Burn restrictions going into effect

Blaine and Hill counties are going under countywide fire restrictions Friday with a complete wood fire ban going into effect on Beaver Creek Park at the same time.

A notice from joint fire prevention and control agencies released Wednesday afternoon said, effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Stage 1 fire restrictions will go into effect in the two counties — on all state, private and Bureau of Land Management lands — and Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, which is in both Blaine and Phillips counties.

Hill County Commission Chair Mark Peterson said in an email that at 12:01 a.m. Friday a bu...