Hi-Line braces for near-certain flooding

Hi-Line braces for near-certain flooding

Meeting set for tonight in Chinook

Tim Leeds

With one of the wettest winters in more than a decade coming toward its end, local officials — especially in Blaine County — are making preparations for likely floods.

"We are expecting flooding at the Harlem gaging station …, " Blaine County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Haley Gustitis said Friday, adding that the amount of flooding really is the question.

"It all depends on how the (snow) melt comes off, " she said,

Hill County Commission Chair Mike Wendland said county officials also are keep...