Foundation being set up to allocate East Fork Fire donations

A local has started a foundation as a way to distribute money that had been donated in the last few months to people who’d been affected by or involved with the East Fork Fire.

Arlene Rice of Havre said she started the Hill-Blaine County Fire Foundation and is waiting for 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation approval. She anticipates to have everything completed within the next few days, she said.

She would not comment on how much money had been donated to the different local accounts, but she said that “not one dime” of it had been allocated. The nonprofit will consolodate those funds...