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  • Police arrest 17-year-old on attempted murder charge

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    Havre police said in a press release late this morning that a 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday night on suspicion of charges including attempted murder after police were told that someone in a vehicle Thursday had fired multiple gunshots at another vehicle. The juvenile is being detained in Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center pending formal charges being filed by the Hill County Attorney's Office. The boy was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, assault with a...

  • Name of Thursday motorcycle crash fatality released

    Pam Burke|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    Hill County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred Thursday on Montana Highway 234. Undersheriff Stan Martin said Kelly Benson, a 63-year-old Havre resident, died at the scene of the crash that was called in at 8:12 p.m. Trooper Christopher Baker said Benson was northbound in Beaver Creek Park and failed to negotiate a turn near mile marker 16. The motorcycle rolled, throwing the Benson, who was not wearing a helmet, B...

  • Hi-Line Women's Coalition holds first pro-choice public event

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    The newly formed Hi-Line Women's Coalition held their first public event Friday at Triple Dog Brewing Company, with about 10 members of the group registering voters and talking about reproductive rights, which they feel are under threat in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. Coalition Board Co-Chairs Morgaine Lomayesva and Julea Robbins said the group formed after the Supreme Court's decision, which they said threatens Montana women's right to a...

  • Ed Butcher speaks at North Central Pachyderms

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    North Central Pachyderms hosted Friday a talk by former state Sen. Ed Butcher, R-Winifred, who runs the website legislatorloyalty.com, a website that tracks the party loyalty of Republicans in the state legislature. The primary subject of Butcher's presentation was about the Solutions Caucus, a group of moderate Republicans in the legislature that tend to compromise with Democrats on policy more than their colleagues. He not only criticized the group and others like them for...

  • MSU announces seventh class of Hilleman Scholars

    Updated Aug 22, 2022

    BOZEMAN - Ryder Cole of Chester is one of 58 high school graduates from across Montana who have been selected for their effort and potential as the seventh class of Montana State University's Hilleman Scholars Program, which is named after Maurice Hilleman, one of the state's most influential, but least known, native sons. "A scholarship from MSU changed the direction of Maurice Hilleman's life, taking him from a farm in Miles City to medical laboratories where he developed...

  • Obituary - Kelly Bennett Benson

    Updated Aug 22, 2022

    Kelly Benson passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022. Kelly Bennett Benson was born July 14, 1959, to Roger and Leila Benson in Glasgow, MT. He was the oldest son of three children. After Roger took on an executive role at Havre Federal Savings and Loan when Kelly was in the third grade, the family moved to Havre, where he continued school, graduating from Havre High School in 1977. He joined the U.S. Army in February 1978 where he was trained as a medic and later became an...

  • Obituary - Ginger Faye Zanto

    Updated Aug 22, 2022

    Ginger Faye Zanto was a caring wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, and friend. Ginger passed August 14, 2022, at home in Havre, Montana, at the age of 76, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was attended by her loving family. Cremation has taken place. Ginger's love for life didn't come to an end with her passing, instead her loved ones will continue to honor her legacy by living their lives to the fullest. Ginger was born to Dexter and Helen Buck of...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Aug 22, 2022

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2700 Establishing Local Option Motor Vehicle 0.5% Tax for Funding Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Amended Plat of Lot 1 Holden Subdivision County needs City of Havre Floodway Easement Quit claim deeds...

  • For the Record, Aug. 22, 2022

    Updated Aug 22, 2022

    Havre Police Department A First Avenue caller reported Friday at 9:04 a.m. that someone broke into his truck during the night. -- A Saddle Butte Drive caller reported Friday at 10:13 a.m. that someone broke into a truck during the night. -- A Saddle Butte Drive caller reported Friday at 3:28 p.m. that a vehicle had been entered and property stolen. -- Property was reported found on Second Avenue at 3:54 p.m. Friday. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 24, was arrested on a...

  • Blue/White Day kicks off fall sports season

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    The official start of the high school fall sports season took place this past Saturday with the Blue/White day for Havre High School. Over the course of the day, the HHS volleyball and football teams competed in their scrimmages to prepare for the upcoming fall season. The day started in the morning with the blue/white volleyball scrimmage at Havre High Gymnasium. The white team, which consisted of mostly varsity players, went on to win the scrimmage match, 3-1, by scores of...

  • Northern volleyball opens the season on the road

    Kason Clark|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    This past week, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team got its fall season started with a match as well as several scrimmages. The Skylights’ played many different teams on the road this past week, but their lone match was against Valley City State University on Thursday morning. While the Skylights were on the road in Valley City, North Dakota, the Skylights won, 3-1, against Valley City State University by scores of 25-23, 25-22, 23-25 and 25-20 to start t...