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HELENA — Republicans in control of the Montana Legislature are planning early votes next week in opposition to the new federal health care law, putting the spotlight on a major campaign theme for many in the GOP. Both the state Senate and House will take up bills next Wednesday that in some way oppose state implementation of the federal law, Republican leaders said. Their action is intended to coincide with a scheduled U.S. House vote on repealing the law. President Barack Obama's signature expansion of health insurance relie...
HELENA — Montana's Democratic secretary of state said Wednesday she's working with a Republican lawmaker to switch the state over to mail ballots for all elections. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch said counties that run polling places and elections could save more than $2 million each election cycle under a plan that she expects would dramatically increase voter turnout. Many voters currently mail ballots in through the absentee ballot process. But election officials must still staff and open polling places for others. P...
The Havre High wrestling team will begin defense of its Cut Bank Invitational team title Friday morning in Cut Bank. The Blue Ponies came back after winter break for a practice and match-up session with wrestlers from Chinook, Chester/J-I, Glasgow and Big Sandy on Monday afternoon at the Mat Corner. Now, HHS head coach Scott Filius' team will get back on the mat for real with two days of action in Cut Bank. HHS comes into this weekend ranked No. 2 in Class A behind Belgrade, and the Ponies have a pair of top-ranked Class A...
There's never been a shortage of good women's basketball teams in the Frontier Conference. After all, many consider the league to rival the Golden State Athletic Conference as the best in NAIA Division I. And that balance of power isn't likely to change in the near future. Coming into the first week of the 2011 Frontier season, the league has three ranked teams in LC State, Westminster and Carroll College, while programs at Montana Tech, MSU-Northern and Rocky have also put together strong nonconference runs this season. And...
Men's basketball in the Frontier Conference has become as powerful as anywhere else in the country. In just the last two seasons, the Frontier has made five NAIA tournament appearances with four different teams, and it was less than two years ago that the Frontier produced a national champion when Rocky Mountain College captured the 2009 NAIA title. And while the faces and names on the back of the jersey's change around the league, the high level of basketball doesn't. Two-time Frontier champion Westminster starts the year...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Brian Schweitzer has asked that an ethics case against him be dismissed, citing an "inexcusable delay," but the Montana Republican Party thinks the case should move forward, a news organization reported Thursday. "Any alleged delay in these proceedings is primarily a result of the governor's own litigation strategy," Republican Party attorneys Quentin Rhodes and Robert Erickson of Missoula wrote in a response cited by Lee Newspapers. "He should not be rewarded for his own dilatory tactics." Former C...
Project pushes social host law Rich Jespersen, the person who launched operations at the Hill County office of the Montana Change Project in early 2009, is back in the saddle, working to wrap up the project's work. Jespersen, who resigned as program officer in June 2009, returned on Monday. He said he will be working 30 hours a week. The project is designed to raise awareness of alcohol abuse and its consequences. The grant that funds the project will expire in May, and the work will be taken over by volunteers, Jespersen... Full story
Kids craft clever artwork at Boys & Girls Club Children, with their parents in-tow, scanned the display panels looking for their own works of art they had entered in the Fine Arts Festival Tuesday evening at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. Congratulations from parents and family members echoed from corner to corner of the display panels as children's eyes widened with excitement as soon as they discovered their colorful pieces on display. Boys & Girls Club members began making art pieces in July, with some pieces...
Halfway through Havre High School's first week back in operation after last week's roof collapse, Principal Jerry Vandersloot said everything is under control, situation normal. "The past few days have gone very smoothly, " Vandersloot said. "For about 90 percent of the students, it's business as usual. " The challenge has been to get the business of the other 10 percent to be functioning as normally as possible. This is particularly challenging, considering the classes that have been displaced, including home economics and...
HELENA — An advocacy group is defying the state medical board's ban on using video teleconferences to examine people seeking medical marijuana cards, saying the medium is necessary for people who don't have access to a doctor. The Missoula-based Montana Caregivers Network connects doctors with would-be patients by using the Internet video service Skype in what the advocacy group calls TeleClinics. The state Board of Medical Examiners ruled in November that those examinations alone do not meet standards of care for c... Full story
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A homeless Ohio man whose silky announcing voice has catapulted him to national fame has reunited in New York with his mother, who says "my prodigal son has finally come home." Video posted by The Columbus Dispatch shows Ted Williams walking quickly toward his 90-year-old mother. He says, "Hi, Mommy. Hi, Mommy," when he sees her in a hotel Thursday for the first time in about 20 years. Brooklyn resident Julia Williams embraces her son, who's wearing a camouflage jacket. The 53-year-old Ted Williams w...
President Barack Obama listens as his new White House Chief of Staff William Daley makes a statement in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) BC-US--White House Shake-up,9th Ld-Writethru/1215 Eds: New version. With AP Photos. For global distribution. AP Video. Meet the new boss: Daley is Obama chief of staff BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Overhauling his team at the top, President Barack Obama on Thursday named banker and seasoned political...
