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An economic summit looking at the future of the economy on the Hi-Line will be held at Montana State University-Northern May 14. We hope the session is the beginning of a thorough study into where the area is going and what the Hi-Line should look like in coming years. This should be the first step in developing a plan to help bring the Hi-Line out of the economic doldrums. For as far as we can predict, the area will have an agriculture-based economy, but it is becoming clear that farming alone won’t carry us to the goals w... Full story
It was an honor to attend the community meeting held at Stone Child College on March 11. An amazing movement is being created by the people from a broad sector of Hi-Line communities. The meeting demonstrated an excellent format by allowing individuals from the communities to take the lead. Proactive and positive change always comes when individuals and communities empower themselves through a passion to see change become a reality. The meeting displayed the following elements commonly found in successful groups which I have... Full story
Lorraine (Erickson) Steinmetz, 86, of Cheyenne, Wyo., died at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, on March 13, 2014. She was born on June 24, 1927, in Perth, N.D., to Fred L. and Hertha (Banse) Erickson. She was raised in the Rolla area on a farm and later moved to Chinook, Mont., where she attended school and graduated from Chinook High School in 1945. Lorraine married Donald G. Steinmetz on Jan. 19, 1947, and they lived in various towns in Montana before moving to Chugwater, W... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 11:09 a.m. Friday call from a 1st Street business about a stolen check. ——— Officers investigated a 2:25 p.m. Friday call from Northern Montana Hospital about a noninjury motor vehicle crash. ——— Tammy Kay Swick, 41, of Kremlin was arrested on a charge of violating a protective order after officers responded to a 6:45 p.m. Friday call from 6th Avenue about a woman who was causing a disturbance at the house of the calling party, who had a temporary restraining order against her... Full story
The 65th Annual Montana Seed Show brought many Hi-Liners to Harlem to take part in the competitions and festivities. Thursday saw the competitions for wool, grains, legumes and grasses. The crops were judged on their compositions. The judges measured the crops for crude protein, minerals, sugars and many other factors in order to find the most healthy and substantial crops submitted by competitors. Saturday and Sunday, the quilt show was also held in Harlem High School.... Full story
After a week of near summer-like weather, wintry conditions are expected to come back to north-central Montana with this morning’s rains turning to snow. National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for central Montana from Blaine and Fergus counties across the Great Divide into western Montana, with a trough of a more-severe winter weather warning stretching along the Rocky Mountain Front through western Chouteau County, and Cascade, Judith Basin and Meagher counties. That follows more than a week of warm h... Full story
GREAT FALLS - State championships of any kind are hard to come by. They don't happen every day. And that's why Saturday night in Great Falls will be a night the Havre High girls basketball team, and Blue Pony fans everywhere, will never forget. In front of a huge Havre contingent, with a raucous HHS student section, band and cheer squad, the Blue Pony girls won their first state championship in 17 years Saturday night at the Four Seasons Arena, defeating the Hamilton Broncs 52... Full story
The best part about seeing a local high school team win a state championship is that the excitement doesn’t fade or get lost in the shuffle. No matter how many times the accomplishment is reached by Havre High teams, and by surrounding schools, it never gets old. Just recently, I was somehow fortunate enough to watch the Blue Pony wrestling team win a Class A state title, the Box Elder Bears win a Class C boys state basketball title, and most recently, of course, the Blue Pony... Full story
Images from Saturday night's state championship victory in Great Falls.... Full story
Images from Friday night's Class A semifinal in Great Falls.... Full story
GREAT FALLS — There are moments in sports when things just come together. When dreams are realized and history is made. The 2014 Havre High girls basketball team had one of those moments Saturday night Great Falls. In beating the Hamilton Broncs 52-43 Saturday night at the Four Seasons Arena, the Havre girls were crowned Class A state champions for the first time since 1997. That team, coached by Dennis Murphy and led by Loree Payne, one of the greatest female basketball p... Full story
Every college basketball season is a journey. But the journey doesn’t always end the way a team envisions it when the season starts. But the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team is finishing up one of the best journeys a Skylight team has taken in quite some time. And while the journey is nowhere near over, as the Skylights get set to face Columbia College in the first round of the NAIA women’s national basketball tournament Wednesday afternoon in Frank... Full story
GREAT FALLS — Sometimes, history takes a while to repeat itself. In the case of girls basketball at Havre High school, it took 17 years. As it turned out, the wait was well worth it. Saturday night at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls, the Havre High girls basketball team capped a dominating performance at the Class A state tournament by beating Hamilton 52-43 in the state championship game. The state championship is Havre’s first in girls basketball since the 1997 sch... Full story
