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Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's incoming President Chandra Moomey welcomes people to the Chamber's 103rd Annual Meeting Wednesday afternoon in the Duck Inn Olympic Room. With an increase in Canadian money coming into north-central Montana, the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce took the opportunity during its annual meeting Wednesday to tell local merchants about how to accept Canadian credit and debit cards and what happens with Canadian currency once it gets here. Debbie Vandeberg, executive...
Editor: To the man who stood behind me at the checkout of O'Reilly's Auto Parts late Tuesday afternoon: I was wearing my gloves because I had been working on my car, outside, in subzero temperatures. I came to O'Reilly's, got the antifreeze I needed, then took my gloves off to pay for it. I set my gloves down and went to the back while the employees there graciously let me mix my antifreeze, but then when I came back, my gloves were gone, and so were you. The employees there took a few minutes to look for them, and when I... Full story
Editor: A sad anniversary has occurred, the 39th of Roe v. Wade. It requires tremendous imagination to comprehend the loss of 50 million-plus individuals. That is more than the combined populations of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Boston and perhaps a couple more American cities. These losses have occurred in the United States. No doubt some of those terminated would have been contributing citizens, perhaps a Nobel laureate, the discoverer of a cure for all cancer, a community organizer who really gets it,...
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File An oil spill crew worker for Oil Mop Emergency Response stepping out of a ring of absorbent pads along a flood plain of the Yellowstone River on July 11, where oil was found collected, near Laurel. Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay the state of Montana $1.6 million in penalties over water pollution caused by this pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of shoreline along the scenic Yellowstone River, a state official said. BILLINGS (AP) — Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay the s... Full story
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — One of the world's most popular file-sharing sites was shuttered Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content. An indictment accused Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue. The indictment was unsealed one day after websites including Wikipedia and Craigslist shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to make it easier for authorities to go a...
HELENA — Montana officials gave their initial approval Thursday to a plan that would let hunters kill bison that stray beyond designated areas north of Yellowstone National Park and from the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Indian reservations. The plan is to remove bison that wander outside of defined "tolerance areas" beyond the park and where wild Yellowstone bison have been slated for transfer, such as the two northeastern Montana reservations. AP Photo/The Livingston Enterprise, Garrett Cheen, File Mounted Yellowstone N...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team needed a remedy for last weekend's two losses at home. The Skylights got it Thursday night in Helena. Northern played an exceptional second half to beat the struggling Saints 55-50, the Skylights' third straight win in Havre. Jordan Bruursema paced four Skylights in double figures with 15 points. Laramie Schwenke added 13 points, while Kylee Denham and Laci Keller each scored 10. MSU-N improved to 2-2 in the Frontier Conference and 15-3 overall. Northern will have...
The MSU-Northern wrestling team hasn't wrestled at home in a while, but against Northwest College Thursday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, it was as if the Lights had never been away. MSU-N defeated Northwest College 34-10 in a dominating dual, which included two dramatic wins at the end. The Trappers were ranked seventh among NJCAA teams, and held an early 10-6 lead in a dual that saw forfeits at 125 pounds, 165 pounds and 174 pounds. But after 149, the Lights were dominant. MSU-N got wins from Mickey Cheff, and Evan...
Two weeks into the Frontier Conference men's and women's basketball season and already there's been major shake-ups. On the men's side, the starts by the University of Great Falls, Westminster and Carroll College have been particularly surprising. Great Falls was considered a Frontier contender after playing the University of Montana to a one-point loss in an exhibition game earlier this year in Missoula. But the Argos have lost three straight to open Frontier play, including... Full story
It seems like every weekend the Havre High wrestling program is competing at a major tournament. The tough schedule is key to the Blue Ponies success, and that continues this weekend when they take on the rest of the Class A field. Friday and Saturday the Central A Ponies will attend the Class A Duals in Lewistown. This is an important to Havre High's Dustin Seely (left) tangles with a Lewistown opponent during the 2011 Havre Invitational last month at the HHS gymnasium. After a strong showing at last weekend's Rocky... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team hasn't lost a single game since Nov. 5. That's an impressive 11 in a row, which includes a 3-0 start to Frontier Conference play. The Lights also haven't played a road game since Nov. 19. Tonight, however, the No. 12 Lights will take their impressive resume' on the road when they visit Carroll College at 7:30 in Helena. Northern comes into tonight's MSU-Northern's Shaun Tatarka lets go of a shot during a Frontier...
After a devastating weekend on their own court, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights will have to regroup. And they'll have to regroup on the road. The Skylights suffered a controversial and heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Montana Tech last Friday night in Havre, then saw a four-point halftime lead turn into a 12-point loss to the UM-Western Bulldogs just 24 hours later. It was a tough blow to the Skylights, who came into last weekend having won eight straight...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is coming off one of its most consistent weekend's of the season. Now, Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge is hoping his team builds on that momentum. The No. 8 Lights took second place at last Saturday's Mile High Open in Prescott, Ariz, and they captured two of the three duals last Friday in Prescott. Tonight, the Lights face another tough dual in the form of the Northwest College Trappers. The first match is set for 7 at...
