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HELENA (AP) — A new poll shows Montana's U.S. Senate candidates continuing to run in a tight contest. A Lee Newspapers of Montana poll found Republican Denny Rehberg, a six-term member of the House, supported by 49 percent of respondents. Incumbent Democrat Jon Tester had 45 percent. Libertarian Dan Cox had 1 percent and 5 percent said they're undecided. Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc. of Washington, D.C., polled 625 registered voters on both cellular and land-line phones from Monday through Wednesday. The poll's m...
HELENA — The Montana 2012 election season has been dominated by battles over money that promise to continue long after Election Day — thanks largely to the anonymous backers of a Virginia-based nonprofit that Gov. Brian Schweitzer is now calling a "criminal organization." Less than a week before the election, Schweitzer rallied a crowd against anonymous political money and American Tradition Partnership. The governor said the group is engaged in using "dirty, secret, corporate and foreign" money in a conspiracy to inf...
HELENA — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is spending the weekend before the election barnstorming the state with other Democrats in a final effort to break through a tough-as-nails battle with U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. Rehberg had a quieter weekend, spending his time with family and at his Billings field office helping volunteers make calls encouraging voters to the polls. AP Photo/Matt Gouras Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., right, campaigns with Sen. John Thune, R-Mont., left, in Helena on Oct. 16. Rehberg has been turning to o...
It seems as if the extremely tough competition that the Havre High cross country program continues to face is never ending. And going form the Mountain West meet last weekend, to what is in store this weekend, this could be the toughest stretch yet. Today the Central A Blue Ponies will compete in Helena at the annual preview meet. It is a different format than runners are accustomed to, as there will be seven races instead of just one. The No. 1 runners will run against the other No. 1 runners, and so on. And the competition...
It's hard to imagine the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team playing better than the Skylights did against Lewis-Clark State last Friday night. And it's difficult to imagine the Skylights capturing a bigger win than the one they earned over the Warriors at home last weekend. But those are exactly the types of things Northern will try to accomplish on the road this weekend, and first up is a huge Frontier Confe Montana State University-Northern's Abby Nicholas...
Leonard Livesay Leonard J. "Lenny" Livesay, 69, of Havre, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in Denver, Colo., due to complications from leukemia. Cremation has taken place, and graveside services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at 10:30 a. m., at Highland Cemetery in Havre. There will be a time of fellowship at the Tip-It Bar following the graveside service. The family has requested that memorials be made in Lenny's name to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted...
The National Park Service has extended an invitation for people to attend the commemoration of the 135th anniversary of the Bear Paw Battlefield south of chinook. The 1877 battle ended the flight of a band of the Nez Perce, just 40 miles short of their goal of crossing into Canada. The ceremony, scheduled to run from 10 a. m to 2 p. m. Saturday, includes a traditional pipe ceremony conducted by the Nez Perce Lapwai Veterans of Foreign Wars. Visitors are asked not to take photographs during the sacred pipe ceremony. Lunch...
Local — and visiting — theater-goers again have the chance to mix food, theater and murder during the annual Death by Chocolate event put on by Montana Actors' Theatre. The annual fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Student Union Building Ballroom at Montana State University-Northern. The highly popular event, which helps fund the local amateur acting troupe's season of productions, has sold out in past years, with all the tables full of audience members eating, sampling and bidding on locally made chocolate...
The public will have a chance to hear candidates for the state Legislature and Hill County Commission at a forum, 7 p. m. today, at the Havre High School auditorium. The Havre Daily News will sponsor the discussion. Questions will be posed by moderator John Ita, a government teacher at Havre High School. Candidates scheduled to appear are: - Democrat Greg Jergeson and Republican Don Richman, candidates for the state Senate from District 17. - Republican Debi Rhines and Democrat Mark Peterson who are vying to become a Hill...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A group of people watch Wednesday's presidential debate at the Havre Republican headquarters. Before the real excitement of the local candidate forum at 7 p. m. today at Havre High School, America got its debating toes wet with an opener Wednesday night, the 2012 presidential candidates. A handful of Hill County Republicans gathered at their headquarters for the first direct contest of this year's interminable presidential race, the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and...
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After four years at Havre High, the basketball career of Jaclyn Evans will continue. Evans was star on the Blue Pony court for three years. She played all four, but was a three-year varsity starter for head coach Dustin Kraske and the Central A Ponies. And after graduating last year, Evans had plans to move to Missoula to continue her education. But as summer went on, she soon realized sh Former Havre High girls basketball standout Jaclyn Evans takes a shot during the 2012 Class A state tournament last March in Butte. Evans...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT): 1. MICHELLE OBAMA WOULD LIKE TO RE-INTRODUCE YOU TO HER HUSBAND AP Photo/Jae C. Hong First Lady Michelle Obama hugs actor Kal Penn after filming a campaign video at the Democratic National Convention inside Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday. The first lady addresses the Democratic convention in prime time, aiming to draw a clear contrast between the president and his GOP challenger. 2. TEXAS...
