Meeting will address environmental contamination in Hill County

Community leaders at a meeting next week are hoping to gather public support for an effort to identify possible contaminated properties in Hill County.

Bear Paw Development Corp. and Havre and Hill County officials are hosting a workshop next Wednesday to inform the public about local efforts to identify contaminated areas and secure federal money to help assess and remediate the contamination. The meeting was originally scheduled for today, but has has been postponed until next week.

The workshop will include information about the Brownfields program. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protecti...