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HAMILTON (AP) — The Ravalli County Commission has asked embattled interim treasurer Valerie Stamey to immediately resign or face suspension without pay. The unanimous action Friday by the commissioners came after a nearly four-hour meeting. They scheduled another meeting Tuesday to deal with the issue if she doesn't resign. The commission also says it plans to file a lawsuit against Stamey early next week for official misconduct and seek $29,000 in fines for failing to meet statutory requirements of the job. Stamey did not a... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — Montana Republicans resolved Saturday to close their primary elections to nonparty members and adopt a runoff system for the general election, following a fierce internal debate that underscores lingering divisions within the party heading into the general election season. The proposals were adopted by a voice vote taken of roughly 200 delegates at the party's election-year convention in Billings. The changes will not go into effect automatically. They would have to be approved by the state Legislature or i... Full story
The former top official of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation health care system is set to go on trial for embezzlement charges Wednesday, and a pretrial legal brief says two tribal council members are under investigation as well. Fawn Tadios, former CEO of the Chippewa Cree Health Board, has argued that former council Chair Bruce Sunchild and council member John “Chance” Houle, himself a former council chair, both approved her use of federal funds in the instances for which she is charged, a trial brief filed by the U.S....
KALISPELL (AP) — Parts of Glacier National Park are reopening after being closed by heavy rain this past week. The St. Mary Campground was closed but is now open with limited camp sites available. The Waterton Shoreline Cruise Co. has resumed tours on Waterton Lake to Glacier Park's Goat Haunt, where the dock was damaged due to high water. The Daily Inter Lake reports (http://bit.ly/1m7zaC5 ) that it is expected that Kintla Lake will be accessible this weekend. The road leading there was closed at the head of Big Prairie d... Full story
The testimony of former Montana State University-Northern's provost Rosalyn Templeton in the hearing for the sexual harassment complaint filed by Dean Randy Bachmeier has been moved to next month. Time ran out Thursday in the three-day hearing held by the Montana Human Relations Bureau. The third and, what was scheduled to be the final, day of the Randy Bachmeier vs. Montana State University-Northern hearing began at 8 a.m. Thursday with the continued testimony of Chancellor... Full story
Evelyn Eagleman, 66, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at her residence of natural causes. Wake services will begin Friday evening, June 20, 2014, and will continue until her funeral service, which shall be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at her residence, 112 Thimbleberry Road. Burial will be in the Eagleman Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Evelyn's online memorial and... Full story
HELENA (AP) - A fire engine and a pickup truck collided on a Montana highway, causing an explosion and fire that killed a family of five and a volunteer fire chief, authorities said. There were no survivors. The wreckage "was just all melted together" in the blaze Thursday night, Jefferson County sheriff's Deputy Bob Gleich said. The fire engine driven by Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department Chief Todd Rummel was heading east on U.S. Highway 12 when it collided with the... Full story
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Obama administration is launching an effort to accelerate protection of sage grouse along the California-Nevada line with $31 million in spending through 2024 to help ranchers and others improve habitat in what one top official says may be the best, last chance to keep the bistate population off the list of threatened species. "This is the last train out of the station," Jason Weller, chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, told The Associated Press. While t... Full story
We return to Box Elder for this 24th installment of this series celebrating Montana Territory’s 150th anniversary. Here is some of what was in the June 19, 1914 issue. Like Hingham, Box Elder was having a contest for a piano. The Valley Mercantile Company and the Box Elder Valley Press teamed up to put on the contest. Unlike the Hingham contest, Box Elder included the gentlemen as well as the local ladies, and the women could either be married or not. So far, Mary E. Myers leads the votes in the contest. Here is some more n...
The more than 2,000-year-old practice of acupuncture is alive on the Hi-Line. Acupuncture is a medical practice in which thin needles are inserted into key points along the body to relieve symptoms and bring bodies back into balance. Tammy Ellison is an acupuncturist, which are rare to come by in the Hi-Line region. "Nothing sticks around that long if it's not that effective," said Ellison, who lives in Chinook. The technique is older than Western medicine and is "tried and...
