Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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For the first time since 1995, the Whitehall High School wrestling team captured a Divisional Championship. The Trojans had four individual champions and had another six finish in the top four to qualify for state at last Saturday's Southern B/C Divisional Tournament in Cascade. Whitehall was the lone team over 200 points at the tournament finishing in the top spot with 203. Townsend was second with 173 and Columbus was third with 159. Freshmen Michael Reiff (113 pounds) and Miles Hoerauf (160)...
Abundant moisture spilled into the Treasure State from the Pacific during January, boosting snowpack in all river basins to near or above normal for February 1. In some locations, the amount of water added to the snowpack was record setting. Between December 30 and February 1, SNOTEL (SNOwpack TELemetry) sites west of the Continental Divide received up to 18 inches of snow water equivalent, roughly proportionate to 100 to 150+ inches of snowfall. Five SNOTEL sites would go on to set new records...
For the second time in five months, a gun show will be taking place at the Community Center. The Whitehall Gun Show is scheduled for Friday, February 14 to Sunday, February 16. A show also took place in September of 2019, the first in town since 2017 due to insurance issues. The show will be open Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $1. The admission for children 12 and under with an adult is free. Veteran Bill Carhuff said...
Thelma Nettie Mannix Arkell passed away February 1, 2020 while residing at Copper Ridge nursing home in Butte, MT. Thelma was born in Deer Lodge, MT on May 24, 1934 to Ben and Edith Mannix. She is survived by her nine children, ten grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Thelma met the love of her life Jim (James) Arkell and Married in Helmville, MT on Feburary 10, 1953. She is preceded in death by her husband Jim who passed in March of 2017. Thelma was an active member in AAU Wrestling...
After 71 years Ted went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 27, 2019. Ted spent his retired years in Las Vegas, Nevada with his loving wife of 11 years, Susan Miller. He was born August 10, 1948, in Dillon, Montana to Theodore and Mary Miller. They resided at Monida. Theodore passed when Ted was a toddler. Ted and his mother moved to Lima. At this time, with the generosity of a concerned friend of the family, Ted was sent to the Shriner's Hospital for Children in Spokane to...
Each year in my household the “Super Bowl” serves as a wonderful opportunity to have some wonderful “game day” type food. I would like to say it is also a chance to also watch football but that isn’t always the case for everyone in the house. While the game was going on, the two teenaged girls in the house had no interest and were instead went into the family room to watch what they wanted which was certainly not the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers. We used to make them sit with us and watch but they were miserable the entire ti...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team will wrap up their regular season with a Friday road game at Townsend and a Saturday home game against Manhattan Christian. According to Head Coach Zach McLean, the two opponents who they have already played this season will be seeing a much different Whitehall team this time around. Following a 52-50 home loss to Manhattan in their lone game last week, McLean was pleased with the growth of his team. "I think we are playing good basketball. We have...
The only thing that could slow down the Whitehall High School girls basketball team last week was Mother Nature. The Lady Trojans moved to 11-4 on the season with Thursday's 62-48 home win over Manhattan. Their Friday matchup on the road against Gardiner was canceled due to hazardous road areas. Whitehall started strong in the matchup against the visiting Tigers taking a 7-0 lead and stretching it to 17-4 late in the opening quarter. Manhattan would score the final five points of the quarter to...
