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Members of the Great Northern County Fair Board during a post-fair meeting Tuesday night blamed erratic weather for the low attendance at this year's fair. Bleak skies and low temperatures Thursday, followed by fierce winds and rain Friday night significantly reduced attendance, they said. At one point, winds ripped through the fairground knocking over tables. Some, including the Hill County Democrats who had been set up outside near the main entrance to the grounds, were forc...
The Havre City-County Airport will be closed Aug. 3 to Aug. 21 while an overdue rehabilitation of the runway is completed. Terry Knowlton, general manager of the airport, said the reconstruction of the runway is part of the $3.1 million rehabilitation program the airport is undertaking. One runway is closed now, he said, and another will have to be closed for three weeks. Airplane traffic will come to a halt, he said. “We will handle helicopter traffic,” he said. Knowlton sai...
The Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force released its annual report for the last fiscal year and has reportedly been busy. The task force doesn’t release information publicly as each case occurs and self-reports statistics of their work every year. In the 2014 to 2015 year, the task force worked 213 cases, 54 of which were in the fourth quarter, or April to June. The year stats extend from July 1, 2014 to June 31, 2015. In these cases, they seized: • Meth — 218.5 grams from April to June for a total of 352.2 grams in the year...
MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA - Wildfires in Montana have forced the closure of Glacier National Park's most popular roadway and prompted the evacuation of homes in the central part of the state. Drought conditions mixed with lightning passing through the area Tuesday have increased the fire threat in western Montana. National Park Service officials closed the entire eastern side of the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road because of a wildfire near Grizzly Point about 6 miles...
A fun run to celebrate the start of the college school year and to raise funds for Montana State University-Northern’s new cross-country program will be held Saturday, Aug. 22. A one-mile walk, 5K run and 10K run will be held throughout the city and areas south of the city. Chad Spangler, head coach of the cross-country team, said he hoped that the walk and run would be a good way to open the school year and to encourage healthy habits. Spangler on Monday asked for and received permission from Havre City Council to have the r...
ALISON NOON Associated Press HELENA — Montana’s Public Service Commission decided Tuesday to sue CenturyLink for failing to promptly restore out-of-service landlines. The five-member panel voted unanimously to file a lawsuit in a Montana district court sometime before Sept. 1, citing slow response times and service lapses for geographically isolated customers. “I am very disappointed at the place we’re at right now, and I do think we need to send a very strong message,” Commissioner Roger Koopman said before the voice vote. T...
A Box Elder man who was convicted in connection to a murder was sentenced to another term in prison for violating his probation. Jordan Charles Demontiney was sentenced to five months custody with 44 months of supervised release after using alcohol and methamphetamines during his probationary period after serving his first sentence for second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 11 months custody and 49 months of supervised release in an earlier revocation. “Within approximately two months of releasing from custody, the d...
Montana’s National Forests and public lands have been a treasured part of our state’s heritage for generations. Growing up in Bozeman, I spent weekends hunting in the Bridgers, backpacking in the Beartooths and fishing the rivers and streams of southwest Montana. Cindy and I were engaged on a 10,000-foot summit in the Gallatin National Forest. The love of the outdoors is a tradition that I, like many Montanans, have been thankful to pass along to my kids. While Montanans recognize the importance of our public lands, mem...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash at 12:13 p.m. Tuesday at a 1st Street West business. —— Desiree Nashae Reed, 26, of Havre was arrested on a state District Court warrant at 2:51 p.m. Tuesday at a 1st Street business. —— Drew Allen Dropulich, 23, no residence listed, was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and on a state District Court warrant at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday after a report of transients on a train behind a 1st Street business. —— Officers investigated a 5:26 p.m. T...
Jewel E. "Darling" Hanson, 87, passed away from natural causes at her residence in Billings, Montana. Her daughter, Jewel, cared for her in their home until her passing on July 12, 2015. A family graveside service is being planned for a later date. Jewel was born on April 11, 1928, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Robert and Bea Chatwin. She was raised in Winnipeg and worked there as a model in her younger adult years. In 1951 she happened to pass through Havre on a road... Full story
Rosemary L. "Roses" Crebs, O-gi-mah-ki-hew-skwe, "Chief Eagle Woman," 32, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at Northern Montana Hospital. Wake services began at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Little Sun Field in Rocky Boy, and will continue until her traditional funeral, which will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, also in Little Sun Field. Burial will follow in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Roses... Full story
Edna Helen Rasmussen, 94, passed away July 15, 2015, at her home in Chinook. No services are pending at this time. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com.... Full story
William “Bill” E. Lumpkin, 83, of Great Falls, a U.S. Marine who served during the Korean War, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2015. Bill was a native Montanan. He spent 32 years in the education and the criminal justice fields before retiring in Great Falls in 1991. A memorial service will be held later this summer at St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Havre, Montana, followed by burial of ashes at the Calvary Cemetery in Havre. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Cremation has taken place. Bill was born in Hav... Full story
From Montana FSA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that, beginning Sept. 1, farmers and ranchers can apply for financial assistance to help conserve working grasslands, rangeland and pastureland while maintaining the areas as livestock grazing lands. The initiative is part of the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program, a federally funded program that for 30 years has assisted agricultural producers with the cost of restoring, enhancing and protecting certain grasses, shrubs and trees to improve water quality, preven...
From MSGA American Fork Ranch of Two Dot was honored with one of seven regional Environmental Stewardship Award Program awards. The honorees, announced during the 2015 Cattle Industry Summer Conference, were recognized for their outstanding stewardship practices. This year's regional winners will compete for the national award, which will be announced during the 25th anniversary celebration in January 2016. "The American Fork Ranch is a part of Montana history, established in...
The head coaches in the Big Sky Conference, and the members of the media who cover the league had differing views of how the 2015 Big Sky football season will shake out. But one thing they had in common is that both the Montana State Bobcats and Montana Grizzlies will once again be factors in how the Big Sky season unfolds. Tuesday morning in Park City, Utah, the Big Sky released its annual Preseason Coaches Poll and Media Poll. In both polls, the Montana Grizzlies, under new...
It’s been a long time since the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team has made it to the Montana State A baseball tournament. In fact, for a proud program such as the North Stars, it’s been too long. Yet, if the North Stars have anything to say about it, and after their best regular season in years, the decade long state tournament drought could very well end this weekend with a top-two finish at the Northern A district tournament in Lethbridge. And getting back to s...
