HELENA — Haley McKnight says she’s been paying attention to Helena city issues, and she recently started to think she could play a bigger role in addressing them.

“I became really frustrated this past year, just with things going on with the city – things like the roads not getting plowed on time and potholes not getting filled and why we don't have a real curbside recycling program in town,” she said. “And I thought, ‘Well, the last couple of city elections have gone uncontested; I want to throw my hat in the ring.’”

So McKnight filed to run for Helena city commission – her first time running for office. She was one of five declared candidates, and she advanced to the November general election after finishing third in the September primary.

(Watch MTN's full interview with McKnight.)

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