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The number of Native Americans in the Hill County Detention Center became a topic at a meeting between Ravalli County officials and Confederated Salish and Kootena tribal leaders. The comments of the Ravalli County Planning Commission has created a stir around the state. Ravalli County commissioners oppose the tribes' plan to put 58 acres of tribally owned land into trust with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, saying the county would lose $808 in annual property taxes. The meeting ended on a sour note when county planning... Full story
The Havre High School speech and debate competitors did not win any individual first-place awards — although some came very close — but still dominated the Class A competition in Choteau Saturday to win their third first-place trophy this season. All 11 Blue Pony speakers added points to Havre’s finish, with a 58-point final team score. Butte Central Catholic High School, which came to the Choteau High School invitational representing the Class A Southwest Division, took second with 38 points. Havre’s Central A Divisio... Full story
It has been a long, tough couple of road trips for the Montana State University-Northern Lights, but every win is much needed and appreciated, and the Lights are more than glad to be returning home on a positive note. After a couple of road losses last weekend, the Lights were back on the road this weekend. And Northern was looking to get back in the win column with an exhibition game against Montana State University-Billings on Friday evening in Billings, and against the... Full story
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The Montana Behavior Initiative Sunnyside Intermediate School student team perform a skit about bullying in the lunchroom during a Blue Ponies Don't Bully assembly Friday afternoon. After the student team's skits, Leslie Staples invited students to share their personal accounts of being bullied. "The thing I want you to walk away with is that if you've been bullied you aren't alone," Staples said. "You can stop it. The power is yours." Students lined up to tell their... Full story
The Blue Pony Booster Club is in need of nomination for the Dr. Jim Elliott Memorial Award. Dr. Elliott’s family gave the first award in 2001 and purchased a plaque that hangs in a trophy case in Havre High School’s west foyer with the name of each recipient engraved on it. The Booster Club has been given the responsibility from the Elliott family of choosing someone to receive this award. The honor of receiving this award is based on volunteerism, along with personal and/or professional sacrifices made for the bet... Full story
North Central Montana Transit is going ahead with its plans to have a city bus run that will transport people around Havre twice a day. The proposal is a good start toward providing the city a service it desperately needs. The bus service runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. We hope that if it is a success, it will be extended. The bus will take people to key parts of the city — shopping areas and medical facilities for a reasonable price. Many people, especially older people, are now homebound because they can’t get from one par... Full story
Editor's Note: The Havre Daily News has started listing names from incidents listed in law enforcement call logs. All cases listed will be tracked through the Havre and Hill County court systems. Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 9:37 a.m. Friday call from a 1st Street business about a false order of 16 pizzas the night before. ——— Richard Lawrence Gallegos, 54, of Box Elder, was issued a summons for disorderly conduct after officers received a 10:54 p.m. Friday call from 13th Street requesting officers. ——— Fre... Full story
A Rocky Boy man will spend more than seven years in federal prison for threatening and sexually abusing a woman, including pouring gasoline over her and saying she would burn. Blair Chiefstick, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual abuse in federal District Court in Great Falls. Chief District Court Judge Dana Christensen sentenced Chiefstick Thursday in the court in Great Falls to 87 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, said a press release issued Friday afternoon. The press release... Full story
Local residents again have been invited to a decades-old community celebration of Thanksgiving, even in their own homes, funded by an anonymous donor. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Jude Parish Center, across from Pepin Park at 440 7th Ave, with turkey and all the trimmings served while people join together in celebrating the holiday. Debi Rhines, lead organizer of the event, said people are welcome to come volunteer to serve and stay for dinner, and anyone wishing to provide... Full story
Havre Sector U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to help local law enforcement and emergency services, even when they are off duty. An agent, who requested to not be named, was travelling home from a hunting trip and extracted a motorist from a vehicle after seeing it crash, a press release issued last Friday says. “I commend the agent for a job well done in responding to help a person in need,” Chief Border Patrol Agent Christopher Richards said in the release. “His actions are yet another example of how we, as Border Patro... Full story
Stone Child College student Chontay Standing Rock is being featured in a segment on Backroads of Montana on MontanaPBS. The segment is entitled “Hook, Line and Singer.” The program aired at 6 p.m. Sunday and will be repeated at 6 p.m. today. Standing Rock puts his own spin on traditional Native music by adding English words to songs about love and family. He will be shown singing at his favorite spot — a waterfall in the Bear Paw Mountains on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. He said he first started going to the waterfa... Full story
Make that three state championships for former Havre Blue Pony head coach Troy Purcell. Friday night in Bozeman, Purcell led his Hawks to a perfect season and a second state championship with a 24-14 win over Kalispell Glacier in the Class AA state title game. Montana-bound Will Weyer threw touchdown strikes to fellow seniors Wyatt David (44 yards) and Dissly (5), and junior tailback Cordell Appel added a 38-yard burst in a 21-point second quarter of the 24-14 victory. The... Full story
All in all, it was a solid opening weekend for the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey program. To open up the season, the Ice Hawks played two games at the Havre Ice Dome in Havre on Saturday. They earned the 1-1 split at home against the visiting Glasgow Ice Dawgs, all while doing a lot of things right, as well as finding some areas to improve upon moving forward. In a dominating morning performance the Ice Hawks took game one 5-1. But in Saturday’s evening game the Ice D... Full story
BOZEMAN — In recent games between the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats, the first half has been a defensive slug fest. And in the end, the home team hasn’t fared well. On Saturday, both trends continued. The No. 5 Montana Grizzlies dominated the second half of the 113th Brawl of the Wild, scoring 21 points and beating the No. 5 Montana State Bobcats 28-14 in front of a record crowd of 21,527 at sunny Bobcat Stadium. The win solidified an FCS playoff berth for the... Full story
