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  • House advances anti-bison measure

    Tristan

    HELENA (AP) — The House is advancing a bill that would let landowners haze or shoot wild bison that come onto their property. The measure was endorsed Thursday in a 62-38 vote. The state estimates it could lead to the destruction of more than 100 bison a year. Supporters said it is necessary to give landowners a way of removing wild bison that can injure people and damage property. They said destruction of the bison would be a last resort. Bison management has long been the focus of conflict, particularly around...

  • Governor backs bipartisan 'dark money' bill

    MATT GOURAS,Associated Press

    HELENA, — Gov. Steve Bullock unveiled bipartisan legislation Thursday aimed at shedding light on so-called "dark money" in politics — an issue that could split some Republican lawmakers. Bullock and Republican state Sen. Jim Peterson said the "comprehensive" proposal will force groups that mention candidate names to disclose how they are spending money and where it comes from. AP Photo/Matt Gouras Gov. Steve Bullock, left, and state Sen. Jim Peterson of Buffalo unveil bipartisan legislation aimed at shedding light on...

  • Our View: Preserving Native languages is essential

    Tristan

    The Montana Legislature will soon be debating legislation to help preserve Native American languages on Montana's Indian reservations. A bill by State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy would allocate $2 million to jump-start the effort. The loss of native languages is critical at some reservations. Windy Boy said only 15 people can speak the Gros Ventre language, and only one person at Rocky Boy is fluent in Chippewa. Hopefully, efforts by the tribes and the schools on and near the reservations can change this disturbing trend....

  • In search of my imperfect chicken

    Sondra Ashton

    Today I lost a chicken. I mean I misplaced a chicken. I don't mean a live chicken. I misplaced an ugly, misshapen, ceramic chicken. This unfortunate bird is no poultry beauty. No self-respecting ceramic rooster would give her a peck. She came into my life, my odd little chicken, from a display at one of the stops along the What the Hay route between Lewistown and Hilger a couple years ago. Her oddity is what drew me to her. She is so droopy of aspect, so overfed, so worthless...

  • Four Blue Ponies to wrestle at T.O.C.

    George Ferguson

    The wrestling season isn't quite over for some members of the Havre Blue Pony state championship team. Four Blue Ponies have been selected to compete in the annual Tournament of Champions. The personal injury law firm of Hoyt and Blewett PLLC in Great Falls is sponsoring the Fifth annual "Tournament of Champions." The one-day, single elimination all-star wrestling tournament will take place in Great Falls this Saturday, February 16th, 2013. The "Tournament of Champions" will...

  • Time to say goodbye to four MSU-N greats

    George Ferguson

    Ask any former Montana State University-Northern Light or Skylight, and they'll tell you that there are few things more emotional as a college basketball player than senior night inside the Armory Gymnasium. It's a night to celebrate and say goodbye to players who have meant so much, and given their all to the school, the community, the fans and to the name of the front of their jersey. Montana State University-Northern's Devin Jackson will be honored before Saturday night's...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Mateila Cline, Big Sandy Basketball

    Daniel Horton

    Big Sandy senior Mateila Cline has been a contributor to Pioneer sports for the last four years. Cline has become a standout on the basketball court as a top-notch guard, as well as on the track as a speeder sprinter. Now, nearing the end of her prep basketball career, she has earned plenty of accolades, but has her sights on a couple more. Big Sandy senior Mateila Cline races down the floor during Wednesday's District 9C girls first-round game against Turner. Cline is trying to get her and her team to the Northern C. On the...

  • Blue Pony hoops teams close with Browning

    Daniel Horton

    In the final weekend of the regular season, both the Havre high girls and boys basketball teams have a lot to play for. Both Central A Blue Pony squads will face off against two very talented Browning Indians teams, in two conference showdowns to end the regular season action. The No. 3 HHS boys (2-5) will host the No. 1 Indians (6-1) at Havre Central in Havre Saturday, while the HHS girls (6-1) will face the Indians (6-1) on the road in Browning tonight. Havre High's Ramsey Drew, right, drives to the basket during a recent...

