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  • Saturday's Prep Basketball: Ponies sweep Shelby

    Tristan

    Havre High's Brandon Smith (right) shoots a 3-pointer during Saturday's boys basketball game between Havre and Shelby at the HHS gymnasium. Saturday also saw the Pony girls beat the Coyotes 50-34 in Shelby. The Ponies improved to 5-2 on the season. For full Havre High coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. For Hi-Line basketball coverage, see the Hi-Line Roundups in Tuesday's HDN. Saturday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Augusta 70, Power 68, OT Belgrade 62, Lewistown (Fergus) 41 Belt 56, Hobson 53, OT Billing... Full story

  • Montana Tech probe finds altered grades

    Tristan

    BUTTE (AP) — An investigation has revealed a former employee made more than 100 unauthorized changes to grades given to 36 former or current students, who now face potential disciplinary action, officials at Montana Tech said. Chancellor Don Blackketter told the Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/xw8hVb) in a story published Saturday that results of the investigation will be turned over to authorities for possible criminal prosecution. Blackketter declined to name the former employee. School officials said no faculty members w...

  • UM football player jailed, faces rape charge

    Tristan

    MISSOULA (AP) — A University of Montana football player faces a charge of sexual intercourse without consent. The Missoulian reports (http://bit.ly/zefGoU) that running back Beau Donaldson, 22, on Friday was booked into the Missoula County Detention Facility with a suggested bail of $100,000. It's unclear if the arrest is part of the university's investigation started Dec. 14 into allegations that two female students were given a date-rape drug and sexually assaulted by male students. Former Montana Supreme Court Justice D... Full story

  • Rivals try to knock Romney off stride in NH debate

    STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press

    Two-hour debate scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. MST on ABC stations MANCHESTER (AP) — Mitt Romney's rivals hoped to seize on back-to-back debates this weekend to knock the front-runner off stride and gain momentum heading into Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and upcoming contests later this month in the South. Romney, who narrowly beat Rick Santorum in Iowa this past week, had the most to lose in the debates Saturday night and Sunday morning as the other Republicans in the race try to prevent him from running away with the n...

  • Saturday's Prep Basketball: Ponies sweep Shelby

    Tristan

    Havre High's Brandon Smith (right) shoots a 3-pointer during Saturday's boys basketball game between Havre and Shelby at the HHS gymnasium. Saturday also saw the Pony girls beat the Coyotes 50-34 in Shelby. The Ponies improved to 5-2 on the season. For full Havre High coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. For Hi-Line basketball coverage, see the Hi-Line Roundups in Tuesday's HDN. Saturday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Augusta 70, Power 68, OT Belgrade 62, Lewistown (Fergus) 41 Belt 56, Hobson 53, OT Billing...

  • Fire causes several explosions in E. Missoula

    Tristan

    EAST MISSOULA (AP) — Authorities say a fire in the back of a repair shop in East Missoula caused several small explosions and sent a thick plume of smoke billowing into the air before the flames were doused. East Missoula Rural Fire Chief Justin Shaffer says the fire was reported at Diesel Power Parts and Machine at about noon Friday, and the cause remains under investigation. He says the blaze appears to have started in a semi truck parked behind the shop and quickly spread to a nearby truck and the rear of the building, c...

  • Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary

    AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press

    PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — More than 2,000 people are gathering at Pearl Harbor on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II. Ceremonies get under way with a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the exact time the bombing began in 1941. AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy This hoto at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu shows a gravestone identifying it as the resting place of 7 unknowns from the USS Oklahomawho died in Japanese...

