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Editor: All we've been hearing about lately is the "fiscal cliff." There is a lot of discussion about our nation's budget right now — including what programs we as a society want to pay for and how we should pay for them. In the long run, we know we are all in this together. We are all going to need to chip in to ensure that everybody has a good job, our kids get a world class education and that services for senior citizens continue. We also know that's going to require sacrifice from all of us. In the meantime, experts s...
WEBSTER, N.Y. — An ex-con set a car and a house ablaze in his lakeside neighborhood to lure firefighters, then opened fire on them, killing two, engaging in a shootout with police and committing suicide while several homes burned. Authorities used an armored vehicle to evacuate the area. The gunman fired at the four firefighters when they arrived shortly after 5:30 a.m. at the blaze in Webster, a suburb of Rochester on Lake Ontario, town Police Chief Gerald Pickering said. The first police officer who arrived chased the s... Full story
HELENA — Buoyed by the success of voter initiatives in Washington and Colorado, an East Helena medical marijuana advocate has refiled a proposal to make the recreational use of pot a constitutional right in Montana. The proposed constitutional initiative by Barb Trego is the first 2014 ballot question submitted to the secretary of state for approval. It duplicates the one she put forward last year, but which did not make it on the 2012 ballot because backers failed to collect the required signatures in time. Trego is a m...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Building inspectors assessing homes and businesses in western Massachusetts' largest city after a natural gas explosion says the blast damaged more than 40 buildings. AP Photo/Jessica Hill Inspectors stand in debris, Saturday, at the site of a gas explosion that leveled a strip club in Springfield, Mass., on Friday evening. Investigators were trying to figure out what caused the blast where the multistory brick building housing Scores Gentleman's Club once stood. The Friday evening explosion in S... Full story
Allan O. Crain, 87, passed away from natural causes on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at his residence in Parker Canyon in Rocky Boy, Mont. His wake service will be held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, and will continue until his funeral service at 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 26. Burial will be held at Parker Canyon near his residence, with Pastor Marvin Russette officiating. Memorials in Allan's honor may be made to Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Allan Crain when he... Full story
On Black Friday, the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Jamestown Jimmies couldn't have played a closer game, with the Lights winning by one point, after the Jimmies missed a game-winning shot. However, the rematch Saturday afternoon turned out to be more of the same. Northern's Alfie Miller hit a 3-p MSU-Northern's Will Perry goes around a Jamestown defender during Saturday afternoon's NAIA men's basketball game in Havre. ointer with :18 left, then the Lights watched as Jamestown missed a game-tying shot at the buz...
It was an old-fashioned Christmas celebration in every sense. The Salvation Army sold hot chocolate on Town Square, while Havre High School's Hi-Liners sang Christmas carols. There were bonfires to keep people warm, though Chamber of Commerce President Chandra Moomey said it was the warmest tree-lighting ceremony she could remember. Havre Daily News/John Kelleher "Jolly," the human Christmas ornament, played by Jim Potter, interviews Santa Claus at the tree-lighting ceremony on Town Square Saturday night. Kids got free...
The sign-up sheets for Saturday Night Jackpot are out. Keglers re advised to sign up early for a night of fun. USBC Youth Program sign-up is this Sunday at 1 p.m. There will be some bowling instructions. Only coaches with back ground checks are allowed to coach. Those parents wanting to get their children into youth bowling and can't be present Sunday may call the lanes and we will sign them up. Bowling Scores continued to be hot at the lanes this week as Ed Boucher led the way with games of 268, 278, 223 on this way to a... Full story
For five Hi-Line volleyball teams, the 2012 season comes down to two days in Chinook. And when the dust settles, only two teams will get to keep playing. Thursday and Friday, Chinook will be the site of the 2012 District 6C East volleyball tournament, where three Northern C Divisional spots will be on the line. And this may be the most hard-to-predict 6C East tourney in quite some time. North Star's Lisa Carlon (left) and Melissa Petser go for a block during a high school...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling program has been steadily growing, steadily improving and steadily getting strong under head coach, and former Lights great Tyson Thivierge. But as a new season dawns, it would be easy to say the Lights might take a step back this season with the losses of greats like Evan Hinebauch and Anthony Weerheim. But Thivierge thinks nothing could be further from the truth, and his expectations are as high as they've ever been for a... Full story
Jean (Flynn) Watson, 81, passed away Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at Benefis Health Center in Great Falls, Mont. A full obituary will follow....
Martawn Veseth, 97, died Tuesday in Billings. She is a former Havre resident and was active in many civic affairs. She has been living in Malta since 2008. She was predeceased by two husbands, Dr. Martin Veseth, a founder of the Havre Clinic, and Charlie Holman, a Chinook rancher. Survivors include her son, Dr. Mike (Rosemary) Veseth of Malta; her daughters, Francie and Jim Hasbrouck of Billings, and Rosemary (Greg) Cook of Billings. She also leaves behind five grandchildren, Nicki and Jeff Hasbrouck and Paula, Kate and...
Jean (Springer) Kinderman, 72, of Buffalo, N.Y., died of natural causes Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. A funeral Mass was held in Buffalo. Jean has been cremated. Graveside services will be held at Highland Cemetery in Havre on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a. m. Jean was born to Glen and Beryl (Sapp) Springer on Feb. 2, 1940, in Havre. She married Ken Kinderman of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls in 1961. At the end of his tour in the Air Force, they moved to Buffalo, where they raised their family. Jean devoted herself to her...
