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  • 52nd Celebration

    Alex Ross|Updated Aug 9, 2016

    People from Canada as well as states and tribal nations throughout the United States flocked to Montana's smallest Indian reservation this weekend for Rocky Boy's 52nd Annual Celebration. Despite brief rain showers Saturday, dancers and powwow-goers alike came out en masse for three days of traditional song, drumming and Native American culture and other events like rodeos and an ultimate warrior competition. At the powwow, performers and families transformed the grasslands...

  • Truck engulfed in flames, passengers escape uninjured

    Paul Dragu|Updated Aug 8, 2016

    A pickup truck was engulfed in flames Friday afternoon at Beaver Creek Park, and passengers Curtis and Sharon Simonson evacuated the vehicle just minutes before it was completely aflame. Sharon Simonson said they had pulled off onto the road to Beaver Creek Reservoir, the first lake south of Havre on Beaver Creek Park, on a whim. They had been camping in the park and were driving to town for groceries when they pulled off at the reservoir, and after the flames started they...

  • Bear Paw Development Corp. program gives grant for Sweetheart Bakery building

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 8, 2016

    A local program is helping another local property work to clean up leaked fuel, and the public is invited to a meeting Tuesday to hear the plans. Bear Paw Development Corp. announced in a press release that details of plans to clean up the former Sweetheart Bakery discount store at 6 2nd Street will be presented at noon Tuesday in the Large Conference Room in the Ryan Building, 48 2nd Ave. Several property owners have used grants from the program to discover if contamination exists and to remediate contamination. The meeting...

  • For the Record - August 8, 2016

    Updated Aug 8, 2016

    Havre Police Department Samuel Clearance Wells, 59, of Havre was issued a summons for disorderly conduct after a 1st Avenue caller reported Friday at 9:14 a.m. that a man was trying to enter the house. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after it was reported by a caller at a 1st Street business Friday 12:40 p.m. that her vehicle was backed into. —— Officers investigated a shoplifting report after a 1st Street business caller reported Friday at 3:32 p.m. that juvenile shoplifters were in the business. —— Offi...

  • Obituary - Scott Riggs

    Updated Aug 8, 2016

    On Aug. 1, we lost a bright, beautiful soul. Scott Riggs, 47, died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident near Big Sandy, Montana. Scott was a loving father, son, brother and friend. He'd trained as a machinist, diesel mechanic and welder before becoming a third-generation plumber, obtained a master plumber's license, and was involved in many commercial buildings such as the Osprey stadium, University of Montana projects and a multitude of others. There is a piece of... Full story

  • Quick Pic: British soccer comes to Havre

    Updated Aug 8, 2016

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  • It's Here: Lights take the field for the first time

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 8, 2016

    At last week's Frontier Conference Football Media Day in Great Falls, Montana State University-Northern head coach Aaron Christenson said his team had improved from the start of last season until the end, and again, from the end of the season until the end of spring ball in April. But on Sunday morning, Christenson got to see how his team looked for the first time in more than three months. The Lights opened their 2016 fall camp with a helmet's only practice Sunday morning at...

  • 2016 Frontier Football Preview: Linebackers

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 8, 2016

    Every year, there's an attrition of really good football players in the Frontier Conference. Eligibility runs out, time marches on, careers come to an end. But there's likely no position in the league that saw a bigger exodus of great players than at linebacker. Last season was a banner one for linebackers in the Frontier, including a mere four that were named NAIA All-Americans. So, with so many great linebackers gone, a lot of coaches in the league have their work cut out...