FEMA holds meeting with city, county officials

Hill County, Havre and Big Sandy officials met with representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday in Havre to start the next phase of recovering from June's flooding.

The next step is submitting actual project proposals to the agency for approval, so repair work can be done with funding assistance from the federal government.

"We're here to help, " Char les Bello of FEMA told the officials.

The flooding devastated Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, threatened Big Sandy and tore up Beaver Creek Park south of Havre, as well as caused problems for the city of Havre, particularly...