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SUPERIOR — Longtime guidance counselor Dan Lucier studies hallway-mounted photos of past graduating classes at Superior High School, pointing to the teenagers who joined the military. There are usually one or two in each class of about 30 students who graduate from the one-story wooden school in Superior, a town of 900 residents in the forested northern Rockies. But the class of 2003 was the most striking for its military service, coming two years after the attacks of Sept. 11 and just months after the country went to war w...
With the resignation of first-term state Sen. Rowlie Hutton, R-Havre, now official, the Republican central committees in Hill and Blaine counties are starting the next step — selecting nominees to take his slot in the state Legislature. Hill County Republican Chair Andrew Brekke said the joint committee will schedule a meeting to go over the interested people. "As soon as we call the meeting we would release the names, " he said. Hutton was part of a historic Republican sweep in Hill and Blaine counties last fall, with h...
Residents of some Montana counties and Indian reservations — including Hill County and the Fort Belknap reservation — may now have some additional assistance available for flood problems. The U. S. Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama approved Gov. Brian Schweitzer's request that individual assistance be part of the disaster declaration Obama made for Montana after flooding starting April 3 caused widespread damage in the state. The disaster declaration Obama made June 17 had onl...
Montana Actors' Theatre is planning its future this summer, in more ways than one. At the same time as it is holding summer youth camps, bringing new people into its thespian tradition, the amateur acting troupe is calling to community members to help it costume the actors in its fall production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella. " Angela Pratt — who is heading up the summer camps and working as the costume designer for "Cinderella" — said the youth camps have grown in their 10-year-or-longer run. When she first wor...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Montana State University Northern Agricultural Research Center Acting Superintendent Darrin Boss, left, greets Gov. Brian Schweitzer during the governor's tour of NARC Wednesday afternoon. Gov. Brian Schweitzer, with a few staff members and his trusty border collie sidekick, Jag, made a few stops across the Hi-Line Wednesday to check on how business is going. He first stopped to meet with tribal leaders on Fort Belknap, then went out to tour the Zortman Landusky mine to see how the Department of...
AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Ji-ho South Korean army soldiers work Thursday to remove mud and debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Seoul, South Korea. Thousands of rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels Thursday to clear mud and search for survivors after huge landslides and flooding killed more than 40 people in South Korea. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military warned Thursday that buried land mines may have slid down mountains eroded by flooding rains this week as the death toll from the torrential d...
AP Photo/Destini Vaile Ruben Moreno of the Blackfeet Tribe displays his hands that he had placed in pools of oil July 15 near Cut Bank Creek in order to take a sample for Blackfeet Community Hospital Water Lab. FX Energy Inc. plans to permanently shut down two oil wells in northwestern Montana where a spill went unreported for a month and spread nearly a mile before being discovered, a company executive said July 19. HELENA — Crews reported being a third of the way through the cleanup of a northwestern Montana oil spill T...
If the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club is going to turn around a difficult losing streak, they will have to do it against one of the best teams in the Northern A. Today, the North Stars will try and halt an eight-game conference losing streak when they host the Great Falls Electrics at Legion Field. The doubleheader is slated to get under way at 3. Havre comes in today's twin bill with the Electrics having lost 12 of its last 13 games, and the North Stars...
Northern Montana Hospital's Dane Warp (right) slides into home during the HYBA Babe Ruth championship game between NMH and Wells Fargo Monday night at Legion Field in Havre. It took two games to get the job done, but that doesn't matter to the newly crowned Babe Ruth champions. Monday night at Legion Field in Havre, Wells Fargo and Northern Montana Hospital faced off for the Havre Youth Baseball Babe Ruth championship. Wells Fargo grabbed a huge 24-10 win in game one to force a challenge game, but when it mattered most,...
HELENA — Medical marijuana advocates in Montana said Monday that they hope to start gathering signatures soon in an effort to block stringent new state regulations, even as the group awaits a judge's decision on a legal challenge to the new law. The Montana Cannabis Industry Association has so far made the court arguments the focal point of its effort to derail a law that goes into effect Friday. A Helena judge has indicated he may block at least part of it. But medical marijuana growers have a backup plan if the whole law i...
Editor: Question: "My heating is about to be disconnected! Is there help?" Yes. Energy Share of Montana may be able to help. What is Energy Share? Energy Share was established by a group of concerned people representing utility companies and nonprofit agencies. The mission of Energy Share is to help households to avoid utility disconnects for heating. Energy Share is a private non-profit organization, not a government program. We do consider income, but because of our funding sources, we have a little more flexibility to...
Editor: I am the coordinator of Montanans Against Assisted Suicide & For Living with Dignity. I write to make two points. First, physician-assisted suicide is not legal in Montana. A bill that would have accomplished that goal was defeated in our last legislative session. During hearings on that bill, the sponsor, Sen. Anders Blewett, a lawyer, conceded that assisted suicide is not legal. He stated: "Under the current law, there's nothing to protect the doctor from prosecution." To view a transcript of this quote and other...
