Airport celebrates Denver service with barbecue

A taste of Memorial Day in December brought about 40 people to the Havre City-County Airport Tuesday, for free hot dogs, chips and orange drink.

Great Lakes Airlines hosted the "North Pole Barbecue" on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the change in service from flights to Billings to flights to Denver.

The celebration came the week after the first month of new service ended, and so far the numbers seem to justify the response.

In November, 125 passengers flew into Havre and 164 flew out to Denver.

In October, before the change, 60 passengers flew into Havre and 70 people flew out to Billings....