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NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless made the long-awaited announcement Tuesday that it will start selling a version of the iPhone 4 on Feb. 10, giving U.S. iPhone buyers a choice of carriers for the first time. New Yorker Wes Moe can't wait. He has wanted one to accompany his iPad and Mac, but held back because he shares a Verizon plan with his wife, a BlackBerry user. "I'm super happy with all those other Apple devices, and I want that phone in my hands," said Moe, 32. In the U.S., the iPhone has been exclusive to AT&T Inc. since i...
HELENA — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it easier for utilities to meet the standard for renewable energy production, a proposal that conservationists say would make the standard meaningless. The state's largest utility is also opposed to the bill because it would mean a windfall for hydroelectric power generators but end up costing its customers more. The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Debby Barrett, of Dillon, would allow electricity produced by large hydroelectric facilities to count toward s...
HELENA (AP) — Republicans started scaling back state budget expectations Tuesday in order to pave the way for dramatic cuts despite objections that the move will hurt services for the elderly and disabled. The GOP starting point is 8 percent less than what Gov. Brian Schweitzer put in his proposal. Republicans don't like the way Schweitzer balances the budget by transferring money out of various state funds. The governor argues revenue will increase to match spending faster than currently projected thanks to an improving e...
Thursday High School Basketball Havre girls vs Browning, 7 p.m. HLP boys vs Turner, 6 p.m. High School Wrestling Havre at Great Falls High, 3:30 p.m. Friday High School Basketball Havre boys vs Browning, 7 p.m. Box Elder girls Sunburst, 6 p.m. Box Elder boys vs Sunburst, 7:30 Chinook girls at Geraldine, 6 p.m. Chinook boys at Geraldine, 7:30 Chester/J-I girls at Heart Butte, 6 p.m. Chester/J-I boys at Heart Butte, 7:30 North Star girls at Highwood, 6 p.m North Star boys at Highwood, 7:30 High School Wrestling Havre at...
In the long-awaited return from the holiday break, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams were anxious to get back in the water. Although the Blue Ponies had to train for a few days without the use of their own pool, HHS still looked sharp this weekend at the annual Class A Meet in Hardin. The meet is a three-team extravaganza showcasing the only schools which compete in swimming in Class A — Havre, Hardin and Billings Central. Back in the pool, the Blue Pony swimmers had a strong outing in Hardin. On the girls side, the P...
The first full weekend of 2011 girls basketball on the Hi-Line is in the books. And coming out of the holiday break, teams were ready to play. Friday night saw the Big Sandy Pioneers earn an important District 9C win on the road, beating the Chinook Sugarbeeters 52-48. In a close game, the Beeters played a stellar first half and led 26-21 at the half, and 37-32 at the end of three quarters. But the Pioneers ripped off a 20-10 run in the final eight minutes to take the win. Mariah Gullickson led three Pioneers in double...
It was just the first week back after a long winter break, but basketball was in full swing on the Hi-Line. The 9C North Star Knights got back to action on Friday when they took on and defeated the 10C Sunburst Refiners 49-43 at in Rudyard. In the first half the Knights built a 26-12 lead, but had to fend off a surging Refiners squad in the second half. The Knights were outscored 31-23 in the second half, but their nine fourth quarter points were just enough to gain the six-point win. Jordy Donoven's 18 points led the...
Zach White The Hill County Superintendent of Schools office is still empty, as commissioners try to fill the position Gary Pfister turned down. But it seems someone forgot to tell former Superintendent Shirley Isbell. Even after leaving the office, Isbell is continuing with some of the work she did as superintendent and is still helping Hill County's schools. Isbell has been delivering books and other educational materials to schools in the county's districts. Nancy Venable, teacher-librarian at Sunnyside Intermediate...
Cecil Worsley, a former Chouteau County reserve deputy from Fort Benton, is being sentenced next Tuesday, Jan. 18, for a felony charge of sexual assault on a pree-teen victim. He was arrested in June for sexual intercourse without consent, but pleaded no contest in a plea agreement to a reduced charge of sexual assault. As is, the current penalty is a between four and 100 years in prison, though the judge can offer a sentence outside of this range, if circumstances show exception. According to Chouteau County Attorney Steve...
The board of the county museum discussed during its monthly meeting Monday having another meeting, specifically to address some issues with the Hill County Commission. Bud Baldwin, chair of the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum, said he had set a meeting with the commission for 1:30 p. m. Friday. The board agreed that they would discuss issues including the potential for moving the museum to the Hill County Fairgrounds until a new building is constructed and seeing if the county could offer some help or ask...
Symbol on 1920s quilt misinterpreted A nearly century-old quilt raised some eyebrows at the Holiday Village Mall in Havre during December, and some discussion at the monthly meeting of the board of the county museum Monday. The topic was a quilt made by residents of the Bear's Paw Mountains in the 1920s for an ill neighbor, which included the names of all the people who worked on the quilt embroidered on squares within the pattern. The quilt was taken down from display after people walking through the mall complained to mall...
Raymond 'Skip' Henry Patrick Raymond "Skip" Henry Patrick, 89, died peacefully on the morning of Jan. 7, 2011, at the Care and Comfort Home in Havre, Mont. He was born on the Swift Place, just south of Goldstone, Mont. — ninth in a family of 16 children — to Charles Richard and Sadie Ina (Gale) Patrick, on June 18, 1921. He attended rural school in the Goldstone area, graduating from Rudyard High School in 1939. He spent his entire life farming and ranching on the prairies of the Montana Hi-Line. He loved God, his fam...
