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GREAT FALLS (AP) — A Chippewa Cree tribal leader, a former state lawmaker and three others used a fake billing system and a shell company to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid meant for the Montana tribe, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The Chippewa Cree Tribe received $33 million in federal funding between 2009 and 2010 for construction of a $361 million pipeline to supply fresh drinking water for the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and surrounding counties in northern Montana. Most of that $...
GREAT FALLS — A Chippewa Cree tribal leader, a former state lawmaker and three others used a fake billing system and a shell company to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid meant for the Montana tribe, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. AP Photo/Matt Volz Chippewa Cree tribal leader John "Chance" Houle, left, walks out of U.S. District Court in Great Falls after being arraigned on Tuesday. Houle and four others are accused of diverting federal stimulus funds. The Chippewa Cree Tribe received $33 m...
BILLINGS (AP) — Authorities in eastern Montana say a 38-year-old pilot died when his small plane crashed on private land in McCone County. The Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/Y6rqRx) that Darin Ray Brown's Cessna 182 crashed Saturday and that he died at the scene. Officials say Brown took off from a rural airstrip near Wolf Point at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday and was last heard from at about 11 a.m. while in the air. He was expected to arrive at a farm in Yellowstone County about 1...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he's hoping for a bipartisan deal by the end of this week on a sweeping immigration bill to secure the border and allow eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally. "All of us have said that there will be no agreement until the eight of us agree to a big, specific bill, but hopefully we can get that done by the end of the week," said Schumer, D-N.Y., who's leading efforts by eight senators to craft the legislation. "That's what we're on track to d... Full story
HELENA – Jenny Kaleczyc sits at her desk on the third floor of a downtown Helena building with an overflowing inbox and fresh stack of folders – 10 more cases to add to her current workload of 75. "We lie awake worrying about what we couldn't get to, and wake up in the middle of the night making our to-do list for the next morning," the regional deputy public defender said. Community News Service/Amy R. Sisk Wade Zolynski, chief appellate defender for the Office of the State Public Defenders, testifies on a bill in front of...
SEATTLE — Mud, trees and rocks hit an Amtrak passenger train traveling through Washington state Sunday morning, causing several cars to derail, according to a railway spokesman. There were no injuries reported in the mudslide that knocked off the dining car and two coach cars, the last three railcars on the train, said Gus Melonas, a spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe, which owns the tracks. The train was travelling south from Everett on the way to Seattle when the slide hit around 8:30 a.m., Melonas said. The t... Full story
HELENA — It's white, frothy and enthusiasts say it's udderly healthy — but the sale of raw milk is illegal in Montana. That could change if state lawmakers pass House Bill 574, which would legalize the purchase of unpasteurized milk directly from small, unregulated dairies. Critics and state regulators say it could expose Montanans to serious illnesses. Supporters of the measure say it is very much in line with a growing movement that encourages locally grown organic food, farmer accountability and personal responsibility, an...
Cut Bank Spring Fling Girls Team Scores —1. North Star 134. 2. Cut Bank 100. 3. Power 75. 4. Dutton 65. 5. Chester/Joplin-Inverness 50. 6. Browning 27. 7. Sunburst 26. 100 — 1, Rettig, Tylynn, North Star, 13.42. 2, Carlon, Bettie, North Star, 13.63. 3, Show, Tiara, Browning, 13.64. 4, Spicher, Graysen, North Star, 13.68. 5, Fitzpatrick, Shelbi, Cut Bank, 13.69. 6, Habel, Shannon, Dutton, 13.89. 200 -- 1, Habel, Shannon, Dutton, 29.62. 2, Miller, Kennedy, Power, 30.35. 3, Show, Tiara, Browning, 30.61. 4, Perry, Alex, Pow...
No Team Scores GIRLS Singles 1-2's 1st rd – Paige Larson, CB def. Jenna Rodriguez, CON, 6-2; Jenna Mane, LEW def. Jade McCormick, HAV, 6-1; Megan Fetters, CON def. Kodi Hoffman, CB, 6-2; Brandy Lambourne, HAV def. Breanna Petersen, LEW, 6-0; Semifinals – Mane, LEW def. Larson, CB, 6-4; Lambourne, HAV def. Fetters, CON, 6-4; Consolation 1st rd – McCormick, HAV def. Rodriguez, CON, 6-2; Hoffman, CB def. Petersen, LEW, 6-4; Consolation Semis – McCormick, HAV def. Fetters, CON, 6-5 (10-8); Larson, CB def. Hoffman, CB, 6-0; Co...
Despite earning a split on the weekend, the Havre High softball program had a rough road trip to say the least. Playing in Belgrade Saturday, the Central A Blue Ponies ran into a team that is more than likely going to end up with yet another Class A state title this year. The Polson Pirates defeated the Ponies 21-3 on Saturday. It was a tough pill to swallow, but the Ponies did rebound to defeat the Hardin Bulldogs 12-0 later in the afternoon. "I thought that we played very well against Hardin," Havre High head coach Danny... Full story
The Havre high boys and girls track teams were back in action over the weekend, and both Blue Pony squads continue to put up solid numbers. Saturday, the Central A Ponies attended their third meet of the season, as they they traveled to the Central Montana Invitational in Lewistown. In boys action, the Ponies finished the weekend in fourth place with 58 points. Conference rival Belgrade finished in first with 126, while Billings Central finished in second with 98 and conference rival Lewistown finished in fourth with 70...