  • Heartache: Western outlasts Northern women

    George Ferguson

    There are some teams which just seem to be an Achilles heel for others. For the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team, that squad is the UM-Western Bulldogs. The Bulldogs crushed the Skylights last month in Dillon, and on Thursday night at the Armory Gymnasium, they snapped an eight-game losing streak by breaking Northern's heart on Valentines Day. The Bulldogs withstood a final surge from the Skylights and held on for 56-54 win in Havre. The loss was the...

  • Heartache: Bulldogs bite Lights right at the end

    George Ferguson

    On most nights in the Frontier Conference, if not all, the Montana State University-Northern Lights are at a distinct size disadvantage. And against the tall and rangy UM-Western Bulldogs, that's especially true. And that size mismatch wound up being a major difference Thursday night as the No. 12 Lights lost a heartbreaker on Valentines Day, thanks to 6-8 Western center Jake Owsley's tip-in with six seconds left. Owsley's putback on teammate Gabe Rucker's 3-pointer lifted...

  • Beeters roll into title game

    George Ferguson

    The Chinook Sugarbeeters captured the District 9C girls regular season championship. They've also been in the 9C title game in each of the last two seasons. On Thursday afternoon at the Havre High gymnasium, the Beeters made it three seasons in a row and left little doubt about who the team to beat in Havre this weekend is. In the 9C semifinals Thursday, Chinook clobbered defending champion Box Elder 61-29, moving into Saturday night's championship game against the North Star...

  • Big Sandy boys down Thunderbirds

    Daniel Horton

    Exciting wins typically consist of buzzer beaters or great shooting from behind the 3-point line. But when the tempo of the game limits an offense, sometimes the only way to get the win is by executing the little things, knocking down free throws for example. Big Sandy's Zac Leader, right, shoots over the Hays-Lodge Pole defense during the District 9C boys semifinals Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium. The Pioneers will face Box Elder in Saturday night's championship game. Thursday night in the District 9C boys semifi...

  • Growling: Box Elder storms past Chinook

    George Ferguson

    The Box Elder Bears started the 2012-13 season with several goals in mind. One of them was simply to win their semifinal game at the District 9C tournament – with the other obviously claiming a coveted 9C championship. After Thursday afternoon's win over the Chinook Sugarbeeters, it's one down, one to go. Box Elder turned away the Sugarbeeters 57-43 in the 9C semifinals Thursday at the Havre High gymnasium. The win vaulted the Bears (16-3) into Saturday night's championship...

  • Knights a step closer to the crown

    Daniel Horton

    The meeting between the North Star Knights and Big Sandy Pioneers on the basketball court can always be expected to be a battle. And in the District 9C semifinals on Thursday night, it was just that. The Knights (15-4) defeated the Pioneers (12-8) 58-49. The win puts the Knights into Saturday's championship game against top-seeded Chinook, while the loss puts the Pioneers into loser-out action against Hays-Lodge Pole tonight at 6. North Star's Lisa Carlon, front, races down the floor during Thursday night's District 9C semifi...

  • MSU-Northern matmen primed for Western Regional qualifer

    George Ferguson

    The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is ranked sixth in the NAIA right now. But that poll came out before the Lights dismantled the Great Falls Argos back on Feb.6. In reality, Northern is wrestling like the best team in the country at the moment. And the Lights will get a chance to prove that when they return to Great Falls for Western Regional Saturday at McLaughlin Center. The format for qualifying for the NAIA national tournament is new this year, with auto...

  • George Ferguson Column: Youth movement helping basketball climb in Turner

    George Ferguson

    The Turner boys basketball team simply hasn't won very much in recent years. It's not for lack of trying. And the Turner girls, well, the Tornadoes haven't fielded a varsity team in the two years prior to the 2012-13 season. So wins weren't even possible. The problem in Turner isn't about talent, it isn't about a love of basketball, it isn't about dedication, heart or desire, and it isn't about coaching. It's simply a numbers game, and it's happening in rural towns all over...

  • Beeters slow down Tornadoes

    George Ferguson

    The Chinook Sugarbeeters wasted little time announcing their presence at the 2013 District 9C boys basketball tournament. In fact, after one quarter against the Turner Tornadoes, Chinook showed it's still going to be a force to be reckoned with over the next four days in Havre. Wednesday afternoon at the Havre High gymnasium, Chinook opened the 9C boys tournament with a dominant 70-36 win over the Tornadoes, setting up a semifinal showdown this afternoon against top-seeded...

