Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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The month of June yielded the highest production at the Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine since the reduction in force last November. In his monthly report at the Community Transition Advisory Committee meeting last week, Mine General Manager Dan Banghart said in June they had a production of 3,315 ounces, 100 over their target for the month. Banghart said there are currently 41 Barrick employees at the mine, and 96 full or part time contract employees. Banghart said a fire earlier this month did not have an affect on production, even though they...
While the start of the 2016-17 school year is over a month away, there will be plenty of upcoming activity at the Whitehall Schools with two major projects scheduled in the next two weeks. According to Whitehall Superintendent John Sullivan, construction is expected to begin next week on the two school parking lots. Sullivan said they would be chip sealing the lots. He said work would also be done to improve a drainage problem in the parking lot closest to the elementary school. Sullivan said...
There is perhaps nothing stronger than the bond of a tight-knit family. This was certainly the case last weekend in Whitehall when visitors from around the Western United States attended the "Amende" family reunion at the home of Dick and Carol Elshire. Carol, whose maiden name is Amende, hosted the bi-annual event that included her brothers Larry, Bruce, and Dennis, and sister Nancy Gould. Carol said they were expecting 60 at the three-day reunion. She said that would include her siblings and...
The beautiful July day was shattered by the sound of gunfire and the acrid smoke filled the air. Amid the body strewn street the gunfighters headed to Skinner's Saloon with the drunken Assayer in tow leaving the dance hall girls standing about in shock. The Wild West had settled another score and Bannack Days was off and running. This past weekend was the 39th year that the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Dept. and the Bannack Assoc. had celebrated the stories of the West. Within the two day...
In his 18 years of practice, local attorney Edward J. Guza has always been interested in employment law. Last week, Guza was able to share his expertise on the subject at a "Wrongful Termination and Employee Manuals Seminar" at the Borden's Building in Downtown Whitehall. Guza spent a great deal of the presentation focusing on the Montana Wrongful Discharge Act. Guza said the MWDA was enacted in 1987 and a lot of employers do not know the act exists, and there are ways to utilize it to protect...
Next Friday and Saturday are going to be the two busiest days of the year in Whitehall. The annual Frontier Days event will begin Friday, July 29 and event organizers have a schedule in 2016 that should have something to please all age groups. The work on the 2016 event started at the conclusion of last year’s Frontier Days, and people have spent numerous hours getting things ready. I would like to encourage local residents to come out and partake in the festivities, and hopefully this year will have the best attendance in event history. Not o...
