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  • Havre legislative videoconference canceled

    Updated Apr 18, 2017

    Havre Daily News staff Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, said this morning the weekly legislative videoconference connecting people in Havre with their legislators in Helena was canceled due to conflicting events and travel by the legislators....

  • Letter to the Editor: Update on flag Eagle Scout project

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

    I would like to give an update on my Eagle Scout Project that was in the Havre Daily News Dec. 30, 2016. My project was to place drop boxes in several locations where old American flags can be dropped off and then be retired at a retirement ceremony. As of Sunday, March 26, all flag drop boxes have been set in their locations. Hingham — Spencer’s Highway Bar and Grille; Chinook — Blaine County Courthouse; Havre — Havre/Hill County Library, Holiday Village Mall and Anthony Cammon State Farm Insurance. So far we have collect...

  • Fresno Chapter of Walleyes annual banquet is just around the corner

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

    Press release New surprises are surfacing along with Fresno Walleye's favorite games, raffles and drawings, which will again award hundreds of sponsored prizes worth thousands of dollars during the group's annual Walleye Banquet docking at the Havre Ice Dome April 22. The smoke-free banquet features all-you-can-eat secret batter walleye, baron of beef and all the baits to ready you for an evening of winning entertainment as guests play games for big screen TV's, patio and...

  • Burchard named CEO at Havre Day

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

    Press release The Board of Directors of Havre Day Activity Center has announced Michelle Burchard is the new CEO at the center. Havre Day Activity Center began operations in 1974 and provides services to adults with developmental disabilities. A Havre native, Burchard graduated from Montana State University-Northern in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in computer information systems and a minor business technology. She then went on to receive her Master of Business...

  • Hunter's find leads to discovery of new prehistoric sea creature

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

    By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA - A fossil found by an elk hunter in Montana nearly seven years ago has led to the discovery of a new species of prehistoric sea creature that lived about 70 million years ago in the inland sea that flowed east of the Rocky Mountains. The new species of elasmosaur is detailed in an article published Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Most elasmosaurs, a type of marine reptile, had necks that could stretch 18 feet, but the...

  • Quick Pics - Planting seeds for reading

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

  • Quick Pics - Carrying the Cross

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

  • Quick Pics - Gathering eggs here and there

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

  • PJ's closed temporarily after small fire Sunday

    Paul Dragu|Updated Apr 17, 2017

    PJ’s Restaurant and Casino’s kitchen is closed after a garbage can caught on fire and was extinguished by Havre firefighters early Sunday morning. The call came in to the fire department at 3:13 a.m., Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said this morning. He said the damage was minimal and no one needed medical attention. An employee at the restaurant and casino said this morning the bar and casino is open today but not the restaurant. Staff members of PJ’s were cleaning up Sunday morning after the fire was extinguished. A staff...

  • For the Record, April 17, 2017

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a 12th Avenue caller reported Friday at 7:54 a.m. that a Ford pickup truck and a Honda were broken into the night before. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a caller from a First Street West business reported a two-vehicle, non-injury crash Friday at 10:53 a.m. —— Officers investigated suspicious activity and charged someone with disorderly conduct after a caller near the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line reported Friday at 12:02 p.m. that a white vehicle...

  • Obituary: Frank Eugene Witter

    Updated Apr 17, 2017

    YUMA. Ariz. — Frank Eugene Witter, 75, died April 11, 2017, in Yuma Regional Medical Center. Witter was born March 24, 1942, in Chambesburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as an education administrator. Cremation services are being handled by Sunset Vista Funeral Home Cemetery and Crematory in Yuma.... Full story

  • Ponies thrive at tough Class A Invite

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 17, 2017

    There were two certainties facing the Havre High tennis teams this past weekend in Cut Bank — the Blue Ponies knew the competition was going to be stiff, and, so was the wind. And yet Havre persevered over both as the Blue Ponies had a strong showing at the 2017 Class A Invitational, hosted by Cut Bank. The Havre boys went 3-1 in their four duals, while the HHS girls went 2-2, and though the results were good, it was how the Ponies played that inspired Havre head coach G...

  • Local tracksters star in Cut Bank meet

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 17, 2017

    In their third meet in just more than a week, the Havre High track teams both put together solid performances before getting some time away for Easter. Both Blue Pony squads were in Cut Bank last Thursday for the Pre-Easter track meet. The Havre girls wound up second after scoring 93 points, finishing well behind first-place Fort Benton, which finished with 168. Chinook finished third with 77 points. The boys title was won by Cut Bank, the host team, after the Wolves racked...

  • Ponies battle Eagles on the diamond

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 17, 2017

    After beating Browning last Thursday, the Havre High softball team had a quick turnaround with two games scheduled last Friday in Lewistown. The Blue Ponies, who played Sidney and Shepherd as part of the Lewistown Invitational, added to the momentum they built Thursday, knocking off Sidney 12-6 and tying Shepherd 9-9 last Friday. "We could have chosen to play using the international tiebreaker rules," HHS head coach Whitney McNally said. "But it was already 7:30 at night and i...