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The Frontier Conference might get bigger. But for now, it will have to wait. League officials announced Tuesday afternoon that the conference will wait until February to decide on expansion plans. Frontier athletic directors and league officials gathered in Billings on Monday and Tuesday to discuss applicants that wished to join the conference, and originally, Frontier Conference Commissioner Kent Paulson had said a vote would be held during those meetings to invite or not invite new schools. Instead, this week saw no vote...
Local legislators have been appointed to some key committees in the upcoming legislative sesion, including one appointment to a committee leadership role. The Montana Legislature's website lists Rep. -elect Kris Hansen, R-Havre, as vice-chair of the House Educataion Committee. Hansen also has been appointed as a member of the Judiciary, Local Government and Rules committees. Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, who also has been appointed one of the majority whips, will serve as a member of the Judiciary, Legislative...
Committee looks for input from senators An issue that arose at the Havre City Council meeting Monday came up again at Tuesday's meeting of the Wild Horse Border Committee. The committee revisited whether the Havre City Council stating support for the Port of Turner in Blaine County upgrading to a 24-hour commercial port could hurt efforts to provide that upgrade for the Port of Wild Horse north of Havre. Bob Kaul, the city council member who raised concerns during Monday's meeting, said he is willing to completely back the po...
A taste of Memorial Day in December brought about 40 people to the Havre City-County Airport Tuesday, for free hot dogs, chips and orange drink. Great Lakes Airlines hosted the "North Pole Barbecue" on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the change in service from flights to Billings to flights to Denver. The celebration came the week after the first month of new service ended, and so far the numbers seem to justify the response. In November, 125 passengers flew into Havre and 164 flew out to Denver. In October, before the...
The Wild Horse Border Committee Tuesday looked at ways to promote expanded hours at the Port of Wild Horse north of Havre, including one member's suggestion that the committee look at ways to get a bigger expansion of the trial hours. "How about pushing for a 24-hour test? " committee member Debbie Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, asked at the beginning of the meeting. The committee, formed early in the decade by residents and political leaders of the Havre area and Alberta, has been...
Abortions, term limits on lawmakers' agendas Local lawmakers plan to introduce numerous bills this session Tim Leeds Some of the north-central Montana's incoming legislators have been busy requesting bill drafts. House District 34's Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, has requested 23 bills be drafted, including a request for a constitutional referendum for the Personhood Amendment that would define a human being beginning at conception. A petition drive to place that issue on November's ballot as a constitutional initiative... Full story
BALTIMORE (AP) — A 21-year-old construction worker who had recently converted to Islam and told an FBI informant he thought about nothing but jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center, authorities said. Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Bomb was a fake provided by agent The bomb he is... Full story
President Barack Obama pauses to speak with with Rep. George Butterfield, D-N.C., after signing the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 which settles long-standing lawsuits by African American farmers and Native Americans against the federal government, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, part of the White House complex, in Washington, Wednesday. The act also authorizes $1.15 billion for black farmers who say they were discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite WASHINGTON...
James Morrison of The Doors in an undated file photo. Outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist wants to posthumously pardon Morrison of indecent exposure and profanity convictions, and the governor's last chance is coming up at a Clemency Board meeting Thursday. Crist leaves office in January. AP Photo, File TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Doors' Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon Thursday for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida that resulted when the late singer pulled what a bandmate called "a mind trip on the audience, and... Full story
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jim Morrison was posthumously pardoned Thursday for a 1969 indecent exposure conviction in Florida, a move a woman who said she was married to The Doors lead singer called a cheap political ploy. Morrison, a Florida native, was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971 at age 27. The pardon came a day after the singer would have turned 67. Outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist asked for the pardon, which the Clemency Board granted unanimously. Crist said he doubts Morrison actually...
THREE FORKS — The youngest Montana Highway Patrol officer ever killed in the line of duty fought to the end as a warrior in a shootout on a rural road, the patrol's chaplain told the officer's grieving family and thousands who attended the funeral Tuesday. Trooper David DeLaittre, 23, died last Wednesday during a traffic stop outside his hometown of Three Forks. He had stopped to investigate an idling truck in the middle of the roadway. The driver of the truck shot him in the head and torso with a shotgun, authorities...
KALISPELL (AP) — A 16-year-old Columbia Falls High School student faces expulsion after inadvertently bringing an unloaded hunting rifle to school. Shortly after school officials announced on Dec. 1 that contraband-sniffing dogs were at school, she remembered the rifle in her car trunk and told the school secretary. The secretary said she would get the message to the principal. Not long after, assistant principal Scott Gaiser told her she was suspended and faced at least a 21-day expulsion. A hearing is set for Monday...
JILL LAWLESS, RAPHAEL G. SATTER,Associated Press LONDON — WikiLeaks supporters struck back Wednesday at perceived enemies of the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange, launching hack attacks against MasterCard, Swedish prosecutors, a Swedish lawyer and a Swiss group that froze Assange's bank account. So-called hacktivists operating under the label "Operation Payback" claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing technological problems at MasterCard, which pulled the plug on its relationship with WikiLeaks on...
SANTIAGO, Chile — A fire set off during a riot in a severely overcrowded prison killed at least 83 inmates Wednesday and seriously injured at least 14 others, firefighters said. Chileans nationwide could hear inmates screaming after a prisoner used an illegal cell phone to call state television for help. "The conditions that existed inside this prison are absolutely inhumane," said Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, who visited an emergency center where inmates were being treated for severe burns and smoke inhalation....
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team's dual with Boise State, originally scheduled for Thursday night in Havre, was cancelled earlier this season. The Lights next home dual is Jan. 20 against Northwest College....
Friday High School Basketball Big Sandy Tournament at Big Sandy Native American Classic at MSU-Northern Browning JV vs Box Elder boys, 10 a.m. Rocky Boy vs Browning JV girls, 11:30 a.m. Heart Butte vs Harlem boys, 1 p.m. Box Elder vs Valier girls, 5 p.m. Valier vs Rocky Boy boys, 6:30 p.m. Harlem vs Heart Butte girls, 8 p.m. Havre High girls at Malta 6 p.m. Havre High boys at Malta 7:30 p.m. Turner at Saco, 6 p.m. C/J-I vs Belt at Fort Benton boys and girls High School Wrestling Havre at Mining City Duals in Butte Chinook Inv...
It's been a tough start to the season for the Havre High School hockey team. Now having played four games against the Billings Bulls, the Ice Hawks are off to an 0-4 start. This past weekend, the Ice Hawks lost two games to Billings on the road. Havre fell to the Bulls via a shutout on Friday night, then scored just one goal against the Bulls on Saturday. In Friday night's game, the Bulls shut out the Ice Hawks 7-0. Havre tried to rally on Saturday, but the Bulls again shut the Havre offense down in a 7-1 win. Havre's only...
Tickets for New Years Eve Jackpot may be purchased at the desk. The cost is $15 per person ( limit of 6 per lane). It is advised to get your tickets early. A fine turnout was had in the Dewey No-Tap. The results will be in next week's article. A big Thank You to all that worked, especially Jason & Sharon McDonald, and Julie Hassa. PBA News: The "real deal" Bill O'Neill was victorious this week going through the field as he started in 5th place and coming out on top, bowling on the Viper oil pattern. The tournament continues...