Editor: Launder with it, bathe in it, drink it and shut up! This is the bottom line thinking of our city administration, mayor and council. It is a sad day indeed for the citizens and businesses of Havre when they have to endure the drinking water during (what the city calls) "high water runoffs." What is even sadder is that they know how to remedy the situation. It is my understanding lab reports indicate that an additive would go a long way to solve the problem. However, the mayor refuses to purchase it because of the...
With a meeting set for today to kick off the formal federal disaster assistance process in north-central Montana, officials still are working to get more information and find more aid for people impacted by flooding. Montana Disaster and Emergency Services is holding six kick-off briefings around the state to identify governments and groups needing assistance from the flooding that led to a presidential disaster declaration for the state, with this morning's meeting that began at 9 a. m. at the Hill County Electric...
It's that time again when, in between state and federal elections, democracy trickles down closer to home. All of the cities in Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties are wrapping up the first stage in the process of picking half of their city council representatives. With all filings closing at 5 p. m. Thursday, many of the seats only have one candidate running unopposed so far. Some don't even have that. Chinook In Chinook, two of the four seats are up for their four-year terms. The first ward will, this year, lose its...
Being a City Council member appears to be one of the least popular jobs in Havre. One seat from each ward will be voted on this November: Pam Hillery's seat in Ward 1, Cal Long's in Ward 2, Bob Kaul's in Ward 3 and Andrew Brekke's in Ward 4. Three of those council members will not be running again, and local political party leaders have said it's been difficult to find candidates to file to run by the deadline at 5 p. m. Thursday, June 30. Three people have filed so far, one in every ward but Ward 3. For the Republican...
Havre Daily News/Zach White Havre firefighters work in and above the house at 406 6th St. during a multi-house fire Monday. Some witnesses had gotten into the house and started moving items to the lawn before firefighters arrived. It was not long after 5 p. m., and Kody Gilge, owner of Bear Paw Paint, was just returning to his home near 6th Street and 4th Avenue. He said he noticed some smoke around the corner and decided to take a look at what was going on. "I saw a bunch of smoke coming out of the back of the house and an...
Havre Daily News/Zach White Havre firefighters try to open a hole in the roof of 406 6th St. during a multi-house fire, which started around 5:15 p.m. Monday evening. At 5:21 p. m. Monday a large, multi-house fire was reported on 6th Street, between 4th and 5th avenues. The Havre Fire Department sent 14 firefighters with three fire engines and an ambulance to the blaze that started at 406 6th St. before it spread around the corner to 603 4th Ave. According to Havre Fire Chief Dave Sheppard, the fire started in the backyard...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. is aiming to sell its struggling social network site MySpace this week and will likely lay off more than half of the staff, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company hasn't selected from among several buyers yet, according to the person, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. At least three bidders are still in the running — Specific Media, Golden Gate Capital and Austin Ventures. The company is looking to cut a deal Wednesday or Thu...
AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool Casey Anthony prepares for the start of court in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse, Tuesday, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony, 25, is charged with killing her daughter Caylee in the summer of 2008. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The meter reader who found Caylee Anthony's remains is being questioned at the murder trial of the toddler's mother. Roy Kronk discovered Caylee's remains in December 2008 in a wooded area near the Anthony family's Orlando home. Casey Anthony's attorneys began questioning K...
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. Afghan police were battling the assailants with machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades as tracer rounds went up over the blacked out building. Associated Press reporters at the scene heard bursts of gunfire and saw shooting from the roof of the five-story Inter-Continental hotel, which is frequented by Afghan political leaders and foreign visitors. Police ordered bystanders to lay o...
ORLANDO, Fla. — The meter reader who found Caylee Anthony's remains testified Tuesday that he didn't touch the bag containing the toddler's bones after he spotted it in the woods and called police. Roy Kronk discovered Caylee's remains in December 2008 in a wooded area near the Anthony family's Orlando home. Under questioning at the murder trial of the girl's mother, Casey Anthony, Kronk denied ever moving them. AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool Roy Kronk, who discovered Caylee Anthony's remains while working as an Orange County m...
GREAT FALLS, — A Great Falls family says they shouldn't have put their travel plans on a social networking site after returning from a 10-day vacation to find their home ransacked and burglarized. Biff and Amy Larson tell KFBB-TV they shared on Facebook the day they were leaving and how many days they'd be gone celebrating their children's graduation. The couple says before leaving they arranged for neighbors and friends to check on their home and made sure all their doors and windows were locked. They say the burglary l...
AP Photo/John Bazemore Chad Wichter works to clear debris from a storm damaged dental office in Cullman, Ala. Friday. Authorities say the death toll from the devastating tornado outbreak across the South has climbed to 318, making it the deadliest day for twisters since the Great Depression. JOPLIN — The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, as the city has raised the death toll to at least 142 and state officials say 100 people are s...
The Havre High boys and girls tennis teams finished play at the Class A state tournament Friday afternoon in Great Falls. Blue Pony senior Christina Mack scored two wins for the Pony girls in singles, while Justin Jensen won once for the Pony boys in singles, as did Brayden Grimson and Keenan Dolezal in doubles. The HHS boys finished in a tie for eighth place, and it was the first time in 13 years the Ponies failed to win a trophy or medal an individual boy. The HHS girls finished 10th overall. For complete details see...
