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One of three ferries left in Montana sits on the Missouri River 16 miles north of Winifred. Tom Philp has been one of the two employees running the Stafford-McClelland Ferry for four years. “Greatest job in the world,” Philp said. “It’s a pretty simple operation to run.” Philp said he has shuttled around eight cars a day across the river on average this year, which he said has been pretty slow. “Some days, you can get up to 20 cars,” Philp said. In June, 2013, the ferry was... Full story
Laurel —Childhood obesity is a growing problem. Young folks along the Hi-Line are no exception. Lack of exercise and poor diet are the two main reasons. Havre schools and several others along the Hi-Line have initiated efforts to provide healthier breakfasts and lunches while keeping the food tasty and appealing to young people. This is a worthwhile effort in which the United States Department of Agriculture provides financial incentives to the school districts. Laurel —Patty Brannigan has reopened a Havre institution, the Fr... Full story
HELENA - The Montana State University-Northern Lights pitched a shutout on the Carroll College Fighting Saints...for one quarter. But after leading 3-0 after one period on a Jordan Reuschoff field goal, the Lights couldn't hold the Saints back in Carroll's home opener. The Saints scored 31 unanswered points to knock off the Lights for the 16th straight time, 31-3 Saturday at Nelson Stadium in Helena. Carroll scored 10 points in the second quarter to lead 10-3 at the half. The... Full story
KALISPELL (AP) — Authorities say eight dragon boats each carrying about 15 paddlers swamped or capsized on Flathead Lake. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry tells the Daily Inter Lake (http://bit.ly/1arxC1M) that rescuers responding on Friday got everybody safely out of the water. The crews were practicing for this weekend's Montana Dragon Boat Festival where the 46-foot-long, shallow canoes compete in races. Wayfarers State Park ranger Lyle Scott says the swamped boats had to be towed back to shore. Authorities say the b... Full story
The Havre High football team got off to a great start Friday night against the Miles City Cowboys. The Blue Ponies scored on their opening possession of their home opener when Dane Warp hooked up with Thomas Gruber for a 21-yard touchdown. However, Havre never got a chance to find out if it was going to be able to pull the upset. Miles City tied the contest at 6-6 in the second quarter, then, minutes into the second half, the teams were pulled off the field due to lightning in the area. As the storms intensified, and with no... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court has ordered a judge to cancel a Friday resentencing hearing for a former teacher who got 30 days in prison for raping a 14-year-old student. Justices say Judge G. Todd Baugh does not have authority to reconsider the sentence he gave to former Billings teacher Stacey Rambold. Baugh was widely criticized for the Aug. 26 sentencing and for saying the victim was "older than her chronological age." He has since sought to backtrack, apologizing for his comments and attempting to r... Full story
MISSOULA (AP) — Freight traffic resumed Friday morning after Montana Rail Link workers cleared the site of a train derailment in western Montana. Twenty-three cars of a 66-car freight train destined for Laurel derailed early Wednesday along a steep embankment above the Clark Fork River about 4 miles east of Superior. Four empty cars ended up in the river. Some train traffic was re-routed while other trains were held on sidings. MRL spokeswoman Lynda Frost told the Missoulian crews worked late Thursday and early Friday to r... Full story
The managers of a local archaeological site are offering a chance this weekend to take part in a decade-old tradition — a tradition that actually extends thousands of years in this region. The annual atlatl competition is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump behind the Holiday Village Mall. “It really is just a family, fun event,” site manager Anna Brumley said. “Some come and stay most of the day.” The bison kill site, where Native Americans d... Full story
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A Great Falls teen who had agreed to plead guilty to raping an 11-year-old girl broke away from sheriff's deputies escorting him to court and jumped over a courthouse railing, striking his head on the floor below, a witness said. Kaleb Kuebler, 16, was in leg shackles and handcuffs Thursday morning when he got away from the officers on the courthouse's third floor and jumped over the railing. He landed on a second-floor tile floor, said Katie Kenneway, who witnessed the jump. Kuebler was listed in critical... Full story
BILLINGS — A Montana judge appeared intent on trying to undo his lenient sentence for a teacher who raped a student, even as prosecutors pressed the state Supreme Court on Friday to stop him until their appeal is resolved. A resentencing hearing was planned later in the day for Stacey Rambold, 54, who pleaded guilty to one count of rape in April. An emergency petition from the state attorney general's office to block the resentencing was pending before the state Supreme Court after being filed at close of business T...
