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HELENA (AP) — Montana's high-tech industries are booming, and the growth isn't showing signs of stopping, a new study reports. The study by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research showed that wages in those industries are twice the median earning per Montana worker, and they are projected to pump $35 million of investments into the state this year. The study commissioned by the Montana High Tech Business Alliance also projects the growth of high tech businesses to be eight to 10 times greater t...
BOZEMAN (AP) — A former janitor at Montana State University is suing the college over how he was treated by co-workers. Akram Zahran filed the lawsuit this past week in Gallatin County District Court against MSU, two co-workers and a supervisor. Zahran says he's a native of Jordan who became a U.S. citizen. He says in his lawsuit that co-workers called him a "terrorist," harassed him and humiliated him until he was forced to quit. The suit contends MSU was negligent in failing to provide a workplace free of discrimination a...
By the time the championship game of the District 9C boys basketball tournament rolled around, the only question left unanswered was whether Box Elder would 3-peat as district champions-and when it was over, the Bears answered-with a resounding yes. However, Box Elder was not handed the title and were given all they could handle from Hays-Lodge Pole Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd at the HHS gymnasium. In the end, the Bears proved to be just too strong for HLP and...
Saturday's Scores BOYS Regular Season Browning 63, Havre 41 Helena 61, Kalispell Glacier 50 Helena Capital 71, Kalispell Flathead 45 District 1B at Conrad Loser Out Rocky Boy 65, Conrad 57 Shelby 55, Cut Bank 42 District 2B at Wolf Point Loser Out Harlem 49, Wolf Point 47 Plentywood 49, Poplar 47 District 3B at Colstrip St. Labre 85, Lame Deer 61 District 4B at Worden Consolation Shepherd 55, Joliet 40 District 5B at Belgrade Loser Out Townsend 74, Manhattan 53 Whitehall 51,...
BOZEMAN (AP) — Khloe and Kim Kardashian are safe after the vehicle they were in slid off a Montana road and into a ditch on Saturday. Montana Highway Patrol Capt. Mark Wilfore says the accident occurred before noon on a highway between Bozeman and Belgrade, where the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is located. Wilfore said he did not know their destination. Wilfore said a third person in the vehicle was not hurt and was not identified. He said there was no damage to the vehicle, which was pulled from a ditch and d...
ARLEE (AP) — A Head Start school in Arlee has been shut down after officials found traces of a drug and drug paraphernalia. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes spokesman Rob McDonald says an unused pipe was found in the Early Child Service center's laundry room on Jan. 14. McDonald says traces of methamphetamine were subsequently found in the building and tests confirmed the drug on Wednesday. About 35 children attend the school. Officials say the building will be closed while it is thoroughly cleaned. It could take up t...
(Rep. Stephanie Hess, R-Havre, voted no. Reps. Roy Hollandsworth, R-Brady, Bruce Meyers, R-Box Elder, and Mike Lang, R-Malta, voted yes.) HELENA (AP) — The House has passed a measure that would require certain welfare applicants to take drug tests in Montana. House Bill 200 sponsored by Republican Rep. Randy Pinocci of Sun River passed by a 55-45 vote Friday. People who apply for assistance under the state's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program would have to fill out a questionnaire about drug abuse and possibly t...
Friday night at the District 9C tournament is always exciting but this year, the tournament outdid itself as both semifinals games in the boys bracket were entertaining and exhilarating from start to finish. In the first game of the night, the defending Class C state champion Box Elder Bears, who are also the two-time defending 9C tournament champions, qualified for their third straight trip to the 9C finals with a hard-earned 78-69 win over Chester/J-I. Then, in the second se...
Four months ago, the Fort Benton-Geraldine girls basketball team didn't exist. Now the Longhorns are the District 9C girls champions. On Friday night inside the Havre High gymnasium, the Longhorns captured the 9C title by holding off up-start Box Elder 48-45. FB-G came in as the No. 3 seed on the tournament, but after beating second-seeded Chester/J-I Thursday night, then holding off a furious charge from the fourth-seeded Bears in the fourth quarter, the Horns are 9C champion...
