Havre looks to plan for oil expansion

At the end of a planning meeting last Friday, a group of local leaders agreed that, while the impacts to Havre of increased energy production all around the city are unknown, the city needs to be ready, and to set up lines of communication with regular updates on what is happening and look into commissioning a study.

RadioShack goes Canada Certified

Just weeks after a presentation about a program making it easier for Canadians to shop in Havre and across the Northern Tier, the first local business has gone Canada Certified and saw an immediate impact.

To east and west, energy boom soars

What the boom of energy development in the Bakken — and development and exploration west and south of Havre — eventually will bring is unknown, so local leaders are working to plan for the best and the worst.

Havre auto students headed to nationals

For most students, just not going to school is enough to make summer worth looking forward to. For Havre High School students Nate Welch and Jaden Griggs, it’s a trip to Detroit to represent Montana in a national automotive technology competition that they are looking forward to.

MAT brings Shakespeare Richard III

The local acting troupe is bringing a Shakespearian classic to life with a modern twist.

How will the energy boom affect Havre?

No one knows what effect increased energy development eventually will bring to Havre and the surrounding region. Work in the Bakken formation and the Shelby area west of Havre already is bringing some changes to the area, and local political, business and economic leaders met Friday to start putting some preparations on paper.

Northern, Miles City to lead push for Bakken training

Montana’s senior senator has announced an initiative that will help train people for energy development in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, with the university in Havre and the community college in Miles City leading the effort.

Big Sandy holds weekend skate jam

The Hi-Line’s most famous non-political son, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, returned to his hometown of Big Sandy this weekend to hang out with old friends and help out a pet project of his, Big Sandy’s skate park.

United earn a split on their own pitch

United earn a split on their own pitch

'If you could mold a teacher, it'd be Mrs. Soyer'

Robin Soyer loves her job and it shows.

Chinook boys sprint to a 9C championship

Montana Chamber hears Havre issues

Montana Chamber of Commerce representatives heard from local leaders in Havre Tuesday as part of a state tour, with housing and finding workers two hot topics in the discussion.

Jim Magera retiring from Havre High School, but his unique classes will remain

For 31 years, Jim Magera has taught at Havre High School, including his innovative local history and native culture classes. At the end of this school year, Magera is wrapping up his own chapter in local history and retiring.

Resident wants action on burned-out house

After a few years of looking at the graffiti-covered burned out shell of house at 1216 5th St. and telling multiple city officials about the mess, Evelyn Krause came to Monday night’s Havre City Council meeting to see what was happening.

She gets her degree — 70 years late

Bernice Brewer Beck was two courses short of getting her degree from Northern Montana College in 1941 when World War II broke out.

Crowd cheers Northern grads

After “Pomp and Circumstance" and the words of wisdom from speakers and college administrators at Montana State University-Northern’s graduation Saturday, they got down to the real business at hand.

Havre Pride volunteers recycle, pick up trash

Rayna Johnson, 7, and her 3-year-old brother, Aaron, were the youngest volunteers at Havre Pride Saturday morning.

Pony power on their track

Lights will open their season under the lights

Havre Pride volunteers recycle, pick up trash

Hi-Line ministers pray for community, nation

The crowd gathered in a tent on Town Square Thursday, to help celebrate World Day of Prayer.

HHS track teams host Lewistown, Malta

She’ll miss the sparkle in her students’ eyes

Sara Harada has been a staple of hundreds of Havre childhoods for decades.

Exploring a Hi-Line tradition

When I went to college in Kansas, my friends in other states thought I was in the country, even though I lived in a city the size of Missoula. When I moved to Havre, my friends in Kansas thought I was in the country. This weekend, driving 40 miles north of Havre to a branding on the ranch of Billy and Patty Greytak, I was in the country.

Saving Donaldson Hall

A major grant is coming to Havre that will help with two problems: preserving and renovating a historic university building and consolidating and expanding the operations of the local community health center.

Rocky Boy Justice Center dedicated

Strong spring Hi-Line winds could do little to snuff the excitement on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Tuesday afternoon.

Old rectory comes down, improvements on the way

St. Jude Thaddeus Church took its first major step Monday in improving parking and playgrounds at the school with the destruction of the old rectory.

From Rocky Boy to Hollywood?

Late this summer, "Winter in the Blood," the fictional story of Virgil First Raise, born and bred on the Hi-Line, will premiere in Havre.

36 years of turning lives around, one child at a time

It takes most people only four years to go from entering Highland Park Early Primary School to leaving Lincoln-McKinley Primary School. Well, Judy Ireland is completing that circuit at the end of this school year, after 33 years.

Expanding young minds through math and music

For 36 years, Darla Cook has helped expand students’ minds in math and music. Now the Havre Middle School math and choir teacher is preparing to step down.

Retiring after 39 years of changing young lives

Debbie Kirby, founder and teacher behind Havre’s Students United for New Success alternative program, will be leaving the Havre school system after 20 straight years, which were preceded by an additional 19 years of classroom experience.