Tester continues push for extended Wild Horse hours

Montana’s senior U.S. Senator said Wednesday he is continuing to push for extending hours at the main border port north of Havre, an effort supporters of which say will help the economies of north-central Montana as well as the rest of the nation and of Canada.

“We continue to urge (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) to extend the hours up at Wild Horse,” said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who added that as a Big Sandy-area farmer he understands the issue.

“It’s literally right outside my back door,” he said from Washington during a telephone press conference.

But, he added, th...