Havre High head tennis coach George Ferguson has always pointed to the annual Havre Invitational tennis tournament as the first turning point in the Blue Ponies' season. And if the 2013 Havre Invite was indeed a turning point, than Ferguson has to like where his boys and girls teams are headed. Havre High junior Breck Don strikes a forehand during Saturday's Havre Invitational tennis tournament at the Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Courts. Don and partner Ellery Bresler placed second in doubles, while both the Havre boys and... Full story
Montana's freshman U.S. representative is stepping into the spotlight on some high-profile issues, cosponsoring a bill he says will restore religious freedoms infringed upon by health care reform. Rep. Steve Daines also testified before the House Budget Committee that congressional pay should be tied to balancing the federal budget. A press release from Daines, R-Mont., said he spoke before members of the House Budget Committee today during "Member's Day," an annual hearing allowing members of Congress to convey their ideas a...
State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, expressed his thanks to people who supported his Senate resolution acknowledging Idle No More, a Canadian movement. The movement started in protest of a budget resolution people in the movement say hurts the rights of Canadian Indians and will harm the environment for all Canadians, Windy Boy said his Senate Resolution 9 acknowledging the Idle No More movement passed the Senate Wednesday and will be forwarded to Gov. Steve Bullock, Senate President Jeff Essman, R-Billings, U.S...
A Havre man will spend four years on probation and six months in jail in a plea agreement in a rape case. Jacob K. Konesky pleaded guilty last fall to a felony charge of sexual intercourse without consent. The charge was filed after a woman said Konesky had molested her on June 5, 2011, with another man taking pictures, after he told her she could sleep on the floor of his room after a late-night house party in Konesky's residence. State District Judge John C. McKeon Tuesday imposed a four-year deferred imposition of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida. Abu Ghaith's extradition to the United States is imminent, and he is expected to be prosecuted in federal court in New York, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. Rep. Peter King, the former chairman of t...
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Fremont County say two men who walked away from a Montana pre-release center were apprehended in southeastern Idaho while driving a pickup truck that had been reported stolen. The Idaho State Police says 22-year-old Jerron Michael Mitchell-Fuller of Glendive, Mont., and 29-year-old Christopher Lee Etheridge of Billings, Mont., were arrested early Thursday afternoon after a high-speed pursuit on U.S. Highway 20. Shortly before 11 a.m., the Idaho State Police was notified of two w...
MISSOULA (AP) — A Missoula police detective who investigates Internet sex crimes has filed a lawsuit against the police department alleging a female officer sexually harassed him. Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent told the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/WNfB1Z ) the state Human Rights Bureau denied Detective Chris Shermer's claim against Lt. Sandy Kosena. Nugent said the contact allegedly began when Shermer flipped off the lieutenant that same day. Shermer's lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges Kosena grabbed him on the left b... Full story
BILLINGS — What happened to bear 726? That's the number researchers assigned to a collared grizzly bear that disappeared from an agricultural research station along the Montana-Idaho border. Citing the unsolved disappearance, environmentalists Thursday called for renewed efforts to find out if it was illegally killed and studies on whether the federal facility is harming the region's protected bears. Three weeks after the 392-pound male grizzly was last located, its tracking collar was found roughly a mile away. It had b... Full story
HELENA (AP) — The Montana House has rejected a proposal aimed at stopping people from bringing their own beer and wine into restaurants that don't have liquor licenses. House Bill 405 by Republican Rep. Roger A. Hagan of Great Falls would have made it a punishable crime for a restaurant without a liquor license to allow patrons to bring their own alcohol to consume on the premises. Hagan argued the activity is supposed to be illegal under current liquor license laws, but local officials have found it to be vague and u... Full story
HELENA, — Gov. Steve Bullock is ramping up the pressure on lawmakers by taking his Medicaid expansion request, one of the legislative session's bigger issues, straight to his constituents. Bullock has been touring the state selling his proposal, and he pitched it Thursday to the Helena Chamber of Commerce. Access Health Montana would use federal money allotted in the federal health care bill to expand Medicaid to as many as 70,000 Montanans. The plan needs legislative approval. The Democrat argues the influx of federal m...
The Big Sandy Pioneers are one game away from playing for the state championship. On Thursday night in Bozeman, the PIoneers advanced to the semifinals of the Class C boys state tournament after beating Southern C champion Melstone 64-51 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman. The Pioneers will now play Westby-Grenora in the semifinals Friday night at 8 p.m. The winner of that game will play either Northern C champion Roy-Winifred or Arlee. For full story, see Friday's Havre Daily News....
It was a rocky season at times for the young Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team, but finishing as the No. 6 seed in the regular season, the Ice Hawks will look to turn in a solid run at the state tournament. The round-robin state tournament will run Thursday through Saturday, as the state's best teams will gather in Bozeman. And joining the Ice Hawks will be No. 1 Helena, No. 2 Missoula, No. 3 Bozeman, No. 4 Billings, No. 5 Great Falls, No. 7 Glasgow, No. 8 Butte/Miles City and No. 9 Whitefish/Glacier. Havre's Justin...
The 2010 season marked the last time the District 9C Big Sandy Pioneers won the state Class C boys basketball title. And after going 0-2 at the big show last year, the Pioneers would love nothing more than to return to the state championship game this weekend. The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, on the campus of MSU-Bozeman will house the state tournament today, Friday, and Saturday. Making the tournament alongside the Pioneers (16-10) this season will be Roy-Winifred (23-0), Wibaux, Fairview (23-0), Arlee (21-5), Victor (20-4),...
Making travel arrangements to Kansas City this time of year is becoming old hat for Shawn Huse and the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball program. On Wednesday afternoon, the Lights found out they will be making their third straight trip and their fourth in the last five years to the NAIA national tournament. Northern, which finished third in the Frontier Conference regular season standings, and lost to UM-Western last Saturday night in the Frontier... Full story
