Havre Daily News reporters win top awards

Havre Daily News reporters Tim Leeds and Zach White have won first-place awards in the Inland Press Association's Newsroom Contests.

Leeds took top honors in the Explanatory Reporting category for newspapers with a daily circulation of 10,000 or less for his series of stories "Peril or Promise. "

The series took an in-depth look at the effects the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota and western Montana will have on Havre and the Hi-Line.

White finished first in the Personality Profile category for his story "Train Kids. " White interviewed people who hop rides on BNSF Railway railroad cars much li...