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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring "now is the time" to fix the nation's broken immigration system, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined broad proposals for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders. He hailed a bipartisan Senate group on a similar track but left unresolved key details that could derail the complex and emotional effort. Potential Senate roadblocks center on how to structure the a...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring "now is the time" to fix the nation's broken immigration system, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined broad proposals for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders. He hailed a bipartisan Senate group on a similar track but left unresolved key details that could derail the complex and emotional effort. Potential Senate roadblocks center on how to structure the a...
Bettie Carlon, North Star Girls Basketball The North Star Knights girls basketball team is red-hot right now, and they are in pursuit of a District 9C regular season title. One constant for the Knights has been the play of junior Bettie Carlon. Carlon, over her last eight Bettie Carlon games, has averaged 11 points and five rebounds for a Knights' team on quite the roll. Carlon, who also excels in volleyball and track and field, scored 14 points in North Star's 11-point win over Denton last Thursday night, and she added six...
The Harlem Wildcats wrapped up their wrestling regular season Saturday at the Malta Invitational. The Wildcats, ranked fifth in Class B-C, sent four wrestlers in the Malta Invite finals and came away with two individual titles. Placers for the Wildcats were: Shay Snider who won the championship by defeating Dylan Stewart of Havre at 112 pounds, Gus Taylor, who took second place losing, to Jake Shawver of Glasgow at 119 pounds and T'Jay Allen, who defeated Austin Spence of...
The last weekend in January was a critical one for many local high school girls basketball teams. And with district tournaments a mere two weeks away, every game from the her eon it is huge. The week began early for several local teams, as Tuesday night saw the Hays-Lodge Pole girls bounce the Turner Tornadoes 65-44 in Hays. The T-Birds were led by 21 points from Pauline Siers, while the Tornadoes got 16 points from Ella Billmeyer. North Star's Graysen Spicher, right, lets go...
With makeup games still being taken care of, local boys basketball fans got a couple extra games this week. On Tuesday, two Hi-Line makeup games were played, including the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds taking on the Turner Tornadoes in District 9C action. The hosting Thunderbirds defeated the Tornadoes 73-42. The Thunderbirds were in control of the game from the very beginning. The offense got off to a hot start, and only got better as the game progressed, while the defense made it very difficult for the Tornadoes to score. Tu...
The Havre High boys basketball team has had a handful of short turnarounds this season, and the trend doesn't stop this week. After playing two tough games over the weekend, the Blue Ponies will now face one of the top Class B teams in the state. Tonight the Central A Ponies (3-10) host the defending state champion Malta Mustangs at the Havre High gymnasium. Tipoff is slated for 7. Havre High junior Brian Smith, right, dribbles by a Belgrade defender during a Central A boys basketball game earlier this month in Havre....
Nedra Sterry Nedra Sterry, author of the acclaimed memoir "When The Meadowlark Sings, " died at a Great Falls care center on Friday, Jan. 25. She was 95. Born Oct. 13, 1918, in Fort Benton, Nedra lived a rich and full life. As the young daughter of an itinerant school teacher, she traveled widely in Montana and lived in many small communities where her mother taught in one-room school houses. Her graduation from high school in Hingham in 1935 marked the end of her formal education. It was there she met and married Alton...
Nursing is a special kind of job, which is why the graduates of Montana State University-Northern's nursing program deserve a special kind of graduation ceremony, one that requires a little help from their friends. Starting at 6 p. m. Saturday, the nursing class of 2014 is holding a spaghetti dinner at the Eagles Club to raise funds for their pinning ceremony, to follow the regular Northern graduation ceremony. The dinner will feature regular staples — spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, dessert — with silent auctions going thr...
A Havre man convicted of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in his care will be sentenced for a lesser term because the prosecution failed to meet state requirements for a greater sentence, a district judge ruled. Edward Harold Ghostbear, born in 1977, is scheduled to be sentenced next Monday. The prosecuting attorney said the state Attorney General's office will appeal the order. A jury convicted Ghostbear of a felony count of sexual assault Oct. 30, after a five-day trial. The prosecution had asked for a sentencing...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Snow falls on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train Tuesday Morning. The switch again has been flipped with the on-again, off-again winter weather in the area, with snow falling this morning in north-central Montana and temperatures expected to plummet below zero tonight. National Weather Service announced a wind chill advisory for Blaine, Hill and Liberty counties through 11 o'clock tonight, and a winter storm warning with wind chill advisories in effect for Chouteau County through 5 p....
Joe Balyeat "There is no respect in which inhabitants of a low-income neighborhood are so disadvantaged as in the kind of schooling they can get for their children." — Economist Milton Friedman Given the fact that Montana continuously ranks near dead last in the country in average wages and our "low-income neighborhoods" arguably encompass our whole state, it should not go unnoticed that Montana also ranks dead last nationally in educational choice reforms as well. The Center for Education Reform ranks Montana 51st (even b...
