Fort Belknap declares emergency

Dangerous conditions caused by abnormally severe winter weather conditions have prompted Fort Belknap Indian Community President Andy Werk Jr. to declare a state of emergency on the reservation Thursday.

“The situation is creating considerable hardship for the members of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the Fort Belknap Indian Community government,” the declaration says.

The situation, the declaration says, has effected individuals, living conditions, travel and the economy of the reservation.

The declaration says that the local emergency operations plan and local orders will take immed...