[(***DCARLSON***)]LEWIS AND
CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HAVE DECLARED A LOCAL STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO
FLOODING.THE EMERGENCY
DECLARATION MEANS THE COUNTY
WILL BE ABLE TO START
DISTRIBUTING SANDBAGS.HIGH WATER
IS STILL
AFFECTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
HELENA VALLEY.MCHUGH
LANE IS CLOSED AT MILL ROAD,
WHERE THE STREET HAS
FLOODED.COUNTY
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
LEADERS WILL START HANDING
OUT SANDBAGS SATURDAY MORNINGAT
7:00 AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS.THEY'RE AVAILABLE
ONLY TO LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
RESIDENTS.VVOLUNTEERS ARE GOING
TO BE NEEDED TO HELP DISTRIBUTE
THE
BAGS.###




{”IF THERE ARE VOLUNTEER GROUPS
THAT WISH TO COME TO THE
FAIRGROUNDS AND FILL SANDBAGS
FOR
PEOPLE, THEY'RE FREE TO DO SO.
I ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE THAT,
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES
DURING EMERGENCIES, WE SEE THE
BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY COME
OUT.”}[(***DCARLSON***
)]SANDBAGS WILL ALSO BE HANDED
OUT IN THE LINCOLN AND AUGUSTA
AREAS.RESIDENTS CAN CONTACT
THEIR LOCAL FIRE CHIEFS FOR
INFORMATION
ON WHEN AND WHERE THEY'LL BE
AVAILABLE.###
[(***DCARLSON***)]A LOVELY
SPRING THURSDAY.TIME FOR CURTIS
AND KTVH
FIRST WEATHER.
