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Arson charges pending for Harlem hay fire, vandalism Tim Leeds — [email protected] Three men are awaiting felony charges accusing them of starting a fire that caused $5,000 damage destroying 15 hay bales in a field near Harlem Aug. 5, Blaine County Undersheriff Pat Pyette said this morning. Pyette declined to name the three, two 18-year-olds and one 17-year-old, until charges are filed by the Blaine County Attorney's Office. The three also face misdemeanor vandalism charges accusing them of spray-painting numerous p...
Hi-Line Jobless rates decline John Kelleher — [email protected] Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in July at 7.3 percent. The national unemployment rate also remained unchanged at 9.5 percent. "The unchanged unemployment rate suggests that employers remain uncertain about the future and are hesitant to add more workers until indications of a stronger recovery emerge," said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. As has been the case through the recession, the jobless rate in Montana was lower th...
Businesses don't like license proposal Editor: The fact that only two businesses have registered with the "Planning and Development Committee" seems to indicate that most of the business owners in Havre are simply not interested in the plan. Perhaps the City Council members should busy themselves with something more productive, and beneficial to the people who elected them, and let this attempt at power and control fade quietly away. Mike Torrey Havre Editor: The fact that only two businesses have registered with the...
An application for a grant to build a recycling center at the new landfill will not be submitted after all. "Our idea of a recycling facility in partnership with the city and the county failed," said Candi Zion, the chairperson of Recycle Hi-Line. The recycling group asked for support from government bodies in Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties to submit a Montana Department of Environmental Quality energy efficiency and conservation block grant. Only governments can apply for the funding, and the recycling group planned to...
Thanks for fighting payday loan folks Editor: I want to say thanks to all the Montanans who signed I-164 and helped to place it on the ballot. As a signature gatherer and the Great Falls Community Coordinator with Montana Women Vote, I heard many horrific stories from folks in our community who have used these loans. The measure caps the rate on such loans at 36 percent. Currently, the average interest on payday loans is 400 percent. As those of us who signed the petition agree, that's too high. But, while the measure has...
Richard Runnion Richard Runnion, 85, passed away in Bozeman, Mont., on Aug. 11, 2010. He was born Nov. 26, 1924, in Glasgow, Mont., to Ray and Fern (Rager) Runnion. Richard attended grade school in Chinook, Mont., and high school in Malta, where he was a member of the 1940 State B football championship team. He also played basketball and participated in track. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as a gunners mate on the light cruiser USS Burmingham in the South Pacific, which took three major battle hits....
Delores "Fox" Jeanie Scheaffer, 64, died Aug. 18, 2010, at the Billings Clinic of congestive heart failure. A Traditional Wake will be held at 5 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 20, at the Red Whip Center on the Fort Belknap Agency. The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Red Whip Center, Internment will follow at the Pony Hill Cemetery. A traditional feed will be held at the center following the committal rite....
Tester, Baucus call for wolf management meeting Tim Leeds — [email protected] Montana's U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are asking the Department of the Interior to call the players in three states to the table to discuss how to manage gray wolf populations. Tester and Baucus said Thursday that they sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asking him to convene discussions in Montana to talk about how this state, Idaho and Wyoming can best manage wolves following a court ruling that relisted the w...
Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero FELICIA FONSECA JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Writers ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona campsite was hailed Friday as "a true hero" after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple. The efforts by the ranger came at great risk. Fugitive John McCluskey had a gun in his possession and said he wished he would have shot the forest ranger and arresting officers when he had the c...
Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero FELICIA FONSECA JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Writers ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona campsite was hailed Friday as "a true hero" after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple. The efforts by the ranger came at great risk. Fugitive John McCluskey had a gun in his possession and said he wished he would have shot the forest ranger and arresting officers when he had the c...
Baucus, Sebelius plan health care talk in Libby HELENA (AP) — Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Max Baucus will be in Libby on Monday to talk about health care coverage for people with asbestos-related illness. Baucus' office had earlier announced plans to host Sebelius in Missoula on Monday to discuss rural health care. On Friday, the Montana Democrat said that the pair will travel afterward to Libby, where victims exposed to asbestos are eligible for coverage under the health-care reform bill passed earlier this y...
FELICIA FONSECA, JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press Writers ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona campsite was hailed Friday as "a true hero" after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple. The efforts by the ranger came at great risk. Fugitive John McCluskey had a gun in his possession and said he wished he would have shot the forest ranger and arresting officers when he had the chance, authorities said. "He is a true hero," A...
Marc Mariani has now played in a real NFL football game. But before he finds out if he'll be making any appearances in regular season games for the Tennessee Titans this season, he's got three more games and plenty of practices to go. Such is life for a rookie from the University of Montana in and NFL training camp. Not only is the future for rookies like Mariani and so many others around the league uncertain, but life in training camp is a whole other way of life. Still, Mariani says he's adjusted well, and he hasn't even...
