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The tragic assassination attempt on U. S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shocked Montanans and people across the country. The shooting killed six people and wounded 14 others. All the victims had at least one thing in common. They were all participating in our democratic process by meeting and engaging with an elected official. This shooting is a vivid example of why violence and the threat of violence don't mix with the democratic process. As a society, we need to both recognize and condemn the fact that violence and threats are...
U.S. Sen Jon Tester, D-Mont., is visiting Iraq and Afghanistan this week to meet with military and political leaders, and Montana troops, while assessing American missions in the two war zones. "The best way to get a picture of what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan is to go there myself and talk with the folks making decisions and the folks with boots on the ground," Tester said. "Our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are the smartest, toughest and strongest in the world, and I look forward to hearing directly from...
THOMAS WATKINS,Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gun in a 10th-grader's backpack accidentally discharged when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at a high school Tuesday, Los Angeles police and school authorities said. A 15-year-old girl was in critical condition with a head wound and a 15-year-old boy suffered a neck wound, said Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon. Both were hit with the same bullet. The student who brought the gun apologized before running to a classroom, Gannon said. "He said, 'I'm sorry,' when the g...
Michael John Descharme Sr., our dear dad, beloved husband, brother and uncle, and our sweet "poppa," began his journey home to the creator on Saturday, Jan 15, 2011. He passed peacefully after a six-month battle with lung cancer, surrounded by his family and friends, at St Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. Mike was born on Aug 29 1934, to James Descharme and Anna Rose Sangray, on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. He was the third of 12 children. He resided there until he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. During this time, he...
BETHESDA, Md. — R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday. He was 95. Shriver, who announced in 2003 that he had Alzheimer's disease, had been hospitalized for several days. The family said he died surrounded by those he loved. Another blow to Kennedy family One of the last links to President Kennedy's administration, Shriver's death comes less t...
Regis Philbin's surprise decision to leave 'Live!' NEW YORK (AP) — Within moments after Regis Philbin caught viewers off-guard with the news that he'll be leaving his talk show, the guessing game had begun: Who will replace him? Maybe "Survivor" host Jeff Probst? Mark Consuelos, hubby of Regis' co-host, Kelly Ripa? Golden Globes bad boy Ricky Gervais? Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino from "Jersey Shore"? You kidding? Who can ever replace Reege? "I don't want to alarm anybody," he began on Tuesday before dropping the bomb: "...
HELENA — A freshman Republican lawmaker wants to cut the size of the state Supreme Court from seven judges to five. Rep. Derek Skees of Kalispell says he believes the judicial branch has grown in power, and he is aiming to reduce that influence. He said decreasing the number of justices will make the branch less effective and alternately increase the influence of the Legislature. Lawyers of all stripes lined up to oppose the bill at a hearing Tuesday. They argued that the backload of cases at the Montana Supreme Court w...
HELENA — The Montana House gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill banning illegal immigrants from receiving workers' compensation insurance benefits, the first of several bills expected to deal with either immigration or the beleaguered insurance program for injured workers. The measure was endorsed on a 60-40 vote Tuesday and faces a largely procedural final vote Wednesday before going to the Senate. Backers of the proposal argue it sends a message to those wrongly employing illegal immigrants. They said it would help, a...
MALTA — Phillips County officials say a county-owned indoor roping arena has collapsed under the weight of the snow. County Commissioner Lesley Robinson says the Milk River Pavallion collapsed around 11 a.m. Tuesday. She says a woman who was walking her dog saw the building buckle. Robinson says the woman told commissioners it fell down all at once. The roof of the building is on the arena floor and the sides were buckled. No one was injured. Commissioners believe the building is a total loss, but are waiting for official w...
For several Hi-Line cowboys, this weekend's Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals in Great Falls was a rough one. For others, it was a lucrative three days. The MPRCF was held Friday through Sunday at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls, and a pair of area team ropes came away with the most success. Zortman's Shane Schwenke and teammate Kory Mytty finished third in the average for the weekend, as well as the year-end championship and a trip to the Dodge Circuit Finals this spring in Oklahoma City. Schwenke and Mytty garnered...
In a rare Monday night game, the Havre High girls basketball team did all it could to hang with the Class AA Great Falls High Bison. In the end however, the Bison had just enough firepower to hold off the Blue Ponies. On Monday night at the Swarthout Fieldhouse in Great Falls, the Ponies fell to GFH 48-40. But the eight-point margin didn't speak to how well the Ponies played. The two teams played a seesaw first half in which the lead changed hands several times with neither team leading by more than three points. GFH seized...
Slow starts are difficult to overcome, and the Havre High boys basketball team experienced that first hand. Monday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the Central A Blue Ponies played host to the Class AA Great Falls Bison. But in a very tight matchup, the Bison defeated the Ponies 53-52. "I felt bad for the kids," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "They played their hearts out and everybody that we put on the floor was competing. I know we lost, but there are a lot of good things we can take out of this game. The kids...
With the postseason tournaments drawing closer and closer, regular season games are also growing in importance. And there were plenty of games to go around the Hi-Line this weekend. Thursday night the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Turner Tornadoes met in 9C action. And it was the Thunderbirds who came away with the always-important conference win, defeating the Tornadoes 66-44. Turner got off to a slow start offensively, and HLP took advantage. After the Tornadoes posted five first quarter points, the Thunderbirds found th...
