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  • Cutting-edge research on the Hi-Line

    Alex Ross|Updated Feb 5, 2017

    In the last 10 years, Montana State University-Northern's work on fuels has gone from a small program focused on testing petroleum and bio-based fuels to its Advanced Fuels Center, an operation developing cutting-edge renewable fuels. The center has seven lab facilities, split between the Applied Technology Center and the neighboring Advanced Fuels Center, where five employees and seven student employees create some of the promising energy sources of the future. "It's my...

  • Local News - Feb. 3, 2017

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release The City of Havre Public Works and Water Departments will be updating and replacing water meters in certain areas of town for the next few months. People who are contacted to have their water meter replaced and have any questions can contact the Public Works Department at 265-4941....

  • Celebrating History: Home economics

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    By Emily Mayer Just like today, during the winter months, gatherings of various sorts took place in Havre. Some were entertaining and others were educational. For several weeks, large advertisements were in the newspapers announcing a Short Course for farmers in the area. This week 100 years ago, a course in home economics was announced in the Feb. 3, 1917, issue of The Havre Plaindealer, and would be of particular interest to women in the area. VALUABLE COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS Women Will Find Much Interest in Course The eve...

  • Montana needs to invest in families with paid leave

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    At some point, nearly every worker faces a moment when they need leave, whether it’s to care for an aging parent, help a family member after surgery, recover from their own illness or injury, or welcome a new child into the family. As the Montana Legislature debates ways to improve the lives of Montanans, I wanted to take a moment to highlight one important issue. Paid family and medical leave has been making national headlines, and here in Montana we have the opportunity to design a plan that is unique to the needs of our st...

  • Do more than thanking veterans

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Dear editor, Butte Rep. Jim Keane told a joint subcommittee Jan. 27 it should not just thank veterans for their service but it should “do something.” He wanted the members, and the Legislature, to pass an infrastructure bill that would fund, among other things, a veterans home in southwest Montana. There are approximately 100,000 veterans living in Montana. That’s approximately 10 percent of our citizens who have served our state and country with honor. I served nearly eight years in the U.S. Army as an enlisted soldi...

  • A natural neural food network

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    If I’ve learned one thing about myself over the years, it’s that I love to eat. I eat like I can’t live without food, and I have zero interest in ending this habit. I don't think it’s just a complete lack of strong will and good character. It feels like a biological impulse for self-preservation, and I am going to continue eating every day, several times a day. Don’t judge me poorly for being happy in this comfort zone. I will admit to one thing that is causing a problem. I recently have been forced to plan meals ahead of...

  • For the Record, Feb. 3, 2017

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a theft report after a First Street West business caller reported Thursday at 12:57 p.m. that tools were stolen out of his vehicle. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash near First Street after a caller reported Thursday at 2:46 p.m. that a semitractor hit him and kept going. —— Officers investigated a non-injury, two motor vehicle crash near Third Avenue after a report was made Thursday at 3:32 p.m. —— Officers assisted a citizen Thursday at 3:38 p.m. No further inf...

  • Agendas: Feb. 3, 2017

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Havre City Council Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call Minutes Committee reports Public Comment on agenda items 1 through 8. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Ordinance No. 896 (first reading) — An ordinance amending Title 3, Chapter 4, Section 5, Subsection (E), Rules and regulations of the Havre City Code per...

  • Grief Poem Feb. 3, 2017

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Do dear ones see that we have changed; and lift us up in prayer? We sometimes feel we’ll drift away — that life is not real fair. We miss our dear, they’ve gone ahead; we struggle hard, some days. We tell stores or sing some songs as we give God our praise. These last few days some fear set in — so — where did we come from? We seem so far away today, our mind is mostly numb. We think ‘bout them most all the time. They seem to call: “COME HOME!” “Let me tell you that I love you, no more you’ll need to roam!” We keep on m...

  • Hello God, it's me, Mara

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    The joy of laughter You know, Lord, February is a busy month: Ground Hog’s Day, Candlemas Day — or the Feast of Presentation of the Lord, on Feb. 2 every year. Of course, we have Valentine’s Day with flowers, poems, chocolates and laughter. A long while ago someone shared a blurb about the Joy of Laughter by Harleigh M. Rosenberger. It goes like this: “Laughter is good medicine, especially when you can laugh at yourself. I read of a man who used to remind his friends, ‘Remember Rule Number Four.’ When they asked what it was...

  • Out Our Way:

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Mark 11:12-21: 'The fig tree' Out our way, folks come to depend on each other, and it is something we tend to take for granted. Farmers help each other seed and bring in the crops. Ranchers help out at each other's roundups and brandings, and that same sense of neighbor is reflected in the small town as well. A classic example is the volunteer fire department. In the tiny town of Lingle, Wyoming, population 426, I joined the local fire department and became a "mudflap," as...

  • Practical Pastoring: Proclaiming faith at funerals

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Conducting funerals is an integral function of pastoring. I cannot think of a better opportunity to proclaim the name of Jesus than during a funeral. People may be grieving at a funeral, but they may also have a heightened awareness of the still small voice of the Holy Spirit; more so than at any other time. In a previous book, I stated that I like to script many of my comments at funerals. You can always add to the script. However, if you begin to cry, it is much easier to read your message than to preach from your heart....

  • UM releases fall Dean's List

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release MISSOULA — At the University of Montana, a number of local students were among the 2,425 who made the fall semester 2016 Dean’s List and President’s 4.0 List. To qualify for the Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. Students who receive any grade of C+ or below or no credit (NC/NCR) in a course are not eligible. The UM students listed below made the fall semester 2016 Dean’s List or the...

