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  • Havre gets a second taxi service

    Alex Ross|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    People in the Havre area who are in need of a ride now have a new option. Aneta Jones of Havre, a first-time business woman, has launched Hi-Line Taxi. It will join Town Taxi as one of two taxi service providers in the city of Havre. Before launching the new taxi service, Jones worked for five years with the Center for Mental Health, where her duties included driving patients to doctor's appointments and errands. Jones said she first got the idea to go into business for hersel...

  • Family remembers Freddy Bacon

    Alex Ross|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Caroline Raining Bird reached into the front of her hatchback and pulled out three 8-inch-by-10-inch framed pictures, each one a portrait of her grandson Freddy Bacon. Raining Bird, a 79-year-old who lives on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, looked fondly at a picture of her then-toddler grandson. "And this was him when he was small," she said, tapping her finger on the glass of the frame. "When he was about that big I told him 'What is your name?' He said 'Fedie Bacon, Fedie...

  • Drug dealer receives 5-year sentence

    Paul Dragu|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    A Washington man arrested during an Amtrak Empire Builder stop in Havre who pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to charges including possession of drugs with intent to distribute was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to five years with the state Department of Corrections. District Judge Dan Boucher sentenced Alejandro Romero, born in 1988, to five years for criminal possession with intent to distribute and five years for use or possession of property subject to criminal forfeiture. Romero also received six months each...

  • Quick Pics: Ice cream and music at the Square

    Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Kendall Holden, 16, has been driving Havre's Ice Cream Truck around town since his dad bought the truck last year. They added freezers, a seat, a radio and a radiator to the already-painted truck. Some of his most lucrative spots are at events like here at Town Square for Sounds on the Square as well as the train station. "If the train is late and the waiting passengers are hot and bored, they are going to buy more ice cream," he said. When asked what's the best thing about hi...

  • Havre 4th of July celebration set in Pepin Park

    John Kelleher|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    What started out as two brothers putting on a picnic for people who had nothing else to do July Fourth has turned into a massive community party. More than 1,500 people are expected to be on hand Monday for the 15th annual Havre Fourth of July Festival at Pepin Park. Bands will perform. There will be face-painting for the kids. Hots dogs and hamburgers will be served. Gift baskets will be raffled off. And mostly, there will be friendship and a sense of community as people gather to celebrate Independence Day. Sherri...

  • New court actions on Rocky Boy fraud, embezzlements

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    A former tribal council member at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was scheduled to plead guilty to charges today in federal District Court in Great Falls in three separate cases alleging fraud, corruption, embezzlement and tax evasion. This comes after two weeks of activitiy in the court where more off-reservation people have been charged in a case alleging use of the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s online lending business to facilitate and hide fraud and embezzlement on the reservation, and a Billings businessman faces new charges in y...

  • Looking Out My Back Door: The birds, the bees and flush toilets

    Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Every morning at first light a symphony of birds sings me awake. I don’t say it’s necessarily pretty birdsong. The New York Philharmonic it is not. But it is loud. And it is a mixture of voices of whatever birds are hanging out in this part of the state at any particular time. Perhaps a better description is of musicians tuning their instruments prior to the performance. Tuning takes a good hour. At full light each singer flies off to greet the day with its perfect song. At any one time I look out my windows and see doz...

  • Letter to the Editor: Blue Ponies are going to Washington, and they will be fantastic

    Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Editor: The Blue Ponies are marching in Washington, D.C., on July 4. They are going to be absolutely fantastic. I have been hearing them practice over the past month and driven over to watch them for a few moments as they diligently practiced in the heat of the day on the dirt track at Havre High School. As they marched down 5th Avenue Tuesday afternoon I was so filled with pride knowing that in a few short days they would be representing our community and our state in the nation’s capital city in the National Independence Da...

  • For the Record, June 30, 2016

    Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Havre Police Department Na-tha-at Holyweasel Doney, 23, of Havre was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, two counts of child endangerment and revocation of suspended sentence after a caller from HRDC reported Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. a suspicious man who didn’t seem to be "functioning well." —— Officers investigated a suspicious activity report after a 6th Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 7:57 p.m. that there were “suspicious items” on rental property. —— Officers investigated a sex offense report and made th...

  • Obituary - Mark Steven Nelson

    Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Mark Steven Nelson was born in Havre, Montana, June 1, 1949, to Earl and Marilyn Nelson. He was the eldest of five children. He met Cheryl at Montana State University-Northern and they married in August 1969. They moved to Oregon in 1970, and he spent 30 years working for Freightliner as a machinist, retiring in 2004. Mark is survived by his wife; sons, Kristofer (Hobie) and Kevin (Ildiko); and three of his siblings, Peggy, Larry and Paul. Mark touched the lives of so many...

  • Anderson ZurMuehlen announces new hires

    Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Press release Anderson ZurMuehlen has announced that Debra Armstrong has been hired as senior staff for controller services at Anderson ZurMuehlen. Armstrong has more than 15 years of experience in business management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, QuickBooks and payroll. She has worked as an accountant for various businesses. Armstrong is a QuickBooks ProAdviser and has certifications in human resources and supervision from Green River Community College in Auburn,...

  • North Stars hoping to get hot in July

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    A year ago, the Havre North Stars American Legion Baseball team used a hot stretch in July to take over first place in the Northern A District. And while that may be difficult to do this year, the North Stars will have a big chance to make some headway this week, with six district games in four days. Havre, which split with the Great Falls Chargers Tuesday night at Legion Field, will travel to Vauxhall today for a doubleheader, followed by home doubleheaders against...

  • Representing the Stars and Stripes

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jun 30, 2016

    Six-Man football isn't something that exists everywhere. In fact, Montana is one of the few places where the game is celebrated, and that passion will show next Monday as a number of players are representing the Big-Sky state at the CanAm Bowl Monday in Hafford, Saskatchewan. The CanAm Bowl is a Six-Man all-star game that features some of the best players from Canada against a United States all-star team that selects players from Montana, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,...