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  • Quick Pics - Hauling in the Christmas spirit

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

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  • City Hall getting makeover, City Court hours expanding

    Paul Dragu|Updated Dec 15, 2016

    For years, people who wanted to pay City Court fines could only do so when the court office was open, hours that were uneven throughout the week. But starting January, people can pay court fines any time City Hall doors are open. "Jan. 3, which is a Tuesday, at 8 a.m. - the goal is - that is when our joint, collaborative, executive-judicial branch project is launched. Happy New Year, city of Havre," Havre City Court Judge Virginia Seigel said Wednesday. The extended hours...

  • Local horsewoman spearheads horse rescue

    Pam Burke|Updated Dec 15, 2016

    It was the pictures of two Appaloosa horses waiting in a feedlot for shipment to a slaughterhouse that motivated Michelle Donaldson to rally fellow horsewomen to save as many horses as they could from the kill pen in Washington state, and with nine of 34 saved horses still looking for a home, the friends are holding an open house to help find adopters. "I absolutely love Appaloosas, and I found on Facebook somebody shared a really sad state of affairs with a bunch of really...

  • Zinke accepts nomination to Interior

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Staff and wire report President-elect Donald Trump has officially chosen Montana’s U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke to serve as his interior secretary. “I am pleased to nominate Congressman Ryan Zinke as our secretary of the interior. He has built one of the strongest track records on championing regulatory relief, forest management, responsible energy development and public land issues,” Trump said in a press release issued this morning by Zinke’s office. “As a former Navy SEAL, he has incredible leadership skills and an attitude of doi...

  • Local News - Dec. 15, 2016

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Buses will stop for holidays Press release North Central Montana Transit has announced that its buses will not run Monday, Dec. 26, or Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Buses will resume their normal schedules Tuesday of each week. Cape Air holds Montana food and toy drive at all airports Could win two round-trip tickets on Cape Air Press release BILLINGS — Cape Air, Montana’s Essential Air Service carrier, is holding a food and toy drive at all of its airports across Montana. Cape Air w...

  • BLM extends Sweet Grass Hills mineral withdrawal 20 years

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Press release To continue protections for the Sweet Grass Hills, the Department of Interior through the Bureau of Land Management has extended the existing mineral withdrawal in Toole and Liberty counties for 20 more years. The “Hills” rise 3,000 feet above the surrounding prairie and have both spiritual and historical associations to many Northern Plains Indian tribes. This island mountain range surrounded by a sea of prairie is also known for its abundant wildlife and as a source of water for area residents. “Pr...

  • Putting the Zoroaster back into Christmas

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    ’Tis the season to be jolly! From now until New Year’s Day, the merriment typically continues unabated. Between the gift-giving and spiked eggnog, some folks set aside a few moments so the reason for the season can be considered. Chances are that Jesus Christ and, more generally, the Christian tradition enter the equation. Wandering minds should instead focus on the Prophet Zoroaster and his religion. It is, after all, the grandfather of Christendom. Zoroastrianism is perhaps the smallest major religion in America, but do...

  • Embrace those tidings of comfort and joy

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Believe me, I understand if you’re ambivalent or even disdainful of the religious aspects of Christmas. I understand why you couldn’t care less which festive cups Starbucks uses, why you’d just as soon your grandchild be a dancing snowflake as an adoring shepherd, why “Season’s greetings” resonates just as well as “Merry Christmas” with you, why you’d rather hear “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” than Handel’s “Messiah.” Maybe pompous ivory tower professors have lectured you that “everyone knows” the New Testament was written hun...

  • Time to revisit the Electoral College

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Back in 1969, by a whopping vote of 339 – 70, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives united to pass legislation to do away with the electoral college. A companion bill, co-sponsored by Montana Sen. Mike Mansfield and supported by President Nixon carried the Senate by a strong vote of 53 – 34. That, though, was short of the 2/3 majority necessary to pass the proposal on to the states for ratification as is required for amendments to the Constitution. What drew the two parties together was the ele...

  • It's the only dance there is, so dance, dance, dance

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Seventh grade. 1957. I don’t know why I went to our first junior high dance. I couldn’t dance, not even a two-step. Didn’t know how. We were all “expected” to go and most of us showed up. For me, the experience felt like I imagined showing up for the guillotine. I knew more about Marie Antoinette than I knew about the waltz. The dance was held in “the pit” at the old grade school. The pit had a gym floor, a raised walk around area, and perhaps once was used for little guys’ phys ed. At that time, the pit was most often used...

  • For the Record, Dec. 15, 2016

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated an auto theft report made Wednesday at 12:02 p.m. by a caller in the Havre area who said a borrowed vehicle had not been returned. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash reported near Sixth Avenue Wednesday at 1:57 p.m. —— William Thomas of Havre, 18, was issued a summons on a charge of failure to obey a red traffic signal and on Justice of City court warrant. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested Dakotarose Corrina Greshock of Havre, 21, for a charge of contem...

  • Obituary: Larry L. Leo

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Larry L. Leo, 79, passed away at his residence due to natural causes Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in the Harlem Cemetery. Larry’s family has requested that memorial donations be made to Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch, 2050 Overland Ave, Billings, MT 59102, or to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Larry’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his f...

  • Northern hoops returns to the Armory

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Christmas break is coming. But before the holiday festivities arrive, the Montana State University-Northern men’s and women’s basketball teams have plenty to do. Both Northern teams will be home tonight to take on Nueta Hidatsa College inside the Armory Gymnasium, and for the No. 11 Skylights (8-2) it’s the start of a challenging three-game stretch to close out 2016. The Northern women also host NCAA Division III Pacific University Saturday night, before taking on Willa...

  • Pony grapplers take on the best of the west

    Chris Peterson|Updated Dec 15, 2016

    After starting the season with back-to-back team titles, the Havre High wrestling team will head out of state this week, to take on some high-level competition at the Tri-State tournament. The annual Tri-State tournament, which is hosted in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and takes place Friday and Saturday, is one of the most prestigious wrestling invites in the Northwest. And for the second straight year, the Blue Ponies will have a full team in attendance, as Havre will bring a t...

  • Hi-Line Sports Schedule

    Updated Dec 15, 2016

    Thursday High School Basketball Rocky Boy girls vs Conrad Rocky Boy boys vs Conrad College Basketball Skylights vs Nueta Hidatsa, 6 Lights vs Nueta Hidatsa, 8 College Wrestling Lights at S. Oregon Friday High School Basketball Havre girls at Belgrade, 6 p.m. Havre boys at Belgrade, 7:30 p.m. Chinook girls vs HLP Chinook boys vs HLP Big Sandy girls vs Ft. Benton Big Sandy boys vs Ft. Benton Turner girls vs North Star Turner boys vs North Star Box Elder girls vs CJI Box Elder...