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HELENA (AP) — A coalition that challenged Montana's public school funding system as inadequate in 2002 is now asking a judge to order the state to restore an $8 million funding cut that kicked in when the governor vetoed a bill backed by Republicans. The Montana Quality Education Coalition filed its latest lawsuit in District Court in Helena on Friday, Lee Newspapers of Montana reported. The lawsuit said the 2011 Legislature approved separate bills that provided a two-year, 3.43 percent inflationary increase in state f...
Get this, I've been banned from the shop like a common criminal because — and I quote my husband here — I "can't be trusted." More than 22 years together and it comes to this: He's putting a kitty cat between us as if it's a matter of principle. We'd been hearing a feral cat outside the house off and on for a week or so and started feeding it in the shop last weekend. We've been hoping to attract a shop kitty for mouse control purposes, so this was good news. It showed up to...
William "Bill" Wurth, 97, a retired Chinokk police chief, passed away Oct. 12, 2011, due to natural causes. Memorial services will be on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Chinook. Burial will take place at a later date at Fort Harrison in Helena, Mont. rrangements are made by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
A tractor-trailer rolled over on Clear Creek Road this afternoon causing no injuries to any people, but costing a few cattle their lives. According to Havre Fire Chief Dave Sheppard, the accident that happened not long after 1 p.m. today led to the road being closed for 45 minutes to an hour. Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre Fire Department employees finish working at the scene of an accident Friday afternoon on Clear Creek Road. It began when a trailer carrying cattle flipping onto its side, killing a few steers,...
HELENA — A candidate for governor in Montana says the family of Moammar Gadhafi sought his help earlier this year in finding an exit strategy for the deposed Libyan leader. But Republican Neil Livingstone told The Associated Press on Thursday that he and other Americans interested in helping broker such a deal were rebuffed by the Treasury Department, so he never proceeded with any negotiations. Livingstone has been a security and terrorism expert in Washington, D.C., for decades. He was vocal earlier this year in his o...
HELENA — A Montana Republican gubernatorial candidate who runs a Washington, D.C.-based security and counterterrorism firm says the family of Moammar Gadhafi sought his help earlier this year in finding an exit strategy for the deposed Libyan leader. But Neil Livingstone told The Associated Press in a Thursday interview after Gadhafi's death that he and other Americans interested in helping broker such a deal were rebuffed in April by the Obama administration, so he never proceeded with any negotiations. Gadhafi was killed T... Full story
AP-GfK Poll: 37 percent of public back protests LAURIE KELLMAN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one-third of the country supports the Wall Street protests, and even more — 58 percent — say they are furious about America's politics. The number of angry people is growing as deep reservoirs of resentment grip the country, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll. Some 37 percent of people back the protests that have spread from New York to cities across the country and abroad, one of the first snaps...
Havre High's Brayden Grimson reaches out for a ball during Friday night's Central A championship game between the Ponies and Livingston at Blue Pony Stadium. It's been a while, but the Havre High football team is officially back on top of the Central A Conference. On Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium, the Ponies claimed the Central A championship with a 54-28 thumping of Livingston. The win gives HHS a first-round bye in the upcoming playoffs, and Havre will play either Libby or Hamilton in Havre on Nov. 5. The Ponies got hug... Full story
This may be the final weekend of competition for the Havre High boys and girls cross country teams, but it is also the biggest. Havre High's Dolan Tuss (middle) runs in the 2011 Havre Invitational earlier this month. The Blue Pony boys and girls are at the Class A state meet Saturday in Missoula. "We are excited all the way though our program," Havre High head coach Kyle Fisher said. "This is something we have been working hard for through all our summer running and fall practices, so it is time for payoff hopefully. It is...
It might have been an intra-squad dual, but things were very serious on the wrestling mat Thursday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Northern held its f MSU-Northern 125-pounders Duell Stadel (top) and Riley Miller wrestle in Thursday night's Maroon/Gold Dual at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Northern's Trevor Goss (top) holds down teammate Hunter Azure in a 141-pound intra-squad match Thursday night in Havre. inal Maroon/Gold Dual of the preseason Thursday night, and there...
The senior class often carries a team. They are often the leaders; the more experienced players on the field and are usually looked upon by coaches and fellow teammates to step up in key situations. For the Havre High football seniors, that is no exception. And not taking anything away from the rest of the HHS team, they too have been a huge part of this year's success. But the senior class seems to be stepping up big time across the board. And with this being their last season of prep football, and maybe even the last... Full story
Despite beating the University of Lethbridge by a wide margin last Friday night in Calgary, Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Chris Mouat knew things were going to be different the second time around. And Mouat was right on, as the Pronghorns gave Northern everything they had Thursday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Still, the Skylights pulled off a gutty 54-51 win over Lethbridge to improve to 5-0 on the season. "We knew tonight was going to be... Full story
Just a sophomore, MSU-Northern quarterback Derek Lear has laready blossomed into one of the best offensive players in the Frontier Conference. The quarterback position is as high profile as it gets in college football. It's also one that isn't easy to learn on the fly. Yet that's exactly what Montana State University-Northern sophomore Derek Lear has been doing, and he's been doing it well. Lear knows about high profile. He led Fairfield High School to a great run during his...
