Our View: Northern's future tied to Hi-Line's future

Hearing Montana State University-Northern Chancellor James Limbaugh talk to the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday reminded many in the audience of how the future of the college and the future of the Hi-Line community are so closely intertwined.

The college directly pumps millions of dollars into the community and offers the community lots of hope for the future.

The chancellor said Northern is the most rural college in the country, which points to some of the challenges it faces, and it points to the many reasons it is so essential to our area.

When Limbaugh asked for a show of hands, n...