Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Earlier this month, a power outage led to the cancellation of morning bus routes in the Whitehall School District. In June, numerous local businesses were affected by a 12 plus hour outage in the Whitehall and Cardwell areas. Local business owners and residents will get a chance to detail the impacts recent outages have caused at a special meeting Monday, October 29 at the Borden’s Conference Room. According to JLDC Co-Manager Tom Harrington, representatives from Northwestern Energy will be on hand at the meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. ...
The Town Pump Charitable Foundation is matching $750,000 in contributions during its 17th annual fundraising campaign for food banks across Montana, including Whitehall Area Food Pantry and Jeffco Food Share in Boulder. A record-setting 84 food banks are participating in the statewide "Be A Friend in Deed, Helping Those in Need" campaign this year. The campaign has raised about $30 million for Montana food banks in 16 years, including about $5.5 million in matching grants from the Town Pump...
Each week I have a column in the Whitehall Ledger and the content can range from serious to absurd. There are also certainly and more often than I like columns that seem may seem a little bit cranky with my observations on day-to-day life. This week I would like to change it up and put a much more positive spin on my 500ish words. Probably the favorite place I have worked at is the Green River Star weekly newspaper in Wyoming. It was a tight knit staff of people who truly did care for each other...
The season came to an end Saturday for the Whitehall Cross Country team at the State Meet in Missoula. Whitehall head coach Kerry Sacry said all of the state times were slower than the kids had hoped. "At state the kids like to set a PR and with the weather being as perfect as it was I think all they kids thought they could set their PR, and I don't think anyone did," he said. On the boys side, Sacry said sophomore Dawson Powers had a good run. He finished in 74th place with a time of 19:38.53....
While their season may have ended without a return trip to the Class B Playoffs, the future seems to be bright for the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team. Following a 48-0 road loss in the season finale against Manhattan, fifth-year Trojans (2-6, 1-5 South B) coach Dan Lacey discussed how season ending injuries to standouts Max Feight, Sawyer Keener, and Colby Smith resulted in younger kids in the program getting significant playing time throughout the year. "Injuries are tough to...
The Whitehall High School volleyball team will open postseason play Friday at the 5B District Tournament in Belgrade. The the sixth-seeded Lady Trojans will open the double elimination tournament against third-seeded Manhattan Friday at 10 a.m. The winner will face Three Forks at 1 p.m. The loser is scheduled to play at 5:15 p.m....
What a beautiful fall we are having! To celebrate this great time of the year Hal Stearns, historian, storyteller, and guide will be presenting his program "Montana Towns: Then, Now, Tomorrow" at the Library at 6:30 p.m. on October 24th. According to the Montana Conversations webpage, the following is a description of the program: A state of extremes with high mountains, great plains, half the population in five communities and ten others with another one-third of our residents. What about the o...
