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Ivan G. Dibblee Ivan Dibblee, 79, of Malta, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Military honors will follow. The family has requested that memorials be made in Ivan's name to the Hill County Shooting Sports Recreation Area or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and...
MISSOULA (AP) — Backers of a government-sponsored conservation effort to transplant Yellowstone National Park bison to Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations say a state judge erred in blocking the relocations because state law doesn't apply to moving bison on tribal lands. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Federation made the argument Friday to the Montana Supreme Court in an effort to have lifted a state judge's injunction last May preventing the bison relocations. The...
WEST GLACIER (AP) — A Glacier National Park official says the annual battle to clear Going-to-the-Sun Road of snow has begun and progress is about equal with previous years. Spokeswoman Denise Germann tells the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/15bh9es) that crews started work the week of April 1 and have found below-average snowpack at elevations under 4,500 feet. But she says there is above average snowpack at elevations above 4,500 feet. The road that bisects the park is a major tourist draw, but clearing it of snow is a m...
DECKER (AP) — From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana's wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to power plants in South Korea, the price can increase more than fivefold. Mining companies, however, are only paying government royalties on the price of the coal when it is mined from federal lands, not when it is sold for more overseas, saving them millions of dollars in the process. As the Interior Department investigates the i...
HELENA (AP) — A bipartisan budget deal is restoring federal family planning money sought by Democrats and giving Republicans a permanent cut of 500 vacant state jobs. The Montana Senate is finalizing the state's main $9 billion budget bill that spends a combination of state and federal money. It covers services big and small: schools, driver's licensing, Medicaid, law enforcement and much more. Lawmakers huddled for two hours to start Saturday trying to reach a deal on two contentious issues. It produced a compromise that r...
HELENA (AP) — Montana lawmakers brokering budget deals Saturday restored federal family planning money sought by Democrats, and gave Republicans a permanent cut of 500 vacant state jobs. The Republican-controlled chamber endorsed the state's main $9 billion budget bill - a combination of state and federal money - in a 30-20 vote after an all-day session. It covers services big and small: schools, driver's licensing, Medicaid, law enforcement and much more. Fiscal conservatives voiced displeasure, including the majority leader...
In Montana all taverns are licensed for the retail sale of alcohol, with different privileges available depending on the license held. Breweries in Montana are licensed as beer manufacturers. Since 1999 breweries have been allowed to sell samples of their beer through a special exception to the licensing requirements. Tavern owners across Montana helped support this special exception for Montana's small breweries so that they could introduce people to their products and develop a market for them. We continue to support this...
Last month, Gov. Steve Bullock began his pitch to expand Medicaid in our state, adding 70,000 Montanans to a failing federal program. Despite attempts to ignore the facts, it remains that Medicaid is a program that has serious solvency issues and ongoing problems with fraud and abuse. It does not address the need for additional providers. Medicaid reimbursement to doctors and hospitals is lower than private insurance, causing "cost-shifting" on a national scale. This is not "free money" — it is taxpayer money. Any jobs create...
The other day, as I approached the entrance to a store, I saw another person on their way in too. Since I got to the door first, I held the door open for them to enter without interruption. As they walked through they said "thanks," and I nodded my head in reply. Holding the door open for someone is a small and common courtesy that a lot of us extend to others. Often times we don't know who the other person is, but we still extend the courtesy all the same. One way to think about such a small courtesy is in terms of service....
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrating a Mass in honor of Pope John Paul II at the Buenos Aires Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 4, 2005. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected on Wednesday the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Churc...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball program just can't quite get over the first-round hump at the NAIA national basketball tournament. Wednesday night i Kansas City, the Lights lost in the first round of the national tourney for the third straight year and the fourth time in their last fifth trips to K.C. The culprit Wednesday night was No. 9 Evangel University, which beat the Lights 64-54. Northern's season ended with a 23-10 overall record. Corbin Pearson scored a team-high 17 points for the Lights,...
VATICAN CITY — CardBlack smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The black smoke indicates that the new pope has not been elected yet. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Cardinals remained divided over who should be pope on Wednesday after three rounds of voting, an indication ofdisagreements about the direction of the Catholic church following theupheaval unleashed by Pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation. In the second day of the c...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has overhauled the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks panel by replacing three members and naming a new chairman. The commission oversees hunting and fishing regulations and is a lightning rod on many issues, including wolf and bison management. Bullock on Tuesday named Richard Stuker of Chinook, Matthew Tourtlotte of Billings and Lawrence Wetsit of Wolf Point as new commissioners. They replace Ron Moody, Shane Colton and A.J. Stafne. The only holdovers from former Gov. Brian Schweitzer's term a...
