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  • Obituary: Betty Jo Longknife

    Updated Jun 17, 2016

    Memorial services will be held for Betty Jo Longknife on Friday, June 17, at 4 p.m., in the Red Whip Center at Fort Belknap. Condolences may be left for the family at edwardsfuneralhomemt.com.... Full story

  • Shortage of mental health workers causes problems

    Paull Dragu|Updated Jun 17, 2016

    With experts agreeing that the need for rural mental health care is as great as it's ever been, Havre's two mental health facilities teeter-totter in opposite directions as a depleted workforce shifts between the two. Bullhook Community Health Center has been expanding. CEO Cindy Smith said the clinic went from 43 employees in 2014 to 64 now. Seven of the 63 have been added this week and, she said, there are "more to come." Most of the recent increases are in the mental...

  • Quick Pics: Milk River Band kicks off Chamber's Sounds on the Square

    Updated Jun 16, 2016

  • Rocky Boy holds anti-drug bonfire event

    Alex Ross|Updated Jun 16, 2016

    Residents from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and Box Elder came together Wednesday night in the parking lot of KHEW, the reservation’s radio station, for a community bonfire to celebrate sobriety and healthy living. The event was organized by the Project for Safe and Healthy Choices, a program at Stone Child College dedicated to promoting drug- and alcohol-free lifestyles. It also tackles other health issues on the reservation such as diabetes and HIV. Mike Geboe, project coordinator for Safe and Healthy Choices, said the...

  • Looking Out My Back Door: When a crisis isn't a crisis

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jun 16, 2016

    Back when people first began using e-books, I guess that is what one calls them, my daughter, Shea, said, “Mom, you are such a voracious reader. You should get one of these. You’d like it.” “And lose the visceral pleasure of a book made from trees? The thickness of the cover, whether hard or soft? The texture of the pages? The smell of ink? The smell of a new book? Or old? The satisfaction of physically turning the pages? Being able to write in the margins should I choose?...

  • For the Record, June 16, 2016

    Updated Jun 16, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a 2nd Street business caller reported a hit and run Wednesday at 9:20 a.m. —— John Alan Horseman, 44, of Fort Belknap was arrested Wednesday at 2:25 p.m. near a 1st Street business on charges of criminal trespass to property and a revocation of a suspended or deferred sentence. —— Donna Sue Meyers, 70, of Havre was arrested on a criminal trespass to property charge after an 8th Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:16 p.m. that a woman broke into hi...

  • Correction - Scofield wins Miss Montana pageant

    Updated Jun 16, 2016

    The front-page article in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News “Scofield wins Miss Montana pageant” misreported where Lauren Scofield plans to attend medical school. Scofield plans to attend University of Washington’s medical school.... Full story

  • Agenda: Great Northern Fair Board

    Updated Jun 16, 2016

    Great Northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday, June 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Center at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Following is the agenda for the meeting. May meeting minutes approval Finance: 1. Budget 2. Bills to be paid Committee reports: 1. Hiring Committees 2. Barn Committees 3. Carnival/Entertainment Committees 4. 4-H Report 5. Manager report Old business: 1. Board policy completion 2. Montana State University-Northern Project 3. Weekly battle plans New business: 1. Budget 2. Calvin Jilot resignation 3. New...

  • Havre High's Warp goes right back to the gridiron

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 16, 2016

    It’s already been a busy summer for Havre High’s Dane Warp. But, it’s about to get even busier. Warp, who starred in last weekend’s Montana-Wyoming All-Star basketball series, will now shift gears, returning to football for the annual Badlands Bowl, which pits a Montana all-star team against all-star’s from North Dakota. The 2016 Badlands Bowl will take place Saturday night in Dickinson, North Dakota, where Warp will be one of two quarterbacks for team Montana. Warp, who...

  • City baseball titles on the line

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jun 16, 2016

    The American Legion baseball season has been in full swing for more than a month now. So has little league baseball throughout Havre and this week, the youngsters will take center stage as a number of youth baseball tournaments are set to take place. The first tournament takes place at the Majors age level and that actually started last Monday. Overall, there are five teams competing and unless weather delays things further, the championship is scheduled for tonight at Lions...

  • Sports Photo: Back with the Bears...

    Updated Jun 16, 2016