Editor: Thanks to the Havre community for its hospitality in hosting the Montana State Speech, Debate and Drama Championship tournament. Hosting requires a lot of commitment from the Havre High coaching staff, administration and the hundreds of hours of volunteer judges from your community. Thanks again for making us feel welcome. Jeff Lowe, Assistant Coach Hamilton High School Speech, Debate & Drama...
Editor: We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the many people and organizations who came together to make the Community Christmas Dinner a success. There are so many who are deserving of a thank-you. There is no way we can list them all without overlooking someone. Please know that whatever your part, you were most appreciated and valued. Thank your for your community spirit. Thanks to those from PJs staff and the many community members who gave their Christmas Day to help us host the meal. Thanks to Robert...
The small towns of Turner and Hogeland in northern Blaine County can be an inspiration to the small communities along the rest of the Hi-Line. The roots in these communities are deep. Many people have lived there for decades. But like in many farm-based communities, the population is declining as farms grow bigger. There are fewer businesses to support the community. It is easier than it once was to drive to nearby communities or shop on the Internet. Some people would say the lifestyle of Turner and Hogeland are from...
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Supporters of Glacier National Park and fans of its iconic red tour buses are upset that the park's new concessions contract calls for replacing half of the buses with alternative fuel vehicles by 2029. "I believe it would be an absolute tragedy to eliminate any of the red buses from the fleet," said Bruce Austin, who served on the Red Bus Team that worked to refurbish the fleet from 1999 to 2002. "They should all be kept and refurbished. The public's interest in these vehicles is huge." The t...
BILLINGS (AP) — State prosecutors have filed a negligent homicide charge against a 17-year-old Malta-area boy for the October 2010 shooting death of a 16-year-old hunting companion during a deer hunt northeast of Malta. The charge was filed in Phillips County Youth Court on Jan. 15 by Assistant Attorney General Brant Light, nearly a year after the death of Logan Wilson was ruled an accident. The charging documents allege the teen, who was 14 at the time of Wilson's death, acknowledged that he was looking through the rifle sco...
HELENA (AP) — The Montana House is endorsing a plan to start testing drivers to determine possible marijuana impairment. The chamber backed the bill Tuesday in a 68-31 vote before sending it to the appropriations committee to analyze a price tag of about $100,000 per year. Supporters say it will crack down on driving under the influence of marijuana. The bill establishes a legal standard of allowable amount of THC — an ingredient of marijuana — that can be in a person's blood. Republican sponsor Rep. Doc Moore of Misso...
HELENA (AP) — The Republican chairman of a special committee charged with fixing the beleaguered state pension systems said Tuesday that elements of his proposal to end the plan for new employees will be part of final negotiations on the complicated issue. Gov. Steve Bullock's office opposed the plan in favor of the Democrat's proposal to fix the current system — setting up protracted negotiations over a tough political issue that has seen lots of talk and little action in recent years. AP Photo/Matt Gouras Republican sta...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed into law a measure that will allow judges to look back 10 years to add penalties for multiple drunken-driving offenders. Attorney General Tim Fox says his bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Christy Clark of Choteau will create a greater deterrent for drunken drivers and put more offenders into treatment programs. The attorney general's office says the previous law allowed a DUI conviction to be counted as a person's first offense if more than five years had passed since the last o...
BILLINGS — Montana's state parks will be overseen by a board dedicated to parks and recreation matters under a new law that splits up the duties of the former Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission. Legislation signed Monday by Gov. Steve Bullock during a ceremony at Pictograph Caves State Park near Billings establishes a five-member commission over Montana's 54 state parks. Bullock and the bill's Republican sponsor, Rep. Duane Ankney of Colstrip, says that will allow the state to take adequate care of natural and historic a...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed into law a measure that will allow judges to look back 10 years to add penalties for multiple drunken-driving offenders. Attorney General Tim Fox says his bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Christy Clark of Choteau will create a greater deterrent for drunk drivers and put more offenders into treatment programs. The attorney general's office says the previous law allowed a DUI conviction to be counted as a person's first offense if more than five years had passed since the last o...
The deadline is right around the corner for people to file as candidates to fill the spot vacated when the tribal council members at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation voted to remove their chair. The special election to fill the spot held by Ken Blatt St. Marks, who won the regular election last fall, is set for Tuesday, May 21. St. Marks said this morning that he could not comment on whether he would take action to fight his removal. "I am still the chairman there," he added, The Chippewa Cree Tribe Business Committee removed...
The season to file for city elections started today, with a slew of races open in Havre and others open in incorporated towns throughout the area. Nominations opened at 8 a.m. this morning in the offices of the clerk and recorders of Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties. The deadline to file is 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, with the primary election scheduled for Sept. 10 and the general election for Nov. 5. In Havre, seven positions are open, including both seats in one Havre City Council ward, with the resignation of...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A Saurornitholestes on display at the Rudyard Dinosaur Museum. Dinosaurs roamed Montana more than 50 million years ago, but those in charge of the state's museums are looking at new ways of educating young people and adults about them. Representatives of Montana Dinosaur Trail were at Havre's Great Northern Inn Saturday for their spring meeting. One by one, representatives of the 14 groups that run dinosaur museums told about what they were doing to attract more business. Most in the state saw...