  • Pioneers race into 9C semifinals

    Daniel Horton

    The Big Sandy Pioneers may not have entered the postseason as a top seed, but after the first round of girls 9C action, the Pioneers proved they will be a contender for the district title before the weekend is over. Wednesday night the Pioneers (12-7) handled Turner (1-18) with ease, earning a 66-25 win in the opening round of the District 9C tournament in Havre. With the dominating performance, the Pioneers will advance to tonight's semifinal game against No. 2 North Star at 6. The Tornadoes drop into a loser-out game on...

  • Lights host Bulldogs, Griffins in huge rivalry games

    George Ferguson

    The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has been here before. Four games left in the regular season, fighting for a regular season Frontier Conference championship, and getting ready to battle two bitter rivals. For the Lights' program, which has won the last two league titles, it's business as usual. Taking care of business is exactly what the Lights will try and do in their final regular season home stand, which starts tonight with a visit from the...

  • Final home stand for Skylights

    George Ferguson

    The MSU-Northern women's basketball team may have had its four-game winning streak snapped at Carroll College last Saturday night. But the Skylights are still one of the team's with the most momentum in the Frontier Conference. And that makes tonight's Valentine's Day special with the UM-Western Bulldogs a huge one inside the Armory Gymnasium. Northern, which has won six of its last eight league games, beings its final home stand of the season against the struggling Bulldogs...

  • Bears still roaring

    George Ferguson

    The Box Elder Bears may be the fourth seed in a loaded District 9C girls tournament. But they certainly didn't look like it on the first day of action at the Havre High gymnasium. Instead, the Bears (11-8) looked like the defending 9C champions they are as they marched past Hays-Lodge Pole 63-55 Wednesday afternoon, and right into today's semifinals. The Bears, who will now face top-seeded Chinook in the semifinals, used a big second-half push to get by a game Thunderbirds' sq...

  • Thunderbirds soar on day one

    Daniel Horton

    Once in the postseason, fans, players, and coaches all know anything can happen. Records are thrown out the window and teams have to execute at a high level no matter the opponent. That was apparent on Wednesday night in boys District 9C action when the No. 6 North Star Knights gave the No. 3 Hays-Lodge Thunderbirds a run for their money. The Thunderbirds (9-10) ended up coming away with the 52-47 win over the Knights (3-16). The win puts the Thunderbirds up against the No. 3 Big Sandy Pioneers (12-6) tonight at 7:30 p.m.,...

  • Laura Etta Mlinar

    Tristan

    Laura Etta Mlinar Laura Etta Mlinar, 90, a Joplin farmwife who loved RVing, bowling and poodles, died Saturday at the Chester nursing home. Her funeral will be 2 p. m. Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial will follow at Joplin Cemetery. A reception will be held at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Etta was preceded in death by her husband, Les Mlinar in 1999; and her sister, Alyce Beck in 2007. Her only survivors are nieces and nephews....

  • Orville Eugene Lea

    Tristan

    Orville Eugene Lea Orville Eugene Lea, 86, of Rapid City, S.D., formerly of Havre, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at Rapid City Hospice of the Hills after a lengthy illness. Orville was born Aug. 5, 1926, in Britton, S.D., to Obert and Ella (Haverly) Lea. He graduated from Kidder High School in 1944. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1944, serving on the U. S.S. Hansford in the Pacific and was honorably discharged in 1946 as a WWII veteran. Orville and Phyllis Moore of Kidder, S.D., were married on June 12, 1947, having...

  • In first week, Legislature deals with budgets, wolves

    AMY R. SISK, Community News Service UM School of Journalism

    HELENA — Montana's 63rd Legislature opened its doors last week, welcoming a new governor, 150 lawmakers, and even more staffers and members of the public. Legislators attended a number of introductory events while also getting down to business on several bills, marking the first five of 90 busy days off their calendars. So far, the House voted 99-1 to pass a $9.2 million "feed bill" to fund the current session and the start of the next Legislature in 2015. Committees prepped for hearings on the budget and lawmakers...

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