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The Read and Rise program is designed to build literacy in children and prepare them for elementary school and, eventually, college. Teachers and community members met at the 5th Avenue Christian Church Monday to learn about the program. The program aims to boost reading, writing and language skills of pre-K to elementary school students, citing disparities in mental stimulation in student’s early years and the resulting ill-preparedness of the kids when they enter school systems. Lorraine Verploegen, the executive d... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — A former Crow tribal employee has been sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a federal corruption case. Martin Lloyd Old Horn is the youngest of seven defendants accused of stealing $500,000 from a tribal monitoring program that ensures commercial projects don't harm the reservation's archeologically or historically important areas. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1b2sFvA) U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Old Horn in Helena Tuesday and ordered $21,830 r... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Blackfeet musician Jack Gladstone has invited a Louisiana oil executive to visit him on the reservation and discuss relinquishing his company's oil leases south of Glacier National Park. Gladstone wrote to Solenex Inc. manager Sidney Longwell on Aug. 30, telling him the company's drilling plans along the Rocky Mountain Front would "violate both the sanctity of this landscape and the treaty rights" of the Pikuni-Blackfeet people, the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/17Uq7uL) reported. "Sidney, my home is on t... Full story
After a rough, season-opening loss to Chester/J-I, Chinook and do-it-all player Zach Molyneaux got back on track. Last Saturday, the Beeters throttled Great Falls Central 56-38 in Great Falls behind six touchdowns from Molyneaux. Playing quarterback, Molyneaux, a senior, rumbled for a career-high 302 yards, and scored on TD runs of 49, 60, 64-59 and 20 yards. He also threw one TD pass and returned a kickoff 79 yards for another score as Chinook improved to 1-1 on the season. M... Full story
For the second straight week, a Montana State University-Northern hitter has earned Frontier Conference honors. Monday, Northern senior Kelsey Williams was named Frontier Volleyball Player of the Week. Williams is a 5-9 outside hitter from Helena. Northern went 2-0 for the weekend beating two NCAA Division II schools. The Lights beat Minot State 3-1 and the University of Mary 3-0. Williams averaged 4.29 kills per set with a hitting percentage of .410 for the weekend. In 61... Full story
The fall sports season is now in full swing. But locally, it really kicks into high gear this coming weekend. First though, it’s time to take a quick look back at the first major weekend of the fall sports season, and view some things that might not have made it into Monday’s Weekend Sports Roundup. The big talk of course was Friday night’s Havre High football game against the Miles City Cowboys. Once upon a time, there was a game between Miles City and Havre which will forev... Full story
With conference play about to begin, area volleyball teams were busy getting ready this past weekend. Two big tournaments were on tap locally, and both provided ample opportunity for Hi-Line teams to work on things and get ready for the conference season. The North Star Showcase was held in Gildford and Rudyard Friday and Saturday, and featured several District 6C East teams, as well as Rocky Boy and a host of tough Class C schools. In the Rudyard Pool Friday, the host North... Full story
With prep football now at full swing, the Hi-Line saw plenty of gridiron action Friday and Saturday. In Class B action, the Harlem Wildcats started their season 0-1, as visiting Big Timber earned the 21-6 win. Seth Adams did score the only touchdown of the day for the Wildcats, but outside of the one end zone visit, Harlem had a tough day offensively. Adams’ score came on a 41-yard rush in the first quarter, as the Wildcats saw a 7-6 first quarter deficit turn into a 1... Full story
Let's see. Let me get this straight. A middle-aged school teacher rapes one of his students who later kills herself. He is sentenced to serve 30 days. A 15-year-old boy rapes young girl. The boy throws himself off a third-floor courthouse rotunda rather than face a court appearance where he was to be sentenced to 60 years and would have to serve 30 years. Thirty days vs. 30 years! This is what we call equal justice in the state of Montana? I can hardly believe it. Linda Rawn,Havre... Full story
A gap in the options for Hi-Line senior citizens may be filled soon with the pending opening of Timber Creek Village assisted living facility. The new facility will offer seniors a variety of choices — from efficiency apartments to larger apartments. Seniors can also get the care they need, ranging from very little to more advanced forms of care. In all, there will be 40 apartments. Baby boomers will be looking for places where they can give up as little independence as possible. In this kind of facility, people will be mobil... Full story
A “listening and public comment session” on NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to purchase Devon Energy’s natural gas production facilities on the Hi-Line will be held in Havre at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4, at the Eagles Club. The hearing will allow people to ask questions of the Montana Public Service Commission, NorthWestern and Devon officials about the sale, said Travis Kavulla, R-Great Falls, who represents the Hi-Line on the five-member commission. It will be less formal than the hearings held in Helena, where people... Full story
After a Beaver Creek Park cabin owner said the Hill County Park Board seems to be sending conflicting messages, the board reached consensus on reviewing its cabin fence policy on the park. Jack Mattingley said Monday that, after the board said dogs must be on leashes unless they were in a fenced area, he put up a string of wire fence inside the rail fence at his cabin, to make certain his dogs could not get out of his cabin’s yard. Then he was told he was violating the fence policy, which prohibits wire fences, Mattingley s... Full story
Melvin A. "Mel" Gomke, 71, passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at the Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Service information and full obituary will follow. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements... Full story
Havre Police Department No dispatch log was sent to the Havre Daily News because of computer problems, according to the police station. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies served a warrant to a 27-year-old Harlem woman Hill County Detention Center inmate for outstanding city court warrants at 6:33 p.m. Monday. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to three calls Monday. Animal Shelter An orange and white male cat was put into the shelter Sept. 3. A brown male Dachshund was put into the shelter Sept. 6... Full story
Havre High School students were bused to Montana State University-Northern Monday to explore their options in life after high school. Many universities had representatives at Northern‘s gymnasium from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, including Western Dakota Tech, Missoula College, Montana State University and the University of Jamestown. Noncollege organizations and institutions were represented as well. The Montana Academy of Salon Professionals, the Bank of North Dakota, the N... Full story
A local rancher said the Hill County Park Board needs to revisit its policy about the fence around Beaver Creek Park and needs to work with ranchers to fix the fences and to get cattle out of — or back on — the park to where they are supposed to be. “I know what your fence policy is, and, frankly, it’s out of date. It doesn’t work,” Leon LaSalle, president of the Rocky Boy Cattlemen’s Association and a director of the board of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, said during Monday’s Hill County Park Board meeting in the... Full story
Margaret Hencz's home at 529 7th Ave. has been chosen as the Bullhook Blossoms Yard of the Week. Hencz, Havre city judge, has a colorful flowerbed of tall and short zinnias stretching from the front porch steps to the street. The flowerbeds are accented with unique driftwood. The backyard has several bird feeders and baths. A blackboard is mounted on the side where she lists every kind of bird she has seen.... Full story