The NAIA basketball season is in high gear, and the first NAIA Men's and Women's Coaches Polls of the year are out. One poll, includes the Montana State University-Northern Lights, while the other should have included the MSU-N women. On Monday, the NAIA Polls were released for the first time during the regular season and the Lights are ranked No. 17. Northern was ranked 15th in the preseason poll back in October, and after an 11-2 to start to the 2011-12 season, the Lights...
The Havre High boys and girls swim teams didn't have a full roster for the season-opening meet this past weekend in Kalispell. But the Blue Ponies still got off the blocks quickly. Havre competed at the Kalispell Invitational held Saturday at The Summit in Kalispell, and both Pony teams had a strong showing against Class AA teams from Great Falls, Missoula and Kalispell. The Pony boys scored 116 points to finish fifth overall while the HHS girls also finished fifth with 97...
When it comes to the wrestling mat, there's no love lost between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and the University of Great Falls Argos. After all, the two teams are the only college wrestling programs left in Montana. And after two spirited duals a year ago, the Lights and Argos are ready for more fireworks. Tonight at 7 in Great Falls, the No. 5 Argos and No. 7 Lights renew their wrestling rivalry at McLaughlin Center in Great Falls. Tonight's dual is the...
The chair of the Hill County Park Board applauded a group Monday for planning a new nonprofit group to support Beaver Creek Park. The board at its Monday night meeting suggested a first project for Friends of Beaver Creek Park after its startup meeting tonight: Looking for funding for a new walking trail. "I think it's cool and exciting, and I suggest we all go and represent (the park at the organizational meeting), " Park Board Chair Steve Mariani said to other members of the board during its monthly meeting. Dana Pyette, as...
The city of Havre may be getting a new chief of police for Christmas. At Monday night's Havre City Council meeting, Mayor Tim Solomon said a candidate is being vetted, though he could provide no further information until that process is more complete. He said he hoped to have the council meet with the candidate in the next few weeks so that, if everything goes well, the new chief could be on duty early next year. If the hire is from outside the department, it would restore Gabe Matosich, currently serving as the interim...
Image courtesy of the Montana State University-Northern Vande Bogart Library A photograph taken circa 1929 of the crowd gathering around the former post office before the third floor was added. The old post office building at 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue is about to begin a new life, with a new owner taking the reins and restoring it. Marc Whitacre moved to Havre this summer from the Kansas City, Kan., area to work as an ophthalmologist at Northern Montana Hospital. While moving, he and his wife Erica Farmer, an ophtometrist...
Howard James Burt, 84, of Great Falls and Havre, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Missouri River Manor of pneumonia. Arrangements are pending at Schnider Funeral Home.... Full story
The latest developments in the Solyndra scandal are troubling. The government asked the company to delay its layoff announcement until Nov. 3, 2010 — one day after the 2010 elections. A Department of Energy political appointee was closely involved in promoting approval of Solyndra's government loans, and happened to be married to an attorney whose firm represented Solyndra. And these stories of corruption are headlines only because the Department of Energy approved changes to the government loan agreement that left taxpayers...
The Montana Department of Health and Human Services has a lot of explaining to do. According to prosecutor Scott Twito, the department knew of a possible case of child sexual abuse and, rather than report it to law enforcement, made a deal with the alleged offender. Twito said the department agreed not to report the case to police if the perpetrator, Jack Rumph, agreed to undergo sex offender treatment at a Billings clinic. Rumph, 43, allegedly abused a 9-year-old girl. Because an anonymous caller contacted police, Rumph has...
It was an eventful weekend of volleyball at the Central A divisional tournament this weekend, and for a while the Havre High Ponies were right in the mix. Friday and Saturday th Havre High's Lexi Olson (left) and Juletta Don try and block a Belgrade hitter during Friday's opening round of the Central A Divisional volleyball tournament at the HHS gymnasium. For more photos, see www.havredailynews.com. Havre senior Sammy Evans celebrates an exciting play during a match against Browning at Friday's Central A Divisional at the...
Northern's Justin Montelius (left) runs over an RMC defender during Friday night's Frontier Conference football game in Havre. Northern linebacker Jordan Van Voast (top) brings down Rocky's Paxton Paynter during Friday night's game between the Lights and Bears in Havre. The Friday Night Lights scenario sure has been good to the Montana State University-Northern Lights. And so have games against the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears this season. In a dominating performance... Full story
Havre's Ryan Brandt runs away from a Hamilton defender during the fourth quarter of Saturday's Class A quarterfinal playoff game between the Ponies and Broncs at Blue Pony Stadium. Havre High players celebrate Ryan Brandt's fourth-quarter touchdown against Hamilton Saturday at Blue Pony Stadium. Havre's Justin Jensen throws on the run during a Class A quarterfinal game against Hamilton in Havre. Heading into the quarterfinals of the state playoffs, the Havre High football team didn't want to take any chances. They utilized...
BILLINGS (AP) — Wildlife officials say a harsh winter combined with spring flooding and a summer disease outbreak have reduced antelope and deer numbers, leading to fewer hunters visiting northeast Montana. "Hunter numbers so far are down 31 percent from last year," said Scott Hemmer, wildlife biologist for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. But officials also said the wet weather has caused duck numbers to skyrocket, while elk have benefited from more forage and are more widely distributed. "Hunters have reported observing good n...