The Annual No-Tap Tournament concluded on Sunday with Michelle Andrade and Tim LaBuda of Big Sandy victorious with a score of 1,814; 2nd went to Dana Seidel and Dave Wolf with 1,746; 3rd to Dana Seidel and Shawn Mariani 1,745; 4th to Amanda Pepos and Kelly Olson with 1,735; 5th Laine Fitzpatrick and Kelly Olson with 1,731; 6th to Denise Friede and Roman Surber. In all, there were 75 entries with a total of 12 places to be paid. There were also 34 300-games shot. No one claimed the $500 prize for a 292-game which will...
Determining who is going to succeed in college basketball and who isn't is always a toss-up. You just never know until a player really digs in and becomes a focal point of his team. As the Montana State University-Northern Lights prepare to face the Evangel Crusaders tonight in the first round of the NAIA national tournament, it's become quite clear that one such question on whether or not a player is going to make it has been answered. And he's answered it emphatically....
Admittedly, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team didn't play its best basketball in the final stretch of the season. Actually, the Lights lost four of their last six games and let the Frontier Conference's regular season title slip through their finger tips on their final road trip of the year. But that's the beauty of the postseason, and the NAIA national tournament. Teams can be reborn, and that's what the No. 24 Lights will look to do tonight when...
Diane Jean Freier Peterson, 63, died Tuesday, March 12, at a Billings hospital. A full obituary will follow....
HELENA (AP) — Indian leaders, wildlife advocates and sportsmen's groups are advocating for increased tolerance of bison and are opposing anti-bison bills now making their way through the Montana Legislature The Great Falls Tribune reports (http://gftrib.com/12PoNuS ) the groups participated in a demonstration Tuesday at the state Capitol. Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Council member Thomas Christian says they want to help people understand the significance of the buffalo in Indian culture. So far this legislative s...
The state superintendent of public instruction announced Tuesday she has appointed the members to a board that will review requests under a change in state policy adopted last fall — the ability for schools to make exceptions from the state's normal requirements. "This is an opportunity for our public schools to think outside the box and create new strategies that meet the needs of today's 21st century learners, while still maintaining the high quality education that Montana parents and communities have come to expect from o...
Every Easter, the Salvation Army and the Havre Food Bank prepare Easter baskets for 40 to 60 needy Hill County families. "This year, given the tough times, we don't know what to expect," said Trina Crawford, director of the Salvation Army's Havre office. But the Salvation Army people hope to find out by March 18, the day people in need of the baskets sign up. Crawford asked people who need the Easter baskets to call her office, 265-6411, as soon as possible, and set up a time to come in and apply. The baskets will include a...
The administrator of Havre's long-term care center asked local legislators Tuesday what their stance was on two issues: raising the payment rates for long-term care in Montana and proposals to set new rules in insurance paying medical bills. Ron Gleason, administrator of Northern Montana Health Care's long-term care facility, said during a video conference in Havre with local legislators in Helena that the payment rates have been frozen to the 2009 levels, and now he is hearing some may want to reduce proposed increases. The...
While cautioning that other items not yet finished could move the change up or down, a local lawmaker said from Helena during a video conference in Havre Tuesday that, as of that moment, the proposed state budget would be about a 1.4 percent increase from the last biennium. "That's not even quite inflation, so we're not considering that terrible," Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, said during the video conference in Robins School Administration Building. The weekly video conferences are sponsored by the Havre Area Chamber of...
Patricia Gaye Ekman Patricia Gaye Ekman, 63, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at her home in Havre. Her memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Tim Maroney officiating. Memorial contributions in Patricia's honor may be made to a local Humane Society or to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington, Attn: Donations, 2620 N. Commercial Ave., Portland, OR 97227. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. P...
Robert J. 'Bob' Connor Robert J. "Bob" Connor, 84, died Friday, Feb. 8, at Northern Montana Center in Havre. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at the United Methodist Church in Chester. Burial in Chester Cemetery. Luncheon to follow at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester. Memorials may be given to the Rudyard Museum or donor's choice. Bob was born Sept. 13, 1928, at Goldstone, Mont. He was educated at a country school, then began farming. As a young man he worked for Runkle Brothers in...
Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy says that Native American languages on many reservations are nearly extinct, and he wants Montana to help preserve them. A key legislative committee Tuesday approved $2 million to help do that. Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, said he is hopeful the entire Legislature will follow suit. The money would enable tribes to come up with ways to preserving the languages that were used for centuries before the arrival of Europeans, but have slowly faded away. For instance, he said, there are just 15 fluent Gros Ventre...