The next time I get to whining about how my government is like my mother — always saying no, can’t don’t — I’m going to have to remind myself that at least I don’t live in Swaziland where they just passed laws regulating fictional behavior. Civil aviation authorities in Swaziland have decreed that witches flying broomsticks above 150 meters will be subject to arrest and a hefty fine of $47,000 — equivalent to 505,000 in Swazi lilangeni, the local currency. With all due respe... Full story
Laurel — The United Way of Hill County will hold its Day of Action Saturday. At noon and again at 2 p.m., they are asking volunteers to come to Van Orsdel United Methodist Church to help package food — macaroni and cheese and beans and rice — to be distributed to churches, social agencies and the Havre Food Bank. More people are in need of healthy food these days. The economy may be getting better, but some folks are losing their jobs or having their hours cut. The food being prepared on Saturday will be helpful to these... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers responded to a 9:57 a.m. Thursday call from 2nd Street about a fraud on a checking account. ——— Joseph William Henderson, 23, of Box Elder was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants after an officer made a motor vehicle stop at 1:26 p.m. Thursday on 10th Avenue North. ——— Officers investigated a 9:42 p.m. Thursday call from Northern Montana Hospital about a dog bite. ——— Derek Paul Converse, 29, of Havre was arrested on a charge of violation of conditions of release after officers resp... Full story
Fay Lois (Vercruyssen) Stuker, 82, passed away June 19, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at 10 a.m. in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Chinook with burial following in the Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Rosary will be recited on Monday, June 23, at 7 p.m. in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Fay Lois Vercruyssen was born in the old Sacred Heart... Full story
Kathleen "Kay" Olson, 86, passed away peacefully June 17, 2014, in Spokane, Washington, where she resided the past seven years to be near her children. She was born May 4, 1928, in Laurel, Montana, to David and Katie Wagner. After graduating from Chinook High School, Kay attended cosmetology school in Billings. She owned the Salon Beau Monde Beauty Salon in the Havre Hotel in the early '50s. Kay married Howard G. Olson in 1952 and was married for 50 years. Those years were... Full story
Another children's theater camp was finishing up this morning, with the participants' own play, "Hollywood Lights," set to run at 7 tonight at the Little Theatre in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall. Montana Actors' Theatre veteran Jessa Pyette again directed the troupe's annual camp, with fellow veteran thespian Oriah Pratt acting as assistant director. This year's camp "has been full of laughter, fun, and creativity," Pyette said Thursday in an email interview... Full story
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It’s rodeo time in Montana. And for fans, as well as many cowboys and cowgirls from all over the state, it doesn’t get any better than this weekend in Chinook. The annual Bear Paw Roundup PRCA Rodeo returns to the Chinook Fairgrounds tonight, with the first performance starting at 7. There is also slack on Saturday morning and another performance Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Bear Paw Roundup is one of the biggest payouts on the Montana PRCA summer circuit, and this yea... Full story
There’s still a ways to go before fans will flock to Blue Pony Stadium for football season, but its never too early to think about it. With Blue Pony Football Camp coming up next week, the Havre High varsity football team is just two months away from the start of a brand new season. The Ponies will have a familiar schedule in the fall of 2014, but it will be flipped from last season. Havre High, coached by Jason Christenson, will play five home games in a nine-game schedule th... Full story
Montana State University-Northern senior Charlie Mack is having quite the time at the 2014 College National Finals Rodeo. Through three rounds of competition Mack sits eighth in the bareback riding at the CNFR, which runs through Saturday night in Casper, Wyoming. Mack scored a 65 in the first round of the CNFR Tuesday, then followed that up with a 62 in the second round and a 63.5 in the third round Wednesday night. Mack has one performance left, and if he remains inside the...
