Hi-Line Living: The year in photos 2018

City employees clean snow off the streets of Havre Jan. 4. Snow piled up on city and rural roads in the region through a winter that set records on many days and was just less than an inch shy of breaking the 1981 record for the most snow accumulating in a winter. That record stands at 93.4 inches, with the snowfall for 2017-18 ending up at 92.5 inches.

A swingset stands half buried by snow Feb. 19 in Keystone Park in Havre. The year saw a new record for the most snow that fell in Havre in February, with 31.8 inches recorded by Feb. 19. That broke the previous record for the entire month, set in 1978 at 18.6 inches.

Chase Van Voast, 3, with his hands dyed blue, places recently colored eggs into an egg carton March 29. People braved the harsh winter to continue Easter celebrations. Roughly 30 adults and children dyed more than 2,500 eggs that evening at the Optimist egg dyeing event, which has been going on for over 50 years. The eggs are then used in the Optimist Club's Easter egg hunt held on Easter Day, one of several held in the area.

Jeff Werk, left, and Ben Miller, work on placing sand bags around Miller's house as water runs over South Main Street in Harlem April 17. The water was overflowing from Thirty-mile Creek, which runs north of Harlem and connects to the Milk River a couple miles south. As the snow from the severe winter melted, it had nowhere to go and flooding was rampant in the northern part of north-central Montana.

Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel cuts the ribbon May 23 at the grand opening of Northern's Diesel Technology Center as his wife, Sherry, looks on. After nearly a decade of effort, the state-of-the-art building opened this year to house Northern's world-class diesel technology program.

Passengers from Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder train take a moment to stretch their legs and smoke a cigarette June 6. Despite intense protests, in June of this year, Amtrak removed ticket agents from the Havre and Shelby stations, saying it was an effort to save taxpayer money and that people could buy their tickets online or by using the automated telephone system.

Stacy Waid brands the steps going into the new 4-H Chuckwagon the day the building opened after the grand opening ceremony took place at the Great Northern Fairgrounds July 18. Nearly a decade in the works, Hill County 4-H replaced its Chuckwagon, built in the 1950s, with a larger, top-end facility to house events and its concessions at the Great Northern Fairgrounds.

Former Hill County Attorney Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson is sworn in Aug. 7 during a contempt-of-court hearing in Justice Court in Hill County Courthouse. After a year-and-half of complaints about her performance, Cole-Hodgkinson resigned in July. Judge Audrey Barger found her in contempt in three cases for failing to appear or provide an attorney who could represent the state in those cases, sentencing her to house arrest, fining her and barring her from practicing law in Hill County Justice Court for one year.

A roller flattens new pavement in Havre Sept. 13 thanks to help from Domino's Pizza. Havre was selected as a city to receive $10,000 in funds from Domino's Paving for Pizza program to help pay for work on city streets.