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All local Drug and DUI Court participants had to pass a Breathalyzer test before entering the state District Court courtroom in the Hill County Courthouse Thursday afternoon. The participants, many upbeat and boisterous, filed into the seating area usually reserved for a jury, while the drug court panel quietly took their seats on the other side, where the defense and prosecution usually sit. A new participant was introduced. Anthony Enemy Hunter, who had been transported from...
Shad Huston, the former Havre school board president entangled in the Rocky Boy scandal, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. Federal Judge Brian Morris imposed sentence Monday afternoon. He also ordered Huston to pay $500,000 restitution and told Huston to attend alcohol treatment programs. Federal prosecutors asked for 50 months behind bars, while the defense had sought an 18-month sentence. Details in Tuesday’s Havre Daily News....
The crisis of sexual and domestic violence against women in Indian Country will be the subject of a presentation Tuesday at Montana State University-Northern. “Sovereignty, Justice and Truth, The Journey of Native Women in 2016: Ending Female Domestic and Sexual Violence in Indian Country,” is being sponsored by the office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs and the Montana Native Women’s Coalition. The discussion will be hosted by Toni Plummer-Alvernaz, executive director of the Montana Native Women’s Coaliti...
Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. has announced that landowners of properties that might be contaminated may inquire about funds for environmental assessment and cleanup. The multi-county economic and community development organization has funds available from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grants that may be used within Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips and Chouteau counties and on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. “Currently, we have over $195,000 in grant funds available for environmental ass...
Editor: Re: Public hearing for public input, Tuesday, March 8. Your Havre City Government Study Commission has spent the last 18 months reviewing our duties, reviewing appropriate documents, establishing a budget for the Study Commission, establishing questions deemed appropriate for gaining useful information and interviewing department heads current and past, city clerks past and present, city judge, all city councilpersons (including the two new members) and the mayor. We went to a familiarization class in the fall of 2014...
Havre Police Department Sheldon Joseph Flying, 46, of Havre was issued a summons Friday at 8:08 a.m. on a charge of criminal contempt in relation to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. —— Lejay Healy, 43, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after officers served the warrant at a 1st Street establishment Friday at 8:50 a.m. —— Richard Scott Jarvis, 36, of Havre was issued a summons on a charge of speeding on a local street during a motor vehicle stop on 9th Avenue Northwest Friday at 11:39 a.m. —— Terr...
A front-page article in Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that officials from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation were briefed before the arrests were made. Chippewa Cree Business Committee member Dustin Whitford said the briefing took place after the arrests.... Full story
Paula Josephine Reynolds (aka Paula Anderson and Paula Carmean) 61, of Havre passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday Feb. 24, 2016, in Havre. A celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2016, at First Lutheran Church in Havre with Pastor Tanner Howard officiating. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Highland Cemetery. Paula's family has requested that memorials be made to the Victoria Reynolds College Fund, in care of Independence Bank in... Full story
The Hill County Water District meeting will be Wednesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the District’s shop/office at 104 2nd St. in Hingham. • Recognition of visitors; public comments, limited to any matter not on this agenda and within the jurisdiction of the District Board — three-minute time limit per speaker. • Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting • Old business • Other old business • New business: 1. Employee report • Other new business • Other: 1. Delinquencies 2. Bills • Next meeting — April 6 a...
CHINOOK — John (Gunther) Holm was born Jan. 7, 1931, in Kuden Holstein, Germany to Christian and Katrina (Siert) Holm. He passed away Feb. 23, 2016, at the Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. Services will be held at Edwards Funeral Home, Monday, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Sweet Nursing Home or to a charity of one’s choice. Edwards Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left for John’s family and friends at http://edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. John grew up and attended schoo... Full story
GREAT FALLS — The Box Elders girls basketball team came into the Northern C tournament having conquered all challengers, that was of course, until the Lady Bears ran into the Belt Huskies. Much like the Box Elder and Belt boys, it seemed like the Bears and Huskies were on a collision course to meet in the Northern C Divisional girls championship and Saturday night in Great Falls at the Four Seasons Arena, the two teams finally met. But, for one night at least, Belt proved t...
The Havre High girls basketball team has always played well at divisionals under head coach Dustin Kraske, and this past weekend at the Eastern A Divisional, the Blue Ponies continued that trend. A 32-30 overtime loss to Billings Central Friday night at the Rimrock Auto Arena, may have cost Havre a shot at the Eastern A title — but it didn’t stop the Ponies from extending their season for one more week. That’s because after their heartbreaking two-point loss to Billings Centr...
After suffering back-to-back losses at UGF and Carroll College at the end of last month, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights got hot. And coming into the final weekend of the regular season, and playing at home, the Skylights needed two wins to secure a second-place finish in the Frontier Conference, and a home game in the Frontier semifinals. Getting there required a home sweep on the last weekend of the regular season, including a must-have win over regular...
GREAT FALLS - The Box Elder boys basketball team wanted the Belt Huskies. The Bears also wanted redemption for their failure at the 2015 Northern C, and Friday night in Great Falls, they got both. In a battle of Class C heavyweights, one that featured the past two state champions, it was the Bears that came out on top, knocking off Belt, the defending state champs, 65-53 at the Four Seasons Arena. The Bears are now 23-1 on the season and earned their second Northern C...
On an emotional final weekend of the regular season inside the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern Lights couldn’t do anything to change their position in the Frontier Conference standings. But, the Lights could keep winning, and that’s exactly what they did. Northern pushed its longest winning streak of the season right into the Frontier playoffs, and in the process, knocked off its second nationally ranked team in a row when the Lights dominated the No....
The Havre High boys basketball team wanted to put some hardware in the trophy case at the Havre High gymnasium, and after winning the Eastern A Super Divisional, the trophy the Blue Ponies brought home is an impressive one. Over the course of four days at the Rimrock Auto Arena at the Metra in Billings, Havre beat three teams that ultimately advanced to the Class A state tournament, and did so in impressive fashion, on its way to winning the first combined divisional of the...
