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HELENA — Laura Juarez is supposed to receive close to $1,200 as her share of a $3.4 billion settlement among hundreds of thousands of Native Americans whose land-trust royalties were mismanaged by the government for more than a century. The Bakersfield, California, notary public was going to pool that money with her husband's share, along with a portion of what was coming to her father's estate, to send her 17-year-old daughter to a student-ambassador program in Australia. But the money, which she expected in December, s... Full story
HELENA — Tribal law-enforcement officers Friday arrested a state senator and Blackfeet leader accused of not complying with the terms of a plea agreement for drunken driving, a charge he has called false and politically motivated. Sen. Shannon Augare was found in a home east of Browning on Friday afternoon after two weeks of avoiding arrest, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council member Paul McEvers said. The arrest was made because Augare did not pay his fine after pleading guilty to driving drunk and then fleeing a Glacier C... Full story
HELENA (AP) — A Republican Senate leader is claiming the governor and the commissioner of political practices are conspiring to remove him from office. Commissioner Jonathan Motl previously filed a civil action against Senate Majority Leader Art Wittich of Bozeman that said Wittich coordinated with and took illegal corporate contributions from a conservative group in the 2010 election campaign. If a judge upholds Motl's findings, Wittich could be removed from office and struck from the 2014 ballot. Wittich filed a c... Full story
BOZEMAN (AP) — A higher education official says tuition and fees at Montana's two flagship universities are going up slowly compared to other states. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (bit.ly/1lMSkf5) a new affordability study shows the cost of attending Montana State University and the University of Montana rose 55 percent in the last 10 years. Deputy commissioner for planning and analysis Tyler Trevor says other states have raised tuition up to 200 percent in the decade. The average increase among 14 western states was 1... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — A judge says a mentally disabled Colorado man is fit to stand trial in the killing of a Montana teacher who disappeared after she went jogging in the Bakken oil patch. District Judge Richard Simonton in a Friday ruling cited testimony from a state psychiatrist that the mental disabilities suffered by 25-year-old Michael Keith Spell are not so severe to make him incompetent. Spell is charged with the attempted kidnapping and murder of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold. The Sidney High School math teacher disappeared i... Full story
BILLINGS — A high school teacher who served one month in prison for raping a 14-year-old student is asking the Montana Supreme Court to reconsider a decision that could send him back to prison for at least two more years. The high court in April ruled that the original sentence given to former Billings teacher Stacey Dean Rambold was illegal. Justices cited in part comments from Judge G. Todd Baugh, who said during Rambold's sentencing that the victim shared control over the situation. Under state law, children younger t... Full story
Reporters who have covered the death of a police officer on duty come to realize very quickly that the loss affects the whole community. I've covered three: • An undercover state police officer was killed by big-time drug dealers who feared they were about to be apprehended. After the officer's death, they were taken into custody, and the last I knew, they were still in prison. • A police officer was caught in the crossfire with two white supremacists who had just been released from prison and were holed up with weapons in... Full story
MISSOULA (AP) — The University of Montana has received a $45 million cooperative agreement award to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study and solve environmental and cultural resource problems across the nation. The university says UM professors and students also will assist the Corps in implementing land and water ecological restoration, maintenance and training for the best management of public resources. UM officials say it's the largest research award in the university's history. Water ecology Professor Ric Hauer w... Full story
The theme of Thursday's empowerment luncheon at Rocky Boy's Stone Child College was "Rise Above the Influence," and many speakers were present to share how they did just that. Bruce Myers, who is running for the state House as a Republican, was the main organizer of the event. The luncheon was the latest in a series of community meetings set up by Myers to address the drug problem at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and Box Elder. "We've already lost a whole generation," Myers... Full story
There is a solid list of things that the Havre High softball program would like to clean up before entering the post season. But time to do so is quickly running out as it enters the final weekend on the regular season schedule. Today and Saturday the Central A Blue Ponies will be in Butte for the Butte Central Invitational. It is a nonconference weekend for the Ponies who will enter the divisional tournament next weekend 3-5, and as the No.4 seed. The Ponies also fell below... Full story
