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The fall, so far, has given relatively balmy weather after some early snowstorms in October. A storm predicted to dump 5 inches to 7 inches of snow in north-central Montana last week instead pushed off to the east, with Great Falls receiving some measurable snow but the Havre area receiving just a few skiffs. The forecast for the Havre area continues to be for mild weather, with no precipitation in the next few days. The Havre National Weather Service recording station at the...
AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA — An ethics complaint against Gov. Steve Bullock was rejected Monday for failing to offer evidence of violations and being a clear attempt to embarrass the governor as he sought re-election, the state commissioner of political practices said. The complaint alleged that Bullock and Commerce Director Meg O’Leary misused the state-owned plane by flying to a Paul McCartney concert in Missoula in August 2014 and violated ethics laws by accepting concert tickets from University of Mon...
BOZEMAN (AP) — A state lawmaker who was found to have accepted illegal corporate campaign contributions has appealed his $68,000 fine to the Montana Supreme Court. Republican Rep. Art Wittich of Bozeman filed the appeal Nov. 17 and posted a $105,000 bond so that he does not have to pay his fine until the appeal is complete. In April, 10 of 12 jurors found Wittich violated campaign finance laws during his 2010 state Senate campaign by accepting nearly $20,000 in in-kind contributions from the National Right to Work C...
Havre Assistant Fire Chief Mel Paulson provided Havre City Council with an update on the department at the council’s meeting Monday night. Paulson said that in 2016, the Havre Fire Department ran 929 emergency medical responses and 171 responses to reported fires. He added that the department estimates that the amount in property loss was $282,000, with a little over a million dollars worth of property saved. Fire prevention week was a success this week, Paulson said, with more than 300 visitors coming to the fire hall. He s...
Officials have announced another grant aimed at having residents of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation growing, marketing and consuming their own food. The Fort Belknap Community Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit on the reservation, has received a grant to study the impact a planned trading post and food pantry will have on the reservation community, it said in a press release. Harlan Mount, executive director of the corporation, said Monday it is all part of an effort to get community members to grow, market, sell...
MATT HOFFMAN Billings Gazette BILLINGS (AP) - During lunch at Crow Agency Elementary School, students hunch over the table, eating oranges. They know the Crow word for yellow - shíile - and for red - hísshe. But the second-graders struggle with other colors, like orange. "It's hard to say," Zarah Nomee said. "No, purple's hard to say," Kyler Haugen chimed in. What about blue, like their milk cartons? "That's hard to say, too," Haugen said. What about animal names? "...
Thanksgiving may get ugly this year. God only knows what may happen when a progressive liberal Democrat discovers he’s sitting next to a cousin or uncle who is a conservative Republican. But there’s no need for mashed potatoes to fly. In 2009, Harry Stein, an author, columnist and contributing editor to the political magazine City Journal, offered me advice on how people of differing political opinions can navigate Thanksgiving dinner. Stein, an erstwhile ’60s radical who evolved into a conservative, faced a similar dilem...
TORONTO — Put aside your preconceptions about NAFTA for just a moment. And your assumptions about Canada, too. Look across the border and you’ll find that the Canadians want to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement also. Sure, Canada is skeptical of, if not downright hostile to, Donald J. Trump, who triggered a bitter belligerence in nearly every conversation here in the days following his election to the White House. But there’s nothing more important to this country than its trade with the United States, which...
We began our service in the Montana Legislature 46 years ago when political differences were as real and sharp as they are today, but when the practice of politics wasn’t as political. Then there were old New Dealers who represented a viewpoint not unlike Bernie Sanders, and there were Barry Goldwater Republicans whose philosophy of the rugged individual would resonate with some of the Tea Party true believers of today. The similarity, though, may end there. The two of us recently invited our fellow former state l...
When, chest puffed out with pride, my father told a law partner his first-born was accepted to Bryn Mawr College, this was the immediate response: “Isn’t that the place where they don’t shave their underarms and dance naked around the Maypole?” Daddy’s friend had it partly right: We danced around that blessed Maypole fully clothed. So when I saw this week that a bunch of Bryn Mawr students were joining forces with their Haverford counterparts and marching down Lancaster Avenue to protest the “white supremacist cops” in th...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a Monday 1:51 p.m. report from McKinley Avenue of an unwanted package arriving in the mail from someone with a temporary restraining order against them. —— Officers issued a summons after investigating a Monday 3:40 p.m. report of a woman with a temporary restraining order attempting to get into a 10th Street West residence. No further information was provided on the summons. —— Officers investigated a report made from Third Avenue Monday at 5:08 p.m. of stolen bikes. —— John...
