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The Box Elder girls basketball team has a lot of talented players and a lot of different ways it can win basketball games. But Friday night, in the District 9C championship game, the Bears chose to win with defense. As the top seed and defending 9C champion, the Bears were expected to beat the Fort Benton Longhorns Friday night inside the HHS gymnasium, but it took an outstanding defensive effort to do so as they beat Fort Benton 42-26. “Just to win one and get back to back i...
Three months after their party won the presidency and most of Montana's statewide offices, Blaine and Hill county Republicans held their annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner Saturday in the Commercial Building of the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook, praised their victories in the election. "There is not a soul in here that is sorry that Hillary (Clinton) lost," said Brad Lotton, finance chair of the Hill County Republican Party. For $50 a ticket, attendees ate prime rib, baked...
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Though only one of the party’s candidates — former state legislator Ken Miller — was there, the upcoming election to replace Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont, dominated much of the discussion at the Blaine and Hill county Lincoln-Reagan Dinner Saturday night, a fundraiser for the local Republican party chapters in both counties. Zinke, Montana’s only member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next secretary of the interior. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Zinke will then resign, t...
Officers have not made any arrests related to a shooting threat made Thursday evening toward Havre High School and the investigation is still ongoing, an officer with the police department said this morning. Officer Lucas Aimes said the threat that dispersed officers to all Havre public schools all day Friday has not resulted in any arrests and, as of press time, he did not know whether there were any suspects. A Friday press release from the police department says individuals came to the police department Thursday at 7:21...
Havre Daily News staff To help pay for a trip to national competition in Orlando, Florida, Montana State University-Northern’s Business Professionals of America chapter has teamed up with with the university’s Residence Life to offer a challenge to the community. For $10 per person, teams of three to five people can try a 45-minute challenge to escape from a set of rooms in Pershing Hall on the university campus. The teams will use clues and solve puzzles to escape from the rooms. The challenge will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m...
Press release During Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to join in its lifesaving mission by giving blood. Since 1943, every U.S. president has designated March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the Red Cross helps people across the country and around the world. Red Cross Month is a celebration of supporters, who are the face of the Red Cross in their communities and bring hope to people facing emergencies. Blood donor Timothy Sheely knows the need firsthand. His wife required 12...
Jan. 30, more than 1,000 Montanans squeezed into the Capitol building to tell our elected officials in Helena and Washington, D.C., "Keep public lands in public hands." Sportsmen and women, conservationists, outdoor recreationists, kids and families traveled from as far as Fort Peck, Miles City and Thompson Falls. We blew the roof off the Capitol in defense of our shared outdoor heritage, making clear that we won’t stand for any legislation that even considers transferring, selling or otherwise divesting citizens of our publi...
Our own Sen. Jon Tester recently said the Senate should “have a hearing and a vote” on President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the federal 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Sen. Tester should go one step further by supporting Judge Gorsuch’s confirmation without any unnecessary delay. Judge Gorsuch has both the personal and professional experience that will suit him well on the nation’s highest court. Born in Denver, Colorado, Judge Gorsuch comes from similar Western roots as many of us. An avid o...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after someone reported at the police station Friday at 12:23 p.m. they had lost a cellphone. —— Officers investigated a complaint after someone reported at the police station Friday at 2:02 p.m. his ex-girlfriend had some of his property and someone stole a sound bar from his home. —— Kyle Steven Winn of Havre, 29, was issued a summons on a charge of endangering the welfare of children after a caller from Montana State University-Northern reported Friday at 11:30 p.m. that a young...
Gary Lee Hall, 73, passed away due to natural causes Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at Northern Montana Care Center. As per Gary's wishes, no services are planned. His family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Gary Hall Memorial Fund, c/o Bear Paw Credit Union, 201 2nd Ave., Havre, MT 59501. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Gary's online memorial page at www.hollandbonine.com to leave a message of condolence for the...
MISSOULA - James D. Horinek of Missoula, 59, died early in the morning Thursday Feb. 16, 2017, at his home. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at the Hingham Cemetery. James was born May 7, 1957, in Havre, Montana. He was raised in Hingham, Montana, and spent his life reminiscing about his childhood growing up on the farm. He worked as a heavy equipment mechanic; however, farming was his passion. James is survived by his children, Jennifer...
In one of their final home games of the season, the Glacier Nationals played host to the Great Falls Americans Friday night and once again lost to one of the top teams in the Frontier division in decisive fashion. The two teams met inside the Havre Ice Dome and when it was all said and done, the Americans trampled the Nationals 10-1. The game was close in the first period and the Americans led just 1-0 at the end of the first period. In the second, the Americans added to...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team went to Redding, California, to defend its 2016 Western Regional championship. But more importantly, the Lights were looking to punch as many tickets to the NAIA national tournament as possible. Saturday, the fifth-ranked Lights wound up finishing fifth at the 2017 NAIA West Regional, hosted by Menlo College, on the strength of three individual champions. Brandon Weber, Ben Stroh and Taylor Kornoely all won regional titles...
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team continued to buck a big trend this weekend. They say it’s hard to beat the same team three times in one season, especially a rival. But the Skylights did it for a second time in three days. Playing its last road game of the regular season Saturday night in Helena, No. 15 MSU-N put together an incredible defensive effort in a 54-45 win over Carroll College. The win gave Northern three wins over Carroll, just two nig...
With the Eastern A Divisional starting this week, the Havre High boys basketball team had one last chance to end the regular season with some momentum. What it got instead, was a tough defeat at the hands of an old rival. The Blue Ponies, who defeated Browning earlier in the season, lost to the Indians Saturday inside the HHS gymnasium by the score of 69-62. The loss gave Havre a final regular season record of 3-15. HHS also finished 2-6 in the Central A and ended up as the fi...
Over the last decade, the Chinook Sugarbeeters and North Stars Knights have both been staples at the Northern C Divisional tournament in Great Falls. But, in 2017, only one of them would get the chance to go. The Knights and Beeters met in the District 9C girls consolation game Friday night inside the HHS gymnasium, and thanks to a 3-point barrage in the third quarter, it was the Knights who punched their ticket to the Northern C with a 47-43 win. “I’m thrilled for these gir...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and North Star Knights both wanted to earn a chance to play on the big floor at this week's Northern C Divisional inside the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. And for a half, both teams had a chance to get there. For a half. In the end however, Chinook punched its ticket to the Northern C with an incredible second-half performance, on its way to a 48-24 win over the Knights in the District 9C boys consolation game Saturday night inside a sold-out HHS...
The Box Elder Bears aren’t the underdog very often. And after what they did to Hays-Lodge Pole in the District 9C championship game, they might not be underdogs again for a while. After losing twice to the Thunderbirds during the regular season, the Bears flipped the script in the district title game Saturday night inside a sold-out HHS gymnasium, beating HLP 71-57 to win a fifth straight 9C championship. “I don’t think you ever get tired of winning championship baske...
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