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  • National Weather Service issues High Winds Warning

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 8, 2024

    The National Weather Service has issued a High Winds Warning for Tuesday as Havre starts a week of plummeting temperatures and high chances of snow, the area's unseasonable warmth appearing to come to an end. National Weather Service in Great Falls put out a warning this morning to central, north-central and southwest Montana saying there will likely be winds of between 35 and 45 miles per hour with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour between noon and midnight Tuesday. The...

  • Record-low snowpack widespread throughout Montana, report shows

    Updated Jan 8, 2024

    Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press While some snow hit the state and more is in the forecast, More than half of the snowpack monitoring sites used to measure the water supply for Montana watersheds are posting record-low accumulations, according to a report out last week. Several basins in central Montana have one-third of their normal snow-water equivalent — a measurement of water in the snow. About half of all of the basins in the report, including the Upper Missouri, Flathead, and Upper and Lower Clark Fork basins, are p...

  • Havre High wins at Shelby speech tournament

    Updated Jan 8, 2024

    Press release Havre High School took a small team of speakers and debaters to a tournament at Shelby Saturday, with the Havre team performing well and winning the Class A team trophy. Havre won with 29 points, while Bigfork High School took second with 15 points and Browning came in third with 9. Sophomore Lyvia Little led the way for the Blue Ponies with a perfect 3-0 record and a first-place finish in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Teammate Trinity Olsen was just behind in...

  • Knights speech and drama does well in Shelby

    Updated Jan 8, 2024

    Press release North Star speech and drama team got back into the season by traveling to Shelby Saturday and represented the school very well. In original oratory, Ecko Fraser took second. In spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, Emily Conner placed first and CJ Berton took third. In humorous interpretation of literature, Troy Barrett placed fifth. In humorous theater Joshua Campbell and Cooper Clawson placed fifth. The Knights speech and drama team, coached by Linda Lett, travels to Townsend this weekend, so wish...

  • For the Record, Jan. 8, 2024

    Updated Jan 8, 2024

    Havre Police Department An 8:30 a.m. Friday caller reported losing a women's black wallet at a First Street business. -- A caller on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest reported Friday at 9:10 a.m. that a dump trailer had been stolen the previous week. The caller reported Sunday at 12:02 p.m. finding the railer on Washington Avenue -- A caller reported to animal control Friday at 2:05 p.m. that a ferret was lost on Fourth Street. -- Officers were called to Fifth Avenue after a caller at...

  • HHS boys basketball go 2-0 on road trip 

    Kason Clark|Updated Jan 8, 2024

    In its first two games of the new year, the Havre High boys basketball team had to go on the road to face Hardin and Miles City this past weekend. Despite the miles, the Blue Ponies rolled as they defeated Hardin, 96-59, and then beat Miles City, 88-57. The Ponies started their weekend this past Friday with their 96-59 win on the road at Hardin. Hardin tried to keep pace early as the Ponies only held a 22-16 lead to end the first quarter. But the Ponies took control in the sec...

  • Havre High girls basketball starts 2024 strong 

    Kason Clark|Updated Jan 8, 2024

    Coming into the new year, the Havre High girls basketball team looked to build on its undefeated start to the season. And in their road trip this past weekend, the Blue Ponies went 2-1 as they defeated Malta and Miles City but lost to Hardin for their first loss of the year. The Blue Ponies began their road trip Thursday with its 60-34 win over Malta. It took a while for the Ponies to find their groove as they only led, 8-3, at the end of the opening frame. But the Ponies got...

  • Jacks pull away from Griz in FCS title game

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 8, 2024

    FRISCO, TEXAS - Montana reached new heights in an incredible 2023 season, but couldn't reach the ultimate summit Sunday against the defending champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits. The Grizzlies battled and were within a possession at the half, but big plays sparked a Jackrabbit team that won its 29th straight game to claim the FCS crown after a 23-3 victory. In Montana's first trip to the title game since 2009, the Grizzlies just couldn't get the offense going against the...

  • Northern hoops fall in Frontier openers

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 8, 2024

    It wasn't the Frontier Conference debut either of the Montana State University-Northern basketball teams were looking for. On Saturday afternoon, both the MSU-N men's and women's basketball teams lost at Montana Western to start league play. The Skylights lost to Montana Western in their first Frontier Conference game by a score of 60-48 in Dillon. The Skylights got off to a slow start in the first quarter, but outscored the Bulldogs in the second 14-7. Western was up at...

  • Havre wrestling wins Cut Bank Invite

    Kason Clark|Updated Jan 8, 2024

    With the postseason just a month away, the Havre High wrestling teams are looking to get rolling and be at their best. So in their first tournament of 2024, both the HHS boys and girls wrestling teams finished first in the Cut Bank Invite this past weekend. The HHS boys team finished first in its tournament as it scored 259 total points. Conrad came in second with 179 points and Lincoln County took third with 169 points. The Blue Ponies were led to their first-place finish thanks to the performances of several wrestlers. In...

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