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I've written a few columns about a recurring bond between the Internet and space exploration, as several Internet billionaires look to use their resources to explore the cosmos. And while there haven't been any new rockets launched or asteroids mined since those last columns I wrote on the subject, the Internet did just return one of the main reasons I have been so interested in space travel, and science in general. Zach White Last Thursday morning, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, hosted a live streaming science show at...
HELENA — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana will become part of the nation's fourth-largest health insurer, Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., the heads of the two companies said Monday. The deal, which the companies are calling an "alliance," is subject to regulatory approval, which will determine the company's final form. HCSC has 13 million members in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Blue Cross Blue Shield is Montana's largest insurer with 272,000 members. Mike Frank, the p...
Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, who is campaigning for re-election, speaks Saturday during a Republican-sponsored barbecue in Pepin Park in Havre. A group of local Republican candidates and a Whitefish candidate for state auditor gathered in Pepin Park for a barbecue and to tell local voters why they should win in the November election. Harlem insurance agent Don Richman, running for the state Senate, said local voters have a wonderful slate of Republican candidates. "We all work together because we...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign doesn't want to talk about what the Democrat is doing to prepare for the fall debates with Republican Mitt Romney. But aides are readily setting expectations — and not surprisingly, they want to keep them low for Obama while raising the stakes for Romney. "While Mitt Romney has done 20 debates in the last year, he has not done one in four years, so there certainly is a challenge in that regard," Jennifer Psaki, Obama's campaign spokeswoman, said of the pre...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday (times EDT): 1. DEMONSTRATION IN KABUL TURNS VIOLENT Hundreds of Afghans burn cars, throw rocks at a U.S. military base to protest an anti-Islam film. 2. SCHOOL'S STILL OUT IN CHICAGO Parents scramble to find daycare as the teachers' strike enters its second week; the mayor says he will sue to end the walkout. 3. A STRATEGY SHIFT FOR THE GOP With polls showing Obama leading nationally, Romney intends to more clearly...
Monica Bigby of Harlem Monday claimed a $250,000 prize in the "$250,000 cash quest Scratch Game. Bigby was celebrating her birthday and stopped to pick up a ticket. Her birthday is on the 16th and she revealed a 16 to win. "This was a birthday I will never forget," said Monica. She said and her husband Donald are still getting used to the idea of their big Lottery win. "We are still numb, and my husband couldn't sleep at all last night," she said. Monica and her husband are undecided about how they will spend their Lottery...
A fire in the middle of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation kept many local firefighters busy this weekend, but it should be extinguished by the end of the day today. Fort Belknap Fire Management Officer Rick Weasel said the fire started around 12:30 p. m. Friday afternoon and was quickly swept up by the hot, dry and windy conditions. "We initially attacked through Friday night and caught up with it Saturday night, " Weasel said. He also said his firefighters named it the Welder Fire. While tracking the damage by GPS,...
People at the Democratic Pasma-Peck annual fundraising dinner Friday heard from a nearly full slate of candidates, saying why they want to take or keep offices in the local, state and federal governments. When introducing Linda McCulloch, running for her second term as Secretary of State, Hill County Democratic Chair John Musgrove said Democrats have to re-elect her — and the other candidates. "Let me just say that most of the people our candidates are running against have a little bit of craziness, " Musgrove said, adding la...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A Havre High School fast pitch player hands out candy Saturday morning in the Festival Days parade. After three days of beautiful weather and activities all over Havre entertaining hundreds of guests, the 2012 Havre Festival Days was a success. As usual, the centerpiece of the event was Saturday morning's Festival Days Parade. Hundreds of people lined 5th Avenue, in some cases several hours in advance, to get a good seat for the procession of dozens of local organizations looking to honor home...
Geraldine Bahr, 83, of Chinook, passed away Sept. 15, 2012, peacefully at her home in Chinook. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 11 a.m., at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds Havre City Council chair Andrew Brekke stands with Rep. Denny Rehberg and his wife Jan. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., was in Havre Thursday calling for a change in leadership to "Liberate Main Street. " Rehberg, who is challenging first-term U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., in this year's Senate election, said he wants to provide an alternative to what he called "the failed policies of the last four years. " Rehberg said the press gave a lot of coverage to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and he...
Louis "Louie" Bay, born in Havre and a resident of Sparks Nevada, son of Idimo and Josephine, father of Theresa, passed away on Sunday, Aug 12, at age 73. The Bay family established themselves in the local business community in the early 1900s, and relatives of Louie are still present in Havre. He will be dearly missed. God Bless and "To The Very Top."...
Vernon R. "Blackie" Moog, 85, an Inverness farmer and U. S. Army veteran of World War II, died Wednesday at Chester Hospital. Vigil prayers will be 7 p. m. Sunday, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inverness, where the funeral Mass will be 11 a. m. Monday. Burial with military rites will follow at the Inverness Cemetery. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Vern is survived by his wife, Beverly of Inverness; 13 children; many grandchildren; and several siblings....
