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For the past two decades, the Havre High wrestling team enjoyed an unprecedented amount of success under the direction of former head coach Scott Filius. Now, the Blue Ponies will look to continue that under new head coach Beau LaSalle. Over the past few seasons, LaSalle has been a key part of the Havre program as an assistant coach. But after Filius decided to retire, the path was cleared for LaSalle to take the helm, which he will do next season. "It means a lot," LaSalle sa...
The U.S. economy is in the midst of strong economic growth, bolstered by meaningful increases in middle income wages and business investment, Patrick Barkey, director of the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said Wednesday. Barkey presented his data at the Bureau’s 43rd Annual Economic Outlook Seminar in Hensler Auditorium in Montana State University-Northern’s Applied Technology Center. The Havre seminar was the last of nine stops across Montana, where economists talked about current econo...
Hill County is expected to see job growth close to historical averages of about 1.5 percent in 2018, but then see a slowdown in the years ahead, Patrick Barkey, director of the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research said Wednesday during the bureau's 43rd Economic Outlook Seminar at Montana State University-Northern. Barkey presented the data about Hill County in Hensler Auditorium in Northern's Applied Technology Center. He said that in 2017, the...
Warmer temperatures than this part of north-central Montana endured through much of the winter are expected to continue through the weekend, but winter is not going away with more snow also in the forecast in a record-setting year. The local forecast calls for snow off and on through Monday morning. That continues a record-setting trend in the state, including in north-central Montana. In Havre, National Weather Service reports its station at the Havre City-County Airport has...
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press They bowed their heads in honor of the dead. They carried signs with messages like “Never again” and “Am I next?” They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message: Enough is enough. In a wave of protests one historian called the largest of its kind in American history, tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to demand action on gun violence and school safety. At Havre High School...
In a front-page story jn Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about candidates filing to run in the 2018 election, the reporter misspelled the names of Hill County Auditor Kathy Olson and Chouteau County Clerk and Recorder Lana Claassen....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a noninjury vehicle crash reported Wednesday at 8:19 a.m. on Fifth Street. —— Officers investigated a lost property report after a Wednesday 9:35 a.m. caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business said someone picked up his leaf blower, put it in a vehicle and drove off. —— Officers investigated a sex offense after a woman reported it at the police station Wednesday at 1:57 p.m. —— Officers investigated a Wednesday 2:22 p.m. report from 13th Avenue of a stolen quad. —— An offic...
As God in Heaven called our mother, Dorothy Ann Cormany, she answered and passed peacefully early Sunday on a cold and snowy March 4, 2018. Our mother was born on a cold and snowy Jan. 11, 1928, on the family farm southeast of Havre to Charles and Anna Seidel. This year she celebrated her 90th birthday. Mother had nine brothers and sisters; Ester "Sis," Donald "Sonny," Gertrude "Swede," Raymond "Deemer," Marion "Chick," Joseph "Joe," Helen, Agnes "Toots," and Loretta "Skeets"...
The Hill County Park Board’s Rules and Regulations Committee will meet Wednesday, March 21, at 1 p.m. in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Public comment on agenda items Review of Cabin Lease Discussion on Havre Trails Project Any other business Adjourn the meeting...
I feel sad. This morning I made a list of things I wanted to buy in Etzatlan. Since I don’t have a car, I rely on taxi service or a friend or one of the workers here on the ranch to take me around. I had asked Leo, my gardening helper, to “bring your car and let’s go have breakfast at Dona Mary’s before we shop.” It’s been easy for me to swing into the Mexican way of eating. Early morning coffee with a small snack, fruit or a biscuit. Mid-morning, a breakfast meal, somet...
Hiding under the labels of “conservative,” “Republican” and “federalism,” Broadwater County Attorney Corey Swanson attempts to justify his support for the CSKT Compact in a column in the Havre Daily March 2, 2018, and carried in the Helena Independent a few days later. Swanson’s taunting of conservatives who oppose the compact as being opposed to federalism is misplaced. The compact does not embrace federalism; it embraces federalization — or federal control of the waters of western Montana! Most conservatives,...
Press release Independence Bank has announced the promotion of Tara Taborsky to internal auditor. She joined the bank in 2016 and worked as an internal audit assistant prior to her promotion. Before moving to Havre in 2016, Taborsky was the office manager for the Malta Irrigation District. In her new position, Taborsky will audit several areas of the bank including operations and bank financials. Taborsky grew up in Dillon and graduated from Beaverhead County High School. She...
Press release In an attempt to protect Montana’s waterways, way of life and outdoor economy from the impacts of invasive species, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is changing rules on how visitors use Tiber Reservoir south of Chester. In 2018, recreationists coming to Tiber will see changes to the AIS watercraft inspection program. This year watercraft launching will be limited to the Tiber Marina and the VFW Campground to ensure all exiting watercraft are inspected and, if necessary, decontaminated to prevent the spread o...
Press release It’s time for landowners to enroll in the state-sponsored “Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters.” The voluntary program, offered through Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program, is available to private landowners who have a minimum of two years left on their federal Conservation Reserve Program contract or are enrolling new lands into CRP. Over 81,000 acres have been enrolled in Open Fields since 2012. Participating landowners receive $5-per-acre each year for the land is enrolle...
Over the last decade and even over the last few years, there have been a lot of changes to high school sports in Montana. But one change hasn't happened quite yet, is a combined state tournament for Class A basketball. However, that change is coming around the bend, in fact, it will take place next season, as Class A will follow in the footsteps of Class B and Class AA, by combining the boys and girls tournaments in one location. The first ever combined Class A state...
