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At the March Whitehall Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Borden’s Conference Room on Thursday, March 14th, plans for the upcoming warmer months were discussed with vigor - especially since the weather was so lovely outside. Black Tie Blue Jeans will return in 2024, after a hiatus in 2023, to restructure and redefine the fundraiser’s goals. The 2024 event will be held at the Whitehall Community Center on Saturday, June 15th, featuring local band Pony Express. The Chamber will begin sending bids for food to local establishments, with pre...
In the past several months, an alarming number of wrong-way motorists have been arrested for driving the wrong way on Interstate 90 near Three Forks. The disturbing recent string of incidents turned fatal on January 4 when 22-year-old Laysa Grewell was killed following a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver at mile marker 278 just outside of Three Forks. To reduce the incidents on the Interstate, the Montana Department of Transportation will soon be placing nine new wrong-way sign systems...
A century of life is no small achievement. Since 1924, so much has happened in our world. Women gained the right to vote; the Holocaust devasted the world, we walked on the moon, and more. Whitehall resident Jo Stone will celebrate a century of life on March 15, 2024, and her life is something to be admired. Mrs. Stone's fondest memories seem to be of her early childhood, of working, and of her family. Born in Hollister, California, she lived in the country with her family and the highlight of...
The Whitehall Baptist Church is once again hosting an Outdoorsman Night! Bring your family and enjoy an evening of food and friends, all supporting the Jefferson Valley EMS & Rescue. The event will be held at the Whitehall Community Center on Friday, March 22. Doors open at 5:30 PM, with the fun beginning at 6 PM. Pre-registration is required by March 21 at $20 per person. For children seven years and under, it will be $5. Space is limited to 250 attendees, and this event has historically sold...
The 2024 Jefferson Valley Sportsmen Association Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, March 23, at the Whitehall Community Center, 11 North Division Street, Whitehall. Event doors will open at 6 PM, with dinner at 7 PM. The price for tickets is $25, including dinner and an annual membership to the association. Live and silent auction items will be available at the event to help raise funds for the association. For more information about tickets or donating items, please call Don Drake at 406-490-1551 or Keith Pietsch at 406-491-2518. Tickets will...
Destination: Santa Rosita, Guatemala. A team from Cardwell Community Church in Cardwell, Montana, will be heading to Santa Rosita at the end of April. Santa Rosita is an area of 600 families 30 minutes south of Guatemala City. They live in extreme poverty—no electricity or running water, and they lack medical care. Gary and Debbie Miller, who will lead the team, have ministered to these delightful people before to physically help and teach them about Jesus and what He offers them. The team's m...
At the March 5th Whitehall School Board meeting, Superintendent Hannah Nieskens announced the 2024-2025 school year calendar, which may surprise some due to how the Madison County Fair and holidays fall this year. School will begin on August 20th, with Christmas/New Year's break starting December 23rd and classes resuming on January 6th, 2025. Graduation will be on June 8, 2025, with the last day of school for all others being June 12, 2025. OTHER NEWS: • Athletic Director Kurtis Koenig d...
Lights, Camera, Action! Are you ready to experience the glitz and glamour of Hollywood right here in Whitehall, Montana? Get ready to roll out the red carpet and join us at the Whitehall Star Theatre on Sunday, March 10th at 4 PM for the most epic Oscars Party of the year, hosted by none other than Gold Junction Presents! Need a gown for the big night, or the upcoming WHS prom? The Whitehall Ledger office has attire for all ages and sizes, with dresses priced between $10 and $50! Funds made...
The Whitehall Chamber's quarterly BINGO fundraiser , under the direction of Raven Hyrsenko, will be held this Friday, March 8th at 6:30 PM at the Whitehall Community Center. Don't miss out on supporting the Whitehall Girl Scout Troup at this event....
Whitehall High Drama will perform THE CAVE CAT on March 8th and 9th at 6 PM in the WHS Multi-Purpose room. THE CAVE CAT is a timeless tale with a bit of a twist. The play’s theme is the struggle of youth to surmount the established conventions of a society that divides all cats into three rigidly maintained categories. At the outset, the idealistic young cat (junior Lele Martin) feels that she is a misfit since she does not possess the characteristics of her respectable middle-class “lion” parents (sophomore Addisyn Gray and home-...
The Whitehall Country Store Board of Directors is pleased to announce the availability of five $5,000 scholarships to be awarded to graduating Whitehall High School seniors or homeschoolers who will be full-time students enrolled in Fall 2024 classes at an accredited college, university, or trade school. Although the focus of most scholarship programs is academic, the main criteria established by the Board of Directors is a student’s deep desire to further their academic goals beyond high school and their need for financial assistance. This s...
Save the date for the annual Jefferson Valley Friends of the NRA Banquet. April 12, 2024, is quickly approaching - do you have your tickets yet? Dinner tickets are $50 each, including a prime rib dinner and entry for the door prize. Big Shooter tickets are also available for $150, which includes dinner and a gun drawing (odds are 1 in 10!) Two winners will be drawn this year for the pre-event raffle. Tickets are one for $20 or 6 for $100. The first drawn gets their choice of a Savage 270 Win XP...
