Private property owners may get flood aid

The state government is looking to see if it may be able to expand its disaster request, looking for aid to private residences and businesses damaged by flooding.

"There's no deadline on this, but the sooner the better," Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Joe Parenteau said this morning. "The sooner this goes in the better chance we have of assessing it (in time to go with the federal disaster request)."

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials were in Montana last week and previously assessing flooding damage. That will be used in making a recommendation on Gov. Bria...