  • Havre High lists Students of the Month

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Havre High School announced that Trinnity Gobin was chosen as a January 2017 Student of the Month at the high school. Trinnity's parents are Bobbie Jo Naber and Wesly Gobin. Her siblings are Brittany Moles, 23, and Corttney Gobin, 19. Trinnity participates in band, double bass, bass guitar and percussion. Outside of Havre High School, Trinnity worked at the Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods bakery as a cake decorator. She enjoys listening to music, reading, and playing the bass. Lindse...

  • Frankel going on tour in Montana

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release Glenn Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has turned his lens toward Hollywood legends, announced he is holding a Montana tour. His last book, “The Searchers” earned great praise for his profile of John Ford, John Wayne and the real-life 19th century kidnapping that inspired the film. Frankel’s new book is “High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic” (Bloomsbury; Feb. 21). “High Noon” explores the making of the western classic during the toxic political climate of th...

  • Reporter Susan Carey to deliver Ninth Annual Cole Lecture at UM

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release MISSOULA — Susan Carey, veteran aviation reporter at The Wall Street Journal, will deliver the annual Jeff Cole Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the University of Montana. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held inside the Alexander Blewett III School of Law Room 101. The talk, titled “Old School in the New Journalism Era,” is the ninth installment of the UM School of Journalism’s annual Jeff Cole Distin-guished Lecture Series. The series honors Cole, a Butte native...

  • Grable hired as Montana Arts Council's arts education director

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release The Montana Arts Council announced it hired Monica Grable as the agency’s arts education director. Grable began her duties Wednesday and replaces outgoing Arts Education Director Emily Kohring, who has moved with her family to St. Louis, Missouri. “We bid Emily a fond farewell, and we welcome Monica to our team,” said Interim Co-Director Cinda Holt. “She brings the perfect skill set to the job, having been both an educator in our public school system, and a presenter of a successful performing arts series in the...

  • New podcast explores tangled relationship with national mammal

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release MISSOULA - Americans named bison our first-ever "national mammal" last spring. But this winter, 900 bison from the prized Yellowstone National Park herd will be shipped to slaughter. Why? Why are we killing almost 20 percent of the largest wild bison herd in the lower 48? That's one of the questions at the heart of a new podcast and public radio show that premieres at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, on Montana Public Radio, a service of the University of Montana....

  • Cochrane artist of the month at Northern's Multicultural Center

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release The artist of the month of February at Montana State University-Northern's Multicultural Center is Joseph "Joe" Cochrane. Cochrane was born at the Blood Indian Hospital Jan. 12, 1943, in the Blood Reserve in Alberta, Canada; he came from a large family with 12 siblings. He started drawing during his early school years at Standoff Day School. A few of his friends and he used to go back to the school after dinner, so they could draw. A local artist, Two Gun,...

  • Artitudes features Malone's work in February and March

    Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Press release Artitudes Gallery presents "Artwork by Ned" by Ned Malone for the months of February and March. Malone said he likes working plein aire to create his landscapes, working mainly in oils, but he also is proficient in charcoal and scratchboard. He takes many photos while hiking and camping and said he enjoys painting the wildlife he photographs. Artitudes is inviting people to an Artist Reception Friday, Feb. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Artitudes Gallery on the upper...

  • Northern matmen pinned by Embry-Riddle on the road

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 3, 2017

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights had two road duals left this season heading into Thursday night. The first of those duals didn't go how the Lights had hoped. The No. 3 Lights were in Prescott, Arizona, Thursday night to take on Western Region rival Embry-Riddle University, where the Eagles pulled off a 27-16 upset. EAU may not be ranked in the NAIA Coaches Poll, but the Eagles still have firepower and it showed against the Lights as the Eagles won four straight... Full story

  • Lights cage Bears in Billings

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Talk about starting a road trip off on the right foot. That's what the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team did Thursday night in Billings. With a six-game Frontier Conference road trip in front of them, and the nationally ranked UM-Western Bulldogs waiting for them Saturday night, the Lights went into the Fortin Center and knocked off the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears 66-61. On the strength of 13 3-pointers and a tenacious defense, the Lights found... Full story

  • Havre's Korb heading to Montana Tech

    Chris Peterson|Updated Feb 3, 2017

    Over the past few years, Nate Korb has forged quite an athletic career for himself at Havre High school. During his time as a Blue Pony, he has played football, basketball and tennis. Next season, however, Korb will turn his focus to football only, and he will do that in the Mining City as he has committed to play college football for Montana Tech of the Frontier Conference. Korb, who has been weighing offers from both Tech and Montana State University-Northern, chose the...

  • HHS girls expect tough games with Fairfield, Lewistown

    Chris Peterson|Updated Feb 3, 2017

    For the first time this season, the Havre High girls basketball team has lost consecutive games, something the Blue Ponies will look to rectify this weekend. Havre will get its first chance to do that tonight, on the road against Fairfield. Tip-off time is set for 5:30. Then, the Ponies will return to the HHS gymnasium Saturday, where they will host Central A rival Lewistown. Game time is scheduled for 5 p.m. "I think part of it is that we need to take more time to prepare...

  • Pony boys host Class B Eagles tonight

    Chris Peterson|Updated Feb 3, 2017

    With just four games remaining in the regular season, the Havre High boys basketball team is still searching for an identity, and with time running out, it needs to figure one out soon. Fortunately, the Blue Ponies will get chances to do that this weekend, starting tonight, with a home game against Fairfield. Tip off is set for 6. Havre will follow that up Saturday, with a critical road game against Lewistown. The two Central A rivals are scheduled to start things at 5 p.m. “R...

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