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The North Stars Knights have dominated the District 9C boys track meet over the years and behind the stellar performances of Dylan Miller, Devon Miller and Caden Rettig, the Knights brought home the team title for a fifth consecutive season Wednesday at the Havre Middle School track. Yet, just like last season, when the Knights edged out Chinook for the crown, nothing came easy. In fact, with just a few events to go, North Star was trailing Fort Benton. However, strong...
Two years after she was appointed Liberty County Treasurer, Denise Wanken wants to serve a full-term in that position but will first need to win the Republican primary. Wanken faces a Republican primary challenge from Rachelle Fenger in the June 5 primary. Because no Democrat or Independent filed to run for treasurer, the winner of the primary will be unopposed in the general election. Wanken said that she wants to continue as treasurer because she enjoys working for the...
Rachelle Fenger hopes to be the next Liberty County Treasurer, but she will first have to win the upcoming Republican primary. Fenger is running against Liberty County Treasurer Denise Wanken in the June 5 Republican primary. Because no Democrat or Independent filed to run for treasurer, the winner of the primary will be unopposed in the general election. Fenger said that her love of government accounting and a desire to make positive change in the county is why she decided...
Robert Pasha said he hopes to serve a second term as Chouteau County commissioner, but he will first need to fend off a challenge from a former commissioner. Pasha faces former Chouteau County commissioner and now state Rep. James O'Hara, R-Fort Benton, in the June 5 Republican primary. No Democrat filed to run for the seat, so the winner of the primary will be unopposed in the general election. Pasha said he is running for a second term because he appreciates the chance to...
State Rep. James O'Hara, R-Fort Benton, will not run for re-election to the Montana House of Representatives, but is instead mounting a Republican primary challenge for his former seat on the Chouteau County Commission. O'Hara is challenging incumbent Commissioner Robert Pasha in the June 5 Republican primary. Because no Democrat or Independent has filed, the winner of the primary will be unopposed in the general election. O'Hara was elected in 2016 to House District 27,...
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Aaniih Nakoda College on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is holding its 30th Commencement Ceremony this evening with 41 students scheduled to graduate with degrees in fields ranging from business to carpentry, including two in the college's new associate degree in nursing. The ceremony starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Harlem High School gymnasium with a feed following the ceremony. Sharen Kickingwoman is the commencement speaker. She is a member of the Aaniiihnen and Blackfeet...
Havre Police are warning people about a new scam that is hitting the area involving iTunes gift cards. A press release from the Havre Police Department said the scam starts with people receiving an official-looking envelope asking the person who received it to act as a “mystery survey shopper.” The document includes a money order — which is fraudulent but may pass initial screening, but will not be processed, leaving the person who cashes it potentially responsible for the money. It includes portions for a “comm...
This Saturday, in Havre and across the rest of the country, the National Association of Letter Carriers will be holding The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the nation’s largest single-day food drive. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is annually on the second Saturday in May and happens in 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. This year will mark the 26th year that the food drive has been held. Havre postal worker Travis Abdallah said the food drives held in H...
A man who brought his worldwide ministry to Havre two years ago is bringing another world-traveling evangelist to Havre tonight through the weekend, including a stop on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Sunday. Gary J. Hicks of Havre said Abner Suarez, who has been evangelizing around the world for the last 20 years, will be at Abuntant Life Ministries tonight through Sunday, and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Living Waters Church on Rocky Boy. Hicks, who also travels the world with his ministry, said he has had connections with H...
Press release Havre Middle School will present its spring choir concert Monday at 7 p.m. in the middle school assembly room. Performances in this Disney-themed concert will feature the sixth-grade choir, Spotlighters, Treble-Aires, and the seventh- and eighth-grade combined choir....
Press release The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce’s Tourism Committee is offering people the opportunity to learn about Havre’s history by experiencing it. Havre locals will bring historical attractions to life for its annual Living History day Saturday, June 2. People can tour the once grandest and largest military post in Montana and one of the largest in the U.S., Fort Assinniboine, from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. They can check out the display of hides and guns. Each hour a cannon shot will be fired by the Bullhook Bottoms Bla...
