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BILLINGS (AP) — An airplane with two people on board has crashed at Fort Smith on the Crow Indian Reservation Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer told The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/14oKSOr ) the plane crashed at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said he had no information on whether those on board were injured. Big Horn County Coroner Terry Bullis told the newspaper he had not been contacted about the crash as of 2:10 p.m. FAA records show the single-engine Aviat A-1B Husky is registered to a ranch n...
Havre City Council Monday gave unanimous preliminary approval to a plan to elect city officials on a nonpartisan vote. If council approves the measure a second time in two weeks, it will go on the fall ballot. Should voters support the plan, this fall’s election will be the last time Democrats will face Republicans for municipal offices. Councilman Andrew Brekke, who is also Hill County Republican chair, said most Montana cities already have nonpartisan voting, and as far as he knows, no city has ever rejected a plan to c...
DEER LODGE (AP) — Montana State Prison officials say they haven't received any significant leads in their search for a convicted sex offender who escaped from the prison in Deer Lodge and remained at large on Tuesday. Dean Randolph Jess was working for motor vehicle maintenance on a service call at about 11 a.m. Monday when he escaped, spokeswoman Linda Moodry said. The vehicle he was in was found a half-hour later about 1 1/2 miles away, and prison officials said in a statement Tuesday he disappeared in a rugged area c...
Though a spot on the Hill County Park Board still was open during its meeting Monday in Havre, the Hill County Commission has narrowed a large list of candidates down to five finalists and is scheduling interviews to select one to appoint to the board. Park Board Member Mel Gomke, appointed to the board in 2001, announced his retirement in May. The board is selecting someone to finish out his term, through May 1, 2014. The five finalists selected for interviews are Lowell Alcock, Renelle Braaten, Ursula Brese, Scott Doney and...
As year 12 is shaping up for the Havre Fourth of July Festival, the day promises to be full of sunshine, good music, good clean fun and good neighbors. I would like to personally invite the community down to Pepin Park on the Fourth of July to help celebrate our nation’s birthday. I have had a lot of fun organizing this event with my brother, Woody. I have made a lot of friends along the way, and a lot of memories along the way. I have probably stretched some of that friendship a little by putting them to work, but in the e...
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock is seeking federal assistance for damage caused by this spring's flooding in northern and central Montana, especially in Hill and Blaine counties and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. The Democratic governor sent President Barack Obama a request for a federal disaster declaration on Monday. A presidential declaration would allow federal aid to be used to assist with repairs. The request includes a preliminary assessment that says the flooding from heavy rainfall in May caused $3.15 million in d...
Most every local golf tournament these days is a fund raiser for local causes. And a round of golf is certainly a good way to donate to a charity. But one of the most worthy of them all each summer in Havre is the annual Havre Women Fighting Breast Cancer Tournament. The 2013 edition was held Saturday at Prairie Farms Golf Course, and with 16 three-woman teams entered, the event raised over $15,000 which will go toward breast cancer research and awareness. The tournament is...
The offensive production by the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team hasn’t been a consistent strength this season, but it got the job done Monday. Playing at Legion Field in Havre, the North Stars found a way to sweep the Tri-County Cardinals in two district games Monday evening. Game one went into extra innings, but the North Stars still managed a 7-6 win in nine innings. And in the nightcap, the North Stars finished off the Cardinals with an 11-7 victory in s...
“Oh, the places you’ll go!” Every child has a favorite book or storybook character. When they are little, they will listen to you read the same book to them over and over. As they get older, they may select an entire series of books to read with devotion. Reading opens the door to our imagination, exposing us to far-off places, interesting people and new ideas. That’s why the Office of Public Instruction and the governor’s office are working together to encourage Montana students in kindergarten through twelfth grade to...
The death of 19 firefighters who were battling a blaze near Prescott, Ariz., is a sad reminder that people who perform public service often end up paying dearly. The 19 are heroes in everyone’s book. They started their day at work having no idea they would be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. Without qualm or question, they went out to defend their neighbors and friends from a wildfire that was out of control and endangering the small communities near Prescott. For reasons that are being investigated, 19 of the 2...
The name George Custer is etched in the annals of U.S. and Montana history for the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Less well-known is that Custer may have been the man who won the Civil War. The incident, known mostly to Civil War buffs, occurred at the critical climax of that war’s decisive battle, at Gettysburg, on July 3 — 150 years ago Wednesday. Under the gifted leadership of General Robert E. Lee, the South had won a series of battles against attacking Union armies. The Confederates decided to become the att...
A group formed at the end of 2011 to help support the 10,000-acre county park south of Havre has made its first major purchase for the park, the chair of its board reported at the Hill County Park Board meeting Monday in Havre. Friends of Beaver Creek Park Chair Ursula Brese said the group spent $1,529 to buy a pole saw and paint sprayer for the park staff. The board approved at its last meeting providing $1,500 to buy the equipment, she said. “Of course, it went over $1,500,...
The Hill County Park Board Monday approved sending a new draft of rules for Beaver Creek Park to the county for review and approval, despite a comment from the public that it could be opening itself up to major criticism. The board reviewed a draft of rule updates, made some minor amendments then unanimously voted to send them to the Hill County Commission for approval. Lou Hagener, who worked on supervising public land while employed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said during the public comment period at the end of t...
The Havre Task Force for Urban Reforestation Committee has invited people to a special ceremony Wednesday to honor two long-time Havre residents, educators, volunteers and tree-planting advocates. A memorial tree-planting ceremony is scheduled to start at noon Wednesday in front of the Vande Bogart Library at Montana State University-Northern in honor of Harrison and Arlie Lane. Lanes moved to Havre in 1954, where Harrison Lane taught at Northern Montana College, now Montana State University-Northern, and Arlie Lane worked...