After an 0-1 start to the new football season, the Havre High Blue Ponies are looking to get into the win column in week two. And senior middle linebacker Jake Williams could be crucial to just how much success the Central A Ponies have this season. Last season, the Ponies finished with a 4-5 record and as the No. 3 seed in the conference. But another run into the state playoffs was upended with a tough loss, this time to Laurel. Moving forward, the Ponies are looking to move... Full story
The Havre High boys and girls golf teams are already nearing the halfway point of the 2013 season. Since school started just last week, that’s strange to say, but the golf season is already getting into the stretch run. That run continues today for the Blue Ponies, who are back at the East Glacier Lodge Golf Course playing in the Browning Invitational. Havre just played last Thursday in browning, with both Blue Pony teams finishing first in a varsity-only event. Today’s tou... Full story
A team or athletic program always learns a lot about itself after finally getting the opportunity to compete against other programs or athletes, and as the first-year head coach of the Havre High cross country teams, Darci Heninger will surely know a lot more after this weekend. Heninger and the Central A Blue Ponies have already had a solid off-season, but there is no doubting their excitement to run against somebody else outside of practice. The Ponies will get that... Full story
The Carroll College Fighting Saints marched into Havre in a highly-anticipated season-opening game with the Montana State University-Northern Lights last August, and the Saints marched right back to Helena with an emphatic 31-6 win. The victory didn’t catapult the Saints to a successful season, as Carroll wound up slipping to a 7-4 year, missing the NAIA playoffs and not at least sharing the Frontier Conference title for the first time in 12 seasons. The loss, did however, s... Full story
Frontier Conference play is still a week away, yet it’s already been a long road for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. And the Skylights are back on that road Saturday. Northern, which just returned from a four-match weekend in Florida, will play a pair of NCAA Division II schools in the University of Mary and Minot State University as part of the UGF/Carroll Tournament Saturday in Great Falls. And though it’s a short trip, compared to back-to-back tri... Full story
Havre High has conference rivals like the Livingston Rangers and Belgrade Panthers in nearly every sport, but now that the Blue Pony football team is running into the Miles City Cowboys seemingly every year, a thrilling nonconference rivalry has also grown in football. But the Cowboys have had the Ponies’ number over the least half of a decade, something the Ponies would like to change tonight in their home debut. Tonight at 6, the Ponies and Cowboys will meet at Blue Pony Sta... Full story
The excitement of the season opener is behind the Havre High football team, but heading into week two of the young season, the excitement of the Blue Ponies’ home opener is just as intense. After a tough loss to Whitefish on the road last Saturday, the Central A Ponies will make their home debut. Tonight the lights will shine on Blue Pony Stadium for the first time this season, hosting a nonconference opponent at a special time. The Eastern A Miles City Cowboys (0-1) and Ponies (0-1) will kickoff at 6 p.m. Since taking o... Full story
One of my favorite fall sounds comes from the school playground a block from my house. If I am lucky enough to be home during recess, I hear the laughter of dozens of children — unfiltered joy filling the autumn breeze. This inspiring sound is being heard in neighborhoods across Montana as another school year begins. We hope each child is returning rejuvenated and eager to learn, with new school clothes and a backpack containing freshly sharpened pencils and a healthy lunch. Sadly, it is far from the truth for many Montana c... Full story
Over the past few years, there’s been a push in this country to use our health care dollars more wisely. One way to do that is to shift the focus of our health care spending from treating disease to preventing it. We could save millions of dollars — and millions of lives, too. But that isn’t the direction our leaders are taking. Since 2010, Congress has significantly cut the budgets of public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration. It has not... Full story
Attack of the Fry-scraper Some folks in London are muttering a new saying: “If you can’t stand the heat, demolish the new skyscraper causing it.” Originally dubbed the “Walkie-Talkie” for its unique shape, London’s newest skyscraper, nearing the end of construction, has earned the new names of “Walkie Scorchie” and “The Fry-scraper” because its concave face catches and reflects sunlight in a way that it focuses the light into a burning beam of solar rays — in much the same... Full story
We continue this series celebrating Havre’s 120th anniversary in 1898, as for some reason The Havre Advertiser’s corresponding issue with this week in 1893 is not available on microfilm at the Havre-Hill County Library. The following comes from The Milk River Eagle’s Sept. 2, 1898 edition. Last week’s article mentioned a reward for the apprehension of the person responsible for what was apparently an arson-set fire. Little information was contained in the reward offer,... Full story
Havre Police Department No dispatch log was sent today. The police station’s computers were said to be having troubles. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to three calls Thursday and one this morning. Firefighters were called to the railroad to check on compliance codes. Births A girl was born to Leann Cochran and Charles Lamebull of Havre on Sept. 4, 2013.... Full story
Mary Frances Belgarde, 79, passed away Sept. 4, 2013. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.... Full story
Aileen Sather, 84, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Northern Montana Care Center due to natural causes. Her graveside service will be 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at Highland Cemetery with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. A fellowship luncheon will follow at St. Jude Parish Center.... Full story
After decades of one company providing air transportation to smaller Montana towns, the state once again has a new company set to provide Essential Air Service, the fourth in five years. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it selected Cape Air, based in Massachusetts, to take over the service from Silver Airways. Trish Lorino, marketing director for Cape Air, said this morning that many of the details — including exactly when it will take the service over from Silver Airways — still are being worked out... Full story