It may have been the first night of the 2010 NAIA volleyball season, but the Montana State University-Northern Skylights showed they have what it takes to turn things around quickly. After dropping their season-opening match to Concordia College at the UGF/Carroll Tournament Thursday afternoon in Great Falls, the Skylights reversed their fortunes and bested nationally-ranked Jamestown College in four games to earn a split on the night. The Skylights beat the Jimmies by scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-19 and 26-24. The difference...
It may have been the first night of the 2010 NAIA volleyball season, but the Montana State University-Northern Skylights showed they have what it takes to turn things around quickly. After dropping their season-opening match to Concordia College at the UGF/Carroll Tournament Thursday afternoon in Great Falls, the Skylights reversed their fortunes and bested nationally-ranked Jamestown College in four games to earn a split on the night. The Skylights beat the Jimmies by scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-19 and 26-24. The difference...
Marc Mariani has now played in a real NFL football game. But before he finds out if he'll be making any appearances in regular season games for the Tennessee Titans this season, he's got three more games and plenty of practices to go. Such is life for a rookie from the University of Montana in and NFL training camp. Not only is the future for rookies like Mariani and so many others around the league uncertain, but life in training camp is a whole other way of life. Still, Mariani says he's adjusted well, and he hasn't even...
Turning on the Spigot in North Havre rural water district Tim Leeds [email protected] The celebration of turning on the spigot to rural water users in northern Hill County got off to a bang this morning at TownHouse Inn of Havre. "This day was a long time coming for all involved," Dan Keil of the Tiber County Water District, president of the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority, said in his introduction to the celebration. The day started at the Havre hotel, and was scheduled to travel north to the pump...
Hi-Line Jobless rates decline John Kelleher [email protected] Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in July at 7.3 percent. The national unemployment rate also remained unchanged at 9.5 percent. "The unchanged unemployment rate suggests that employers remain uncertain about the future and are hesitant to add more workers until indications of a stronger recovery emerge," said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. As has been the case through the recession, the jobless rate in Montana was lower...
Marching to the beat at band camp Kelly Otterness Havre Daily News Summer Intern Seventy-five high-schoolers stood in formation on the lawn, instruments held high. A woman called out directions from atop a ladder, and they marched together across the field. A Havre High School junior, Alix Seigel, sat on the grass nearby. "This is my first year in color guard," Seigel said as she watched the flag team dance in front of the band. "It's a lot of fun; really hard, though. We're dancing, but we do it with flags, so we're tossing...
Hi-Line Jobless rates decline John Kelleher — [email protected] Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in July at 7.3 percent. The national unemployment rate also remained unchanged at 9.5 percent. "The unchanged unemployment rate suggests that employers remain uncertain about the future and are hesitant to add more workers until indications of a stronger recovery emerge," said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. As has been the case through the recession, the jobless rate in Montana was lower th...
Havre Ci t y Council had to delay its discussion and vote on impl ement ing business licenses due to a miscommunication, the c h a i r o f i t s Planning and De v e l o pme n t Committee said during the counc i l 's me e t ing Monday. Janet Trethewey said a glitch between city hall and the city attorney led to some problems getting the resolution on the agenda in time. "It was due to some confusion about the numbering," she said. The committee intends to submit the resolution for the council's next meeting Aug. 2, she said....
A North Havre couple retiring from service on Hill County boards were honored Monday for their decades of service to the county. Charles Durward received a framed certificate recognizing his 41 years on the county planning board, and Gaynelle Durward received a framed certificate for 33 years on the county zoning board. Charles commented after receiving his award that he and his wife just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, with more than half of that spent on the boards. Gaynelle said their involvement stemmed from...
The state said Monday that three proposed initiatives received enough signatures of support from voters to qualify for the November ballot. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch said a fourth initiat ive, the cons t i tut ional l y required question on whether voters want a Montana constitutional convention, will also be on the ballot. Initiative 161 qualified for the ballot and seeks to change the way hunter-access programs are funded. Another, I-164, caps the interest rate that payday loan operators can charge. Constitutional...
R o y L o n " L o n n i e " Heimbigner, 58, a Chester area cowboy, died after suffering a seizure Saturday at his mother's home in Rudyard. Public visitation will be Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Graveside services with military rites will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Chester Cemetery. Survivors are his mothe r, Gladys Johnston; two sons, Travis a n d R o y Elliston; one brother, Dan Heimbigner; and three sisters, Robin DeCami l lo, R o n d a Heimbigner and Roilene Fain....
For most, Babe Ruth baseball has been over for several weeks now. But for a select few the season will continue for at least one more weekend. Wednesday through Sunday Legion Field in Havre will house 11 of the state's best 13-year-old baseball teams in the Babe Ruth State Tournament. Teams in the tournament will include South Valley, Kalispell, Helena, Bozeman, Northern, Glacier, Hi-Line, North Valley, Mission and Lewistown. Havre will also have an All-Star team present made up of head coach Kevin Sukut and players Jake...
