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Editor's note: This version corrects an editing error to Havre High and Box Elder High schools' graduations are May 24. It also gives updated information provided by the Rocky Boy and Chester-Joplin-Inverness schools High schools around the Hi-Line have had to alter graduation plans for their seniors due to COVID-19. Havre High School is hosting its graduation Sunday, May 24, at Blue Pony Stadium at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the National Federation of State High School Association Students will be given... Full story
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations Area Port of Sweetgrass announced that the return to summer hours at the Port of Wild Horse is delayed due to current travel restrictions as a result of COVID-19. Normally, Wild Horse begins its summer hours schedule May 15. However, this year, the resumption of the summer hours will be delayed until further notice. The port of Wild Horse will continue operating on the winter hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days pe...
Courtesy Wheat Country Estates Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edna Reese celebrated her 100th birthday at her home at Wheat Country Estates in Chester. Many friends dropped by her window, and she enjoyed a special birthday party in her honor with the staff and residents. Edna Lucille LeMeux was born April 27, 1920, south of Poplar. She was one of 14 children that her father delivered. At age 17, Edna attended beauty school in Chinook. She met and married Wade Reese in 1940....
Gov. Steve Bullock said in a press conference Wednesday that Montana was in a good position, budget-wise, heading into the COVID-19 pandemic. “Leaving the money in the bank is allowing us the time to gauge and understand the economic impacts of COVID-19 that are occurring in every corner of our nation,” he said. “It’s allowing us to preserve and maintain key essential services in the short-and the mid-term. Our general fund cash flow is manageable, while I recognize projections are just bad, and we will know more after i... Full story
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said he wants to continue working on issues important to Montana in Congress. "I'm running for re-election to keep and continue serving Montana," Daines said. "To focus on creating jobs to restart our economy and also to protect our health care system by holding China accountable." He said he would sum up his time in office as "more jobs, less government." He said he is the best candidate because his background has helped equip him to serve as...
Gov. Steve Bullock said he thinks his record shows his ability to produce results, which he wants to take to Congress. "I ran for governor initially in 2012, with really one goal in mind: To make sure this place I was raised was even better for not only today, but the next generation," Bullock said. "I think that if you look over the last seven years, I worked to represent all of Montana and leave better than I found it. Even in times where politics is divided, we've been...
Daniel Larson said he is running for the U.S. Senate because he wants to make Congress work for the people. "I am running for this office because I think that where our politics is heading is dangerous and so as a father I want to create a new conversation that focuses more on the long-term and the future addresses some of our political divisiveness and creates more unity within the state," Larson said. "For me, the impeachment of Donald J. Trump was kind of the last straw...
John Driscoll said he is running for Senate again because he wants to fix what he sees as a dysfunctional system. "I've actually attempted to run for the U.S. Senate several times, I think the first time was 43 years ago, but for the Senate I never made it through a primary and I always ran as a Democrat," Driscoll said. "So, I have a really good life in Montana, a wonderful wife, but I'm really, really concerned about the country right now and I felt like I had to do...
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Fort Belknap Indian Community, in association with a number of other organizations, will be holding drive-through COVID-19 testing between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday for residents of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Blaine County and the surrounding area. The drive-through will be set up at the parking lot of Horse Capture Park, 143 Assiniboine Ave. on the Fort Belknap Reservation, as well as the parking lot of St. Paul’s Mission School, 761 Hays Road in Hays, Friday. Saturday, drive-through testing will o... Full story
Havre Police Department Anthony Terry Enemyhunter of Box Elder, 32, was issued a summons on a charge of shoplifting after a Montana Avenue business caller Wednesday at 10:33 a.m. reported the theft of a ring. -- Curtis James Bailey of Havre, 34, was arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct after a caller at a First Street West business reported a man banging on the doors and windows Wednesday at 11:22 a.m. -- An arrest was made after a caller at a First Street bus...
John Pavlovick Jr. passed away May 6, 2020, at his Havre home after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 74 years of age. Born July 10, 1945, in Havre, Montana, to John and Elsie (Cikrit) Pavlovick Sr., John was raised southeast of Big Sandy and attended Iliad country school before graduating from Big Sandy High School in 1963. After graduation, John enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he trained as a jet engine mechanic. Airman First Class Pavlovick served... Full story
“I want to be 14 again and ruin my life differently,” Kathy told me. After that surprising statement Kathy wriggled past elaborating further than a mumble about kisses with a fellow cellist at music camp. Harkening back to when I was 14, all I could think was “Ewww.” Way back then, “He looked at me,” would have put me, a late bloomer, in a dreamy swoon. Kathy a long-time friend, is stuck in Canada, as we all are stuck-in-place for an indeterminate while. I’d say her life is i...
Comebacks are always a great story in the world of sports. The most notable and often recognized comebacks come from teams that defy the odds placed before them, but what often can be overlooked is the comebacks that individual athletes have. What better feeling is there than watching a player climb his way back to game, where they leave a lasting impression? When it comes to the Hi-Line, Big Sandy's own Brock Proulx has put his name in the books as an athlete that never...
One of the biggest sporting events to hit Havre in the modern era was when the Montana State University-Northern Lights took on the University of Iowa in a dual inside a sold-out Armory Gymnasium. That night was one of the most electric nights in Northern wrestling history. This winter, the Lights will get to take on the big boys once again. Wednesday, it was announced that Northern will be part of a special four-way dual in Belgrade, with three NCAA Division I powerhouses in...
