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BILLINGS (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to settle a voting rights case in which American Indians in Montana sued to establish satellite voting offices on three reservations. Residents fort Fort Belknap and other reservations say the offices are needed to make up for the long distances they must drive to reach county courthouses for early voting or late registration. At Fort Belknap, they say, people living in remote Lodge Pole have to go to Chinook to register to vote. After a now-retired judge d...
Former Havre School Board chair Shad Huston, 37, is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracts and then paying hundreds of thousands of dollars back to Chippewa Cree Construction Corp. CEO Tony Belcourt and his wife, Hailey Belcourt. Details of these allegations were in indictments unsealed in federal court in Great Falls Tuesday. They were the latest in a string of charges alleging embezzlement of federal money allocated to Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, with defendants in two different cases p...
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State University paleontologist Jack Horner is being honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Horner is scheduled to receive the Romer-Simpson Medal Saturday in Los Angeles for "sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology." The award is to be presented during the society's 73rd annual meeting. The organization is also honoring Steven Spielberg with its Gregory Service Award for contributing to t...
A damaged Express Mail package led to the arrest of a former Montana State University-Northern basketball player on drug charges. According to legal papers filed in Havre City Court, Havre Post Office officials told Tri-Agency Drug Task Force officers that they saw something that looked and smelled like marijuana in the package that was sent from California to the Havre home of Joe Simpson, now a Northern admissions specialist. Simpson was arrested by Havre Police last Wednesday on charges of possession and an intent to sell...
BROWNING (AP) — A state senator and Blackfeet tribal council member says he plans to ask a judge to drop federal charges against him after he pleaded guilty in tribal court to similar charges of fleeing a sheriff's deputy on the reservation. Sen. Shannon Augare (OH'-zhair) spoke publicly Tuesday for the first time since the May 26 traffic stop that led to drunken driving, reckless driving and obstruction charges being filed against him. The Browning Democrat apologized for his behavior. He also defended his failed attempt t...
A clear patch in the clouds passes over a snow-dusted Mount Baldy Tuesday afternoon....
Brad and Gretchen Lindsey get tips Tuesday on the jitterbug from Pam Wilson, right, at the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building. Wilson was giving free jitterbug lessons to the public....
The District 6C East has been as competitive as any volleyball conference around this season, and for many seasons in the past. And that's what makes the district tournament so exciting. On Thursday morning, the 2013 District 6C East tournament gets underway in Rudyard. And with three spots in the Northern C Divisional up for grabs, the next two days in Rudyard should be intense and dramatic. The Chinook Sugarbeeters captured the 6C East regular season championship, losing...
After two of the most dramatic wins of the season, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team inched its way up a spot in the national rankings. In the most recent NAIA Coaches Poll, released on Tuesday afternoon, the Skylights jumped one spot to No. 24. Northern is coming off two five-set wins at home. Last Friday night, the Skylights made it a season sweep of rival Lewis-Clark State by winning in five sets in the Armory Gymnasium. Northern led LCSC 2-0, but had...
Hi-Line Lanes has added something new called “Spin The Magic Wheel” when you pay for your bowling. The Wheel will be at the desk. You can win everything from a free game, to hamburger and fries. You must be 18 or older to spin and only get one spin per visit. This Saturday night, Jackpot Bowling will be held at 8 p.m. Bowlers wanting to sign up please call the lanes. A few weeks ago Debi Rhines brought in a picture she had acquired at a garage sale. The picture was of Nadene Larson and myself. We were the recipients of the Hi...
