Funding back in for Northern

The head of Montana State University-Northern's technology programs said this morning that, for the moment, funding for the Havre institution seems to be back in the state budget.

Greg Kegel, dean of the College of Technology at Northern, said that $7.9 million for a new building to house the university's automotive and diesel programs was put back in a state bonding bill.

The money for Northern had been left out of the bill, and north-central Montana legislators had been scrambling to get it put back in.

Chancellor Frank Trocki emailed the Havre Daily News Monday night to say the auto-diesel...