Havre office gets second employee

The Social Security Administration will add a second employee to the Social Security field office in Havre.

The office has been staffed solo by Tom Mathis, a claims representative, since December. Since that time, he has worked 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., wrote a letter to the Social Security Administration last month urging that another employee be hired to help handle the caseload.

"There is a delay in the required processing of the work due to the fact that the single employee rarely finds the necessary uninterrupted time to process work items...