The Hill County DUI Task Force released a warning to alcohol vendors in Havre and Hill County — underage sales tests are coming. A press release from the Havre Police Department last week briefly announced the department's participation in "compliance checks" that "will be conducted within the next few weeks." "The businesses that serve alcohol should be checking IDs to verify the age of the person attempting to purchase alcohol," the release said. "The businesses that have not been through RASS (Responsible Alcohol Sales a...
With the state attorney general touting the 100,000th test in a sobriety program he pushed through the Legislature, some local sheriffs say they would like to get that program going here on the Hi-Line as soon as possible, but there are some stumbling blocks. Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis and Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom both said they want to have the 24/7 Sobriety Program, where repeat driving under the influence of intoxicants offenders are tested twice a day for alcohol use, in place, but figuring out how and...
With the final budget decisions being made this week, the Havre City Council, and any member of the public with a comment on the proposed $17 million budget, will have double the meetings, double the fun. The council will begin their public hearings for the budget during tonight's regular meeting at 7 p.m., pushed to Tuesday by the holiday. The meeting will be recessed, rather than adjourned, at the end of tonight's meeting, so it can be picked up again Wednesday at 6 p.m., where the final reading, discussion and votes will...
Charlene Mae Leo, 73, of Harlem, a retired realty specialist, passed away Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Mont. Wake services will be held at her residence at 204 4th St. SE in Harlem, Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 5 p.m. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Ruby Jacobson, 94, of Chinook, passed away Sept. 2, 2012, at Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. Graveside services will be Thursday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m. at Kuper Memorial Cemetery, Chinook. Arrangements have been made by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
MISSOULA (AP) — Former University of Montana running back Beau Donaldson plans to plead guilty to sexual intercourse without consent after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors, his attorney said Tuesday. Defense attorney Milt Datsopolous' announcement followed a court hearing in which he and prosecutors confirmed the plea deal. Prosecutors said Donaldson raped a female acquaintance while she slept on his couch after drinking alcohol at a party in September 2010. Court records say he acknowledged the assault during a m...
MISSOULA (AP) — Former University of Montana running back Beau Donaldson plans to plead guilty to sexual intercourse without consent after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors, his attorney said Tuesday. Defense attorney Milt Datsopolous' announcement followed a court hearing in which he and prosecutors confirmed the plea deal. Prosecutors said Donaldson raped a female acquaintance while she slept on his couch after drinking alcohol at a party in September 2010. Court records say he acknowledged the assault during a m...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were leaked by the CIA and triggered an angry confrontation between the two agencies in the 1960s, according to newly released FBI records. AP Photo, File Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., is shown on July 4, 1967. Byrd was a fiery orator versed in the classics and was a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing. Byrd created a stir in the m...
BUTTE (AP) — Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh says Butte residents should find alternatives to firearms when it comes to breaking up dog fights. Walsh tells the Montana Standard that resorting to firearms could result in additional problems. Walsh's comments follow a dog fight last week where a man shot and killed a neighbor's pit bull after the pit bull left its yard and attacked the man's dog. The shooting was determined justifiable and police say the shooting didn't lead to a conflict between the neighbors. But Walsh s...
LONDON — As if 22 medal ceremonies over the last three Olympics weren't enough, Michael Phelps was summoned back to the pool deck for one more accolade. AP Photo/Julio Cortez United States' Michael Phelps swims in the men's 4 X 100-meter medley relay at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Saturday. This time, he received a trophy rather than a medal, an award that sought to sum up a career like no other. "To Michael Phelps," it said, "the greatest Olympic athlete of all time." T...
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State men's basketball coach Brad Huse has dismissed one player and imposed disciplinary sanctions on another after the two were arrested last weekend and charged with stealing from parked vehicles in Bozeman. The school in a news release late Friday says forward Tre Johnson of Reno, Nev., has been kicked off the team. Forward Jeff Budinich of Maple Valley, Wash., faces a reduction in scholarship, a three game suspension and community service. Budinich and Johnson have pleaded not guilty to two c...
State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy of Box Elder is running for another four-year term as the state senator from District 16. He is challenged in Tuesday's Democratic primary by the man he beat four years ago, Frank Smith of Poplar. The winner Tuesday will be unopposed in the Nov. 6 general election. Windy Boy: Age : 53 Jonathan Windy Boy Family: Single, seven siblings, daughter Jennifer, 26, two granddaughters, Jenuine Ry'Lynn, 9, and Jazmine Rose, 8. Education: Graduated from Box Elder High School in 1976, co-captain of the...