With a pair of state championships under its belt, the Havre High girls tennis program has seen great days in the past. But that doesn't mean the Blue Pony girls who currently make up the team aren't a talented group. In fact, the six seniors that make up a good chunk of the varsity program this season know they are talented and still have their sights set on postseason accolades and hardware. Doubles partners Breck Don and Ellery Bresler, and Morgan Jappe and Haley Graham,... Full story
Wednesday saw the last herd of Montana State University Northern Agricultural Research Center's cattle branded and vaccinated. Andy Matakis, the livestock operation manager at Northern Ag Research Center, was working the hydraulic squeeze chute to trap cattle in order to give them their pregnancy vaccinations. The machine would also identify individual cows by reading an ID chip, attached to their ear, as they passed by a sensor. The information the machine gets from the chips... Full story
Laurel — Independence Bank and BNSF Railway launched the first Hi-Line Economic Summit Wednesday. Lots of talk and interesting ideas flowed from the many speakers and panelists who were on hand. The job now is to be certain that the ideas are followed up on. Dart — Rep. Mike Miller, R-Helmville, says he’s challenging Montana law that limits corporate contributions to political campaigns. He says such laws limit political free speech. Miller said corporate contributions and dark money are part of the constitutional guara... Full story
The Havre TURF organization would like to thank the USDA Forest Service and the Arbor Day Foundation and congratulate the city of Havre for receiving the Tree City USA Award for the 24th year. We would like to thank all of our sponsors and the individuals who contributed in helping make another very successful Arbor Day celebration possible. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Culligan Bottling Co., Gray & Leo's Fresh Foods, the city Parks Department, the Montana Department of Natural Resources, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School, Montana... Full story
This week is National Salvation Army Week, and I would like to acknowledge the great staff and volunteers we have here at the Salvation Army in Havre and the great community of Havre. Through your efforts, we have been successful in helping more than 1,600 families and individuals since Oct. 1 — the start off our our fiscal year — to present. I am very thankful to our table sponsors for the annual meeting that was held in April 8. Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods, Rose Coulee Ranch, Bob and Gen Kaftan, Charles and Patricia Floyd, the... Full story
The Internet is the biggest thing to happen to mankind since the wheel — and some of us use it just to watch funny videos on Youtube. I know, if I lived in those prehistoric times when the wheel was new, I would’ve thought it was cool just because I could run over people’s toes. But sometimes the Internet brings knowledge and philosophical advancement whether you planned on it or not. You think you’re just watching an odd little video about a bunny nonchalantly digging... Full story
For this 19th installment celebrating the 150th anniversary of Montana Territory, information comes from the Havre Daily Promoter's May 15, 1914. edition. Most news pertained to the war in Mexico and very few local articles were in the paper. A band concert was scheduled, and this article showcases local student talent, complete with misspellings: Grade School Pupils In Excellent Program Excellent and Varied Program Given By Pupils of the Grade Schools at Orpheum this Evening...
Richard Allen Knapp, 91, lifelong farmer and rancher, passed away May 13, 2014, at the Northern Montana Care Center. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with Pastor John Ulrich officiating. Interment will take place in Highland Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorials in Richard's honor may be made to the Montana Chapter of the American Cancer Society, Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, or the charity of... Full story
Arthur "Freddy" Ruff, 54, passed away at his home, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Services are pending. Arrangements are through O'Connor Funeral Home, Great Falls.... Full story
Saturday is Havre Pride Day. The community is asked to take some time between 9 a.m. and noon and focus on cleaning up the Havre community. The long winter has taken a toll on the area. “Many helping hands will help to make this must-needed spring clean-up much easier,” said Debbie Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. A clean community shows pride and is more inviting than a community that has dirty sidewalks, messy storefronts, dirty windows and littered byways, she added. The Chamber par...
More than 150 people heard views Wednesday on public education ranging from a state senator saying “dark money” is anonymously trying to destroy the state’s public education system to a discussion of the return of every dollar the state invests in that system. At the inaugural Hi-Line Economic Summit, Lt. Gov. Angela McLean, a former educator herself and former chair of the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education, moderated a panel on education. The panel comprised: • Sen. Llew Jones, R-Conrad; • Montana State University... Full story
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