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Lt. Gov Mike Cooney said Wednesday that Montanans need to reach out to their state lawmakers to let them know the severity of looming budget cuts, and said cuts would be serious and painful, unless Republican lawmakers join with Gov. Steve Bullock to look at alternatives. Cooney made the comments Wednesday at a listening session with community hosted by Bear Paw Development Corp. in the Ryan Building in Havre. "We are having conversations all over to try to get people to...
Havre Daily News staff Bullhook Community Health Center in Havre has set a series of events starting today to help people deal with the stress of dealing with the East Fork Fire in the Bear Paw Mountains. “The type of stress and devastation involved with these fires can have a profound emotional impact on the people affected,” said Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Jay Getten. “The group sessions will focus on processing and normalizing feelings attached to the fire as well as educating participants on the natur...
Carole Marie Espeseth of Havre, 87, passed away Sept. 18, 2017, at Northern Montana Care Center due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the Northern Montana Care Center Grace Chapel with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Carole's name may be made to the North Central Senior Citizen's Center, 2 Second St. W., Havre, MT 59501, or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland &... Full story
Le Gene Quesenberry, the last of four candidates for Montana State University-Northern's provost positions to be interviewed, talked Wednesday about the importance of collaboration and reaching out to nontraditional students during a public forum in Hensler Auditorium in Northern's Applied Technology Center. "Everything I do is going to be based somewhat on data," she said. "That does not mean I won't have some qualitative data in there as well, but I want data points, I am...
The Montana Hammer Motorcycle Club will be riding for its second annual Toy Run fundraiser Saturday with the aim of raising money for the Havre Jaycees Community Toy Chest. The day will be largely spent on a poker run that will take 20-plus riders, and other accompanying vehicles, on a six-bar tour to collect poker cards, eat, fraternize and raise money. The tour starts at the Eagles Club in Havre — kickstands go up at 10:30 — from where riders will cruise to the Walleye Tavern, then to Spencer’s Hi-Way Bar and Grill in Hi...
A boy born in 1998 was fined $600 for minor in possession, under age 18 when charged, third offense. —— Rebecca Lynn Allery, born in 1992, was fined $200 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 178 days suspended and two credited, for obstructing a peace officer or other public servant. —— Kenneth Francis Blackcrow, born in 1973, was given a deferred imposition of sentence, ordered to pay $250 restitution and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 170 days suspended and 10 credited, for criminal mischief, pecuniary loss less than $1,500....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a First Street business caller reported Wednesday at 8:18 p.m. that someone had driven off without paying for gas. —— Robert Snyder of Great Falls, 47, was arrested on charges of driving without insurance and driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license during a motor vehicle stop Wednesday at 8:49 p.m. on First Street West. —— Officers made an arrest and issued a summons after a First Street Northeast caller reported Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. that people were figh...
Over the weekend, cooler and wetter weather helped ease the effects of this year’s fire season, but most of the counties within the Lewistown Fire Restriction Area have decided to stay in fire restrictions, with the exception of Chouteau and Phillips Counties. These two counties along with Montana Department of Natural Resource & Conservation rescinded Stage 1 fire restrictions effective immediately. Blaine, Golden Valley, Hill, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley Counties are currently in Stage 1 fire restrictions, including a...
Kim B. "Kimmerz" Jones of Harlem, 60, died of natural causes early Monday morning, Sept. 18, 2017, in aBillings clinic. He was born June 3, 1957, in Fort Belknap, Montana, the son of James and Helen (Striker) Jones. He received his schooling in Hays and then began working on ranches in north-central Montana. He found his life mate and best friend, Vernie Healy, in 1981. They made their home on the Fort Belknap Agency until the time of his death. Kim loved his horses, building... Full story
Adversity comes in all forms. In sports, it can come in the blink of an eye. In football, one second everything is going good and then, boom, it isn’t. That’s exactly what happened to University of Montana quarterback Reese Phillips last Saturday in Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. Phillips, a senior transfer from the University of Kentucky was showing all of Griz Nation exactly why he was brought to Montana — to be the Grizzlies’ next great quarterback. Then, in a spli...
It’s all on the line for the Havre High boys and girls golf teams this Saturday in Livingston, as the Blue Ponies compete in the Central A Divisional tournament. Havre will join the host Livingston Rangers, as well as Lewistown and Belgrade for 18 holes Saturday at Livingston Golf and Country Club, with team titles and individual spots at next week’s Class A state tournament hanging in the balance. And each Blue Pony team will have very different experiences. The Havre Hig...
There are a lot of hard-nosed, tough-minded, defensive coaches in the Frontier Conference. But even they have surrendered to the modern game of college football. So to say the least, through four weeks of play, the Frontier is an offensive league — and it’s obvious. The league has four of the NAIA’s Top 20 passing quarterbacks right now, with Southern Oregon’s Tanner Trosin topping that list. Trosin is a great story. Two years ago, he replaced SOU’s legendary quarterback Austi...
Curt Lineweaver, associate financial advisor with D.A. Davidson & Co., recently completed the course work required to earn a Certified Wealth Strategist® designation. The program is designed to help him exceed client expectations regarding wealth management advice and solutions. Lineweaver joined D.A. Davidson in September 2016 and works out of the Havre branch. He holds bachelor's degrees in business finance and accounting from Carroll College. The CWS® designation...
Do you ever have times when you wonder who you are? I mean, you might be sitting under the cottonwood tree, perfectly content one moment; the next moment you feel like the essence of you is outside your skin, looking at your body askance, as if to say, "Now who are you?" You might follow that observation with the notion that who you are is not who you ever meant to be. Well, that's my story. Given some of the wrong turns and dead ends in my life, I guess I'm lucky. I never...
Secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard, causing or worsening a wide range of adverse health effects, including lung cancer, respiratory infections and asthma. A number of states have moved to protect their citizens from this threat by passing laws that prohibit smoking in almost all public places and workplaces, including restaurants and bars. According the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, to date, 25 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, plus hundreds of cities and counties, have enacted...
The Signal Point Golf Club at 345 Signal Point Road in Fort Benton is holding a special year-end tournament Sunday to raise funds for equipment repairs and expenses. In the Fore Fun Golf Tournament, starting at 10 a.m., people may only use four clubs on the first nine holes and on the second must swap out two of the clubs used. No flags will be used on greens but oversized cups will be used. “Do you have the skills,” organizers asked, adding, “Expect some added challenges like a hockey stick, pool cue, marshmallow, frisb...
Prep Football Standings Eastern A Conf. Overall Laurel 4-0 4-0 Sidney 4-0 4-0 Billings Central 3-1 3-1 Belgrade 2-2 2-2 Glendive 2-2 2-2 Lewistown 2-2 2-2 Miles City 2-2 2-2 Hardin 1-3 1-3 Havre 0-4 0-4 Livingston 0-4 0-4 Northwest A Conf. Overall Columbia Falls 0-0 1-1 Browning 0-0 1-3 Libby 0-0 1-3 Ronan 0-0 0-3 Polson 0-0 0-3 Whitefish 0-0 0-3 Southwest A Conf. Overall Frenchtown 0-0 4-0 Butte Central 0-0 3-0 Dillon 0-0 3-0 Corvallis 0-0 2-0 Hamilton 0-0 3-1 Stevensville 0-0 1-1 Class B North Conf. Overall Cut Bank 2-0...