YARMOUTH, Maine — Evidence of O.J. Simpson's innocence was held back in the 1995 trial in which he was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles, one of his former lawyers says in a new document. In the 20,000-word document, F. Lee Bailey tells of four people who could have bolstered Simpson's case but never testified. He also gives an overview of the sensational trial from his own perspective. Simpson was found not guilty. Most Americans are convinced that he is guilty, Bailey said, but the d...
Bernice Donna Jestrab passed away peacefully on Jan. 9, 2011, in Kalispell, Mont., at the age of 92. Bernice was born Bernice Buhring on Feb. 20, 1918, in Chester, Mont., the daughter of homesteaders Andy and Mabel Buhring. They moved to Havre Mont., before she was 3, and she graduated from Havre High School. She then worked for several years at Woolworths. She met and married Johnny Jestrab on Aug. 1, 1940, and established a home in Havre, where Johnny worked for the Great Northern Railroad as a brakeman and conductor....
Anna Rose (Freier) Shelstad, age 73, passed away in Elko, Nev., on Jan. 3, 2011. Born in Havre, Mont., she was raised by her father in Box Elder, Mont., on the family wheat farm. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mathilda Philippi Freier; father. John Freier; six older brothers; sisters-in-law; and a nephew. Anna is survived by older brothers, Herbert Freier of Havre and Donald Freier of Billings, Mont. ; daughter, Rhonda (Shelstad) Raine; grandchildren, Jim and Tara Raine, of Elko; and son and daughter-in-law, Keith...
Ted Williams, a homeless man from Columbus, Ohio, whose deep, velvety voice and touching story prompted an outpouring of sympathy and job offers from across the country, is interviewed an appearance on the NBC "Today" television show, in New York. AP Photo/Richard Drew, File LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation, had to do some quick talking to Los Angeles police. Officers were called when Williams and his daughter got into a heated argument Monday n...
Havre High swimmer Courtlan Vukasin races in a freestyle relay during the 2011 Havre Invitational Saturday afternoon at the Havre Community Pool. The Havre High boys and girls swim teams have but one home meet this season. And that meet featured some of the top swimming competition in all of Montana. Saturday at the Havre Community Pool, the Blue Ponies played host to the 2011 Havre Invitational. The meet was a dual meet with Class AA powerhouse Great Falls High and CMR in...
HELENA (AP) — Montana's Department of Commerce Office of Tourism is launching a new marketing campaign in hopes of luring tourists during the winter months. Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced the campaign in a press release last week, saying the state needed a winter campaign "as compelling and memorable as a Montana winter vacation." The campaign features skier and cinematographer Warren Miller, Olympic mogul skier Heather McPhie and X-Games medalist, author and photographer Kevin Connolly. The campaign includes magazine and o...
WASHINGTON — After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama's political prospects in 2012. They cite his tougher, more populist tone and what they view as a chaotic primary fight among Republicans. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File President Barack Obama talks about the economy at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas. Many Democrats acknowledged that high unemployment and economic uncertainty create f...
GREAT FALLS — Members of the Little Shell Alliance Saturday painted a picture of Little Shell Tribal President John Sinclair of Havre as a ruthless dictator who will stop at nothing to defeat political opponents. And Sinclair supporters said the alliance was full of people who were willing to violate the tribe's constitution and traditions to conduct "an invalid coup" to overturn the legitimately elected tribal government. The two sides presented their cases at a hearing before a three-judge panel at Montana State U...
PANAMA CITY, Panama — More than two decades after the U.S. forced him from power, Manuel Noriega returned to Panama on Sunday as a prisoner and, to many of those he once ruled with impunity, an irrelevant man. Some Panamanians feel hatred for the former strongman and rejected American ally; a few others nostalgia. But as he returned to his native country for the first time since his ouster, it seemed like few people had any strong feelings at all. AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish 'Noriega M...
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Richard Sincere had a career game, and Sam Houston State dominated the battle of rushing offenses. Sincere rushed for a career-high 160 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries as Sam Houston State piled up a season-high 428 rushing yards on Saturday in beating Montana State 49-13 in a Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game. The top-seeded Bearkats (13-0) will host Montana in the semifinals either next Friday or Saturday. It marks the first trip to the semis for Sam Houston since Montana d...
MISSOULA — It wasn't just the portable lights brought in by ESPN that got a bolt of electricity during Friday night's nationally televised Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The visiting Northern Iowa Panthers got zapped as well, and Montana sophomore quarterback Jordan Johnson did most of the shocking. Johnson threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the No. 5-ranked Griz blew out No. 2 Northern Iowa 48-10 in front of a...
In the first weekend out, the Havre High boys basketball team knew it was going to learn a lot about itself with two extremely tough opponents on the road. And Blue Ponies did just that. After going 0-2 on the weekend, HHS has a long list of areas to cleanup before their next time out. Friday in Malta, the Ponies fell 47-34 to the Class B Mustangs. And Saturday in Great Falls, the Ponies fell 59-33 to the powerful Class AA CMR Rustlers. "You really don't know where you are at until you have the chance to play a couple of...
The Mining City Duals bring in some of the best prep wrestlers in the state, year in and year out. The Havre High wrestling program made the trip again this year, and while the season is just getting underway, the young Blue Ponies really liked what they were able to accomplish this weekend. The Central A Blue Ponies got six duals this weekend in Butte. And winning five of six, HHS got a lot of good production out of their young and veteran grapplers. Friday the Ponies defeated Helena Capital 72-15 in round one, Kalispell...
