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If being a four-time state champion was easy, then more than 27 wrestlers would have done it in the history of Montana High School wrestling. The fact is, winning state championships, as a team or as an individual, is incredibly difficult. But being a four-time individual wrestling champion, which is what Havre’s Jase Stokes will be gunning for in Billings at the All-Class State tournament, is a different matter entirely. Certainly, it’s not easy, not even close. “It takes...
The Havre City Council passed revisions of two ordinances Monday night meant to address parking on city streets - one pertaining to recreational vehicles and trailers, the other to abandoned vehicles. Both were approved 5-0 by the council. Council members Terry Lilletvedt, Karen Swenson and Matthew Boucher were absent. As under the previous ordinance, RV and trailer owners will be able to remain parked on city streets for a period of no more than 48 hours. "We think that is a...
A record 46 employers will take part in Montana State University-Northern’s 2017 Spring Career Fair Thursday in Northern’s Armory Gymnasium, said Mary Heller, director of Northern’s Career Center. Heller said the fair, which is for current Northern students and alumni, will showcase career opportunities for those in all the majors that Northern has to offer. “Every major that we have on campus will be represented by the employers,” Heller said. Those employers include Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; CG AG Consultin...
The Beaver Creek Park superintendent said Monday night the latest stint of park cabin burglaries has been the worst he’s seen during his entire 12-year stint as superintendent. “It’s getting kind of scary,” Superintendent Chad Edgar told Hill County Park Board members during its monthly board meeting. Edgar said it is not uncommon to have cabins broken into sporadically, but this last stint, he believes, is unlike anything and may be the worse since he’s been in the park. Edgar said his neighbors had been broken into rece...
People in every corner of Montana rely on prescription drugs to treat illnesses and conditions ranging from mild to severe. Our most vulnerable neighbors need access to these drugs even more than the rest of us. Senior citizens, people with chronic conditions, and sick children all use prescriptions to provide them comfort from pain and, in the case of those with the worst sicknesses, keep them alive. Unfortunately, our most vulnerable people are subject to the greed of pharmaceutical companies who use the difficult...
As I look out my window at the cold and snowy winter scene that is currently blanketing Montana, I’m reminded there are homeless veterans in our state who are struggling to find a warm place to sleep and don’t have these idyllic visions of snow and blankets that I do. There is absolutely no excuse for veterans being homeless in our state. Zero. Zip. None. These are the folks who were on the front lines fighting for our freedoms and to keep roofs over our head. I can’t understand why Montana hasn’t built 10 assisted living...
Jan. 20 was my last day at work. Under the Obama administration, I served as a political liaison for NASA on Capitol Hill. I watched up close while 2016 revealed the strengths and weaknesses of our democracy. As the American West opens up before my windshield on the drive home to Montana, I am compelled to say why I pledge to vote in Montana’s upcoming special election. I pledge to vote for many reasons, but this year, I am mostly concerned about the state of our democracy. The Economist Intelligence Unit downgraded the U...
There are several Democrats who represent coal states in the United States Senate. Clair McCaskil of Michigan, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and, of course, Montana’s own Jon Tester. But Tester is unique among this group. While those other coal-state Democrats have established a track record of working to protect coal jobs, Tester has consistently voted to support every Obama-era regulation designed to kill the coal industry. Case in point is the Senate’s vote on the Orw...
Editor’s note: Due to a misunderstanding on the part of the Havre Daily News, regular submissions from state Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, have not been printed. —— I hope this article gets into the paper this week in Havre. Each week I sent an update on what is happening in the Legislature to my District 14 newspapers. The Liberty County Times and the River Press Paper had been publishing the articles but I recently discovered that the Havre Daily News didn’t understand my intention. It’s too bad that the articles didn’t ma...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — Former Montana Attorney General Mike Greely, who hired the state’s first medical examiner, has died. He was 76. Winston Greely said Monday that his father died unexpectedly on Jan. 26 at his family cabin on the Missouri River. A memorial service is planned at 11 a.m. Saturday in the old Supreme Court chambers at the Montana State Capitol. Michael Truman Greely was born in Great Falls and attended Yale and the University of Montana law school. He served as assistant attorney general, deputy Cascade Cou... Full story
Memorial services for Thomas Anderson “Doc” Reese, 96, who died Jan. 28, 2017, will be held in the Bears Paw Mountains in July.... Full story
By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — Montana legislators are taking another look at whether to abolish the death penalty after a judge blocked the state from carrying out executions because it has no access to a drug used in lethal injections. Clergy, young conservative lawmakers and an exonerated Arizona death-row inmate urged the House Judiciary Committee Monday to pass a bill abolishing the death penalty. The maximum penalty would become life in prison without parole under the measure by Rep. Adam Hertz, R-Missoula. ...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a non-injury motor vehicle crash at Third Avenue and First Street after it was reported Monday at 1:03 p.m. —— Officers investigated a hit and run motor vehicle crash near First Street after a report was made Monday at 2:09 p.m. —— Jeffrey Charles Sykes of Vancouver, Washington, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a First Street caller reported Monday at 4:36 p.m. that a man was walking in the middle of the road. —— Officers investigated an assault charge afte...
Rayleigh Kirkaldie, Hays-Lodge Pole Girls Basketball The Hays-Lodge Pole girls basketball team is hitting its stride. And Rayleigh Kirkaldie is a big reason why. Kirkaldie hit four 3-pointers and scored 26 points in HLP’s win over Turner Friday night. But she wasn’t done. In a tough loss to Fort Benton, Kirkaldie still poured in a game-high 23 points. A two-year starter for the T-Birds, Kirkaldie is averaging close to 15 points and eight rebounds per game this season. Bry...
It was another busy week of boys basketball along the Hi-Line as local teams took the court as early as last Tuesday, as schools look to improve their standing with district tournaments on the horizon. On Tuesday, the Rocky Boy Stars got a key win within their Class B district by knocking off Cut Bank at home by the score of 85-81. The Stars scored 23 points or more in three of the four quarters and outscored the Wolves 23-19 in the final stanza. Ben Iron Eyes went off in the...
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team was back in the Havre Ice Dome this past weekend, but the visiting Great Falls Americans made sure it wasn’t a happy homecoming for the Ice Hawks. Saturday, Great Falls blanked the Ice Hawks 6-0. The Americans scored three goals in the first period, two more in the second and one in the third. Havre’s offense had plenty of chances with 35 shots on goal, but the Americans made save after save. Havre goalie Kinzee Peterson stopped 22...
Recently, the Havre High girls basketball team found itself in a bit of a slump. After winning 10 of 11 games to start the season, HHS lost three straight and one of the teams that beat the Blue Ponies was Malta. The loss to the M-Ettes was the second of the three in a row and tonight, Havre will look for some for payback on the road against the defending Class B state champions. Tip-off time is set for 7 p.m. "Yeah we are really looking forward to it," HHS head coach Dustin...
The first week of February is always exciting in girls high school basketball. And that’s just how it was on the Hi-Line. The action got going last Tuesday when the North Star Knights secured a big District 9C win in Turner. The nights opened the game on a 16-7 run on their way to a 56-42 victory. Paij Peterson scored 15 points and Kate Hansen added 12 for the Knights. Sarah Billmayer paced the Tornadoes with eight points in the loss. Both area Class B teams were in action T...
