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To say Carroll College has been great is putting it mildly. In fact, there are few adjectives to describe just how Carroll has dominated the Frontier Conference over the last 12 years. And that's why it's extremely unusual to be writing about a Carroll loss, in conference play, for the second year in a row. It took from October of 2006 (when MSU-Northern beat the Saints in Havre), until September of 2011 (when Eastern Oregon won in Helena) for Carroll to lose two Frontier... Full story
Robert Wagner has already found a level of success that most prep and college bronc riders could only dream of. And now in his final season as a cowboy, on the Montana State University-Northern Lights men's rodeo team, the door, or more fitting, the chute, is wide open for Wagner to continue his climb to the top. Originally from Browning, Wagner has been riding in rodeos nearly all of his life. And now 21 years old, he has quickly become one of the top college riders in the nation. Wagner rode in the High School Nationals... Full story
There will plenty events to take part in this weekend as Havre celebrates 100 years, but many local rodeo fans will find themselves at the Hill County Fairgrounds in Havre. All weekend long, the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's rodeo teams will host their annual rodeo during the Havre Festival Days. The Lights will welcome in some of the best rodeo talent in the state, as the entire Big Sky Region will be in attendance. Joining the Lights will be Montana State University, University of Montana, University...
Her future is college basketball with the Skylights, but Makhayla Farmer is an impact volleyball player in Chinook right now Chinook's Makhayla Farmer (left) goes up for a block during a District 6C volleyball match against Chester/J-I last fall. Farmer is considered one of the top high school basketball prospects in Montana, but she excels on the volleyball court too. Since bursting onto the high school scene two years ago as a freshman, Makhayla Famer has been grabbing attention and headlines ever since. Just a junior,... Full story
A heavy topic rose to the top of a discussion at the Hill County Park Board meeting this week — concrete. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told the park board that a cabin owner wanted to make improvements to a cabin — which met the requirements of the park — but also wanted to add a concrete patio. Edgar asked for direction about what can be allowed for pouring concrete at cabins, where the intent of the park is to maintain a rustic front. The board agreed, after a sometimes heated discussion, to table the quest...
Festival Days celebrators have two opportunities to look at politics during Festival Days this year on top of seeing candidates and officials in Saturday morning's parade — a Democratic fundraising dinner Friday night and a Republican meet-and-greet the candidates barbecue Saturday afternoon. The annual Democratic fundraiser, renamed the Pasma-Peck Dinner in honor of two Havre Democratic powerhouses, Jim Pasma and Rep. Ray Peck, starts Friday at 4:30 p. m. with a social hour at the Havre Eagles Club. After the prime rib d...
Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson interpreted the districts' recently released Adequate Yearly Progress results for the Board of Trustees at its Tuesday night meeting. The district failed to meet the rapidly increasing standards set up by the No Child Left Behind act of 2002, which will require 100 percent of students to be proficient or better in math and reading by 2014. Several parts of the school system did achieve "safe harbor" for their performance in other standards, like attendance and graduation... Full story
Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds Paul Tuss, executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp. and member of the Wild Horse Border Committee, speaks Wednesday about the economic impact of upgrading the Port. The committee trying to get a border crossing north of Havre upgraded to a 24-hour commercial port is pushing for a more extensive test of the proposal — a three-year pilot program with 16 hours of operation seven days a week. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon, who co-chairs the Wild Horse Border Committee with Medicine Hat, Alberta, M...
John Rudolph Vanek, 85 died Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, at his home in Havre. His memorial service will be 2 p. m. Sunday, Sept. 16,, at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. A fellowship luncheon will follow at the Parish Center. Memorial contributions in John's honor may be made to The Montana Chapter of the American Cancer Society. A full obituary will follow. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home....
AnaBelle Pepple Monson AnaBelle Pepple Monson passed away at Sweet Home in Chinook, Mont., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at the age of 92. AnaBelle was born in Williston, N.D., on Aug. 5, 1920. She graduated from Williston High School in 1938 and married Milo Monson, a young weatherman, on June 26, 1938. They lived in Missoula, Mont., Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., before settling in Havre more than 60 years ago. AnaBelle was active in the American Cancer Society for many years, holding several state positions. She and...
Editor: I want to commend the people of Havre for their generosity. I have seen it over and over again as neighbors help neighbors and reach out in some special way to those with needs within our community. What specifically motivates me to write this letter at this time is that during the Great Northern Fair I manned a booth in the Commercial Building for the Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen. I had many enjoyable conversations with people who expressed an interest in the work of the Soup Kitchen. This letter is to publicly say tha... Full story
A week and a day. I'm not counting, but if I were, there are only a few days left until Lexi's mommy and daddy come home. I am in a suburb of Seattle babysitting my granddaughter, Alexandria. Lexi's mom and dad are in Italy, so I get to stay, and we get to play. My granddaughters have permanent hooks into my heart. I tell the little darlings, "Anything your heart desires, Sweet Puss." They teach me new worlds. My formal re-education began the first Friday afternoon (day...
