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Professionals discussed a multitude of consumer frauds that cause billions of dollars in losses and protections and resources consumers can use to fight back during a meeting Thursday in Havre. "(This is) part of the effort in highlighting consumer protection issues as such an important public policy issue here in these difficult economic t imes," said Jim Molloy, chief of consumer protection at the Montana Attorney General's Office, which sponsored the event. Molloy said that while campaigning for election, At torney...
A top aide to Rep. Denny Rehberg insisted Thursday he was innocent of elk poaching allegations and blamed the charges on a political smear campaign — even as a newly released affidavit contradicted his story. Rehberg state director Randy Vogel is due in a Madison County court next week on alleged hunting violations that could land him in prison for up to six months. The case has sparked a bitter war of words between Democrats and Republicans. Each side accuses the other of distorting what happened for political gain. Sorting...
Former President Bill Clinton was recovering at his suburban home this morning after leaving a Manhattan hospital where he underwent a heart procedure. Three black SUVs with tinted windows arrived around 7:45 a.m. (1245 GMT) Friday and pulled through the high gates at the house. The hamlet of Chappaqua is about 35 miles north of New York City. Clinton adviser Douglas Band said in a statement that Clinton left New York Presbyterian Hospital "in excellent health." "He looks forward in the days ahead to getting back to the work...
Schools were shuttered and flights canceled across the South on today as snow began falling, bringing a rare white landscape that could stretch into areas that haven't seen snow in a decade — or longer. Winter storm warnings spanned the Gulf Coast states early this morning as the snow crawled east out of Texas, where it left the Dallas area with more than a foot of snow, nearly 200 traffic accidents and hundreds of canceled flights. Snow, ice and sleet closed parts of Interstate 49 in central Louisiana early Friday. Areas o...
It's 3 p.m. on Saturday and the place is packed. Folks have traveled 500 miles or more for the show. As the night unfolds and the band picks up, silver-haired supporters scurry onto the scene and the dancing begins. Songs such as "Yodel, Sweet Molly," "Somewhere My Love" from "Dr. Zhivago," and "The Blue Skirt Waltz" beckon the crowd to waltz, tango or jitterbug. Four hours later, there's still no sign of stopping. The Great Falls Accordion Club is a time machine of sorts, whisking crowds back to generations past. The Great...
Reuters news agency reported Feb. 10 in the article "Grumpy workers: Let's not 'touch base'" that a recent survey in London revealed the top ten things that annoy office workers the most. 1. Grumpy or moody colleagues 2. Slow computers 3. Small talk/gossip in the office 4. The use of office jargon or management-speak 5. People speaking loudly on the phone 6. Too much health and safety in the work place 7. Poor toilet etiquette 8. People not turning up for meetings on time or at all 9. People not tidying up after themselves...
It's that time of year, and just as so many other schools are doing, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams are preparing to compete at the Montana State Swimming Championships. Today and Saturday the Blue Pony athletes will take part in the state meet in Hardin. Last season the HHS girls team reached an almost unbelievable level of accomplishment. And after claiming their 10th straight Class A state title, they are looking to take that level one step higher with title No. 11. The HHS boys are also coming off of a good...
With all of the two-game weekends the Havre High girls and boys basketball teams have put in this season, this weekend should seem like a light one. But with both Central A Blue Pony squads playing in their second-to-last game of the regular season, there is a lot to be done. Tonight the Pony boys (4-5, 8-7) will take to the road where they will face the nonconference Conrad Cowboys. And playing at the Havre High gymnasium, tonight the HHS girls (5-4, 6-10) will host the Conrad Cowgirls for a nonconference matchup as well as...
The U.S. Army Co rps o f Engineers is looking for comments on its pending permit to rebuild a section of U.S. Highway 2 east of Havre. Local officials are waiting for the date to be set to talk with federal officials about using a fourlane option on the project instead of an improved two-lane format. Bob Sivertsen, president of the Highway 2 Association and a strong proponent of widening the highway to four lanes across the state, said Thursday that the Army Corps' request for comments does not affect his push to expand the...
Lowering the price for mining a vast reserve of publicly owned coal near the Wyoming border would cost the state of Montana between $29 million and $170 million over the next few decades, officials said. Montana's initial attempt to sell leases on the 572 million ton Otter Creek reserve ended Feb. 8 with no company making an offer. The coal industry and eastern Montana Republicans are pushing for a lower lease price to s p u r d e v e l o p m e n t . Environmentalists and some area landowners want the price high, to...
A local group will bring several films to Havre during the Hi-Line Documentary and Independent Film Festival to encourage awareness and discussion about current issues. "The films are informative, and they start discussions," said Kris Shaw, a member of Yellow Bus Creations, which is sponsoring the film festival that runs Friday, Feb. 26, to Sunday, Feb. 28, in the theater in Cowan Hall on Montana State University-Northern's campus. The discussions aren't about agreeing with everyone else, but the ability to talk with one...
Paul Tonjum, 64, died on Jan. 26, 2010, in Yuma, Ariz., doing what he loved so much, dancing with his wife. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will be held June 1 at 2 p.m. at Fifth Avenue Christian Church, with Rowlie Hutton officiating. Memorials can be made to the Heart Association or a charity of one's choice. Paul was born on Nov. 3, 1945, in Havre, Mont., and graduated from Havre High School in 1964. He was the partsman for G & B Toyota for many years. He retired early and began spending winters in Yuma,...
T h e Supreme Court this morning reinstated for a second time the death sentence of a neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio more than a quarter century ago. The justices ruled unanimously that a federal appeals court wrongly set aside the death sentence of Frank Spisak. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati found Spisak's trial lawyer was ineffect ive and that his jury received faulty sentencing instructions. In an opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer, the high court said the 6th Circuit should have...
The keynote speaker during an agricultural seminar is Montana's junior senator, who will focus on his legislation on Montana forest policy and how it would affect agriculture. Sen. Jon Tester's communications director Aaron Murphy said Monday that Tester will speak Wednesday during the dinner at the winter grazing seminar being held in Havre by the Hill County Conservation District. Tester, a Democrat, primarily will speak about his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which would require at least 100,000 acres of timber be...
A new face is taking the helm of the private organization that helps fund the local university. Shauna Albrecht, 33, a native of Helena, will take over the Montana State University-Northern Foundation Monday, Jan. 25, she said Monday. "My duties will be to try to raise funds for Northern," Albrecht said. "We're going to kick off a capital campaign." The two-year campaign will try to raise $6 million for the university, Albrecht said, focusing on helping with special projects making Northern more sustainable — an increasing c...
I know we're a nation of inveterate consumers, but who would buy pollution in a bottle? Well, millions of Americans do, to the tune of $11 billionworth a year. That's the size of our bottled-water industry, dominated by such giants as Nestlé and Coca-Cola. But wait, shriek industry PR flacks, our product is pure goodness, not pollution. What are you talking about?! Start with the little-reported fact that bottled water can contain a toxic mix of industrial chemicals never tested for safety. Also, many tests of bottled water...
His funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre, with Pastor Marvin Eldridge officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the services at the graveside. Memorial contributions in Wilbur's honor may be made to the Kremlin Fire Department or to the new building projects at the Havre Agricultural Experiment Station. Wilbur was born May 31, 1912, in Verndale, Minn., to Charles and Ivy (Hill)...
