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Articles from the February 2, 2016 edition


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  • Williams reflects on 34 years with the U.S. Postal Service

    Alex Ross|Updated Feb 2, 2016

    Marion Williams retired Monday. Williams had been postmaster, the individual tasked with overseeing the Havre post office since December 2013. Before becoming postmaster, Williams served as the supervisor of customer services starting in 1997 However, Williams has worked with the Havre post office for the past 34 years. she began working with the postal service after serving in the U.S. Army. "It was one of the better-paying jobs here in town," Williams said, adding that it wa...

  • Park board members discuss trash lids and weeds

    Paul Dragu|Updated Feb 2, 2016

    Despite an uncharacteristically short meeting, Monday’s Hill County Park Board members talked among other things, about ways to control a new spreading weed and the hard work put in by a particular volunteer. The new weed in Beaver Creek Park is houndstongue. Although the park staff members had managed to get the burdock weed under control, houndstoungue has been growing to a concerning point, said Park Superintendent Chad Edgar, who spent a few minutes discussing ways to tackle the problem. One suggestion Edgar presented w...

  • Agency bestows lifetime achievement award on BLM weed specialist

    Updated Feb 2, 2016

    Press release An agency has presented Kenny Keever, Bureau of Land Management invasive weed specialist at the BLM Havre Field Office and Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, with the Barb Mullin Lifetime Achievement Award at the Montana Weed Control Association conference "Kenny is always willing to spend his personal time and resources to support invasive plant management, and represent the model envisioned for the Barb Mullin Achievement Award for communication...

  • For the Record, Feb. 2, 2016

    Updated Feb 2, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report of theft after a caller from a 1st Street Northeast address called Monday at 9:49 p.m. to report that the door was unlocked and the TV was missing. —— Samuel Clearance Wells, 58, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant this morning at 2:01 on 1st Street after an officer initiated the arrest. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies issued two summonses at Box Elder High School after receiving a call Monday at 2:43 p.m. about someone committing drug offen...

  • Agenda: Hill County Park Board

    Updated Feb 2, 2016

    The next regular meeting of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board will be held Monday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. at the H. Earl Clack Museum in Holiday Village Mall. The Agenda: 1. Roll Call of members 2. Reading and approval of minutes 3. Museum Manager’s Report 4. Wahkpa Chu’gn manager’s yearly report 5. The Foundation report 6. Committee Reports: A. Education and Programs — meet after board meeting to discuss Summer Lecture Series B. Budget and Finance C. Displays — view updates to exhibits D. By-laws 7. Unfinished business...

  • Obituary - Charles L. (Callahan) Floyd

    Updated Feb 2, 2016

    Charles L. (Callahan) Floyd, 81, of Havre died Jan. 26 of pulmonary fibrosis at his home. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, Feb. 6, at 11 a.m. at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with a lunch to follow. Born Sept. 5, 1934, in Atlanta, Georgia, Charles spent his childhood on the move, in Lafayette, Alabama, and South Carolina and other southern states, moving where his mother's work took him, or living and working on his aunt and uncle's cotton and tobacco farm on...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Feb 2, 2016

    Cory Richter, C/J-I Boys Basketball It's been a big season so far for the Chester/J-I boys basketball team. And the balanced Hawks have spread the scoring wealth. This past weekend, it was Cory Richter's turn as the junior scored 32 points and made three 3-pointers in a Saturday night win over Turner. Richter, who is also a football standout at C/J-I, also scored 12 points in the Hawks' win at Chinook Friday night, helping Turner remain in second place in the 9C standings....

  • George Ferguson Column: These Ponies stood up to mighty Great Falls

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 2, 2016

    I know just how badly the Havre High boys basketball team wanted to beat Great Falls High Thursday night, and how badly they wanted the old Ole Goat Trophy to come home with them on the Blue Pony Express. And I’m sure I know just how disappointed the Blue Ponies were when they had to make that bus trip home without the goat, because they came so close to making it happen. That’s life sometimes and it’s definitely sports. You play games like basketball long enough, and there...

  • Hi-Line Boys Basketball Roundup

    Chris Peterson|Updated Feb 2, 2016

    The high school basketball season is winding down faster than we might think, and with that in mind, there were some important boys basketball games on tap this past week throughout the Hi-Line. Things got started last Thursday, as the Box Elder Bears, one of the top teams along the Hi-Line, paid a visit to Denton-Geyser-Stanford in a matchup of Northern C teams that met just a couple months ago in the state championship football game. The game was intriguing because the two r...

  • Hi-Line Girls Basketball Roundup

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 2, 2016

    When the last weekend of January arrives, it means that girls basketball teams can start to see the finish line. And along the Hi-Line, that also means things start to get really intense and really entertaining. And the last weekend in January certainly provided all of that, especially in the District 9C. The action started Thursday night as the Fort Benton Longhorns picked up a critical conference win over North Star, 39-34 in Rudyard. The Longhorns trailed at the start of th...