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It was a rough Saturday night for the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams, as the Blue Ponies dropped a pair of games to the Class AA CMR Rustlers. At the HHS gymnasium, the Pony boys led the Rustlers at halftime, but wound up losing 57-38. HHS got 13 points from Brandon Smith in the loss. Meanwhile, on Saturday afternoon in Great Falls, the CMR girls crushed the Ponies 57-26. The HHS girls are back at home Tuesday night to face the Malta M-Etts. For full Havre High coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. For full...
BUTTE (AP) — A Butte justice of the peace who authorities say doctor-shopped to get multiple prescriptions for the painkiller methadone has been charged with 12 felony counts of fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs. Robert "Bob" E. Lee was charged Friday in Anaconda District Court, The Montana Standard reported (http://bit.ly/wrF9jP ). Authorities allege Lee received simultaneous care from physicians through much of 2010 to get the prescriptions, and filled the prescriptions at different pharmacies. Earlier on Friday in a...
The MSU-Northern womne's basketball team pulled off a huge upset Friday night in Havre. One night later, the Westminster Griffins weren't about to let the same thing happen twice. The No. 20 Griffins rode a 22-point effort from junior Nicole Yazzie to a 56-39 win over the Skylights Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Yazzie scored 12 of Westminster's first 15 points, and the Griffins jumped out to 15-4 lead. Northern fought hard to stay close, but found itself...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team controlled Friday night's home game with LC State from tip to finish. On Saturday night, the always-tough Westminster Griffins wouldn't let the Lights have that same control. But, the No. 13 Lights erased a seven-point second half deficit and hung on to beat the Griffins 53-50 in front of a raucous crowd at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Lights led 31-30 at halftime after both teams traded shots throughout the...
It was a rough Saturday night for the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams, as the Blue Ponies dropped a pair of games to the Class AA CMR Rustlers. At the HHS gymnasium, the Pony boys led the Rustlers at halftime, but wound up losing 57-38. HHS got 13 points from Brandon Smith in the loss. Meanwhile, on Saturday afternoon in Great Falls, the CMR girls crushed the Ponies 57-26. The HHS girls are back at home Tuesday night to face the Malta M-Etts. For full Havre High coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. For full...
BILLINGS (AP) — As thousands of workers and their families move to North Dakota's Bakken oil field in search of jobs, nearby rural Montana communities' resources are being pushed to the limit. Housing, education and infrastructure are top government concerns regionally. But after the recent disappearance and apparent murder of Sidney high school teacher Sherry Arnold, communities also are looking closely at law enforcement. "We have a lot of activity now in this part of the state," Sidney Police Chief Frank DiFonzo said in e...
HELENA — State Sen. Jeff Essmann of Billings said that he is dropping out of the crowded Republican primary, indicating his presence in the race could detract from the GOP effort to take back the governor's office. Essmann sent a letter to supporters, dated Thursday, saying Republicans need to be united in their financial support for the primary winner if they hope to defeat Steve Bullock, the Democratic attorney general running for governor. The letter was released to the public on Friday. Essmann told supporter that "the c...
SEATTLE — A federal judge sentences "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010. Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across the United States, authorities said. He flew a plane stolen in Washington state to the San Juan Islands, stole a pistol in British Columbia and took a plane from Idaho to Washington state, stole a boat there to go to Oregon, and took a plane in Indiana and flew to the B...
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State University plans to tear down about 55 so-called "Monopoly houses" that for decades housed students. "They're just wearing out," said Tom Stump, MSU director of auxiliary services, "The majority are already vacant. The floor joists are failing. They have asbestos siding, asbestos in the floors." The houses are scheduled to be torn down this summer as part of a $9.1 million project to save energy, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/yJZgMl). The school has been paying to heat the h...
Editor: After several hours of thinking about how I would begin this letter I decided to start by saying, "Where Oh Where did the Montana Department. of Fish, Wildlife and Parks learn how to budget funds?" In a recent — very small — article in the Havre Daily News (Monday, page 3) it was stated that the department would harvest 200 excess urban deer in Helena and have the meat processed for the Helena Food Share, but "the agency is still determining if it can pay for the processing this year." What a shock. The Dep...
Laurel — A host of people and community groups have made the Christmas season happier for area children and families. The Salvation Army, the Jaycees, the Bergren family, the Boys & Girls Club, a host of church groups and too many people to mention volunteered time and money to assist people who couldn't afford to buy gifts for their children or meals for themselves or their family. It's a great community that has so many good people. Laurel — Federal prosecutors are beginning an investigation of Western Tradition Par...
One of the things that becomes obvious after a few years in the news industry is that most stories come back around. Some events are annual or regularly occurring, some behaviors are perennial or too typical, and some stories just don't go away. But sometimes, when we're lucky, a new story (or an old story in new clothes) comes along with the perfect elements for front page coverage. Many times those front-page stories are tragic, and they are covered with a heavy heart....