  • Havre Ice Hawks host a big weekend at the Ice Dome

    George Ferguson

    The Havre Ice Hawks have four chances to pick up their first win of the high school hockey season, and they get to try it on their home ice. The Havre Ice Dome will be the sight of this weekend's Havre High School Hockey Tournament with seven games between tonight and Sunday morning. The tournament will feature visiting teams from Whitefish, Salmon, Idaho and Glasgow, and the Ice Hawks will play four times. The tourney kicks off tonight with the Ice Hawks battling Salmon at... Full story

  • Bobcats, bright lights and ESPN

    George Ferguson

    One year ago, a magical season of Montana State football ended in a disheartening 49-13 loss to the Sam Houston State Bearkats in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals on a hot winter day in Huntsville, Texas. Fast forward one year and not much has changed as the No. 2 Bobcats (11-2) and No. 6 Bearkats (9-3) are set to meet in the FCS quarterfinals yet again. MSU and SHSU have virtually the same teams which played each other in 2011, give or take a few players....

  • Skylights slip past Evergreen State

    George Ferguson

    With not a lot of game experience this season, it was unclear just how the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team would respond under the pressure of a tight game on the road. On Thursday night in Olympia, Wash., Northern responded like a winner. The Skylights staved off two last-second shots and held on for a 52-50 win over Evergreen State College of the Cascade Conference. The Skylights managed to shake off 17 first-half turnovers and a 29-21 deficit by...

  • Pony girls open at Malta, CMR

    Daniel Horton

    Fans and players have been looking forward to the Havre High girls basketball team's season opener for some time now, and with two tough road games on the schedule for this weekend, the wait is over. Havre fans won't get to see the defending Central A champions play at home just yet, but the Ponies will face the Class B Malta M-Ettes and Class AA CMR Rustlers on the road. HHS will face the M-Ettes in Malta tonight, and then the Rustlers in Great Falls on Saturday. "The biggest thing we can do this weekend is play how we have... Full story

  • HHS boys visit Malta, host Rustlers Saturday

    Daniel Horton

    The young Havre High boys basketball team has already taken a lot of big steps forward over the last several weeks of practice, but this weekend, the Blue Ponies will get their first true tests of the season. In their season-opening weekend, the Central A Ponies will face two non-conference opponents, one on the road, and one at home. Tonight, the Ponies are in Malta to take on the defending Class B state champion Malta Mustangs. But on Saturday, the Ponies will return to Havre to face the Class AA CMR Rustlers at the Havre...

  • Blue Pony swimmers ready to race

    George Ferguson

    Normally, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams have already gotten their feet wet so to speak. But this season, the Blue Ponies have waited one week longer to do so. Havre will open the 2012-13 swimming season by hosting the Havre Invitational Saturday, starting at 12 p.m. at the Havre Community Pool. Usually, the Blue Ponies attend the season-opening Flathead Invitational, which was held last weekend, but this season, HHS opted not to go to Kalispell, instead, holing an...

  • Eda Simons

    Tristan

    Eda Simons, 91, of Turner, passed away Dec. 5, 2012, in Havre. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at 11 a. m., at Turner American Lutheran Church. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....

  • More snow this weekend

    Tim Leeds

    Snow, snow and more snow is in the forecast, although a blizzard like winter storm Brutus that swept through the area in November is not expected any time soon. National Weather Service by this morning had upgraded its hazardous weather advisory to a winter storm warning stretching from the Rockies east through Blaine County, with lighter snow predicted farther east. The long-range forecast also calls for more snow and colder temperatures than normal over the next few weeks, with the above-normal snowfall expected to last...

  • Better cell service for Chinook

    Zach White

    With many cellphone carriers, driving more than five miles out of Havre usually means you'll have fewer bars than a teetotaler's Friday night. At Thursday's Chinook City Council meeting, A Triangle Communications representative said the company wanted the city's help in doing something about that. Tim Nixdorf, Triangle's Wireless Operations Manager, told the council that Triangle wants to add nine cellphone and wireless Internet antennas to the water tower on the southeast side of Chinook. He explained what would be...