Vasco Reynaldo Bachini Vasco Reynaldo Bachini, 99, of Havre, died of natural causes, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place, and a private family memorial service will be held at a later date. The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hollandbonine.com. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Vasco was born June 22, 1913, the second child...
Laurel — There are some inconveniences for motorists on Havre's south side this month, but it is well worth it. Some major thoroughfares have been in deplorable condition for a long time, but they are now getting the needed repairs. One of the streets under reconstruction is the main entrance to Montana State University-Northern. The college is opening, and the work may cause some problems. But when it is done, the entrance to the university will be easy to traverse. First impressions count, and the rocky road to the u...
There is a lot of chatter on the web. In fact that's pretty much the point, to have as many people sharing as much information as they want. A lot of that info is, or can be, posted without requiring a name be attached, which upsets many people, while others find it freeing and necessary. Anonymity is baked into the structure and culture of the web. While many websites now allow the linking of accounts across websites and identity verification through cellphones or email, the web began with nothing more than usernames for...
The haze was thick at Colstrip last week when I visited, but it wasn't because of the 2,200-megawatt coal-burning facility there. It was because of forest fires. The Rosebud Complex, a group of nearby fires which started August 1, was finally contained two weeks later. This came on the heels of the Ash Creek fire, which burned from late June to mid-July. In all, these fires burned 421,000 acres, destroying everything from ranchland in Tongue River and Rosebud country to timber in the Custer National Forest whose sale had been...
Editor: Oh no ... summer is coming to an end. I want to thank all of the local musicians who entertained, young and old, each week at Pepin Park. Thank you, Kicks @ 6 musicians. As summer comes to an end, I will miss the weekly Tuesday night entertainment and look forward to next summer when they'll be back. This group has been providing music for more than a dozen summers, each season improving the program. Every summer, we see some musicians remain the same and new ones join the group. The one constant has been the...
The jobless rate on the Hi-Line went down during July, even though it rose statewide. Montana's unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.4 percent over June's rate, with employment slipping by about 700 jobs. The national rate also increased by 0.1 percent, but remains significantly higher than Montana's rate at 8.3 percent. "Montana has seen a gain of almost 4,200 jobs since January," said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. "Employment is much higher than at the start of the year, and despite the small job loss this month the...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of people in Washington and California who fled encroaching flames from wildfires were allowed to return to their homes Friday, and in Washington many were to find out whether their property was spared by a huge blaze that burned out of control for much of the week. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Flames in a smoldering field inch toward a firefighter Wednesday, near Cle Elum, Wash. Crews fighting the large blaze in central Washington hope to increase containment levels by Wednesday evening, but are k...
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Highway Patrol has assigned seven of the 10 new troopers who graduated from the patrol academy to counties in eastern and northern Montana in response to additional demands placed on law enforcement due to the Bakken oil boom. The troopers who were sworn in Friday will participate in a nine-week field training program before assuming their initial assignments. The patrol initially assigned six troopers from the February graduating class to eastern Montana. Three have since transferred to other l...
The Montana State University-Northern football team will be playing Carroll College next Friday night under the Lights at Blue Pony Stadium. And the Lights took another important step towards being ready for the Saints by holding their second scrimmage of the fall on Thursday night at the Havre Middle School football field. Throngs of fans came out to see the Lights, who's No. 1 offense moved the ball well, while the No. 1 defense also looked good, getting two big turnovers...
The regular season starts for most of the Havre High fall sports programs are still about a week out, but that doesn't mean the Blue Pony football and volleyball teams can't face a little extra competition prior. Before season debuts and home openers, both the Havre High volleyball and football squads hold an annual Blue/White scrimmage, giving the teams a final chance to work and tweak game plans, as well as showcase to fans what the upcoming season has to offer. Saturday the volleyball team will put the freshman, junior...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has a little over two weeks of practice under its belt so far this summer. And in those practices, the Skylights have looked sharp and ready to play. But now, Northern will be put to the test for real. Today and Saturday, the Skylig Montana State University-Northern's Kelsey Williams (middle) goes up high for a kill during a 2011 Frontier Conference volleyball match in Havre. The Skylights open the 2012 season with two...
Havre High's Nikki Gabrielson puts on the ninth green during the Blue Pony Tournament Thursday morning at Prairie Farms Golf Course. Gabrielson won the girls meet, as did the Blue Pony girls. Havre freshman Jeff Miller watches a putt during Thursday morning's high school golf tournament at Prairie Farms Golf Course. HHS's Boston Swensen gets ready to hit during the Blue Pony Golf Tournament Thursday afternoon in Havre. Mild temperatures and low winds made for an amazing opening day of golf season on Thursday, and Havre High...
