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The Gildford Mercantile, after a long and varied history, closed its doors Friday, just before its 100-year birthday. Laura Hauser has owned the store for seven years, and said she is forced to close the doors of the business for multiple reasons, mostly rising bills and a declining number of customers. "There's a lot of fun history with this," Hauser said. Many customers came to say good-bye Friday. Shane Hanson left Gildford in 1957 and has recently come back to her old stom... Full story
For 30 years, Montana has ranked among the top five states with the highest rates of suicide in all age groups. According to the 2015 “Suicide Prevention in Montana Legislative Update,” in 2013 there were 231 suicides in Montana for a rate of 22.8 per 100,000 people compared to a national rate of around 13 per 100,000 people. Eighteen-year-old Hannah Pepprock, a Havre High School senior and president of the school’s Key Club, plans to change the lives of others concerning this issue by bringing suicide awareness to the commu... Full story
More money in state coffers may be available to help people pay utility bills if the Montana Legislature passes pending legislation. A bill proposed by Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, would set aside half of the money in a special fund utilities are required to pay into for providing energy assistance to people in need. The plan sailed through the Senate Energy and Commerce Committee last week and will go before the Senate this week. Windy Boy said he expected little or no opposition on the Senate floor since it receive... Full story
From HRDC District 4 Human Resources Development Council Child Care Link will sponsor an American Heart Association CPR and First Aid class Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Board Room at HRDC. American Heart Association cards are good for two years. People can register by calling Child Care Link at 265-6743, ext. 1112. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 18.... Full story
From Stone Child College Stone Child College will hold a multi-cultural health initiative course for 18- to 24 -year-olds Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Friday is the last day to enroll. Enrollees will be invited to participate in the Partnership for Healthy and Safe Choices. Participation is voluntary, but there are incentives for taking part: Gift cards and gas cards will be given to people who participate. At the end of the project, people will be given tickets for chances to win a prize. The project is in... Full story
Special to the Daily News The Havre High School speech and debate team saw success at the state tournament over the weekend, with two speakers bringing home state medals from the tournament. Junior Jacob Bachmeier and sophomore Ethan Smith each went up on the floor at the awards ceremony at host Columbia Falls High School, with Bachmeier earning an eighth-place finish in Lincoln-Douglas debate and Smith taking eighth in serious oral interpretation of literature. “I’m proud of Jacob and Ethan, and all the rest of our team, for... Full story
Havre Police Department Beulah Faye Carrel, 47, of Havre was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting and trespassing after officers responded to an 8 a.m. Friday call from a 1st Street business about a shoplifter. —— Officers investigated an 8:20 a.m. Friday call from 1st Street about a noninjury two-vehicle crash. —— Lacey Eagle The Boy, 29, of Hays was issued a summons on charges of failure to give notice of an accident, failure to stop and identify self after striking an unattended vehicle and failure to back safely... Full story
Yolanda Virginia (Mazzuca) Yeon, 83, of Havre passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, of natural causes. A vigil service was held to honor Yolanda Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Funeral Mass was scheduled today, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at 11 a.m. at St Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with interment to follow in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made in Yolanda's name to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Holland &... Full story
BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ten years removed from his last Super Bowl win, Tom Brady wasn't letting this one slip away. Sure, the brilliant Brady needed a huge play by an undrafted rookie to preserve New England's 28-24 Super Bowl victory over Seattle on Sunday night. But Brady's imprint was all over the Patriots' sensational fourth-quarter rally for their fourth NFL championship of the Brady-Bill Belichick era. "You know, whatever it takes," the r...
A big goal of the Glacier Nationals as they play out the home stretch of their 2014-15 schedule was to finish the season strong. And after they upset the mighty Great Falls Americans on the road for the second time this season Saturday, they appear to be doing exactly that. Yet, the Nationals’ late season momentum is about more than their 2-1 victory over Great Falls. The win was their third consecutive on the road and marks Glacier’s first three-game winning streak of the...
The Havre High boys and girls swim teams can now officially focus all their attention on the 2015 Class A State Swimming Championships. That’s because the Blue Ponies put the finishing touches on their 2014-15 schedule this past weekend. Saturday, Havre was in Helena for the annual Bohn-Moer Helena Invitational, which took place at the Carroll College Poll. It was Havre’s final meet of the regular season, and the Blue Pony girls finishes in ninth place with 58 team poi... Full story
GREAT FALLS — No matter how good you are, in college basketball, some nights are not going to be yours. Some nights, things just won’t go your way. And that was never more evident than Saturday night inside the McLaughlin Center in Great Falls as the No. 10 Montana State University-Northern Skylights dropped a Frontier Conference road game at arch rival UGF. The No. 22 Argos, who are having their best season in program history, shot their way past the Skylights 82-64, sna... Full story
The Havre High wrestling team has been dominant once again this season, winning almost every meet it has competed in. And Saturday the Blue Ponies continued that streak of success by walking away with the team title at the Malta Invitational. Possessing much more depth than any other team competing in the tournament, Havre easily ran away with the first-place prize in its final tune up for the Central A divisional meet next weekend, after racking up a total of 291.5 points...
Non-conference games generally don’t mean much in the grand scheme of things when it comes to high school basketball. But after losing four of five games coming into Saturday’s showdown with CMR in Great Falls, the Havre High boys basketball team was in need of a win, non-conference or not. And the Ponies played like they needed a win. The Blue Ponies faced some adversity in the form of an eight-point halftime deficit Saturday night, but they persevered and made the plays nee... Full story
GREAT FALLS — If through the first four games of the Frontier Conference play, the Montana State University-Northern Lights hadn’t found what they were looking for, they have sure found it now. Saturday night, in front of a boisterous crowd at the University of Great Falls’ McLaughlin Center, the Lights used a stingy defense, timely 3-point shooting, and near perfection from the free-throw-line to subdue the No. 12 UGF Argos 60-58. And after starting out 0-4 in league play,... Full story
The Havre High girls basketball team is about one thing — winning. And for the last month, no matter who the opponent or what the circumstances have been, the Blue Ponies just keep finding ways to do just that, win. So, even though getting consecutive wins over Class AA rivals Great Falls High and CMR on the same weekend is not a normal occurrence for Havre, the Ponies made it seem ho-hum as they knocked off the Rustlers 55-46 Saturday in the HHS gymnasium. The win was the e... Full story
