News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 1 - 19 of 19
Though he is cautiously optimistic Congress will pass a stopgap measure to keep the government funded, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said there are some lawmakers willing to risk a government shutdown. “They think that playing Russian roulette with our economy is something that gets them press, and so consequently we see some people, and not just one or two, who actually advocate for this kind of stuff,” Tester said Wednesday during a telephone press conference. Congress has until Oct. 1 to pass a continuing resolution. Fai...
For the past three seasons, fans that were lucky enough to be able to follow the Montana State University-Northern Skylights to the NAIA Division I National Women's Basketball Tournament had to go a long way to do so. However, if the Skylights make it back to the big dance in either of the next two seasons, the travel will be pretty darn easy. Wednesday, Janie Adams, the NAIA Associate Director of Championship Events, announced that Billings was awarded the NAIA Division I Wom...
ERROR...
ERROR...
ERROR...
Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is calling for calm as protests against a proposed oil pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota continue to draw the interest of Native Americans across Montana and the county. “This process will probably play out in court and I hope that all sides can remain peaceful and hope folks can get their point across without violence,” Tester said Wednesday during a telephone press conference. Tester, who sits on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, said that while pip...
Local residents may be receiving letters asking them to help hospice care, but money they send may not be ending up at local hospices— or even to a hospice. Northern Montana Healthcare Foundation Executive Director Christen Obresley said Wednesday she received an email from the Montana Hospital Association warning its members to be on the lookout for solicitations from Hospice Support Fund. The fund solicits hospice organizations, offering to pay for running a public service announcement tailored to match local hospices w...
Native Havreite and Miss Montana Lauren Scofield has been in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for nearly two weeks, preparing for and competing in the Miss America pageant. Kim Scofield, Lauren's mother, said Wednesday in a phone interview that her daughter has been so busy that she only was able to speak to her parents for half an hour Tuesday night. The pageant has four competitions: the interview, swimsuit, talent and evening gown competitions. Lauren had her preliminary...
Mauricette H. "Connie" Klabunde, 98, passed away due to natural causes Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at the Northern Montana Care Center. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with a private family committal service to be held later. Her family has requested that memorial donations be made in Connie's name to St. Jude Parish or School, PO Box 407, Havre, MT 59501, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas...
Hill County Conservation District board will meet Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. in the USDA Building Meeting Room at 206 25th Ave. West The agenda is: Call meeting to order Agenda additions Approval of minutes Treasurer’s report Bills to be paid out of county funds Bills to be paid out of checking Office Equipment-$542.42 Hill County Commissioners-$105.00 MACD Area III meeting attendance-$15.00 each person Havre Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program-$50.00, $100.00 or $200.00 Public comment Old business • Fresno Res...
Havre Police Department Matthew Ryan Payne of Havre, 19, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller from a First Street West business reported Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. that a man in a pickup truck was driving around with a handgun in his hand. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a Second Street caller reported Wednesday at 9 a.m. that he had property stolen from the garage. —— Officers investigated a domestic disturbance report after a Ninth Avenue Northwest caller reported Wednesday at 10:19 a...
From the Havre Chamber The Festival Days Parade will make its way up Fifth Avenue Saturday, Sept. 17. The parade is always the highlight of the weekend, and as in years past the parade route will be heavily populated with spectators. Parade entries are scheduled to head north on Fifth Avenue from Rod's Drive-In at 10 a.m. The parade will continue north on Fifth Avenue to Fourth Street, turn east on Fourth Street to Seventh Avenue and the area around Pepin Park to disassemble...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Pride day is slated for Saturday, and the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is asking people from the community to take some time between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to focus on cleaning up part of the community. Fall is a great time to take another look at the community and do some real cleaning of our town, the Chamber says in a press release. “A clean community shows Pride and is more inviting than a community that has dirty sidewalks, messy storefronts, dirty windows and littered byways,” the rel...
Last session, I sponsored SB 128, a bill that created the School Funding Interim Commission, and requires the legislature to examine the school funding formula at least every 10 years, if not more frequently. The Commission met for 18 months and just wrapped up its work. The results of the Commission are several strong, new proposals to adjust some components of school funding to meet some pressing needs of Montana's public schools, and additionally, to lay out a roadmap for...
The 2016 golf season started fast and furious for the Havre Blue Ponies. But, it’s seemed like the Ponies haven’t been on the course forever lately. That will change this weekend however, as the Blue Ponies play in back-to-back tournaments, starting with Friday morning’s Lewistown Invitational. On Saturday, Havre will be back home for a meet which will be played at Beaver Creek Golf Course. This weekend marks the start of a busy stretch for the Blue Ponies, who will also...
There’s always the possibility of an early-season shake-up or two when it comes to the Frontier Conference. The league is just that good. But, what happened last Saturday wasn’t just a little jolt. It was a seismic event. Although the Carroll College Fighting Saints and the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers were starting the season inside the NAIA Preseason Coaches Poll, their season-openers were supposed to be against the heavyweights of the Frontier. Yet, it didn’t matter. First...
The 2016 season has not started the way the Havre High volleyball team had hoped it would. But, it’s still early and with a number of matches before the finishing stretch in conference play, the Blue Ponies still have plenty of time to right the ship. This weekend, Havre will get a chance to see just how far its have come as it will travel to Great Falls to take part in the Electric City Classic, one of the toughest high school volleyball tournaments in the state of M...
Thursday High School Volleyball North Star at Havre JV Big Sandy vs CJI Friday High School Football Havre vs Miles City, 6 p.m. Rocky Boy vs Harlem, 7 p.m. Chinook at Belt, 7 p.m. Big Sandy vs Box Elder, 7 p.m. CJI vs Cascade, 7 p.m. Ft. Benton vs HLP, 7 p.m. High School Volleyball Havre at Electric City HLP vs Big Sandy North Star vs Chinook Ft. Benton at Cascade High School Golf Havre at Lewistown Invite Saturday High School Football North Star vs Sunburst, 1 p.m. High...
ERROR... 
Website
