Salvation Army in financial straits

Havre’s Salvation Army is going through a financial crisis, Social Services Director Trina Crawford said.

“We are $5,000 down from this time last year with the needs greater than before,” Crawford said Sunday in an email.

The money shortage, caseworker Heather Hummert said today, is the result of multiple factors, including that the long winter has demanded more from their emergency services budget.

“It’s been a sliding slope since December,” Hummert said.

Expenses from helping people with utility bills, lodging and gas are all higher than they were last year, she said. Th...