January is going by fast, and that means things are getting very serious when it comes to high school girls basketball on the Hi-Line. This week marks the halfway point in the 2010-11 season, and as teams turn for the home stretch, every game is magnified. On Friday night, the Chinook Sugarbeeters grabbed an important road win over the District 8C Geraldine Tigers. The Beeters edged the Tigers 38-34 via a 15-8 third-quarter run. Makayla Farmer led a balanced Chinook attack with eight points, while Taryn Norby and Haley Swank...
Correction The original version of this story misreported a charge to which Jacob Spang pleaded guilty in 2002. Spang pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to intimidation by accountability in connection to a double murder in Havre in 1999. Spang entered the plea agreement after the Montana Supreme Court overturned jury convictions of two counts of intimidation by accountability and one of tampering with evidence, ruling that statements by Spang made after he said he needed a lawyer should not have been admitted in his trial....
Alexander charged with raping woman at New Year's Eve party Defendant accused of having sex with unconscious woman Tim Leeds A Box Elder man was in the Hill County jail this morning on $20,000 bond, charged with a felony count of sexual intercourse without consent. Nelson T. Alexander, born in 1965, was accused of, on at least two occasions, having sex with a woman who had passed out after a night of drinking in celebration of New Year's Eve. In state District Court, Alexander pleaded not guilty to the charge, and a...
The Havre City Council will return to some of the loose ends left in the end of last year during tonight's 7 p. m. meeting at City Hall. The first agenda item to talk about is Resolution 3580, "A Resolution by the City of Havre Affirming Support for the Designation of 24-Hour Commercial Status for the International Ports of Entry for the Ports of Wild Horse and Turner. " The resolution was introduced late last year but was put on hold after some council members felt it would be best to wait and check in with Montana's...
In conjunction with the legislative session, the Highway 2 Association has set its annual meeting in Helena this year on Tuesday, Jan. 25. "We hold the annual meeting in Helena every two years when the Legislature is in session, " Bob Sivertsen, president of the association, said in a press release. "It gives us an opportunity to visit with legislators about issues of interest to Northern Montana and to share with them what our priorities are. " The association was reformed in the last decade with some of its top goals...
Fern E. Keith, age 86, Moorhead, Minn., died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2011, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, Minn. Fern Elva Heydon, the ninth of 10 children born to Elmer and Effie (Taplin) Heydon, was born Aug. 26, 1924, on the family farm near Joplin, Mont. She grew up and received her education in Joplin. On Dec. 28, 1945, Fern married her childhood sweetheart, Alvin R. Keith, while he was home on leave from the U. S. Navy. The family lived in Chester, Mont., and in Havre, Mont., until 1969, when they moved to Grand Forks,...
Editor: Dear Marc Mariani and family: On behalf of the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation and all our current and future students, thank you for your generous financial donation and for your immeasurable generosity and support. We are truly grateful and honored to be recipients of this donation. Thank you also for supporting our alumni game activities by personalizing your autographed message on the Titans Mariani jersey for the auction winner. The entire donation will be used as seed money for the Foundation's...
Editor: For months, Republicans in Montana have tried to cast our state as the most bloated, broken, bankrupt state in the nation. Our Republican colleagues would have you believe we Montanans are responsible for the global recession, that we've lost our innovative spirit, and that we just can't compete anymore. But let us tell you about the Montana we see. We see a state that the U. S. Chamber of Commerce ranked No. 1 for entrepreneurs and business start-ups. We see a state that Forbes magazine called one of the fastest...
When you hear the phrase "TSEP" or "Treasure State Endowment Program" what does this mean to you? If you are not part of a local government then the phrase may have little significance. You may not know, but funding for TSEP was derived from the coal severance tax trust fund established under Article IX, Section 5, of the Montana Constitution. TSEP was authorized by Montana voters through the passage of referendum 110 on June 2, 1992, and can be found as law under Sections 90-6-701 through 90-6-710, Montana Code Annotated....
HHS's Ryan Brandt flys in for a shot during Saturday's Central A game between the Blue Ponies and Belgrade in Havre. Havre High's Brandon Smith scoops a shot during Friday's game against Livingston in Havre. CAPTION It wasn't the prettiest weekend of basketball the Havre High boys basketball team has ever put together, but the Blue Ponies were still able to come away with at least one win this weekend. Friday and Saturday the Central A Ponies were at home, hosting two conference opponents. Friday the Livingston Rangers...
It wasn't just the Havre Blue Ponies who made headline at this weekend's CMR Holiday Classic in Great Falls. As expected, several Chinook and Harlem wrestlers were also in the mix at what is considered Montana's toughest regular season high school tournament. Chinook's senior duo of Ben Stroh and Jorrell Jones were both crowned CMR champions on Saturday. Stroh earned his third Holiday title by pinning Forsyth's Daryl Fulton in the 189-pound final. Stroh's 81st consecutive...
The Montana Grizzlies got shocked for almost 30 minutes. The Grizzlies then did most of the shocking in the final 30, but it still wasn't enough. Tim Flanders rushed for a school-record 287 yards and a touchdown and No. 1 Sam Houston State advanced to its first national champ AP Photo Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson (10) breaks away from Sam Houston State cornerback Bookie Sneed (17) during the second quarter of Friday's FCS semifinal in Huntsville, TX. ionship game with a...
