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  • Libertarian candidate Mike Fellows killed in car crash

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

    HELENA (AP) — Authorities say Mike Fellows, the Libertarian Party's candidate for Montana's U.S. House seat, died in a car crash. Missoula County sheriff's officials say Fellows, a 1976 graduate of Havre High School, died in a head-on collision with another vehicle on Montana Highway 200 Monday night. Undersheriff Jason Johnson says Fellows was heading toward Missoula after a campaign event in Seeley Lake. He died at the scene. A person in the other vehicle has been taken to a hospital for undisclosed injuries. The 5...

  • Austrian activist discusses capitalistic failure

    Paul Dragu|Updated Sep 20, 2016

    An Austrian political activist making speaking stops in the U.S. met with a Big Sandy organic farmer after he lectured at the University of Montana on the failures of capitalism. Christian Felber, author of the book "Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good," says, when he discusses the issue, that the problem with capitalism is it makes money the ends and not the means. Felber was staying with organic farmer and researcher Bob Quinn for the weekend at...

  • Council approves annexation redo

    Alex Ross|Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Havre City Council voted unanimously Monday to repeal a resolution of intention to annex properties west of Havre and passed a revised resolution that does the same, but changes the date of the public hearing. During the council meeting, Mayor Tim Solomon said that the Oct. 3 date set for the public hearing on the proposed annexation listed in the previous resolution was less than the 30 days required under Montana code annotated. The hearing set by the resolution approved...

  • Sugarbeet Festival returns to Chinook

    Paul Dragu|Updated Sep 20, 2016

    The 12th annual Sugarbeet Festival in Chinook will take place Friday and Saturday and will include new events such as the train derby, and storytime and crafts. The festival begins Friday morning at 7, with health screenings at the Blaine County meeting room and ends Saturday evening at 8:30 with a horseshoe tournament. A lot will be packed within those times. Vendors, who will be coming from all over the state, will be set up and ready to go at 1 p.m. Friday The train derby...

  • For the Record: September 20, 2016

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigating a theft report made Monday at 10:39 a.m. from a First Street West business made an arrest, but no further information was provided. —— Officers investigated a report made Monday at 12:10 p.m. on 16th Street that a dog had attacked another dog. —— Two arrests were made after officers responded to a Monday 2:05 p.m. call from a First Street West business that a customer was refusing to pay. No further information about the arrests was provided. —— Officers investigated a theft rep...

  • Obituary: Clinton J. Bacon

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Clinton J. Bacon, Nimi Tik "Eagle That Lives on an Island," 46, passed away due to natural causes Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls. Wake services were at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, and continued until his funeral, 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Clinton's online memorial page and... Full story

  • Obituary: Marie Hollingshead

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Marie Hollingshead, 89, passed away of natural causes on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at the Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Frank Donato officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Marie’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com.... Full story

  • Walt Whitman presentation set for tonight

    Press Release|Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Press release The Montana State University-Northern Chancellor’s Lecture Series will host “Walt Whitman and the Civil War” with Dave Caserio and Parker Brown tonight at the Applied Technology Center in the university’s Hensler Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. Caserio presents a dramatic, high-energy, Reader's-Theatre performance based on the work of Walt Whitman followed by an open-ended discussion of the material and the literary, contemporary, and historical questions and issues...

  • Hi-Line Football Roundup

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 20, 2016

    hings can change a lot in one week of high school football. Last weekend, the North Star Knights lost a tough game to Sunburst. Yet, this past weekend, it was the Knights who were on the winning side of things. North Star, which traveled to Box Elder Saturday to take on the Bears in a battle of teams from the Six-Man North Division, dominated the game from start to finish on its way to a 53-16 win. Dylan Miller ran for three scores and added another touchdown on an interceptio...

  • Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Conference matches were again the theme of the week in local high school volleyball. The action started Thursday when Chinook stayed perfect in the District 6C East with a quick sweep of the Big Sandy Pioneers in Big Sandy. The Sugarbeeters bested the Pioneers by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-23. Leading the way for the Beeters was Kelsey Mathon with six kills and five aces. Kourtney Hanson added six kills and Sierra Swank had nine assists. Jasmine Genereux had a well-rounded...

  • Sports Photo: As always, it's a 48-hour softball blast...

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

  • BCGG golf league champions crowned

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Sep 20, 2016

    Jacey McDonald, Havre High Volleyball The first three weeks of the Havre High volleyball season had been a little rough on the Blue Ponies. But, HHS busted out in a three-game sweep last Saturday in Conrad, and senior Jacey McDonald was a big reason why. McDonald, who also plays softball at HHS, wacked seven kills, but also served five aces and had a solo block to help lead the Ponies to victory over the Cowgirls. McDonald, a two-year starter for the Ponies is currently...

  • Updated Sep 14, 2016