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  • New Starlink Fast Internet Coming to Rural Areas

    Feb 24, 2021

    Starlink is a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX[2][3] providing satellite Internet access.[4][5] The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), working in combination with ground transceivers. Starlink is targeting coverage in our area in mid to late 2021 and taking orders now. https://www.starlink.com/ Starlink satellites are over 60 times closer to Earth than traditional satellites, resulting in lower latency and the ability to support services typically not...

  • SB 143: Good For MT's Resident Hunters & Small Businesses

    Senator Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, Senate District 43|Feb 17, 2021

    As a small business owner and a lifelong sportsman who hunts on public lands, I have a deep appreciation for the outsized role that both play in making Montana the Last Best Place. Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, especially in our rural communities. Montanans grow up hunting and recreating on public lands and raise our daughters and sons to value the land and the cherished opportunities it provides. This legislative session, I’ve introduced a bill that would not only help Montana small businesses, but would also generate m...

  • Ledger: Looking Back 25 Years - February 15, 1996

    Catherine Ellerton, Whitehall Ledger|Feb 17, 2021

    FEBRUARY 15, 1996 It looks as if it will be possible to reconstruct the Whitetail road mostly within the existing right of way, Commissioner Leonard Wortman said during Thursday’s regular county commission meeting. It may be necessary to go ten or fifteen feet outside of the existing right of way in some places, and perhaps a bit more in one area where a curve would be eased, Wortman said. But it apparently will be possible to reconstruct the road without taking up as much private land as thought earlier, he said. . . . Split Diamond Ranch o...

  • Council Approves Matching TIF Funds for Town Master Plan

    Elizabeth Pullman, Whitehall Ledger|Feb 10, 2021

    The Whitehall Town Council unanimously approved a request from the Jefferson Local Development Corporation (JLDC) to use $20,000 in TIF funds to further the Whitehall Master Plan project at their February meeting on Monday, February 8, 2021. JLDC, along with the Headwaters RC&D and the Town of Whitehall, applied to the Montana Department of Commerce – Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund (BSTF) in late 2020. The application, if approved, would hire a qualified consultant to design and create a comprehensive Master Plan which targets r...