Winter Comes With Warnings, Road Closures

Those who attended sporting events out of town on Saturday, January 20, were enjoying the trend of slightly warmer weather when they returned home, some were at the basketball games with light jackets on. After all, spring is only 57 days away!

Then…Mother Nature snuck in a surprise and most of the hi-line was washed with ¼ to ½ inch of freezing rain during the night.

The Montana Department of Transportation in Malta closed the main highways in the county down for safety reasons. With safety as the first concern, the decision was made to close Highway 191 South and also Highway 2 running east...