It's beginning to look like Christmas again

Snow hit earlier and heavier than expected in this part of north-central Montana.

Liberty County had been on the edge of a winter weather advisory running through this morning with Northern Chouteau County, Hill County and Blaine County expected to received small amounts of snow mixed with rain over the weekend.

Instead, it started snowing heavily late Thursday morning after rain falling for some time.

In Havre, snow started falling and melting through most of the rest of the day. The National Weather Service report was missing the data for snowfall for Thursday, but even after melting s...