  • Commission swaps legislative districts for Harlem, Malta

    Tim Leeds

    The Districting and Apportionment Commission tasked with setting the state legislative districts for the next 10 years switched positions on two Hi-Line towns today, although it does not appear to change the situation for a Hi-Line senator who will be out of a job in two years due to the redistricting process. Presiding officer Jim Regnier said the next step for the commission will be to take public comment in a meeting Dec. 19. The next Legislature will also make recommendations to the commission, with the final decision on...

  • Flu cases increasing, health department urges vaccination

    Tim Leeds

    The Montana Department of Health and Human Services said that influenza cases are increasing in the state, and it is urging people who have not yet been vaccinated to take a few minutes to do so. "Influenza season typically peaks in February and can last as late as May, " Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Anna Whiting Sorrell said in a press release. "We are encouraging people who have not yet been vaccinated to get vaccinated now. " No cases of the illness had yet been confirmed in Blaine, Chout...

  • Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases

    MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. The justices said Friday they will review a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the state's gay marriage ban, though on narrow grounds. The San Francisco-based appeals court said the state could not take away the same-sex marriage right that had been granted by California's Supreme Court. AP P...

  • Groups file third lawsuit over Wyoming wolves

    BEN NEARY, Associated Press

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Environmental groups on Friday filed a third federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recent move to end federal protections for wolves in Wyoming. The Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The groups say Wyoming's management plan classifying wolves as predators that can be shot on sight in most of the state is inadequate. They want the court to reinstate federal protections. AP Photo/Yellowstone N...

  • Breaking Sports: Bobcats fall to Bearkats

    Tristan

    For the second straight season, the Montana State Bobcats' season ended at the hands of Sam Houston State. And for the seocnd straight year, it happened in the Football Championship Subdivison quarterfinals. Friday night in Bozeman, the Cats surrendered 204 yards rushing and three touchdown passes by SHSU's Brian Bell as the Bearkats beat the Bobcats 34-16 at Bobcat Stadium. The loss ended MSU's best season in two decades with an 11-2 record.... Full story

  • Friday's Prep Basketball: HHS teams fall at Malta

    Tristan

    It was a rough season-opening road for the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams. On Friday night, the Blue Pony girls dropped a tough, 47-44 decision to the Malta M-Ettes in Malta, while the Pony boys were beaten by the defending Class B champion Mustangs 67-31. The Havre boys (0-1) are at home Saturday night to host CMR at 5 p.m., while the girls visit the Rustlers in Great Falls. For full Blue Pony coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. For all the basketball from around the Hi-Line, see the Hi-Line Roundups in...

  • Doris 'June' Carlson Lind

    Tristan

    Doris 'June' Carlson Lind Doris "June" Carlson Lind, 92, passed away on Nov. 4, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre of natural causes. Funeral service will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday Nov. 10, 2012, at O'Connor Funeral Home in Great Falls, with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery. June was born June 24, 1920, in Neihart, to F. Karl and Emma (Johnson) Schenck. June received her schooling in Neihart and Great Falls, graduating from Great Falls High School in 1938. She was employed at J. C. Penney's Department... Full story

  • Waldo K. Solonar

    Tristan

    Waldo K. Solonar Dr. Waldo K. Solonar bravely passed away attended by family on Oct. 13th in Issaquah, Wash. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him and depended upon his wealth of knowledge and compassion for inspiration and encouragement. Born in the former Yugoslavia in 1926, Waldo received his medical qualifications in Novi Sad and continued to specialize in pathology in Paris, France, Philadelphia, Pa., and Seattle, Wash., before settling in Havre, Mont., where he served the Hi-Line for more than 20 years. He later...

  • Chinook's Klingaman earns Montana High School Heisman award

    George Ferguson

    A highly-successful student-athlete from Chinook has earned a prestigious Montana award for his achievements in sports, in the class room and in the community. Chinook senior Robbie Klingaman has earned the Wendy's High School Heisman Boys Award for 2012. Klingaman just wrapped up his senior season of football for the Sugarbeeters, where he played both offense and defense, and helped Chinook to a second-place finish in the Northern C and a berth in the Class C quarterfinals.... Full story

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