Consortium discusses efforts to curb suicide, drunken driving

A consortium working to improve the health of Hill County heard updates from various task forces within the county at a meeting Tuesday at the District 4 Human Resources Development Council building.

Amber Spring, of the Mental Health Awareness Task Force, said her group is planning on partnering up with Havre High School in September during National Suicide Prevention Week, which falls on the days surrounding Sept. 10 — World Suicide Prevention Day.

“We’re going to try to work with the Key Club again to do a community effort and maybe do an ‘Out of the Darkness Walk’ which is for suicide prev...