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  • New Year's fire destroys Rocky Boy home

    Alex Ross|Updated Jan 5, 2018

    Dwight Sunchild and his family are in need of help after their house caught fire New Year's Day. The fire at the residence in Prairie View Village on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation near Box Elder was caused by three space heaters used to thaw frozen pipes. The heaters were left turned on and unattended in the master bedroom. Nobody was hurt, Sunchild said. "I thank God that my family got out safely," he said. Sunchild said that he, his girlfriend, LaRae Ameline, and three...

  • Lights ready to defend their mat against an SOU Raid

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 4, 2018

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights have wrestled just three duals in the Cascade Conference this season, and only one has been at home. But to start the new year, the Lights get the chance to take on a conference rival on their home mat. Tonight, the 10th-ranked Lights come home to battle 13th-ranked Southern Oregon in a Cascade showdown. The dual, which is one of three the Lights will have at home in the next six weeks, starts at 7 inside the Armory Gymnasium. And i...

  • Quick Pics: Warmer temps; slippery streets

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

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  • Cause of Big Equipment fire unknown

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff With the cause of the fire still unknown, Big Equipment Co. owner Ron Harmon said he still is planning on re-opening the 32-employee business. Fire officials say the cause of the blaze that destroyed the Havre agricultural equipment business has yet to be determined. The Christmas Eve fire was the largest fire Havre has responded to in 30 years, Assistant Fire Chief Kelly Jones said. Jones said fighting the fire in the bitter cold — the low Dec. 24 was minus 5 at 11:46 p.m. and the high Christmas Day w...

  • Locals graduate youth academy

    Paul Dragu|Updated Jan 4, 2018

    For some youth, traditional education just doesn't work, and that's where Montana Youth Challenge Academy comes in. Three local youth in December completed the first stage of the academy, a program Marketing Coordinator Ron Carroll labels as an alternative education program. Local students Alexus Flansburg, Mariah Matosich and Erik Cecena completed the initial 22 weeks on campus. They are now in the second phase of Montana Youth Challenge Academy, the year-long mentoring phase...

  • ServeMontana award nominations sought

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Press release HELENA — The Governor’s Office of Community Service is accepting nominations for the eighth annual ServeMontana Awards, the office announced. The ServeMontana Awards recognize and thank Montanans for their everyday contributions to their community and civic life through service and volunteerism. “Montanans who serve others show the best of what our state has to offer — its people,” ServeMontana Executive Director Dan Ritter said. “This honor recognizes their tireless efforts to help make Montana a better plac...

  • 2018 NILE scholarship application now available

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Press release BILLINGS — The Northern International Livestock Exposition Scholarship Program, funded by the NILE Foundation, is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year. Since 1990, the NILE has awarded scholarships to deserving FFA and 4-H students who have been actively involved in their respective programs and communities excelled in the classroom, and participated in NILE events. “Promoting the future of agriculture through the support of youth via scholarships is a long-standing tra...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: It's a lot like life

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jan 4, 2018

    I had to decide. She’d had a reaction to the anesthetic which left symptoms similar to epilepsy. Convulsions. Starvation. A rack of bones loosely held in rags of fur. Put her down. A euphemism by any other name … death. My tears soaked her fur. I held her last breath. My Cat Ballou, playful, teasing, gentle sweet kitten-cat. That night I lay in bed, holding memory, accusations rattling around my brain cage, familiar. Why does everyone, everything I love, leave me? What is wro...

  • Obituary - Berenice M. Bailey

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Berenice M. Bailey of Havre, 92, passed away Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held this summer. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Berenice's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com. Berenice was born Nov. 16, 1925, to Walter and Catherine Wirth in Harlowton, Montana. She was... Full story

  • Correction - Year in review

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    A front-page story in Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about some major local stories from 2017 misreported the location of a vehicle-caused wildfire that led to the death of an Ohio woman. The fire was north and slightly east of Gildford.... Full story

  • For the Record, Jan. 4, 2018

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Havre Police Department Officers made an arrest after a First Street business caller reported Wednesday at 11:33 a.m. that there was a female who didn’t belong in one of the rooms. No further information was provided. —— Officers investigated after a caller at a First Street West business reported Wednesday at 2:19 p.m. that a motor vehicle crash happened. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a Second Street and 15th Avenue caller notified police Wednesday at 2:22 p.m. of the incident. —— Officers inve...

  • DOR announces online reporting of business equipment

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Revenue recently notified business equipment owners to submit their annual report in 2018 online with the department’s TransAction Portal, or TAP. The department will no longer mail paper reporting forms. “Electronic reporting is free, easy to use and saves time for businesses that are trying to work efficiently. It also makes processing the reports more accurate and cost effective,” said Shauna Helfert, Property Assessment Division Administrator with the Department of Revenue...

  • Severe weather in CWD hunt area will restrict travel

    Updated Jan 4, 2018

    From Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunters selected for the Sage Creek Chronic Wasting Disease Hunt need to be aware that winter weather will restrict travel. The Sage Creek CWD Hunt is in a small area north of Chester that abuts the Canadian border. The area is remote with practically no paved roads, no nearby towns and at least 20 miles north of U.S. Highway 2. After the New Year’s weekend winter storm, a few of the area’s county gravel roads have been plowed open. But before the hunt ends, either by reaching the 157-deer quo...

  • No rest for Lights, Skylights

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 4, 2018

    There’s no rest for the Montana State University-Northern basketball teams. The Lights and Skylights closed non-conference play last Saturday, then opened Frontier Conference play Tuesday night in the Armory Gymnasium. Now, Northern will get a taste of life on the road, starting tonight in Butte. The Lights and Skylights play at Montana Tech tonight, which is the start of a six-game Frontier road swing. The Northern men will especially have to get used to the road again, as t...

  • Cut Bank is one of many Blue Pony stomping grounds

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jan 4, 2018

    Over the years, the Havre High wrestling team has racked up a lot victories. But in the grand scheme of things, there is probably no place where the Blue Ponies have won more often than Cut Bank. The Ponies, who are the five-time defending Class A state champions, will look to win the Cut Bank Invitational for the 16th time in a row this weekend. The two-day tournament will get underway Friday in Cut Bank and will conclude with the finals Saturday. "It means that we come out...

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