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Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Timmy Welch, from left, Nick Howell and Matt Hanley collect nonperishable food from residents on the east side of 5th Avenue Wednesday evening for the annual Everybody Loves Firefighters Food Drive. The ELF Food Drive continues on the west side of 5th Avenue tonight at 6 p.m. The food drive is for the Havre Food Bank. The organizer of the annual holiday food drive held by Havre firefighters said the Everybody Loves Firefighters drive was fruitful Wednesday, and he is hoping for the same success...
Havreites will be honoring those who have served their country in the military with a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Monument on Town Square Friday, Veterans Day, including a 21-gun salute at 11 a.m. Bill Bilger, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 in Havre, said people will start gathering at Town Square about 10:45 a.m. so the honoring shots can be fired at 11, and more ceremonies held. Following the ceremonies, a chili feed will be held at the Elks Club, with people asked to go directly from the Town Square t...
Friends of Richard Turner Sr. will be gathering for a celebration of his life, on Friday, Nov. 11, at the Eagles Club in Havre. People are invited to share stories and memories of this one-of-a-kind man. Snack food is welcome, but not required....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The supercommittee is struggling. After weeks of secret meetings, the 12-member deficit-cutting panel established under last summer's budget and debt deal appears no closer to a breakthrough than when talks began last month. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, talks on his cell phone outside a closed-door meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27. After weeks of secret meetings the s... Full story
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Cynna Tse, 3, from right, helps her mother, Joyce Shao, serve crab argon at the China Garden food booth at the annual Taste of Havre event in the Holiday Village Malls' former Bi-Mart location Saturday evening. Saturday night's Taste of Havre was aimed at providing people with some of the great food offered by local restaurants and nonprofits. People were lined up on both sides of the Holiday Village Mall offering visitors food ranging from Chinese food to popcorn. Other young people — and a few... Full story
While fire restrictions have been lifted in some parts of Montana, for the moment they still are on in most of the Havre area. The Lewistown-Area Fire Restrictions Group that monitors fire hazards in the area announced last week that Stage 1 fire restrictions had been lifted from federal, state and private land for Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt and Valley counties, and for for U. S. Forest Service lands in the Little and Big Snowy Mountains and for all U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service lands...
Representives of organizations traveling the state to talk about what is happening with the state and federal budgets addressed a packed house in Havre Thursday, saying if the people want to make a difference, they have to work together. "As Bob (Kaul, Havre City Council member) said, we can't do this just alone as individuals. We have to do it collectively, " said Melissa Case, organizing director of MEA-MFT. Case and Tara Veazey, executive director of the Montana Budget and Policy Center, and Molly Moody of the Montana... Full story
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Ladies parade on the dance floor to be judged for "Best Dressed" at the first-ever Mom Prom Saturday evening in the Duck Inn's Olympic Room. Nearly 100 women showed up for Mom Prom, which was a fundraiser for the Havre Area Chamber Ambassadors. See Friday's Hi-Line Living page for more photographs and an article about Mom Prom. A lot of people say that when mom isn't happy, no one's happy. In that case everyone owes a deal of gratitude to the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors for...
Ann Ruth Graham Houlton, 88, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at the Care and Comfort Home of natural causes. Her funeral service will be 11 a. m. Saturday at the 5th Avenue Christian Church, with her burial to follow at Highland Cemetery. A full obituary will follow.... Full story
Editor: Our governor mouths the platitude of good jobs for Montanans, but it is happening again: According to an Associated Press story, the state of Montana is proud to announce a nationwide search to fill one of those good Montana jobs. This time it is for chief public defender. Do we have someone already in this state who has the experience of leading a system with a $23 million budget and 200 employees? Not likely. But do we have someone with the skills and motivation to provide the necessary leadership? Probably. It's... Full story
Editor: As president of the Montana Postal Workers Union, I feel compelled to respond to the comments from State Rep. Kris Hansen. I have jurisdiction over 200 of these small offices. It should not surprise anyone that she is anti-union. Her political affiliation says it all. What she fails to understand is that we have a collective bargaining agreement signed by the United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union. At the recent signing Postmaster Patrick Donahue hailed it as a huge achievement by both...
Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day. Since 1988 this date has been observed nationally and internationally to promote awareness of the issues and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, or commonly LGBT. Before scoffing or harrumphing, ask yourself if you really do understand what it means to be gay. What if your child or grandchild is the next to come out as gay? Will you be part of the solution or ... ? You know how that adage ends. Do you remember these names: Asher Brown, Texas; Billy Lucas, Indiana;...