Northern teammates Jordan Van Voast (right) and Tanner Varner left tackle a Eastern Oregon receiver during a Frontier Conference football game last month in Havre. The Montana State University-Northern Lights and Montana Tech Orediggers have something in common right now. Both teams are angry, hungry and coming off close and heartbreaking losses last Saturday. So something will have to give when the Lights and Orediggers collide Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium in...
All but one regular season game is behind the Havre High football team, and with that one game coming tonight, the Blue Ponies face their biggest must-win game of the 2011 season. Havre High's Ryan Brandt and the rest of the Blue Pony senior class will be honored before tonight's Central A showdown against Livingston at Blue Pony Stadium. The Ponies and Rangers are playing for an outright Central A title. For more on the game, see Page B5. Tonight the Central A Blue Ponies are playing for a conference championship. Their 3-0...
A Havre man was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine in Havre. Christopher Allen Steiner, 25, had previously pleaded guilty in federal District Court in Great Falls to selling meth. Judge Sam E. Hadden Wednesday imposed a 62-month prison sentence, and ordered Steiner to pay a $100 special assessment and serve four years of supervised release following the prison time, the U. S. Attorney for the District of Montana said in a release issued Thursday afternoon. According to the...
A Harlem man was sentenced in U. S. District Court to 44 months in prison for sexually abusing a teen staying in the same residence. Cody Neal Adams, 26, had earlier pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor. U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon imposed the 44-month sentence Wednesday, also ordering Adams to pay a $100 special assessment and to serve five years of supervised release following the prison sentence. According to a release issued by the U. S. Attorney for Montana Thursday afternoon, law enforcement began an...
Montana's unemployment rate dipped slightly in September, while the jobless rate in Hill County went down considerably. The state's jobless rate went down. 1 percentage points to 7.7 percent. Hill County's rate declined from 6.4 percent to 5.8 percent. "After job gains in the first half of 2011, Montana's economy slowed in the third quarter, " said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. "However, the job gains posted in September suggest that we are still on the recovery path. We look forward to stronger job gains in the coming...
While school is out for a four-day weekend, the residents of the south side of 17th Street may be enjoying a break from the high school students racing through their alley, but a more permanent solution may be around the corner. After the residents' concerns were first aired at a Havre City Council meeting a few weeks ago, a couple of options were considered to try stopping Havre High School students from driving so fast through the alley that opens almost directly into the northwest corner of the high school parking lot....
A Box Elder resident has pleaded guilty in U. S. District Court in Great Falls to a charge stemming from a brutal stabbing attack June 19, 2010. Thompson Densmore St. Pierre, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday to assault with a dangerous weapon, according to a release from the U. S. Attorney for Montana. St. Pierre faces up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release when he is sentenced Jan. 26. He is in custody. According to the release, St. Pierre was arrested after the victim and another resident...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson The U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band performs the theme song to "Harry Potter" Thursday evening during the Winds of Freedom concert in the Havre High School Auditorium. The audience of nearly 300 people at Havre High School Auditorium for the U. S. Air Force's Heartland of America Band's Winds of Freedom concert Thursday night got a promise from the musicians at the very start. "As the night goes on, you'll see that we are anything but traditional," said Tech. Sgt. Jennifer James of... Full story
Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton, file photo Brandon O'Brien catches a pass against Montana Tech in Havre during the 2010 season. O'Brien will receive the Navy and Marine Corps Medal Saturday before the Lights vs. Orediggers game. A university football player will be honored before the Montana State University-Northern Lights vs. Montana Tech Orediggers game Saturday for going above and beyond the call of duty while serving in the U. S. Marine Corps. Representatives of the Marines and the U. S. Navy will be at Blue Pony...
BILLINGS (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns told tea party supporters Thursday that President Barack Obama wants the "whole country to become like an Indian reservation." Burns spoke at a small rally organized by Americans for Prosperity, an advocacy group founded with support from billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch that lobbies for lower taxes and less government. The Billings Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/r24i1S ) that a group of more than 40 responded approvingly to the former senator's remarks, which i...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end. Obama's statement put an end to months of wrangling over whether the U.S. would maintain a force in Iraq beyond 2011. He never mentioned the tense and ultimately fruitless negotiations with Iraq over whether to keep several thousand U.S. forces there as a training force and a hedge against m...
The MSU-Northern Lights football team will face the Montana Tech Orediggers today at 1 p.m. You can watch the game live at www.havredailynews.com/sports_live....
