Council sets special meeting for Amtrak station

After nearly a score of people told Havre City Council Monday of the need to keep ticket agents in the Havre Amtrak station, the council scheduled a special meeting Thursday to approve a resolution urging Amtrak to keep the station staffed.

Amtrak announced earlier this month that Havre and Shelby are among 15 stations scheduled to become unstaffed, citing the use of internet and telephone to purchases tickets making paying ticket agents an unnecessary expense.

Lesli Robertson Shelton, a Havre ticket agent, said during the council's public comment section that having a ticket agent can save li...