A busy year of local government

Amid the usual handling of grants, management of budgets and approval of various smaller projects the Hill County Commission and Havre City Council both had a busy year in 2020, and not just due to the world-wide crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Both county and city have dealt with many issues this year, making progress in some, addressing controversy in others.

Ambulance district

An issue that came to attention in May was a request from Havre for the county to increase its share of funding for the city fire department to provide ambulance service in the county outside of city limits or the ci...