Editor, Several weeks ago, I called Sen. Jon Tester’s office in Great Falls with two questions. First, I wanted to know if Sen. Tester had stood during the State of the Union address in January and at which points during that speech. The personable young woman on the phone proceeded to tell me the good work the senator was doing on behalf of our Montana veterans. When I reminded her of the question, she assured me she would refer that to Washington. Second question. It was about a week before the confirmation vote on P...
I’m angry. It’s selfish of me, but I worked myself up into a right little snit when I heard Amtrak is cutting service in Havre. Please, no, not an unmanned station. Selfish, I admit. In my personal phone and address book, yes, I have one of those old-fashioned black books, under “A” for Amtrak is the number for ticketing at the Havre station. I can phone that number from anywhere, talk to a real person, one with a welcoming voice, make my travel arrangements and know that I...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made Wednesday after an officer was flagged down by a woman on 15th Avenue at 7:48 a.m. Wednesday No details on the arrest were provided. —— David Taylor Eagleman of Havre, 58, was arrested on charges of trespass to property after a Second Street caller reported Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. that a drunk man, who was warned earlier to stay away, was kicking the door to the caller’s residence. —— A theft, forgery or fraud was investigated at the Havre Police Department Wednesday at 1:12 p.m....
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced this week that he secured over $30 million to provide clean, reliable drinking water to families in north-central and northeastern Montana. The Bureau of Reclamation funding will support Fort Peck’s Dry Prairie Rural Water Project and the Rocky Boy’s North Central Regional Water Project, which together would serve more than 60,000 Montanans. “Every Montanan needs clean water — it’s that simple,” Tester, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said in a release about the funding. “These...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Friday at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, if any B. New business 1. Personnel Open Agenda — An opportunity for any member of the audience to bring to the attention of the board questions or relevant comments concerning district matters not on the agenda. The board will not discuss or t...
Helen Kallenberger, 102, passed away due to natural causes at the Care & Comfort Home Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Services are pending. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements.... Full story
Press release The Advisory Council that oversees the Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program will be meeting for the first time at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Headquarters, 1420 East Sixth Ave. in Helena, at 9 a.m. Friday, May 18. The Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program, or WHIP, was established during the 2017 Legislature by legislation sponsored by Rep. Kelly Flynn, R-Townsend, to set aside up to $2 million of federal Pittman-Robertson funding for the purpose of wildlife habitat restoration work in the form of...
Jack L. Brese, 79, passed away Dec. 2, 2017, at Grandview Hospice in Great Falls, MT. Jack was born Jan. 8, 1938, to Jack and Katherine (Kaufman) Brese in Chinook, MT. Graveside services with military honors presented by Havre VFW Honor Guard will be held at Highland Cemetery in Havre, MT, Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 3 p.m. O’Connor Funeral Home of Great Falls, MT, is overseeing the arrangements.... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams wrapped up the 2018 Big Sky Region season last weekend in Great Falls. But one Skylight standout's season isn't over yet. Northern's Tara Stimpson, who finished second in barrel racing at the University of Providence Rodeo in Great Falls, has qualified for the 2018 College National Finals Rodeo. Stimpson will compete in barrel racing at the CNFR June 9-16 in Casper, Wyoming. As for the action at last weekend's Providence...
When it comes to the sport of tennis Havre High head coach George Ferguson's family tree is a big one. After all, Ferguson's older brother Dan was the first Blue Pony to ever win an individual state championship in tennis at HHS. Later, Ferguson himself, as a Blue Pony freshman, was part of the first HHS team to earn a trophy at the Class A state tournament, and later, Ferguson's cousins were part of the first HHS teams to win Class A state team titles for Havre High. So it go...
The Fort Benton girls are putting together a dominant run in track and Wednesday at the District 9C girls track meet, the Longhorns walked away with some more hardware. When the competition was all said and done, the Longhorns didn't just win the the 9C championship - they dominated it. Fort Benton took home first place in eight of the 17 events, including both the 400 and 1,600-meter relays en route to 245 points. That was more than double the point total of second-place...
