Box Elder Schools closed due to heating issues

Box Elder Schools Superintendent Jeremy MacDonald said the schools are closed today due to a heating issue.

MacDonald said propane is freezing at the schools and the buildings cannot be heated.

MacDonald said the district expects the schools to be open Thursday.

"We'll be working on them all day today," he said.

The closure comes as cold, snowy weather returned to the area following a mostly mild winter.

The return of winter - and the first major cold and snow of the season - led to the schools in Box Elder, Rocky Boy, Harlem and Hays-Lodge Pole shutting down Monday, due to the extre...