Betty Louise Pollington Betty Louise Pollington, 89, of Havre, a retired farmer, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, of natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. A memorial service is being planned at a later date in Havre. Cremation has taken place and Schnider Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Betty was born to Cecil and Frances (Hart) McClintock on Oct. 12, 1923, in Laramie, Wyo. Betty attended schools in Denver, Colo., and Ponca City, Okla., and graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in Kansas...
Lorraine (LaCroix) Durbin Lorraine (LaCroix) Durbin, 61, of Havre, Mont., passed peacefully into Heaven on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, while surrounded by family members and in the arms of her longtime husband and sweetie pie, Cecil Durbin. Services will be Friday, Oct. 26, at the Havre Assembly of God, 901 9th St. West. Public viewing begins at noon, with the service at 1 p. m. Attendees are welcome to bring a red rose to place on the graveside casket before returning for a light snack and desert reception at the church....
A man accused of raping a girl who visited him while he was staying in a homeless shelter in Havre went on trial today, with jury selection starting at 9 a. m. Judge Dan Boucher set a jury pool of 70 from which to select 12 jurors and two alternates for the trial of Edward Harold Ghostbear. Boucher warned the attorneys, Hill County Public Defender Dan Minnis and Broadwater County Attorney Karla Mae Bosse, who started prosecuting the case while still a deputy Hill County Attorney, that the case could run into the weekend....
?Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Isaiah Stiffarm and Amya Custer color during Tuesday's Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line open house. Families gathered at the Boy & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Tuesday night to have a meal, play games and learn how they can enjoy a healthy lifestyle. And throughout the program, there was a message that organizers of the festivities hope will stay with the students for the rest of their lives: Stay away from drugs. The evening was a part of Red Ribbon Week, a week set aside to explain to young...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Lowell Miller and Shorty Stuart play pinochle Tuesday at the Gildford Mercantile. Rural areas have, in most elections over the past 40 years, sided with Republican candidates while major urban areas, such as New York, Chicago and Missoula, have sided with Democratic candidates. Talking to farmers and ranchers of Hill and Blaine counties, it seems that the tendency continues, though not as much for the Republican platform as for the general disdain for and mistrust of government that many...
HELENA (AP) — A state judge on Wednesday ordered Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill to stop spending a contested $500,000 donation while its legality is under review, and to cancel the ads already bought with the money. District Judge Kathy Seeley, of Helena, issued the temporary restraining order shortly after the case was returned from federal to state court. It gives Hill's Democratic opponent, Steve Bullock, a big win in his challenge of the donation to Hill from the Montana Republican Party. The donation far e... Full story
HELENA (AP) — A judge has ordered the release of an edited version of an investigative report into the 2009 boat crash involving U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and former state Sen. Greg Barkus. District Judge John McKeon said in a Wednesday order he agrees with prosecutors that many details of the report should not be released, citing the state's constitutional right to privacy. Barkus crashed his boat on Flathead Lake's rocky shores after a night of drinking, injuring four passengers. On board were Rehberg, Barkus, the former s...
Robert Clifford Dolan Robert Clifford Dolan, 83, a retired Great Northern and later Burlington Northern railroad conductor with 39 years of service, passed away from complications of cancer, Sept. 21, 2012, at his home, peacefully in his own bed. He was born to his parents, Clifford and Anna Kuhr Dolan, Jan. 25, 1929, in Chinook, Mont. He was educated in Hays, Chinook and Havre, Mont. He served in the Marine Corps. After being honorably discharged, he worked for the Great Northern Railroad as a pipefitter and later as a condu...
Candidates for state and local offices from the Hi-Line in the Nov. 6 election will take part in a candidate forum at 7 p. m., Thursday, Oct. 4, at Havre High School. Havre Daily News will sponsor the forum as part of its coverage of the 2012 campaign. Invited and expected to attend the forum are: - Senate District 17: Democrat Greg Jergeson and Republican Don Richman - House District 33: Incumbent Kris Hansen, a Republican, and her opponent, Brenda Skonogoski, a Democrat. - House District 34: Incumbent Wendy Warburton, a...
Ladies Night Out on Saturday will be a time for women to do what they normally do at a formal dance. They will dress up in formal attire, dance, eat and have a good time. There will be a silent auction, and there will be prizes for the best dressed. Only one thing will be different — there will be no guys around to ruin the fun. The event is sponsored by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Ambassadors, and money will go to help troubled children. It starts at 7 p. m. in the Duck Inn's Olympic Room. Tickets will be $... Full story
One step was taken, and another created, in the ongoing lawsuit between the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Hi-Line farmers, ranchers and politicians who oppose recent bison relocations. The hearing in the Blaine County Courthouse Friday morning was scheduled to deal with a motion filed this spring by the rancher plaintiffs, represented by Helena-based attorney Cory Swanson, accusing FWP of contempt of court for knowingly moving bison as a temporary restraining order took effect. Many Native American groups,...
Editor: It was very interesting to watch the recent Republican National Convention. Since I am an educator, I was particularly interested in the speech by a young black man from Florida who credited his academic success to former Gov. Jeb Bush for allowing him to choose which high school he attended. There was a lot of talk about school choice at that convention, and it has continued since even here in Montana. Rick Hill supports the same position. It is important to understand what school choice really means. In practice... Full story
