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The All Nations Ultimate Warrior Challenge will pit contestants against one another in a grueling race over 17 miles Friday. The race as a triathalon-style competition that will take the contestants on a 2.5-mile run, followed by a 4.5-mile bareback horse ride, an archery challenge, a 300-yard swim across Bonneau Reservoir and then a 100-yard sprint to the finish line. The event is expecting more contestants than last year's. There are currently five or six youth teams, three... Full story
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. PRAIRIE RESERVE GROWS TO 300K ACRES: A private conservation reserve on north-central Montana's open prairie now spans more than 300,000 acres with the addition of a large parcel south of Malta. American Prairie Reserve manager James Barnett says the group's recent purchase of the 22,000-acre ranch in Phillips County marks an important step in the reserve's goal to piece together more than 3 million acres of public and private lands.... Full story
COLUMBUS (AP) — Two California residents have pleaded guilty to drug charges after being stopped on Interstate 90 in south-central Montana with 115 pounds of marijuana in their rental car. Rick Franklin Voight, 37, and Dawn Delores Voight, 41, both of Hayfork, pleaded guilty on July 24 to criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute, the Stillwater County News reported. Each also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Under the plea agreement, both face a five-year commitment to the Department of C... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch says a satellite voting office will open on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation for late voter registration and in-person absentee voting. Thursday's announcement means satellite offices will open on at least four Montana reservations in time for the Nov. 4 election. McCulloch says preliminary talks have begun for offices on other reservations, as well. The Browning office will be open twice a week for 30 days prior to the election. Details in Friday's Havre Daily N... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — A private conservation reserve taking shape on north-central Montana's open prairie now spans more than 300,000 acres — or almost 470 square miles — with the addition of a large parcel south of Malta that was disclosed Thursday. American Prairie Reserve manager James Barnett said the group recently bought a 22,000-acre ranch in Phillips County that will be known as Sun Prairie North. The Bozeman-based group described the purchase as an important step in its goal to piece together more than 3 million acres... Full story
Hi, my name is Alexandria. Call me Lexi. Grandma took me on train from Seattle to Wolf Point so I can spend time with my cousin Antoinette. Call her Toni. I am 6 years old. Toni is 8. Grandma asked me to write about the trip. So I took notes. We left Seattle from the newly restored King Street Station. Grandma told me to write that. It is beautiful. I told Grandma this is my story, and she should write her own story. In fact, I had to teach Grandma to give up all thoughts and... Full story
We began our vacation from Saskatchewan to Las Vegas July 19, when we barely got to Havre to find our Dodge Journey was losing power. We stopped at a local Havre business who referred us to Tilleman Motor Co. Our journey made it to the highway turnout so ended up pushing it across the highway as one of their employees came running out to help. The possible diagnosis was a faulty alternator but no part was available in Havre. After many phone calls by these employees, they found a part in Great Falls. My husband was able to go... Full story
HELENA — The time has come to remove the words "halfbreed" and "breed" from the names of creeks, lakes and other places around Montana, according to leaders of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Nicholas Vrooman, who works with the tribe, presented a bill draft to that effect during a recent meeting with the State-Tribal Relations Legislative Committee. The words are racist terms that demean American Indians, he said. "Using the terms is a way to really denigrate people; place them on lower rung of society," said V... Full story
HELENA (AP) — The U.S. Army War College will have the final say over whether any punishment is warranted in a plagiarism investigation against Sen. John Walsh of Montana. Spokeswoman Carol Kerr said Wednesday that the Department of Defense and U.S. Army inspectors general will be notified before the release of the findings, but the authority to take disciplinary action remains with the college. Provost Lance Betros previously said the Defense Department had asserted jurisdiction over the investigation because it involved a m... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 9:09 a.m. Wednesday call from U.S. Highway 2 East about a window that was shot out by a BB gun. ——— Officers investigated a 9:35 a.m. Wednesday call from a 1st Street West business about a door on a vehicle that had been kicked in. ——— A two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash was investigated after officers responded to an 11:41 a.m. Wednesday call from 3rd Avenue. ——— Three people were arrested after officers responded to a 2:31 p.m. Wednesday call from 7th Avenue about kid... Full story
Joe F. Husar, 87, of Chinook passed away July 28, 2014, in Fort Benton. Memorial services will be held Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook. Condolences may be left at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com.... Full story
Charles F. Robinson, 68, a well-known Hi-Line teacher and basketball and track coach, died from a cardiac arrest on Monday, July 28, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre. His funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Chinook High School Gym. A reception will follow at the school. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Highland Cemetery in Havre. Memorials to donor's choice are preferred in lieu of flowers. Rockman Funeral Chapel of Chester is in charge of... Full story
Bicyclists took a challenge to ride from Montana State University-Northern to Stone Child College as charity for diabetes programs in the reservation Wednesday. The bicyclist met in a parking lot at MSU-Northern to prepare their bikes and listen to a traditional honor and memorial song for those who have fought and are fighting diabetes and those who have died from the disease. Ruth Burleigh, the coordinator for the American Diabetic Association in Fort Belknap, spoke to the...
Renovations to Sunnyside Intermediate School, Havre High School and Havre Middle School are for the most part on schedule, minus a bump in the Sunnyside project. The Sunnyside renovations include the addition of a full-size gymnasium, the conversion of the former gymnasium into a cafeteria, renovations to the office area rooms and extra classrooms. The classroom additions are running a little behind, as the work crews found extra work that needed done with the trusses and... Full story
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball season ended in a difficult way last week as the North Stars were eliminated from the Northern District Tournament in two games. But while the North Stars were in Fort Macleod, Alberta, two of their players were honored for the season they each had. Havre center fielder Ryne Antley and infielder Travis Roth each earned Northern A All-Conference honors for 2014. Antley, who was in his third season for Havre, played outstanding defe...
It's been an exciting summer for Havre sports and on the first weekend in August, the summer season will go out with a bang as Havre plays host to the 2014 Montana Men’s Fastpitch softball state tournament. The two-day, six-team, double elimination tournament will be held at Sixth Avenue Memorial Field in Havre and it starts Saturday at 8 a.m. The championship game will be at noon Sunday pitting an undefeated team against a team with one-loss. If the undefeated team wins t... Full story
Some of you might have noticed my name in the newspaper recently but if you didn’t, I’d like to reintroduce myself — I’m Chris Peterson and I am back writing about sports at the Havre Daily News. Since leaving Havre, I received a bachelor’s degree in history and spent a few years working for corporate America, but my dream was always to get back to sports writing. I wrote online and built up a decent following writing for some popular sports websites but, when the chance ar... Full story
The last two seasons of Frontier Conference volleyball have been awfully exciting in Havre. And the Montana State University-Northern Skylights should keep that tradition alive this season. Tuesday, at Frontier Conference Media Day in Great Falls, the league released its Preseason Coaches Poll, and the Skylights were tabbed to finish fourth, totaling 27 points in the poll. Northern won the regular season title a season ago, but finished second at the Frontier Conference... Full story
