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  • Official describes stopping East Fork Fire

    Paul Dragu|Updated Sep 6, 2017

    After the second of three public meetings regarding the East Fork Fire was held Tuesday at the Chippewa Cree Stone Child Vo-Tech, the director of operations talked about how the type 1 incident management team came in, organized the boots already on the ground and contained the 21,518-acre fire. Tuesday's meeting in Rocky Boy provided a lot of the same information provided to locals in Havre Monday in the Havre High School auditorium. The fire as of this morning was listed as...

  • City Council starts budget meeting

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 6, 2017

    Havre City Council heard Tuesday about work to rehabilitate a city water tank, approved some requests for street closures for Festival Days and ended by opening its final budget meeting, continued to 6 tonight in City Hall. Public Works Director Dave Peterson told the council about work being done on the West Water Tank, resolving a problem that was found in the 1990s that shuts the tank down every winter. Peterson said crews started draining the tank Tuesday and that will continue today so a company can come in to...

  • MAT bringing Alice to Havreland for Death by Chocolate

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 6, 2017

    The local acting troupe is once again bringing food, festivity and theatrical mystery to Havre in its annual fundraising event, Death By Chocolate. "We put a little bit of a twist to it, that's all I can say about that," Montana Actors' Theatre Artistic Director Jay Pyette said. MAT brings in a local twist to plays, movies or literarature for the local plays in Death By Chocolate, such as doing the game Clue with local officials and residents as characters or twisting "The...

  • Obituary - Albert Lester "Les" Vining

    Updated Sep 6, 2017

    Albert Lester “Les” Vining, 96, passed away peacefully at home Aug. 21, 2017. Les was born in Billings, Montana, Jan. 20, 1921; adopted March 20, 1922, by his parents Albert Levi Vining and Lillian Winnifred Brown in Flathead County and raised in Havre and Whitefish, graduating from Whitefish High School in 1939. Les enjoyed the great outdoors: golfing at the Whitefish Lake Golf Course; quarterbacking for the Whitefish Bulldogs football team; racing hydro class powerboats on... Full story

  • For the Record, Sept. 6, 2017

    Updated Sep 6, 2017

    Havre Police Department The Havre Middle School resource officer reported Tuesday at 1:09 p.m. that he investigated something at the school. —— Officers investigated after a 10th Avenue caller reported Tuesday at 1:54 p.m. that he was bitten by a dog while reading a meter. —— Officers made an arrest Tuesday at 3:09 p.m. during a motor vehicle stop on Fifth Avenue. No further information on the arrest had been made available. —— Katrina Rae Longknife of Havre, 28, was arrested on a partner or family member assault after an 11t...

  • Correction - Bear Paw Cooperative hearing screenings

    Updated Sep 6, 2017

    Information provided to the Havre Daily News about Bear Paw Cooperative hearing screenings printed in the August 31 edition had incorrect dates. The screenings in member schools will be from Aug. 24 through Oct. 30.... Full story

  • Pesticide Education Program set across south-central Montana Oct. 2-6

    Updated Sep 6, 2017

    MSU News Service The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program is offering the Pest Management Tour for pesticide applicators at 10 locations across south-central Montana from Oct. 2 to Oct. 6. Those in the state’s Private Applicator Training District 5 need to earn six private applicator credits before Jan. 1 to avoid losing their private certification. Applicators can check their credits at mtplants.mt.gov by selecting “pesticide programs” and “pesticide license search” prior to entering their license number. A...

  • Local Golf Report: BCGC men's champions crowned

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 6, 2017

    The golf season is most certainly winding down, though the golf weather isn’t looking like it’s going away anytime soon. But, alas, eventually the clubs will have to be put away. Still, there is plenty to talk about, and last Thursday night the Beaver Creek Golf Course men’s league held its championship match. In the finale, Nalivka’s defeated Grip It N Sip It 22.5-13.5 to win the men’s title for the second straight summer. The winning team was composed of Kyle Miller, P...

  • Northern harriers about to take off

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 6, 2017

    It’s year three for head coach Chad Spangler and the Montana State University-Northern cross country team. And now just might be the time the Lights and Skylights shine. Spangler has veteran runners on both the men’s and women’s teams this season, so he’s excited about the upcoming season. And on top of that, for the first time in the program’s young history, they will also host a meet right here in Havre. “We’re really excited to host our first home meet during our Homecomin...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Sep 5, 2017

    Kordell Small, Rocky Boy Football The Rocky Boy Stars are 2-0 in football for the first time in ages. And it took an epic performance from quarterback Kordell Small to get there. In a crazy 98-96 win over Hays-Lodge Pole Saturday, Small threw eight touchdown passes, ran for two more and accounted for over 500 yards of total offense. In two games this season, Small has already thrown 13 touchdown passes, and rushed for over 300 yards. Small is also a key member of the Rocky...

  • George Ferguson Column: I'm Begging: More Grizzly night games part two, please

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 5, 2017

    I wrote a column a couple of falls ago praising the University of Montana for holding night games at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, and asking for more of them. Here I am again, and I'm going to do the same thing, expect this time, I'm not asking, I'm begging. Here's my plea to the UM. Next year, your Grizzlies open the season with a huge FCS showdown against Northern Iowa, scheduled for Sept. 1. Please Montana, make that a night game. A 7 p.m. kickoff if you have to. Anything...

  • Updated Aug 31, 2017

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