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  • Quick Pic: Bringing home the hardware

    Updated Jan 12, 2016

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  • Public schools on lockdown during search for escaped prisoner

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 17, 2015

    Correction — An earlier version said Arkinson is considered armed and dangerous. The Havre Police Department press release said he is considered armed, but did not say dangersous Havre schools went on lockdown as law enforcement searches for an escaped prisoner today, Nov. 17. Havre police issued a press release saying they are looking for Gabriel Arkinson, 29, who who was being transported by Fort Belknap Indian Reservation police. Arkinson, who is reportedly handcuffed a...

  • O'Malley surprises Hill County Dems

    Alex Ross|Updated Nov 17, 2015

    Amid the loud music, crowds and poker tables, Hill County Democrats gathered at PJ's Restaurant and Casino Saturday night for a debate watch party. Brenda Skornogoski, chair of the Hill County Democrats, said that two debates between the party's presidential candidates had already been televised, and she and Karen Datko, secretary of the Hill County Democrats, had been planning on hosting debate watch parties starting in November for quite some time. For the first half hour,...

  • Incident at hospital emergency room

    John Kelleher Alex Ross|Updated Nov 17, 2015

    Havre police are looking for a 6-foot-two-inch Native American male who was involved in an incident at Northern Montana Hospital’s emergency room this morning. Police got a call around 10 a.m. today. They gave this account: Police were summoned to the scene after a victim was brought in by ambulance. The victim thought he saw the perpetrator of the incident outside the hospital. From surveillance video, police know the suspect entered the hospital. Police conducted a floor-by-floor search of the hospital in hopes they c...

  • Obituary: Benjamin Stiffarm Jr. "Little Owl"

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    Benjamin Stiffarm Jr., "Little Owl," passed away on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, in Billings. Benjamin was born to Benjamin Sr. and Ida Stiffarm on March 23, 1955, in Berkeley, California. He grew up attending Chief Sealth High School in Seattle. Washington, and later Eastern Washington University in Pullman, Washington. Ben worked as a journeyman carpenter. He greatly enjoyed sports, especially the Seattle Mariners and Seahawks.He loved his country music, like Hank William Jr.,...

  • Celebrating History: Cornerstone laid for Masonic Temple

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    By Emily Mayer The cornerstone was laid for the Masonic Temple last week and earned a big article in The Havre Plaindealer’s Nov. 13, 1915, issue. This is a very lengthy column, but the following pertains specifically to the Havre lodge: LARGE ASSEMBLAGE AT CORNERSTONE LAYING Grand Lodge Officers Participate in Impressive Ceremonies Yesterday Afternoon Ceremonies incident to the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple in Havre were performed yesterday, and despite the cold, a large crowd assembled at the corner o...

  • Quick Pics: A stockgrowers' auction

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

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  • Internet dangers assembly set for Dec. 1

    John Kelleher|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    Blaine County Undersheriff Frank J. Billmayer II will speak at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 1, in Havre High School's auditorium during an informational assembly for students, parents and interested residents about dangers that could arise when children and teenagers use the Internet. The program is sponsored by the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force,. The program was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the Internet. There has been a proliferation of child sexual abuse...

  • Letter to the Editor: Four lanes needed for Highway 2

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    Editor: The Montana Department of Transportation has recently advertised for a public response to their plan to reconstruct U.S. Highway 2 from Chinook to Fort Belknap. What’s troubling is that once they have completed the project, Highway 2 will continue being a narrow, dangerous highway with no shoulders. And we are supposed to be happy with that, Uff Da. Even worse, MDT boasts that it will extend the life of the highway, which means MDT has no plans to construct an adequate, safe highway. Friends and neighbors, we need t...

  • For the Record, Nov. 16, 2015

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    Havre Police Department Joseph Paul Small, 28, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after an 11th Street West caller report a loud party at 6:03 a.m. Friday. —— An arrest was made in a Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force case on a drug offense call made at 11:26 a.m. Friday on 2nd Street Northeast. No further details about the arrest were provided. —— Officers investigated a complaint made at the police station about the complainant’s ex-boyfriend Friday at 4:07 p.m. The complainant reported at 7:40 p.m....

  • Obituary - Bernadette Jean McCrea

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    Our sister Bernadette Jean McCrea, 70, of Seattle, Washington, passed at home with her immediate family and her beloved dogs by her side. Her wish was to be cremated and that her family meet in the spring at her favorite location on the coast to celebrate her life. Our sister was born June 18, 1945, in Havre, Montana, to Ted and June McCrea. She was the eldest of six children. She is survived by her long-time partner and friend, Carl Knudsen of the family home; her daughter, Patty “Trisha” Hensley; her brothers, Kelly McC...

  • Warriors bring young Skylight's season to a close

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team played all of the top teams in the Frontier Conference very tough this season. But, in the end, the young Skylights couldn't find a way to get past those tough teams. And that was the case in Northern's last match of 2015, a 3-0 loss to Lewis-Clark State in the first round of the Frontier Conference Tournament Friday night in Helena. The Warriors beat the Skylights by scores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25-22. After a slow start, No...