Many of the laws and policies in the city of Havre begin their lives in various specialized committees. With three new council members sworn in this month, those committees are seeing changes and beginning new lives of their own. At Tuesday night's Havre City Council meeting, Mayor Tim Solomon announced the new committee lineups for the next two years, crafted by his appointment. There is one committee that has met for the past two years, but is no longer on the list, the Planning and Development Committee. Planning and... Full story
Republicans and Democrats both tried to force President Barack Obama's hand on an oil pipeline planned to run through Montana, and succeeded. Obama Wednesday denied a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Congress had tied to an extension of payroll tax reductions and unemployment insurance a requirement that a decision on the permit for the pipeline be made within 60 days. Obama said in a statement that the denial was not a judgement of the merits of the pipeline, but was due to the arbitrary deadline "insisted on by...
A man who spent much of his youth and operated a business on the Hi-Line has entered the race to take the U. S. Senate seat in the 2012 election. Terry farmer Dennis Teske filed as a Republican in the race for the seat now held by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. Rep. Dennis Rehberg, R-Mont., also has filed as a candidate for the seat. Tester has not yet filed as a candidate, though he is expected to seek re-election. The only other candidates of local interest on the federal, state or local level to file were former U. S. Rep. Rick...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Vicke Schend, right, cries while holding the North Star Award honoring her late husband, Terry Schend, while Havre Area Chamber of Commerce second Vice President Debbie Callahan reacts at the Chamber's 103rd Annual Meeting Wednesday afternoon in the Duck Inn's Olympic Room. Former Chamber board officers Terry Schend and Kevin Keim were both honored with the North Star Award during the meeting for being instrumental in the creation of Town Square. Terry Schend died in January 2011 of pancreatic... Full story
MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over abortion, civil rights and other issues, has died. He was 85. Son Robert H. Bork Jr. confirmed his father died Wednesday at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. The son said Bork died from complications of heart ailments. AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork testifies b... Full story
Clifford H. Hanson slipped away quietly on a memorable day in history, 12-12-12, and now his family pictures him dancing in heaven with Helen, his wife of 66 years, who preceded him in death on Oct. 15. Cliff was born on Jan. 28, 1917, in Arnegard, N.D. He attended Poly Tech (Rocky Mountain College) and then served in the South Pacific during World War II. After his honorable discharge from the Army, he married Helen Feuerbacher on Nov. 17, 1945. Throughout his life, Cliff was a dedicated educator who challenged his students...
Representatives of Hill County 4-H met with the Hill County Fair Board Tuesday to talk about a new project: negotiating a new long-term lease for a new Chuckwagon at the Great Northern Fairgrounds "The Livestock Committee has come up with an initial plan for a new Chuckwagon …, " Livestock Committee Chair Lon Waid said, "It's strictly preliminary. We're basically just trying to start out with the size. " Waid said the plans are to put the new building in essentially the same place as the existing facility, where Hill County 4... Full story
The Hill County Fair Board agreed Tuesday to put much of its planning for the 2013 Great Northern Fair on hold while its fairgrounds manager continues to look for a new carnival for the event. Fairgrounds manager Tim Solomon told the board during its annual monthly meeting that a meeting is scheduled in Lewistown — where Montana fair representatives including from the Fergus County event and the Shelby fair that have canceled or are considering canceling their contracts with Royal West Amusements — will talk about their pla... Full story
The price of the premature death of A. J. Longsoldier will be paid by the sheriff's offices of Hill and Blaine counties, and the Department of Labor and Industry's Hearing Bureau will decide in the next few months how much it will be. In September, the Montana Human Rights Bureau Commission overturned the labor department's prior decision, that Hill and Blaine counties were not liable for his death. The commission sent its decision back to the Hearing Bureau to decide what the cost of their responsibility would be. Last...
HELENA (AP) — Two Montana Democrats who could play a big role in the U.S. Senate's debate on gun control are not immediately closing the door on new restrictions. But U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are taking a more cautious approach than some other pro-gun members of Congress who have expressed a willingness to bend on the issue. The two Democrats led a push in 2009 against early Obama administration discussions about reinstating the ban on what it considered to be assault-style weapons. Tester, who last month just won...
Editor: Quite awhile ago I was told by a brilliant scholar, "When you have a disagreeable problem, don't even come to the table unless you have a solution." Well, here is a win-win solution for everyone. We all know FWP makes a lot of money because the people in this state like to hunt. If FWP can consider, and buy up property at three times its value within a few months time, then evidently their pockets are deep. Here is what I consider a wonderful solution. FWP should take its extra cash and put it in the Highway Patrol... Full story
Plans are moving ahead for the industrial park southwest of Havre. Under an agreement this week, the Havre Fire Department will now cover that area. And work is beginning toward creation of a tax increment finance district. Much needs to be done, but the project is going in the right direction. The idea is to have an area that local leaders can show potential employers. Competition for manufacturing jobs is high, but Havre has a lot to offer, and an industrial park may be just what is needed to lure potential employers....
