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  • Montana State lockdown ends after report of rifle

    Updated May 7, 2014

    BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State University officials say a lockdown has been lifted after police found nobody matching the description of two men reported to be carrying a rifle on campus. Spokesman Tracy Ellig says a sweep of the campus turned up no immediate threat Wednesday morning. An alert sent by the university says police received a report the men were walking toward the center of campus with a rifle. Police and FBI agents searched buildings and told people to stay inside and lock their doors. Ellig says two men m...

  • Salvation Army to benefit from talent show

    John Kelleher|Updated May 7, 2014

    Local talent from around north-central Montana will perform at the Talent of the Hi-Line. 7 p.m., Saturday, at Havre High School. People will have an opportunity to enjoy themselves and help out the Havre Salvation Army, said Trina Crawford, Salvation Army executive director. The annual event will help raise money for emergency services, she said. Tickets are $5 each and $15 for a family, she said. Buckets for further donations will be provided. Chinook musician and author Ken Overcast will be master of ceremonies and will...

  • Johanna Edith Hanson

    Updated May 7, 2014

    Johanna Edith Hanson, 7, passed away suddenly on April 28, 2014, at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California, where her mother is stationed in the United States Navy. A celebration of life vigil will be held Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 7 p.m. at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Havre. Funeral services will be Friday, May 9, 2014, at 1 p.m. at St. Jude Thaddeus. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Johanna is the daughter of Josh Hanson...

  • Fishing fees become an issue at Beaver Creek

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 7, 2014
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    A state agency representative said Monday that the county might need to reconsider a day-use fee for Beaver Creek Park if it means charging people twice to fish. Tom Flowers, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 regional manager in Glasgow, told the Hill County Park Board that FWP stocks fish in waters open to the public, with the stocking paid for through fishing license fees. If someone charges for access to the fishing site, FWP cannot stock the waters, he said....

  • Hutchinson, Hollandsworth face off

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 7, 2014
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    The Republican primary race for a newly created four-county state House district sees a state representative who retired from farming east of Brady facing a Hingham-area farmer. Darrold Hutchinson of Hingham is challenging Rep. Roy Hollandsworth, R-Brady, in the primary for House District 27, which starts on the Canadian border in Liberty and western Hill County and runs through Chouteau County and to the northeastern corner of Cascade County outside of Great Falls. The winner of that race will face Democrat Rob Laas of...

  • Erickson, Scheele, Smeby win in Havre

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated May 7, 2014

    The newest three members of the Havre School Board of Trustees are Cindy Erickson, Timothy Scheele and Curtis Smeby. Erickson gained the most votes out of the total 928 ballots turned in from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Erickson received 706 votes, Scheele received 597 and Smeby received 545. The other candidates, Bobbi Teasley and Ericka Everly, received 367 and 363 votes respectively. District clerk Mike Arnold was in charge of counting the ballots and said that he was...

  • Locals star at Top 10 Meet

    Daniel Horton|Updated May 7, 2014

    Another Glasgow Top 10 track meet is in the books, and like every year, several local athletes performed very well against some of the area’s best track and field stars. Tuesday evening in Glasgow, standouts from Havre High, Chinook, Hays-Lodge Pole, and Harlem turned in good numbers and marks on the track and in the field. No team totals were kept, but the Hi-Line’s best still shined in individual events. On the girls side of things, the Havre High Blue Ponies placed in fou...

  • Blue Ponies slowed up by tough CMR Rustlers

    Daniel Horton|Updated May 7, 2014

    After turning red hot over the last couple weeks, the Havre High girls softball team ran into a wall in Great Falls. Tuesday afternoon the Central A Blue Ponies played one nonconference game against the Class AA CMR Rustlers junior varsity squad in Great Falls. Unfortunately, a Pony team that has erupted at the plate in recent outings was very limited, as the Rustlers defeated the Ponies 11-1. The Ponies overall record dropped to 5-3 with the loss. But the lack of runs...

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  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Lacey Waid, Havre Track

    Daniel Horton|Updated May 7, 2014

    Lacey Waid has been extremely busy the last four years as a standout Havre High Blue Pony athlete. But having been offered a track and field scholarship to Montana State University-Billings, Waid won’t be slowing down anytime soon, as she takes her athleticism to the collegiate level. Waid has been a force for Pony athletics since her freshman year, but as a senior, she is having her best year yet. The highlight so far was a Class A state basketball title she and the rest o...