Havre Daily News takes 9 state awards in Better Newspaper Contest

Havre Daily News staff

The Havre Daily News won nine awards at the Montana Newspaper Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest.

The results were announced at the association's convention at Big Sky Resort south of Bozeman Saturday night.

Former page designer Calbe Hutchins won a first-place award in page design for his design work on a Hi-Line Living feature story in "Gnarly Times in Big Sandy," a story about a skateboarding festival sponsored by Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament.

Hutchins captured a second-place award for his design of "History Takes Flight," another Hi-Line Living f...