  • Northern Notebook: McKinley, Craig end season with a bang

    Chris Peterson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    There were not many positives for the Montana State University-Northern football team this season, but one of them throughout the Lights' 11-game season was Zach McKinley. McKinley, the junior running back for the Lights, put together another spectacular performance in Saturday’s 38-20 defeat the hands of Rocky Mountain College, rushing for 187 yards and adding another 60 receiving to finish with 247 yards from scrimmage and two rushing touchdowns. Those types of p...

  • Skylights take their shot at Lady Griz

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    A season ago, the University of Montana Lady Griz were big Sky Conference champions. And year-after-year, they set the standard when it comes to women's basketball in the Treasure State. It's a standard that's tough to live up to, and many teams in, and out of the state would love to do nothing more than to knock the vaunted Griz off once and a while. Next up to take a turn at doing just that is the Montana State University-Northern Skylights, who come off a 10-day break to...

  • Dillon halts Pony Stampede

    Chris Peterson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Havre Blue Ponies had hopes of hosting next week’s Class A football championship, but shortly after taking the field in Dillon, it was clear that wasn’t going to happen. The Beavers, who have been nearly unbeatable on their home field, showed why this past Saturday, as they dominated Havre from start to finish in a 43-8 rout in the Class A state semifinals at Vigilante Stadium. Dillon will now advance to take on Whitefish next Saturday in the state championship game. "Ho...

  • Lights win big in Las Vegas

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights have already won some big non-conference games this season. None though, were like the win the Lights earned Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas. In an elite NAIA Tournament hosted by Arizona Christian, the Lights stayed perfect on the season with a thrilling 91-84 win over the host Firestorm. Arizona Christian was unbeaten coming into the game, ranked No. 4 in NAIA Division I, and considered a contender for the national title this...

  • MSU-N grapplers fall to powerful North Idaho

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights didn't come home following their big win over the University of Great Falls Thursday night at UGF. Instead, MSU-N kept right on going with its season, traveling to Couer d'Alene, Idaho, for a showdown with one of the best junior college wrestling programs in the country. Saturday night, the fifth-ranked Lights of the NAIA took on North Idaho College, the 11th-ranked team in NJCAA. And though the Lights put up a good fight, the Cardi...

  • Bear Charge: Rocky 38, MSU-Northern 20

    Chris Peterson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Montana State University-Northern football team had one last chance at a win when the Lights took on Rocky Mountain College, but despite being competitive for four quarters, it wasn't enough to get over the hump. On a pristine Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium, the Battlin' Bears of Rocky downed the Lights 38-20 in the final game of the season for each team. Northern moved the ball efficiently and even scored 20 points in the second half. But red zone struggles and...

  • Pony spiker's dream season ends at state

    Chris Peterson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Havre High volleyball team had hopes of making it to Saturday at the Class A state tournament, even after an opening-round loss to Butte Central. Yet the Blue Ponies didn't quite have enough to make it past Whitefish, the fourth-place team from the Western A, which defeated HHS in a dramatic five-sets to eliminate Havre from the Class A state tournament Friday at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman. The Bulldogs knocked off the Ponies by the scores of 9-25, 19-25, 25-18,...

  • Championship Dreaming: Chinook and Box Elder earn state title game berths

    Chris Peterson|Updated Nov 16, 2015

    The Box Elder Bears have never been to a state championship game, not in football anyway. But now, they will be, thanks to the heroics of Brandon The Boy and Shane Ketchum. Down by four points and less than a minute remaining in their Class C Six-Man semifinal tilt at Hot Springs Saturday, the Bears turned to their two best players when they needed them most, and with just 25 seconds left on the clock, they came through. The Boy hit Ketchum for a 50-yard touchdown, which gave...

  • MSU-Northern/Rocky Mountain Full Box Score

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    Rocky Mountain 13 7 15 3 – 38 MSU-Northern 0 0 7 13 – 20 First Quarter Rocky-FG Evan Connolly 44 Drive: 4 plays, -2 yards Rocky-FG Connolly 34 Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards Rocky-Kodee Varner 66 pass from Chase White (Connolly kick) Drive: 3 plays, 57 yards Second Quarter Rocky-Andre McCullouch 8 pass from White (Connolly kick) Drive: 7 plays, 87 yards Third Quarter Rocky-McCullouch 10 pass from White (Jacob Bakken run) Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards. Northern-Qwaundre Yancy 36 pass fro...

  • Cat-Griz Report: Griz thrash Eagles, Cats pummel Bengals

    Updated Nov 16, 2015

    MISSOULA (AP) - The Montana Grizzlies rode three touchdowns from freshman Jeremy Calhoun to a big first-half lead on the way to a 57-16 victory over Eastern Washington in a key Big Sky Conference football game Saturday. Calhoun's touchdown runs covered 3, 1 and 3 yards, and the No. 22 Grizzlies (6-4, 5-2) used a fumble return by Herbert Gamboa and an interception return by JR Nelson to push out to a 50-9 lead midway through the third quarter. The victory snapped Montana's...