HELENA — Gov.-elect Steve Bullock announced Friday that he was bringing back a former Fish, Wildlife and Parks director to run the agency, a move welcomed by some critics and employees alike. Jeff Hagener led the department for four years under former Gov. Judy Martz. He also held the same post during Gov. Brian Schweitzer's first term before he was replaced at the end of 2008 by current director Joe Maurier. Bullock, a Democrat who is preparing to leave his post as attorney general to take over the governor's office, also n...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders launched a final attempt at compromise Friday night in hopes of preventing a toxic blend of middle-class tax increases and spending cuts from taking effect at the turn of the new year. "I am hopeful and optimistic" of reaching an agreement after months of gridlock, the Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said after a meeting with President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders at the White House. AP Photo/ Evan Vucci Senate M...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says "the hour for immediate action is here" on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. PAP Photo/Charles Dharapak President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday. The president says he remains "optimistic" that an agreement can be reached in Congress before a looming year-end deadline to avoid tax increases and spending cuts. If Congress can't reach a d...
I say it every year. Maybe I'm even becoming a bit cliché' with it. But the fact is, I'm not exaggerating when I say the past 12 months have been special as it pertains to sports in Havre and all along the Hi-Line. And while I say it right before the calander turns to January each year, and while it's hard to come up with new and exciting ways to express the magic of the last 12 months in sports, it doesn't make the memories made over the last 365 days an George Ferguson...
There have been some magical moments in Frontier Conference men's basketball the last few years, it's almost too many to count. But with an new season set to begin, the new-look Frontier is ready to produce even more memories. Headlines going into the season include questions of whether or not MSU-Northern and UM-Western can continue the dominance the two rivals have developed over the last four years. And if team's like Northern, Carroll and Western cope with loss of great...
BILLINGS (AP) — Energy companies behind the oil boom on the Northern Plains are increasingly turning to an industrial-age workhorse — the locomotive — to move their crude to refineries across the U.S., as plans for new pipelines stall and existing lines can't keep up with demand. Delivering oil thousands of miles by rail from the heartland to refineries on the East, West and Gulf coasts costs more, but it can mean increased profits — up to $10 or more a barrel — because of higher oil prices on the coasts. That works out...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was preparing to present a limited fiscal proposal to congressional leaders at a White House meeting Friday, a make-or-break moment for negotiations to avoid across-the-board tax increases and deep spending cuts at the first of the year. Lawmakers and White House officials held out a slim hope for a deal before the new year, but it remained unclear whether congressional passage of legislation palatable to both sides was even possible. The Friday afternoon meeting among congressional l...
Annamae Somers Annamae Somers, 91, of Havre, passed away on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at Northern Montana Hospital of congestive heart failure. Annamae was born on July 3, 1921, to Edward and Anna (O'Connor) Bough on their homestead 20 miles north of Havre. She was the third of the five Bough girls who all attended the one-room elementary school at St. Joe's. Annamae graduated from Havre High in 1939 and then attended Northern Montana College. In 1943 she married Jack L. Somers in San Antonio, Texas, prior to him leaving to serv...
Edith 'Louise' Hess Our dear mother and grandmother, Edith "Louise" Hess, passed peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 23, 2012. Louise was born on Oct. 11, 1924, to Alfred and Mary (Buie) Geddes of Pembina, N.D. She grew up in a large, happy family, being the eighth of 10 children. Louise often shared fond memories of her childhood in northeastern North Dakota — riding her bike into Canada, Minnesota and back home all in an afternoon. Louise was independent at a young age, and one of her favorite activities was riding the N...
Maureen Dolan Maureen Dolan, 78, a very kind and loving person, passed away unexpectedly into the arms of the Lord on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, of natural causes at a Billings hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at First Lutheran Church, with Pastor Michael O'Hearn officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Maureen's honor may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 911 W. 5th Ave., Spokane, WA 99204. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has...
A Havre woman has finished a years-long effort to bring help to local families dealing with mental illnesses, with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Family-to-Family course starting in Havre Thursday, Jan. 10. "It's something I've been wanting to get going for a while, so I'm excited, " said Cindy Ellingson, who will be co-teaching the Havre classes with Pam Veis of the Havre Center for Mental Health. The deadline to register is Sunday, Jan. 6. Veis said 10 people already are registered for the class, which has a...
Many local organizations will taking the day off next Tuesday, to allow people time to recover from staying up late to greet 2013. Though emergency services will of course remain available, other offices in the city and county governments will be closed on New Year's Day, after remaining open for regular business hours on New Year's Eve. North Central Montana Transit will also stop running for New Year's Day, though bus service will run as usual through the rest of the week. The Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line has been...
A police pursuit on U. S. Highway 87 ended with a wreck that knocked out power for homes southwest of Havre Thursday night. At 5:37 p. m. the Hill County Sheriff's Office dispatch received a call from the Rocky Boy Police Department, requesting assistance with a pursuit northbound on Highway 87. The pursuit began as an officer attempted to stop a black Chevy pickup, driven by 39-year-old Box Elder woman, Susan Raining Bird, on a suspected driving under the influence charge. The pursuit ended about a half mile south of the...