Readers: Effective with this political season, the Havre Daily News is instituting a new policy concerning election endorsement letters to the editor. We encourage letters to the editor on issues or ballot initiatives in the Nov. 6 election. The deadline for submitting those letters is 4:30 p.m, Wednesday, Oct. 31. We will not print endorsement letters of candidates — letters that simply back one candidate. These letters are often organized by political parties and are cleared by candidates before being sent. This seems to u... Full story
A longtime Havre tradition takes place this weekend. The community will celebrate the 32nd Festival Days. The highlight is the parade Saturday morning, but events are planned all weekend. New Festival Days events are added every year. People plan their vacations around Festival Days. Young people who have moved to other towns return to Havre. snowbirds who migrate to the South make sure they are in town through Festival Days. Hotels are packed, and restaurants will be full. Convenience stores have extra people working. But th... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by the chronically weak U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve launched an aggressive new effort Thursday to boost the stock market and make borrowing cheaper for years to come. And it made clear it won't stop there and is ready to try other stimulative measures if hiring doesn't pick up. Stock prices rocketed up in approval. But economists said the Fed's plans to buy mortgage bonds for as long as it deems necessary and to keep interest rates at record lows until mid-2015 — six months longer than pre...
Greg Hamblock is running and walking through the Utah landscape these days, part of a cross-country tour. He's asking people he meets along the way to help him raise funds for two children he met while tutoring at a homeless shelter in Baton Rouge, La. Hamblock, 25, hopes to reach the Miami suburbs by early November. By then, he hopes he will have collected enough funds to give the children enough money to give them a private school education and give them a head start in life they would not have otherwise. Havre was... Full story
The explosion of oil drilling in the Bakken fields has created problems for the people of Williston, N.D., and Sidney, Mont. But it has also created tremendous opportunities for local residents and has provided quality jobs for people from throughout the country, said Paul Doney of Havre. Doney has spent the last six months working as a truck driver on the oilfields. And he'd encourage others to sign on for work in the Bakkens if they are committed to working long and hard. "It is the most intense, off the hook work I have...
Havre Daily News/John Kelleher Leaders of the Church of Latter Day Saints line up Sunday morning in front of the expanded church on Washington Avenue, from the left, Robert Quinn, Brian Pfile, Jerry Giles, Steven Whitney, Dr. Cameron Acor and Eldon Pfile. The new chapel at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Washington Avenue was full to capacity Sunday morning when the expanded building that houses the congregation was formally dedicated in a brief but emotional ceremony. Members have been meeting at the...
Vasco R. Bachini, 99, died Thursday evening at the Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A full obituary will follow.... Full story
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University says a shooter has been taken into custody near its campus in College Station. College Station police spokeswoman Rhonda Seaton tells CNN multiple people have been shot, including law enforcement, but she doesn't know the extent of the injuries. Multiple calls to Seaton's cellphone from The Associated Press have gone straight to voicemail. The university issued an alert on its website just before 12:30 p.m. Monday warning of an active shooter near the campus football s...
CLINTON (AP) — A skittish dog that fled after a fatal head-on crash in western Montana has been spotted by residents of the Clinton area, but so far they've been unsuccessful in their efforts to catch Bella and return her to her owners in Washington state. Bella fled early on Aug. 5 after a wrong-way driver collided with a car on Interstate 90 west of Missoula, killing 8-year-old Jacob Gamble of Seattle and injuring his brother, his mother and her partner. Family members say the 2-year-old, old, black, pointy-eared dog, is v...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A gunman and a law enforcement officer were among three people killed Monday in a shooting near the Texas A&M University campus, police said. A male civilian also was killed, while two other officers and a woman were injured in the shooting in College Station, said Bryan Police Department spokesman Jon Agnew. Bryan police are assisting nearby College Station in the investigation. AP Photo/Bryan-College Station Eagle, Dave McDermand Texas State troopers and Brazos Valley lawmen watch as an ambulance b... Full story
MISSOULA (AP) — A former Missoula County jail officer accused of secretly videotaping women in a changing room at a Missoula pool apparently can't be charged with that offense. Michael Gauci was arrested Aug. 4 at Splash Montana, but he is not charged under the state's law against surreptitious visual recordation in a public establishment. That law is directed at owners, managers and employees of businesses or landlords who record people in a room where they would have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Another part of the... Full story
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT) 1. WHY JPMORGAN CHASE'S CEO HAS A LOT TO EXPLAIN The largest bank in the U.S. says its loss from a highly-publicized trading blunder grew to $4.4 billion, more than double the original estimate. 2. OBAMA HEADS TO VIRGINIA BEACH TO CAMPAIGN At 12:55 p.m., the president tries to shore up support for his re-election in Virginia, a state he won four years ago and ended decades of domination by Republican...
After all the city tournaments finished up several weeks ago, little league baseball may not be in Havre anymore, but post season tournaments are still taking place all over the state. The 12-year old all star team wrapped up a visit to the district tournament last weekend and finished in fourth place. Havre played in a field with five other teams, but played top notch teams all the way through, ending the weekend with a loss in the consolation game. On the road to the consolation game, Havre lost to Belgrade 10-0, lost to...
