Mayor Cole testifies in Helena on Dodson sewer project

Dodson Mayor Teresa Cole traveled to the State Capitol in Helena, Mont., last week to testify in front of the Long-Range Planning Committee of the Montana State Senate on behalf of the Dodson Town Council as she seeks a grant for the Town of Dodson as they deal with a sewer problem.

Mayor Cole told the PCN the Town of Dodson had a new sewer system installed in 2007 following numerous studies on inflow so the system would no longer overflow. Since then, the sewer has overflown at least two times, including 2016 when Phillips County received heavy rain and flooding followed.

“DEQ was not...