Denny Lee Johnson Sr. of Havre, 73, passed away Nov. 19, 2016, surrounded by his family. Public viewing will be Saturday, Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook with public burial to follow at 2:30 p.m. at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Denny was born in Harlem, Montana, March 16, 1943, to Kenneth and Adeline Johnson. He was the second of seven children. Denny graduated from Hogeland High School in 1961. Denny went on to marry the love of his l...
KALISPELL (AP) — A Bigfork man has been sentenced to four years in prison for felony stalking, including cutting off a GPS monitor and traveling to Colorado where he was arrested within a mile of the woman’s house. District Judge David Ortley sentenced Severin Gislason on Nov. 15 to 15 years in prison with 11 years suspended. Ortley required Gislason, 21, to complete substance abuse and cognitive behavioral treatment before becoming eligible for parole. He must also pay restitution for the victim’s therapy and for an earli...
If you have Medicare but haven’t selected a 2017 Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug Plan, the Dec. 7 annual enrollment deadline is quickly approaching. Here are five simple steps to help you make the best decision: 1. Review your current Medicare health plan. Analyze how much you’ve spent on health care during the past year, including hospital expenses, prescriptions and doctor bills. This helps you benchmark your 2017 health care expenses and determine if your current Medicare plan still meets your needs. 2. Select the...
Press release Transitioning home after being discharged from the hospital can be challenging, especially for elderly individuals or those with complex medical conditions. Once a person has been discharged, it doesn’t mean that he or she is completely well or ready to recover at home alone. Even people who have someone at home to help may need additional assistance to make the transition back to home successful. Northern Montana Hospital is partnering with other community hospitals across north-central Montana to help p...
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 from Sept. 13 to Oct. 4. A woman born in 1994, and younger than 18 at the time charged, pleaded guilty to minor in possession, under 18, second offense, no fine or sentence listed. —— Annmarie Rose Cantrell, born in 1994, was given a deferred imposition of sentence and fined $200 for d...
A busy stretch of wrestling for the Montana State University-Northern Lights over the weekend, and Northern came away with some good results. On Saturday, the Lights took on North Idaho College and Simon Fraser University at the Cardinal Duals, hosted by NIC, then they wrestled in the Spokane Open on Sunday, where they placed third overall. In the Cardinal Duals, a short-handed MSU-N squad beat Simon Fraser 29-21, in a dual that saw the Lights tally three pins and win five...
MISSOULA — With the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats coming into the 116th Brawl of the Wild at a combined 9-11 on the season, I admit, and I wrote last week, some of the excitement surrounding the annual showdown between the Cats and Griz was gone. But, after what I witnessed on Saturday in Missoula, I have to admit, I was wrong. Once again, the game between the Griz and Cats created excitement, energy and plenty of passion on both sides of the Divide. I guess, i...
North-central Montana is providing the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team with another outstanding player starting next fall. On Monday night, Northern head women’s coach Chris Mouat announced the signing of Fairfield senior Allix Goldhahn to an NAIA national letter of intent. Goldhahn, a 5-8 guard, was an All-State selection as a sophomore, and is a three-time All-Conference performer. She helped lead the Eagles to a second-place finish at last yea...
The Havre Middle School boys basketball teams saw plenty of action this past week. Last Tuesday, the 8th grade teams played Fairfield with the Havre Blue winning 30-20 and the Havre White falling 41-40. On Saturday, the Mustangs attended the Lewistown Jamboree. In 8th grade games, Havre White fell to Malta 57-27 and Lewistown 46-35. Havre Blue beat Lewistown 35-27 and Rocky Boy 49-43. In 7th grade games, Havre Blue beat Rocky Boy Maroon 69-38 and Rocky Boy Gold 68-29, while Havre White beat Rocky Boy Gold 31-17 and lost to...
