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Saturday's Scores The Associated Press PREP FOOTBALL Alberton 70, Lone Peak 32 Bridger 30, Fromberg/Roberts 12 Froid/Medicine Lake 46, Scobey 44 Gardiner 64, Harlowton-Ryegate 20 Great Falls Central 43, Sunburst 0 Hot Springs 87, Lima 6 North Star 51, Box Elder 28 Twin Bridges 47, Absarokee 0 Valier 64, Stanford-Geyser 39 Wibaux 70, St. Labre 12...
MSU-Northern's Orin Johnson (back) hugs a teammate after scoring the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter of Saturday's Frontier Conference game between The Lights and UM-Western at Blue Pony Stadium. It was a classic game between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and the UM-Western Bulldogs at Blue Pony Stadium - a shootout, just like it has been for the last four years. And once again the Lights prevailed in a high-scoring contest as they outlasted...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape." Akin took his message to network TV morning shows and conservative talk radio shows, declaring GOP leaders were overreacting by insisting he abandon his quest to unseat Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, and to social media with appeals for donations on his Twitter feed claiming...
Blaine County Democrats have until Sept. 7 to pick three candidates to take the place of a highly popular county commissioner who died Friday in the middle of his campaign, running unopposed, for his third term in the office. Former Harlem mayor and commissioner Vic Miller died from complications of diabetes. Greg Jergeson of Chinook, a Democratic candidate for the state Senate who is heading up the process of selecting Democratic committee members to pick nominees as Miller's replacement, said he is uncomfortable starting... Full story
As the new school year gets going, parents who take their students to Highland Park Early Primary School or Havre Middle School may be concerned about navigating the labyrinth of Highland Park under construction. Well, Havre Public Schools are concerned as well. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson foresees the problems with road closures and redirection from the work on 11th Street getting much worse with parents dropping kids off for school. To avoid the headaches and congestion, Carlson recommends parents...
A bill written and sponsored by Montana's U. S. senators to provide money for rural water projects came up in discussion during a meeting presenting plans for a treatment plant that would supply water to some 30,000 people in north-central Montana. The meeting Tuesday in Chester presented draft plans for the water treatment plant that will be built at Tiber Reservoir as part of the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System. Deon Stockert of Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services said finding funding...
Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds Dean Stockert, drinking water manager of Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, talks Tuesday in Chester about the plans for a water treatment plant for Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System to be built at Tiber Dam. Engineers in Chester Tuesday presented plans for a plant that will treat water for nearly 30,000 people from Loma through Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation north to the Canadian Border and west past Shelby, but an unexpected hot topic arose during the...
One of the most thankless jobs in all of politics is reapportioning legislative district lines to comply with the Census — at least it's thankless if you hope to do it in a bipartisan, fair way. Unlike most states, Montana has set up a commendable system under which a five-member panel — two Republicans, two Democrats and an impartial presiding officer — listens to ideas from the public at a series of hearings, including one in Havre, and goes through a point-by-point process to redrawing the lines. On the whole, the...
Editor: I attended Denny Rehberg's "Liberate Main Street" rallies in Chinook and Havre. He said at the outset that he was there to discuss solutions to the looming problems with government regulations imposed on business and agriculture of which slows job growth, Obamacare that is now projected to cost close to $3 trillion, and controlling the cost of runaway government spending. Denny responded to every question in Chinook, but it was a different story at the rally in Havre, when the radical arm of the Democratic Party... Full story
Editor: Let us rescue our university from the administrators and bureaucrats. Less than one-third of all full-time employees in the Montana University System actually teach any classes at all. In our state's university system, spending on administration has increased much faster than spending on faculty and classes. the high cost of college nationwide is a direct result of the creation of an entitled class of administrators who are only accountable to each other. They engage in an astounding number of mind-numbing meetings... Full story
Going into the 2012 Northern District Tournament, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team knew it was going to have to win the whole thing, or at least get to the championship tilt in order to qualify for the Class A state tournament later this week in Great Falls. That was a tall order considering how tough the tourney was, and the North Stars fell agonizingly short of that feat, losing out to the Medicine Hat Knights on Saturday morning. Havre opened the...
Eventual winner Chris Vaughn (left) heads towards finalist crushes finalist Chad Drugge with the rear of his car during the championship heat of the 2012 Jaycees Demolition Derby Sunday night at the Great Northern Fair. Vaughn was the winner of the final heat. Garret Powell and James Albertson collide in Sunday night's Jaycees Demolition Derby in Havre. The tradition continued, and the 2012 Great Northern Fair got sent off with a bang, a crash and a few flames, as the annual Jaycees Demolition Derby brought in another huge...
