed very well at the Northern C divisional track meet. Thursday in Great Falls, Chinook, North Star, Chester/J-I, Box Elder, and Big Sandy all competed at the Ralph Halverson Northern C Divisional track meet. Athletes competed for coveted spots at next weekend's Class C state meet, as only the top five from each event advanced. In the boys' field, the 8C Belt Huskies captured the team title with 90 points. The Chinook Sugarbeeters...
