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  • Legislature passes school suicide prevention training

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    Sens. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, and Kris Hansen, R-Havre, voted for the measure,. Sen. John Brenden, R-Scobey, voted no. HELENA (AP) — The Montana Legislature has passed a measure urging school employees to complete suicide awareness and prevention training. Senators passed House Bill 374 on a 32-18 vote Wednesday. It now goes to Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock for his signature. The proposal recommends that public school employees partake in two hours of suicide prevention training every five years. According to a f...

  • Senate panel adds millions to main budget bill

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    HELENA (AP) — A Senate panel considering Montana's main budget bill was adding millions of dollars to it in an effort to avoid state employee furloughs and layoffs The Senate Finance and Claims Committee passed a slew of amendments to House Bill 2 Wednesday to add components of a $31 million supplemental appropriation bill that a House committee tabled last week. House Bill 3 included $9 million in extra funding for public schools, $7 million for the Department of Corrections and $1.7 million for the Department of Justice. T...

  • Lawmakers cut school funding

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    In an unprecedented move, the Montana House of Representatives voted against a supplemental appropriations bill Monday a move that has short-changed Havre Public Schools about $115,000. Andy Carlson, superintendent of Havre Public Schools, said the bill not being passed will cost the elementary schools $76,786 and Havre High School $38,396. With three months left of school, this will create issues in the district. This morning, Carlson notified HPS officials that the general fund is frozen. “In my opinion, it’s not a mat...

  • School funding hot topic at legislative videoconference

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    The idea of providing tax credits to people who contribute to private school scholarships has had a mixed reception in Havre. Last week the state Senate voted 27-23 to approve the proposal, and the House is going to consider the proposal soon, said Sen. Bruce Meyers, R-Box Elder. “It looks like we may have charter schools,” Meyers said at a weekly video conference between Hi-Line residents and Helena lawmakers. The bill would provide $150 in tax credits to people making donations to charter schools. Forty-three states have so...

  • Nalivka's in final four in tournament

    Tori Thomas|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    With recipes passed down for generations, local pizza eatery Nalivka’s Original Pizza Kitchen has made it into the final four of the Montana Mint’s statewide pizza competition. According to the Montana Mint’s website, http://www.montana-mint.com, the group utilized multiple resources such as Yelp reviews and Facebook followers and compiled a list of the 64 best pizza places in Montana. Much like the National Collegiate Athletic Association “March Madness” tournament, throughout the weeks, the Montana Mint narrowed down the...

  • Benefit for Peggy Gallagher set for Thursday

    John Kelleher|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    Peggy Gallagher is well known to customers at McDonald’s and Kmart. She has been front-end manager at Kmart for many years and manager at McDonald’s where she has gotten to know lots of Havre people. She recently suffered a stroke. She’s bouncing back through lots of physical therapy, but the bills are mounting, and friends are helping her out by holding a fundraiser at Pizza Hut Thursday. “So many people know her for her work, so we hope they will come out,” said Jessica Garva, a family friend who is helping out with the...

  • $35 gifts mean many are fed for Easter

    John Kelleher|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    A woman walked into the Salvation Army's Havre Service Center recently asking if she could get an Easter Basket of food for her family. She was a single mother who had a job earning higher than minimum wage, but with three children to care for, she could barely make it on the money she had. Easter dinner would be pretty meager without some help. She showed Trina Crawford, executive director of the Havre Service Center, her monthly budget. At the end of the month, she had $10...

  • Leadership High School fosters life skills in students

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    The annual Leadership High School luncheon and awards ceremony Tuesday praised Havre High School students for their work in their studies and especially in their community. A multitude of speakers gave the Leadership High School students their words of praise and advice. Montana State University-Northern interim Chancellor Greg Kegel, 2000 LHS graduate Dr. Kevin Harada, 2012 LHS graduate Jacob Holden, superintendent of Havre Public Schools Andy Carlson and Havre High School...

  • Northern honors students with 2015 Excellence awards

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    From Montana State University-Northern The Student Excellence Award is the highest honor an Montana State University-Northern student can receive. The students who meet the demanding requirements have caught the attention of their peers and leaders through their hard work and determination. This award is a small token of MSU-Northern's appreciation for their commitment to excellence. Brooke Frazier has worked in the Vande Bogart Library throughout her entire college career....

  • For the Record, April 1, 2015

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    Due to technical problems at the Havre Daily News, For the Record for April 1 will not be available until Thursday....

  • Obituary - Suzanne King

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    I lived, I died, and it was a hell of a ride! Suzanne is survived by her husband, Donald King of Great Falls; son, Ronald John Mammen of Great Falls; daughters, Krystina (Jim) Kolstad of Great Falls, Luann (Logan) LaSalle of Havre and Karen Marie (Shane) Kenfield of Chester; sister, Diana McKinney of Flathead Lake and Mesquite, Arkansas; nieces, Carly Cortright of Spokane, Washington and Katie Cortright of Missoula; nephew, Jason Cortright of Seattle, Washington; and...

  • Justice Court report, December 2014

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger in December. Richard Gene Banta, born in 1983, was fined $25 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 170 days suspended and 10 credited, for driving while privilege to do so is suspended or revoked. —— Kantachai Sriplod, born in 1994, was fined $350 and sentenced to 10 days in jail, all d...

  • Local Sports Briefs

    Updated Apr 1, 2015

    Filius finishes fifth at national tourney Havre High sophomore, and two-time Class A state champion Parker Filius competed in a prestigious national wrestling tournament this past weekend in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Wrestling the sophomore division of the National High School Coaches Association Nationals this past weekend, Filius placed an outstanding fifth at 138 pounds. The Blue Pony standout competed with about 60 other 138-pounders on his way to reaching the podium and NHSCA All-American honors. HHS Senior/Faculty Game...

  • Northern lands star heavyweight wrestler

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    Montana State University-Northern head wrestling coach Tyson Thivierge has been hot on the recruiting trail of late. And this week, Thivierge landed a big one. On Tuesday afternoon, Thivierge announced the signing of North Idaho College heavyweight Taylor Kornoely to an NAIA national letter of intent. Kornoely is the 2015 NJCAA national champion at heavyweight, as he captured the national title for the Cardinals earlier this month. Originally from Lowell, Michigan, Kornoely...

  • First win: Ponies club Browning

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    With all of its available players healthy and in the lineup for the first time this season, the Havre High softball team showed just how good it can be when at full strength in a dominating win over Central A rival Browning. The Indians, who paid a visit to the Blue Ponies at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field Tuesday night, proved to be no match for HHS, which dismantled Browning by the score of 17-0 to improve to 1-1 on the season and 1-0 in Central A conference play. "This...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Tatiana Ralph, Havre High Tennis

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 1, 2015

    A lot of really good high school athletes have grown up playing their sport of choice and have spent years cultivating and developing their skills. But, when it comes to Havre High tennis player Tatiana Ralph, the exact opposite is true, which is part of the reason why her ascension in the Blue Pony tennis program has been so amazing to watch. Ralph, who had never touched a racket in her life before her freshman season on the HHS girls tennis team, is now a key member of a...

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