Former Montana State University-Northern cowboy Charlie Mack rides in the bareback competition in Friday's performance of the 2012 Great Northern Stampede Rodeo in Havre. There were plenty of local competitors in the rodeo which ran Thursday and Friday night. Havre's C.J. Hansen competes in the tie-down roping during Friday night's performance of the 2012 Great Northern Stampede in Havre. Chelsea Brown of Big Sandy rides in the breakaway roping during the Friday night performance of the 2012 Northern Rodeo Association's... Full story
HELENA — The latest campaign finance report for U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg shows he continues to receive a significant number of donations to his U.S. Senate campaign from people whose occupations were not disclosed. Rehberg, a Republican, is challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, and has criticized the incumbent for accepting donations from lobbyists. However, an Associated Press investigation earlier this year found Rehberg received about $20,000 in donations last year from three dozen lobbyists who did not disclose their...
AURORA, Colo. — Shooting suspect James Holmes applied to join a Colorado gun range last month but never became a member because of his behavior and a "bizarre" message on his voice mail greeting, the range's owner said Sunday. Holmes, 24, emailed an application to join the Lead Valley Range in Byers on June 25 in which he said he was not a user of illegal drugs or a convicted felon, said owner Glenn Rotkovich. But when Rotkovich called to invite him to a mandatory orientation the following week, he said he heard Holmes'... Full story
It's just a little over a month away from the Frontier Conference opening game between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and the Carroll College Fighting Saints in Havre. But already, several Lights and many Frontier players are receiving preseason accolades. Five returning Lights were named to the Beyond Sports Network NAIA Preseason All-American Team, which was released earlier this week. Leading the way is senior running back Stephen Silva, who earned Frontier Fi...
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's lawyer said Friday that he would be shocked and "die of a heart attack" if the ex-Penn State assistant football coach were acquitted on all counts. The candid remarks by Joe Amendola lasted about 15 minutes inside the courtroom where Sandusky's trial began on June 11, but opened a wide window into the Sandusky's world as they waited for a verdict. AP Photo/Aggie Kenny In this courtroom sketch, Karl Rominger, left, attorney for Jerry Sandusky, right, listen as the testimony of Penn State as...
HELENA — Some Indian tribes have started receiving their shares of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. government over mismanagement of their money and trust lands, while others are waiting and remain undecided on what to do with their windfall. The agreement between the government and 44 tribes across the nation was announced in March to settle claims of money lost in mismanaged accounts and royalties from natural resource development. The tribes sued in an attempt to receive an accounting of the Interior Department's ma...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT): 1. SANDUSKY JURORS ASK TO REHEAR TESTIMONY When jurors resume deliberations at 9 a.m., what Mike McQueary and Dr. Jonathan Dranov said on the witness stand will be the focal point in the child molestation case of the former Penn State assistant football coach. 2. MOODY'S LOWERS CREDIT RATINGS ON BIG BANKS The ratings agency is concerned whether Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs and others...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team, and its rival, the University of Great Falls will have to wait at least one year to have the chance to compete for national championships in the home state. The NAIA announced Thursday that the 2013 NAIA national tournament will remain in Des Moines, Iowa, while Great Falls is a finalist for the 2014 and 2015 national tournaments. The wrestling tournament, which has been in various sites in Iowa for the last seven years,...
It's the end of June and that means baseball is taking center stage around Havre. And it will be a big weekend indeed as Havre Youth Baseball's Major League Division holds its annual city tournament. Major League is formally A League and the action begins tonight at Lions Field in Havre. Four teams will battle it out over the course of the next three days for the HYBA city championship. The first rounds pits Bing-N-Bob's against Subway tonight at 5:30 and Lions against Master... Full story
Chinook's Gavin Gunderson smacks a ball during the Havre Youth Baseball Babe Ruth city championship game Thursday night at Legion Field. Chinook beat Northern Montana Hospital to force a second title game on Monday night. In order for the Babe Ruth city tournament to be extended to Monday night, the Chinook team would have to win two games in a row, including beating the undefeated Northern Montana Hospital squad. And that's exactly what happened during Wednesday night's... Full story
The reward offered by a senate candidate to find out where one opponent would be instead of at a scheduled debate may go unclaimed, with the answer provided by a Montana television news team. Montanans for Tester issued a release Thursday evening saying the campaign of Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., had offered two tickets to a September Pearl Jam concert in Missoula for anyone who could prove where Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., would be instead of at a debate that had been set for the weekend. A Bozeman television station reported...
The National Weather Service has issued a notice that severe thunderstorms could be hitting the area this weekend, with a slight chance predicted for this afternoon and a low to moderate chance in the forecast for Saturday afternoon. The forecast, which includes north-central and central Montana, says the main threat would be from high wind gusts and hail, with hailstones potentially up to 1 inch in diameter. The Weather Service alert says the main concerns stemming from the possible thunderstorms include high winds and...
Creative Commons image, James Jordan A mosquito bites a man's hand in this 2008 photo. Warmer weather expected this weekend could kick off mosquito season for the year. The supervisor of the Havre-Hill County Mosquito District said the insects' activity has been low so far this year, but warmer weather — like the heat forecast this weekend — could bring an upswing. Supervisor Terry Turner said that, once the temperatures hit 80 degrees and warmer, mosquitoes can hatch out in five days. "That's my big concern right now, "...