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By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress took the easy way out to keep the government open on the eve of Donald Trump's 100th day in office, passing a weeklong stopgap spending bill Friday that amounted to more of a defeat for the president than a victory. Lawmakers cleared the measure easily and Trump signed it with just hours to spare before the shutdown deadline at midnight. But with Trump marking his presidency's milestone Saturday, he did not... Full story
By MATT VOLZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press HELENA - Dozens of Montana schools that were counting on state funding to replace crumbling roofs and old boilers are out of luck. The same goes for rural areas looking to upgrade their aging water systems and colleges and universities that planned to expand or renovate buildings on their campuses. Montana lawmakers adjourned the 2017 legislative session Friday just like they did two years ago - failing to authorize bonds to... Full story
While no one was working on the Havre's Seventh Avenue viaduct and John Wodarz Bridge over the Milk River in North Havre project today, the project manager said construction will resume as soon as BNSF approves “a piece of information.” Project Manager Ashley Davis of Dick Anderson Constructio n— the company who was awarded the 1.4-million multi-phase rehabilitation project — said there is no conflict, no issue, between BNSF and construction crews. “Conflict” is not the right word for what halted progress today, Davis said.... Full story
Montana State University-Northern announced Friday that head coach Bill Huesch had officially resigned his position. The University put out a press release Friday, announcing the move. Huebsch spent nine seasons coaching the Skylights and compiled a record of 109-113. Northern was 6-16 overall last season, as well as 5-7 in the Frontier Conference. The former Havre High head coach, who led the Blue Ponies to multiple state championships at the Class A level, was hired as...
School election day is Tuesday, and 10 local candidates hope Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation voters will choose them to fill the two available slots for school board members. The terms will be for three years. Teddy Russette III has served on the Rocky Boy school board for six years already. He said the district has been making progress and his major goal is to push education and to help the school board through the tribal council, of which he is part of. Russette was born and raised on Rocky Boy. He graduated Box Elder s...
