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John T. Oxford Jr., 27, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at his residence. Wake services will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 10, 2014, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rocky Boy, and will continue until his traditional funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements, and you can leave your memories and condolences for... Full story
BUTTE - Dreams really do come true. For Box Elder fans, coaches and players, 24 years of dreaming of a Class C state championship finally came true Saturday night at the Butte Civic Center. The top-ranked Bears capped off a perfect season with a 74-54 win over Westby-Grenora in the 2014 Class C state championship game. The championship was the first for a Box Elder boys team since the Bears won the 1990 state championship. "Tonight all of the hard work that paid off for these... Full story
BUTTE — It’s settled, the Box Elder boys basketball team is the best Class C team in the state of Montana. And as it turned out, it wasn’t even close. And nearing the end of one of the greatest seasons in state history, at any level, there wasn’t much argument heading into the Class C state title game Saturday night at the Butte Civic Center. The District 9C Bears capped off an amazing 2013-2014 season with an incredible 74-54 win over the Westby-Grenora Thunder. It is the... Full story
I’d like to start by saying that I am not a trapper. I have never trapped, and I don’t necessarily believe that I will start. However, the more I learned about trapping and the charge against it led by out-of-state groups I’ve never heard of, the more compelled I felt to speak up. I am a lifelong hunter and angler, and over the years as I honed my skills in those areas, I have come to understand how valuable trapping is to maintaining balance and managing wildlife. It’s an incredibly unsettling thought to imagine Montana with... Full story
Next week is Sunshine Week, a time set aside by the American Society of New Editors to discuss issues of access to public records. Montana has some of the best laws concerning the public’s right to know what state and local governments are up to, but that doesn’t mean it is easy to get access to records that ought to be public. The 1972 constitution and subsequent legislation guarantee the public’s right to information that was closed to the public in Montana. If you want to see what governments are doing, where they are s... Full story
There was something especially exciting about hearing that a police escort met the Box Elder High School boys basketball team in Big Sandy as they returned from Butte Sunday afternoon. The Bears won the state Class C championship and deserved the fanfare. That greeting and the reception they received when they returned to the school were especially fitting. We are always excited when Hi-Line teams do well, in athletes, music, debate or any other endeavor, but there was something special about Box Elder’s triumph. The e... Full story
Jameer Paul Small, "Omic So Awasis" meaning Bald Eagle Child, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014, at his residence in Box Elder. Wake services began at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the family residence in Rocky Boy and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 10, 2014. Burial will follow in the Small Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements, and you can leave your memories and... Full story
MALTA — Dolores Aleath Hughes, a retired teacher, went to be with the Lord on Friday morning, March 7, 2014, at the age of 92. The family will receive friends at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 12 at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the Chapel. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com.... Full story
William “Bill” Finch, 96, of Chinook, passed away March 7, 2014, in Havre. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.... Full story
Mary I. Boettger, 91, of Havre, passed away March 7, 2014, in Havre. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. at Highland Cemetery in Havre. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.... Full story
Havre Police Department Legrand Chad Cazier, 29, of Havre was arrested on a charge of trespassing after officers responded to a 9:15 a.m. Thursday call from a 3rd Avenue business. ——— Officers investigated a 9:29 a.m. Thursday call from 11th Street West asking for a welfare check on a man. ——— A two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash was investigated after officers received an 11:21 a.m. Thursday call from the south end of 17th Street. ——— Ricky John Jr. Clark, 18, of Havre was arrested on a charge of violating conditi... Full story
With the chance to file as a candidate in the 2014 election set to end at 5 this afternoon, a few more races are heating up in the last minute. That includes some declared candidates filing for Congress and a primary race set in Liberty County government as well as the four of five area legislative races now having two candidates. In the race for Montana House District 32 which includes much of the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy’s Indian reservations, Gilbert Bruce Meyers of Box Elder has filed as a Republican. Incumbent D... Full story
Images from Saturday night's Class C state championship game in Butte.... Full story
All season long, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team has been among the elite teams in the Frontier Conference. And if not for two bad first halves in games against the Lewis-Clark State Warriors earlier this season, the Skylights might have been even better. But in a third meeting with the Warriors, this time playing for a spot in the Frontier championship game, the Skylights were engaged in a game for the ages. The No. 21 Skylights and No. 15 W... Full story
For the second straight season, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is bringing hardware back Havre from the NAIA national tournament. Saturday night in Topeka, Kans., the Lights lifted a third-place trophy for the second consecutive year, crowned four NAIA All-Americans and saw two Northern stars compete in the finals. Overall, the Lights scored 83.5 points and finished an agonizing one point behind arch rival Great Falls for second, while juniors Ethan... Full story
GREAT FALLS — The Belgrade Panthers turned out to be a thorn in the side of the Havre High boys basketball team — a thorn the Ponies just couldn’t get rid of. However, the Ponies still took a major step forward at the Class A state basketball tournament. Belgrade beat Havre for the fourth time this season, eliminating the Blue Ponies from the state tournament with a 47-26 win Saturday morning at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. But the loss to the Panthers would... Full story
BUTTE — Basketball means different things to different people, but one thing is for certain, basketball sure does mean a lot to the Box Elder players and coaches, the Box Elder high school, the community of Box Elder, and the entire community of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. That is what makes the first Class C state title in 24 years by the Bears such a landmark win in so many people’s lives. Saturday night in Butte, the Bears pummeled the Westby-Grenora Thunder 74-54... Full story
