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Articles from the May 17, 2018 edition


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  • Ponies host Central A in quest for state softball

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 18, 2018

    There is no question that the Havre High softball team has put together a successful season in the first year under new head coach Tony Vigliotti. But unless the Blue Ponies deliver a win Saturday at the Central A Divisional, their season will end up feeling a little empty. Havre and the rest of the softball teams in the Central A, Belgrade, Livingston and Lewistown will converge on the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field Saturday for a four-game tournament that will send three teams...

  • Community members receive 2018 Preservation Award

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated May 17, 2018

    Wednesday, the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission presented their 2018 Preservation Award to two Havre community homeowners. The Preservation Commission was created in 2003 to preserve and protect, through awareness, the historic and prehistoric resources of the community. "During National Preservation Month - the commission recognizes organizations or individuals in Havre/Hill County who 'preserve and protect our historic resources,'" Commission Historic Prese...

  • Local scout troops work together on Scouts BSA changes

    Derek Hann|Updated May 17, 2018

    Editor’s note: This corrects some errors in in a previous version. The local Scouting community is coming together to implementi changes to Boy Scouts of America, a local Scout leader said Wednesday. “A good scout is a good scout, a good leader is a good leader. You need the youth to be engaged, leaders who want to be leaders and we are going to get there,” said Bill Lanier, Boy Scouts of America’s Hi-Line District committee chairman, who has been involved with Scouting for 23 years and is an Eagle Scout himself. The Boy Sco...

  • Quick Pics: Spring Garden program at Lincoln-McKinley

    Updated May 17, 2018

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  • Daines grills Amtrak exec over restaffing offices

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 17, 2018

    U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., asked some point-blank questions in the Senate of an Amtrak executive Wednesday about planned changes to service on the Empire Builder that runs along Montana’s Hi-Line. Amtrak announced that it would eliminate ticket agents at its stations in Havre, which has two agents, and Shelby, which has three agents, effective June 1. “I’m concerned about the impacts this decision might have on Havre as well as Shelby,” Daines said in a recording of the session. “ … What specifically can Amtrak do to co...

  • Women detained by Border Patrol for speaking Spanish

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 17, 2018

    Montana Television Networks has reported that a Havre woman and her sister were detained for more than a half-hour at a Havre convenience store for speaking Spanish. The report said that Ana Suda, who was born in Texas and moved to Havre, stopped with a friend to buy some milk and the two were speaking Spanish when a U.S. Border Patrol agent asked them for identification. She recorded the interview by the agent, which is posted on the KRTV website. The Havre Daily News was not able to find contact information for Suda other t...

  • District says no gun in schools

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated May 17, 2018

    The Havre Public Schools district announced this morning that rumors of a gun being found in a local school are false, and stem from a toy gun on a bus. Superintendent Andy Carson said they received the report through a phone call and started investigating right away. The district said someone reported to school administration that a student had a gun at a bus stop within city limits. The administration, after an extensive search, determined the gun to be a toy one, a statement on the district website said. Local law...

  • For the Record, May 17, 2018

    Updated May 17, 2018

    Havre Police Department Ryan Lee Grant of Havre, 31, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, during a vehicle stop on 5th Avenue Wednesday at 11:01 a.m. —— James Hansen, a 44-year-old homeless man, was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a caller reported a man yelling in the alley off Fourth Avenue Wednesday at 11:10 a.m. —— Nathaniel Isaac Windyboy of Box Elder, 35, was arrested on a stalking...

  • Letter to the Editor - Thank you for Stamp Out Hunger

    Updated May 17, 2018

    Dear Editor, On behalf of the Havre Community Food Bank and the individuals we serve, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Havre Postal Workers for sponsoring the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this past Saturday, May 12. Over 2,600 pounds of food was collected and delivered to the Havre Community Food Bank thanks to the efforts of our local postal workers. This is 500 more pounds of food than was collected in 2017. I would like to thank everyone who volunteered their valuable time to this event, especially the...

  • 'I Love You - You're Perfect - Now Change'

    Sondra Ashton|Updated May 17, 2018

    The delightful musical comedy by the above name is about people in love. It’s not quite the same thing, but my perfect love is my garden. Not a month ago, I said to Leo, my garden helper, “I’ve now done everything I want to do with my garden. It is perfect.” It is. Truly. Leo rolled his eyes and grinned. Last week I met a couple from Seattle at the nearby campground. They wanted to know which house is mine. When I described my location, she said, “Oh, you are the garden....

  • Skylights add two new recruits

    George Ferguson|Updated May 17, 2018

    The 2018 recruiting class continues to grow for head coach Chris Mouat's Montana State University-Northern Skylights. Earlier this week, Mouat announced the signings of Swedish guard Petra Sellin and Columbia Falls' standout forward Sydney Hovde to NAIA national letters of intent. Sellin is a 5-9 guard from Angelholm, Sweden. She is transferring to Northern from NCAA Division II Cameron University. Sellin played in the Second League in Sweden for three seasons. In 2015-2016, s...

  • Northern C track time

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 17, 2018

    No matter what the sport, when it comes to being a Class C athlete, advancing to state is a big deal and today in Great Falls, a number of local track standouts will try to punch their tickets at the Class C state meet. To do that however, they will need to shine in the Northern C Divisional track meet, which began this morning at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls. The meet features the top athletes from the Districts 8C, 9C and 10C and the top finishers in each event, as well...

  • Old Station Brewing Co. opening this weekend

    Alex Ross|Updated May 17, 2018

    The Old Station Brewing Co. in the former Heltne's Service Station at 140 First Street in Havre will officially open for business Friday, giving people another place to drink locally brewed beer. Steve Neiffer said he initially planned to have the brewery open last fall, but the 4,500-square-foot abandoned building had a lot of work that needed to be done. "There are just a lot of pieces to put into place." he said. Neiffer added that work has been done to restore...