Friday's Scores BOYS Regular Season Billings Skyview 72, Great Falls Russell 47 Billings West 60, Butte 46 Bozeman 54, Great Falls 47 Dillon 68, Stevensville 40 Helena 54, Kalispell Flathead 32 Helena Capital 46, Kalispell Glacier 43 District 1B at Conrad Semifinal Choteau 45, Conrad 41 Fairfield 44, Shelby 37 District 2B at Wolf Point Semifinal Glasgow 75, Poplar 29 Malta 39, Harlem 35 District 3B at Colstrip Loser Out St. Labre 94, Baker 69 District 4B at Worden Loser Out Joliet 54, Red Lodge 50 Shepherd 51, Roundup 38...
HELENA (AP) - State senators on Friday advanced a bill that would settle water rights on the Flathead Reservation among American Indian tribes, the state and federal government. Members of the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-4 to pass Senate Bill 262. Republican Sens. Doug Kary, Nels Swandal and bill sponsor Chas Vincent voted with Democrats to send the measure to the Senate as a whole, where it must pass by next Friday to stay alive. The proposal would recognize...
HELENA (AP) — Two bills aiming to lower Montana's extremely high suicide rate advanced in the Legislature Friday. A bill requiring suicide prevention training for health care providers narrowly passed a House committee, while a measure requiring similar training for school employees was endorsed by the full House. Rep. Ed Lieser, D-Whitefish, presented House Bill 568 before the House Business and Labor Committee and members voted 10-9 to pass the bill immediately afterward. Under the measure, certain licensed health care prof...
Lindsey Manuel-McInerney, a history teacher at Havre High School, said that she has nine juniors who are trying to raise funds for their trip to Washington, D.C., in April. The students are taking the trip as a part of the Close Up program, which invites students from around the country to tour the nation's capital. "It's a nonprofit organization that helps inspire students to become active in the democratic process, learning about our history and learning about how the...
People at Havre High School will be wearing purple and turquoise clothing today as a wrap-up to a week of suicide prevention programs. Hannah Pepprock and fellow members of the school’s Key Club have put on the programs and special activities highlighting the effort to prevent suicide among young people. A guest speaker came in from Great Falls Tuesday, said Key Club adviser John Ita, and Thursday, two rooms full of students ate pizza provided by Thrivent Financial while listening to Havre Police officers talk about tips f...
Special to the Havre Daily Bear Paw Development Corp.’s annual luncheon meeting at noon Thursday will highlight some business success from throughout the Hi-Line. The luncheon will be at Montana State University-Northern's Student Union Building. Tickets are $15. The nonprofit economic and community development organization, which celebrated its 45th anniversary, will feature a number of regional success stories Bear Paw was involved in, including private businesses, local governments and nonprofits. The theme for the p...
Russell Standing Rock is the great-grandson of Little Bear, one of the founders of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Little Bear was head of the Crees who had immigrated to Montana from Canada to avoid persecution. Homeless, they roamed around the state, camping at other reservations or near communities such as Helena and Havre. They united with Rocky Boy’s band of Chippewa in searching for a homeland, a reservation where they could settle down. On Sept. 7, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation to designate part of...
Special to the Daily News The Havre High School speech and debate team is going to celebrate a successful season Monday, its head coach said, with a banquet and awards ceremony for its competitors through the season. “This was a great year,” coach Tim Leeds said. “We had a bunch of new students join and, even though the team was young, they worked really hard and did well competing through the season.” The dinner is set to start at 6 p.m. Monday in the high school cafeteria, followed by an awards presentation. Leeds said th...
Press release A workshop, Helping Employees Request Reasonable Accommodations, will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, at Bullhook Clinic, 521 4th St. The program is sponsored by the Havre Job Service Employer Committee. The American Disabilities Act states that employers must make appropriate and reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities when requested. Among the questions that will be answered for employers: • How do people know if they have rights under the ADA? • How do people know when to request a...
