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  • State A: Havre girls roll, Pony boys fall

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    MISSOULA - It wasn’t the Four Seasons Arena, in Great Falls, but the Havre High girls looked right at home in Missoula. Thursday afternoon, the Blue Ponies began defense of their 2021 state championship with a 66-37 thrashing of the Browning Indians in the first round of the Class A state tournament in Dahlberg Arena. The win pushed Havre into tonight’s semifinal where they’ll face the Dillon Beavers at 8 p.m. But, as lopsided as the game turned out to be, as it was Havre...

  • Quick pics: The harvest in Havre

    Updated Mar 10, 2022

  • Officials praise impact of federal actions

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    The White House and community partners in Montana held a post-State of the Union speaking event that was streamed online at 1 p.m. Wednesday with local and state officials and organizations talking about their issues and what the Biden administration is doing to help. Among the speakers was Montana Farmers’ Union President Walter Schweitzer, who praised the administration and its allies for their efforts to address consolidation in the food industry. As a farmer, Schweitzer said, he’s been dealing with anticompetitive pra...

  • Havre High pep band off to play at state

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    Band students from Havre High School will be traveling to Missoula to play for their basketball teams at state this year, and everyone is excited to go. Assistant Drum Major Riley Klein said the students will leave Havre Friday and will be playing for both the girls team and, the boys team. The boys team, at its first state tournament in six years, defeated the Frechntown High School Broncs Thursday night. See full coverage of the game on Page A7. "I'm really pumped," Klein...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Barking up the right tree

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    My human asked me to write the column today. She begged, pleaded, and to my shame, she groveled. She also gave me a beef bone with tatters of meat from the carniceria in town. I caved. I told her, I am a dog, “The story I tell will be incomprehensible to human kinds.” She said, “That’s OK. Anything I wrote today wouldn’t make sense either.” She then told me that she is feeling way down in the dumps. Lower level. I don’t understand. Isn’t being down in the dumps a good th...

  • Obituary - Charles J. 'Chuck' Vaughn

    Updated Mar 10, 2022

    Charles J. "Chuck" Vaughn, 69, passed away after a short battle with cancer March 7, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Calvary Cemetery. A luncheon will immediately follow at the Yoga Shop, 2750 U.S. Highway 2 East. Chuck's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to the St. Jude Catholic School playground equipment fund. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...

  • Fresno Safety of Dams modification public meetings set

    Updated Mar 10, 2022

    from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation BILLINGS — The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to hold public meetings to discuss the status of the Fresno Dam Safety Modification Project next week, including meetings in Havre Wednesday, March 16, and Chinook and on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Thursday, March 17. The meetings will focus on the need and design for the project, operational impacts, and the repayment requirements of Milk River Project stakeholders. The meetings will be held at the following locations and times: M...

  • For the Record, March 10, 2022

    Updated Mar 10, 2022

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 8:58 a.m. Wednesday report that a vehicle had been stolen at a First Street business at 11 p.m. Tuesday and the vehicle was reported found Wednesday at 10:40 p.m. -- A summons was issued after a 1:30 p.m. Wednesday caller reported a juvenile tobacco violation at Havre High School. -- Wednesday at 1:58 p.m., officers investigating a woman who was acting suspiciously made a vehicle stop on 10th Street. -- Kim Kristina Johnson of...

  • Grant awarded for tribal computer coding pilot program

    Updated Mar 10, 2022

    Press release Code Girls United, based out of Kalispell, operating after school programs throughout Montana in person and online, was awarded a $50,000 state contract for a Tribal Computer Coding Pilot Project. The grant award was the result of legislation introduced by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, in House Bill No. 219 and signed by Gov. Greg Gianfort. The purpose of the program is to provide training and incentives to students in tribal communities for computer coding and computer programming courses that will...

  • Blue Ponies bust Broncs

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    MISSOULA - Six years ended up being worth the wait. The last time a Havre High boys basketball team reached the Class A state tournament, it was held in Missoula's Dahlberg Arena back in 2016. Fast forward to the 2022 state tournament, and there were the Blue Ponies, battling the Frenchtown Broncs in the first round of the 2022 A extravaganza Wednesday afternoon. And while it was certainly a battle from start to finish, Havre's state tourney drought was snapped with a resoundi...

  • Harlem boys and girls basketball ready for state tournament

    Kason Clark|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    The postseason has been more than kind to Harlem basketball fans as both the Harlem boys and girls basketball teams have qualified for this week's Class B State Tournament in Bozeman. It is the first time that both the boys and girls basketball teams will be heading to the state tournament the same year so local basketball fans are excited. "It's huge for the community and it's huge for the younger generations that they see that and I hope that the younger kids, feed off of...

  • Beaudry promoted at Independence Bank

    Updated Mar 10, 2022

    from Independence Bank Independence Bank recently promoted Justine Beaudry to the position of consumer lender. Beaudry came to the bank in April of 2020 as a consumer loan assistant. She holds a bachelor's degree in health and human performance-exercise science from Montana State University. She managed Yellowstone Fitness in Billings for six years before moving back to the Hi-Line and joining the Independence Bank team. In her new role as consumer lender, she brings her...