Welcome, movie enthusiasts and glamorous party-goers, to the year's most anticipated event at the Star Theater in Whitehall, Montana! The wait for the Star Theatre to reopen is nearly over! The Star Theatre, now operated by Whitehall non-profit Gold Junction Presents (GJP), is excited to announce its grand re-opening on Sunday, March 10th, with an Oscars Red Carpet party! We're rolling out the red carpet and inviting you to join us for a dazzling Oscars Party that promises an unforgettable...
Welcome, movie enthusiasts and glamorous party-goers, to the most anticipated event of the year at the Star Theater in Whitehall, Montana! The wait for the Star Theatre to reopen is nearly over! The Star Theatre, now operated by Whitehall non-profit Gold Junction Presents (GJP), is excited to announce its grand re-opening on Sunday, March 10th with an Oscars Red Carpet party! We're rolling out the red carpet and inviting you to join us for a dazzling Oscars Party that promises to be an unforgett...
At the February meeting of the Whitehall Town Council, held February 20th due to the President's Day holiday that Monday, the Council pushed forward with the Visionary Broadband project, though a final ordinance regarding franchise fees had not yet been solidified. Mayor Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh said that the Town wished to move forward with the project, but that it needed to set itself up properly for future right-of-way use, which has not been done in the past. The Town agreed to the...
Residents of the Town of Whitehall have repeatedly indicated their desire to financially support the local ambulance service, first through petitions, then through a ballot vote in November of 2022 to join the Jefferson Valley Rural Ambulance District (JVRAD). The astute Town of Whitehall resident might have noticed that the $29 fee that should have appeared on your most recent tax bill did not, in fact, appear at all. The board of the JVRAD is optimistic that this omission will be corrected in...
Dan and Erlinda Bushilla awoke early at 5 AM on Monday, February 5, 2024, to discover a fire had engulfed their shop, which was only eight feet away from their home. Erlinda ran for her cell phone in her car to call 911. Unfortunately, the 911 respondent could not understand Erlinda's English so she had to run the phone to Dan to get the message for help to be sent. The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department arrived in time (with the help of some neighboring units) to prevent the fire from...
Whitehall Drama took THE CAVE CAT, written in 1976 by Ford Ainsworth, to state competition at the Montana Thespian Festival at the University of Montana in Missoula over the weekend. WHS competed against schools from across the state, including Hellgate High, Great Falls, Sentinel, Hardin, Big Sky, Capital High, CMR, Plains, Helena, Billings Senior, Gallatin, and Bozeman. This was the first time in fifteen years that WHS Drama has competed at festival. Eleven students and two chaperones took in...
At the February 6th meeting of the Whitehall School Board, the first in 2024, Whitehall Superintendent Hannah Nieskens detailed two new policies that will affect the Whitehall School District, as approved by the Montana Legislature in their latest session. Though over 30 policies were updated and required to be approved by the Board, two brought discussion. The first involves Montana’s new open enrollment policy - where schools must charge tuition to out-of-district students. The total amount c...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to announce and invite the public to comment on a pavement preservation project in Whitehall on Montana Highway 55 (MT 55), commonly known as West Legion Avenue and North Whitehall Street, beginning at the intersection with Montana Highway 2 (MT 2) and extending east and north to the Interstate 90 (I 90) Interchange. Proposed work includes milling the existing surface, applying a new overlay, and finishing with a seal and cover (chip...
Just when you thought the state of Android malware couldn’t get any worse, a new version of XLoader has been discovered that can automatically launch on infected smartphones. As reported by BleepingComputer, XLoader is a malware strain that has been used to target owners of the best Android phones in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan in the past. Now though, security researchers at McAfee have discovered a new XLoader variant that can launch immediately after i...
"For everyone involved in the Clara Myrstol fundraiser benefit, you have truly touched our hearts with your generosity and kindness bestowed to us," Montina Rawson, Clara's mother, said. "We are genuinely grateful to live in such a loving and supportive community. We are completely overwhelmed by the love, friendship, and offers of assistance we've been shown and appreciate our little town very much." Clara's Crusade, held at the Whitehall Community Center on Saturday, February 3rd was attended...
On October 1, 2023, Clara Myrstol was life-flighted to Primary Children's in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was diagnosed with AML Leukemia. On her admission, Clara immediately started chemotherapy and received 14 platelet transfusions and 4 whole blood transfusions. The bone marrow biopsy from her first round of chemo brought her to a non-detectable status (no cancer found). She has gone through three rounds of chemotherapy and will receive a bone marrow transplant on February 28th, 2024. Now, four...
Visionary Broadband representative Brian Worthen met with the Whitehall Town Council at their January meeting on Monday, January 16 at the Whitehall Town Hall. For many, his information was an exciting new development of business opportunity for the Whitehall area. For the town, it was a bit of a headache in the form of legal processes, and for some local businesses, potential competition in the fiber internet realm. Worthen detailed the federal grant he was awarded to put fiber internet throughout the town of Whitehall, information he had...
Governor Greg Gianforte issued Executive Order 2-2024 declaring a state of energy emergency to make it easier for carriers to supply much-needed propane, heating oil, and diesel fuel during harsh winter conditions. “Montanans have seen harsh winter weather this week, affecting families through power outages, frozen water supply lines, loss of heat, ice jams, and supply chain disruption,” Gov. Gianforte said. “This executive order will ensure the timely and necessary delivery of petroleum products so that Montanans can continue to heat their...