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| publisher = George Ferguson
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| editor = Tim Leeds
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| headquarters = [[Havre, Montana]]
| circulation = 3,500
| circulation_date = 2019
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The '''''Havre Weekly Chronicle''''' is a weekly [[newspaper]] printed in [[Havre, Montana]], US. The paper serves [[Hill County, Montana|Hill County]] and the [[Hi-Line (Montana)|Hi-Line]] of north-central Montana, named for the northernmost line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, originally built by the Great Northern Railway.
== History ==
The ''Havre Daily Promoter'' was founded in 1914,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Havre Daily Promoter (Havre, Mont.) 1914-1925 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84036159/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> and it became the ''Havre Daily News-Promoter'' in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Havre Daily News-Promoter (Havre, Mont.) 1925-1928 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84036160/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> R.G. "Liney" Linebarger became publisher in 1920. He sold the newspaper in 1928 and went on to found the ''Harve Independent'' in 1931.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1932 |title=Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Republican Ticket |work=Montana Labor News |pages=5}}</ref>
''The Havre Daily News'' was purchased by [[Scripps League Newspapers]] in 1963,<ref name=":0" /> which spun off its newspapers to form [[Pioneer News Group]] in 1974.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=December 1, 1975 |title=Scripps League splits papers |work=The Capitol Journal |pages=25}}</ref> The company sold the newspaper in 2005 to Robb Hicks, Gary Stevenson and Tom Mullen.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brandt |first=Angela |date=December 13, 2005 |title=Pioneer Newspapers sells Havre Daily News |url=https://www.havredailynews.com/story/2005/12/13/local/pioneer-newspapers-sells-havre-daily-news/487291.html |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Havre Daily News |language=en}}</ref> In 2011, Stacy Mantle succeeded Martin Cody as publisher of the ''Havre Daily News,'' and in 2021 sports editor George Ferguson took over as publisher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Patrick |date=February 1, 2021 |title=Ferguson takes over as Havre Daily News publisher |url=https://www.havredailynews.com/story/2021/02/01/local/ferguson-takes-over-as-havre-daily-news-publisher/532560.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Havre Daily News}}</ref> In May 2024, the paper moved from daily to weekly publication and changed its name to the '''''Havre Weekly Chronicle'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 2, 2024 |title=Our View: A new era for Havre |url=https://www.havredailynews.com/story/2024/05/02/opinion/our-view-a-new-era-for-havre/545555.html |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Havre Weekly Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.havredailynews.com/ ''Havre Daily News'' website]
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