HELENA (AP) — Republican Steve Daines of Bozeman is reporting that he raised another $180,000 over the last quarter in his bid to succeed U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds Republican candidate for the U.S. House Steve Daines of Bozeman, Mont., speaks during a meet-and-greet in Havre on Oct. 3. Daines has raised a total of about $760,000 since first declaring a U.S. Senate bid last year. He switched to the House race when Rehberg announced early this year that he would be leaving the office to challenge D...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling for national unity ahead of Sunday's anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and reflecting on a decade that tested America's character. "The terrorists who attacked us that September morning are no match for the character of our people, the resilience of our nation or the endurance of our values," the president said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address a day ahead of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. "We're doing everything in our power to protect our people," he s...
BILLINGS — Nearly half of the 460 or so students at a Billings elementary school called in sick Friday as health officials continue to investigate what is making them ill. Billings School District 2 Superintendent Keith Beeman says he doesn't think all 230 Beartooth Elementary students who stayed home were sick, but were kept away from the school by their parents as a precaution. Up to 100 students went home sick Thursday. Beeman says an inspection of the school kitchen Thursday didn't reveal any problems. Meanwhile, city a...
Watch the Montana State University-Northern take on Montana Tech live at 6 p.m. at: havredailynews.com/sports_live... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is off to a 2-0 start in Frontier Conference play thanks to a dominating three-game sweep of Montana Tech Saturday in Havre. The Skylights (10-4) beat the Orediggers by scores of 25-12, 25-22 and 25-18. MSU-N remains at home to take on UGF next Friday in Havre. For full coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News.... Full story
The MSU-Northern football team is in first place in the Frontier Conference for the first time in six seasons thanks to a gutsy 23-12 win at Montana Tech Saturday night in Butte. The Lights are also off to their first 2-0 start in four years after their road win. Northern took a 9-6 halftime lead on a Juan Garcia field goal, the overtook the Orediggers for good on an interception return for a score by sophomore Tanner Varner. Both the Lights and Orediggers added scores late in the fourth quarter as MSU-N beat Tech in Butte...
Billie Smith Billie Lou (Deming) Smith, 84, died of natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Aug. 6, 2011. A memorial service with be held Friday, Aug. 12, at 1 p.m., at the Lutheran Church in Scobey, Mont. Billie Lou was born to Ada and Raymond Deming on Jan. 21, 1927, in Harlem, Mont., and has been "bustin crust" ever since. She graduated in 1945 from Plentywood High School. On July 19, 1945, she married Dale Smith, and they spent the next 52 years together, living along the Hi-Line and in Great Falls. She was...
For the first time in three years, the Carroll College Fighting Saints will enter the 2011 Frontier Conference football season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country. Carroll, which captured the 2010 NAIA national championship, received all 14 first-place votes in the 2011 NAIA Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released Tuesday night. The Saints top the list of 25, just ahead of Saint Xavier of Illinois and MidAmerican Nazarene of Kansas. Typical NAIA powerhouses Saint Franci... Full story
Montana State University-Northern's Will Andrews (right) rushes after UM-Western's Jeff Logan during a Frontier Conference football game last fall in Havre. Andrews is the top returning defensive end in the Frontier and one of the top defensive players in all of NAIA football in 2011. For a look at the top linebackers in the Frontier, see Friday's Havre Daily News. If there is a position that Frontier Conference-wide will have question marks this season, it may be along the...
LONDON — Concerns over the financial health of Europe's banks and the state of the U.S. economy sent stocks sharply lower Wednesday, a day after the Federal Reserve's pledge to keep extremely low interest rates for two more years temporarily calmed market jitters. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. Asian stock markets jumped Wednesday following a surge on Wall Street t...
Courtesy photo/JL Bushard Photography Parents Stephanie Caven, right, and Nick Weller hold their 3-year-old daughter, Kaidence Weller. One local family is hoping that, with a bit of help from the community, it can treat 3-year-old Kaidence Weller's recently diagnosed cerebral palsy. Modesty Caven, Kaidence's grandmother, has helped organize a couple of fundraisers, the main one in Town Square from 2 to 7 p. m. Saturday, to send Kaidence and her parents, Stephanie Caven and Nick Weller, to Durham, N.C., to try an experimental... Full story
Montana's senior senator is one of three senators named to a 12-member bipartisan committee to find ways to cut the nation's deficit. "Some might say there is risk in serving on a committee with such a difficult task, but I believe there is far greater risk in not tackling our deficit problems head-on. It is a long overdue step to go beyond the partisanship and politics that have overwhelmed these discussions for months. The greatest risk we face is in doing nothing, " Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat, said in a statement Tuesday...
Montana's U. S. Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday that while the federal government can't provide the solution to rising suicide rates of youths on Indian reservations, but it can be part of the solution. "I think it really starts with people working together in the communities, " he said in an interview in Havre. Tester chaired a field hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in Poplar to hear testimony about suicides in Indian Country. Fort Peck Indian Reservation declared an emergency last year after six youths committed... Full story
