Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Josiah Pettit was awarded the Whitehall Garden Club Scholarship for 2018 in the amount of $500. Josiah, a forest management major at Salish Kootenai College, distinguished himself with his academic ability (4.0 GPA) and his community service. He has been a gardener since childhood and has a passion for horticulture and botany. He has worked as a ranch hand and also at scout camps teaching natural resource merit badges and hold the rank of Eagle Scout. He hopes to become a leader in forest...
The Whitehall Ledger office will be closed Wednesday, July 4 for the 4th of July holiday. The paper will be published Thursday, July 5....
U.S. Senator Steve Daines stopped in Whitehall last Friday morning to spend time visiting with local ranchers. Among the topics discussed were globally marketing Montana beef, the 2018 Farm Bill, brucellosis, the November General Election, Wildlife Services and the United States Forest Service. "This is the voice of real Montana. This morning we literally had a sixth generation operation represented here," Daines said. "This is the voice we need to have louder back in Washington D.C. That is...
A little over a year after making the purchase, the Whitehall School Districts finally have their new activity bus. At a Board of Trustees meeting last week, Whitehall Superintendent John Sullivan gave members a tour of the new IC Bus that was purchased through Harlow's Transportation. After numerous delays the bus was supposed to be delivered in mid February, but Sullivan reported in March that it had been pushed back to May. The new bus that will be used for athletics, activities, and field...
A 33-year-old Butte resident arrested following a shooting late Tuesday night in Whitehall was released Wednesday on a $100,000 bond. Daniel Adams was changed with attempted deliberate homicide in a shooting that was reported to have taken place during an altercation in an alleyway in the south area of town at 10:55 p.m. According to Jefferson County Sheriff Craig Doolittle, a 33-year-old victim was shot with a small-caliber handgun. The victim was transported to St. James Hospital in Butte....
The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department responded to two truck fires last week. On Saturday morning, the department sent a total of four trucks to a semi truck fire on Interstate 90. Whitehall Fire Chief Jeremy Ward, the fire started on the rear trailer of the semi that was carrying trim boards. Ward reported that eastbound traffic from the Interstate was detoured through Whitehall. The Montana Highway Patrol, Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, United States Forest Service, Willow Creek...
The Whitehall governing body voted Monday to move town offices and public works operations to the former ambulance barn located at 207 E. Legion. The Council voted 4-1 to approve the measure. Jason Good, Montina Rawson, Barbara Gagnon, and Gary Housman all voted in favor of the measure. Francine Giono-Janik was the lone dissenting vote. During her monthly report, Mayor Mary Janacaro Hensleigh said they had been working with the Jefferson Valley Rural Ambulance District to allow them to use the building, but they have withdrawn their proposal....
Voters in Jefferson County approved Tuesday a ballot measure that will permanently increase tax liability to generate an estimated $29,485 per year for the Jefferson Valley Search and Rescue in and the Elkhorn Search and Rescue. In results from the Montana Secretary of States web site, the measure passed by a vote of 2,413 to 1,020. In other local primary races, Steve Andersen and Dean Hilderbrand advanced to the November General Election in the race for Jefferson County Justice of the Peace. Andersen received 1,277 votes and Hildebrand...
In June of 2017, over 1,000 spectators made their way through the gates at the Montana Mule Days at the Rodeo Grounds in Whitehall. The three-day event will return to Whitehall this week with a record 151 classes planned from June 8 to 10. The event will start each day at 8 a.m. and the price of admission is $5 a day or $10 for three days. The only mule and donkey show in Montana, the event that brings in participants from across the western United States and Canada is a presentation of the Mont...
With just a few days left for students and staff, high waters in late May made things interesting at Cardwell School. Jefferson County Commissioner Leonard Wortman made two visits to the school and said while the conditions were not terrible, the building was surrounded by water and most of the playground equipment was in the water. Cardwell Board of Trustees member Dawn Lewton said she was not aware of any damages. In her weekly For Your Information column, Cardwell resident Arcylle Shaw...
There has been a great deal amount of work completed on the Montana Department of Transportation Whitehall South Project. According to Melissa Shannon of Strategies 360, work is continuing on the project that started in March, and they have made significant progress on the bridge replacement over Pipestone Creek on Montana Highway 55. Shannon said following completion of the installation of reinforced steel on the bridge, on May 23 concrete was poured for the bridge deck, adding thehe deck will...
It was the end of one journey and the start of another last Sunday for the Whitehall High School Class of 2018. A total of 25 students graduated at the afternoon ceremony in Varsity Gym. Whitehall High School Principal Hannah Nieskens welcomed the crowd and praised the graduates for their accomplishments and finishing sixth out of 179 Montana High Schools in ACT testing. Superintendent John Sullivan added the Class of 2018 set a high bar for future classes. Salutatorian Garrison Shaw told his...
It was a special night last Wednesday at Cardwell School for Avery Coombe, Judith Engler, and Westin Scheller who were all honored as eighth-grade graduates. In his Valedictorian speech, Coombe said there many been many memories made at the school, adding although the building is 100 years old, the school still has lots of lives to influence. Coombe said there are no popular groups at the Cardwell School, instead everyone is friends and this is a place that will always be close to their hearts....
Monday, May 21 2:34 p.m. – welfare check, 101 West Legion Avenue, Whitehall 7:22 p.m. - trees/debris on roadway, Hwy 2 West, Whitehall 7:46 p.m. – property-found, Hwy 2 West, Whitehall 8:02 p.m. – traffic stop, Hwy 2 West, Whitehall 8:16 p.m. – traffic roads & moving, Hwy 55, Whitehall 8:19 p.m. – mental crisis, 460 Hwy 2 West, Whitehall 8:36 p.m. – traffic stop, North Whitehall Street, Whitehall 9:16 p.m. – traffic stop, Hwy 55, Whitehall 9:49 p.m. – traffic accident, Robbins Lane, Whitehall Tuesday, May 22 12:36 a.m. – traffic stop, 415...
A total of 25 Whitehall High School seniors will graduate in a ceremony scheduled to take place Sunday, May 27 at 2 p.m. in the Varsity Gym. The members of the class of 2018 are Wyatt Scott Alexander, Jakob Earl Belgarde, Lexis Rhiannon Bowman, Zoe Lauren Center, Evelin Samantha Dove, Stephanie Marie Ellis, Justin W. Gipson, Alex J. Hanson, Alauna S. Harris, Dawson Riley Hoerauf, Kayden M. Howser, Breelyn Rae Jensen, Samuel J. Kraha, Cameron Kalinokea Learn, Alexys Mercer, Bailey C. Moss, Ryan...
Whitehall High School senior Ryan Murphy can vividly remember his first day of Kindergarten in the fall of 2005. As he entered his classroom, Murphy would not let go of his mother Jill's leg, and said she did not want to let go of her youngest of three children either. For the next almost 13 years, he would attend schools in Whitehall with his journey coming to an end this Sunday when he will not only graduate, but will do so as the Valedictorian of the Class of 2018. The goal of finishing...
Whitehall High School was recently recognized by a prestigious national publication as one of the best high schools in Montana, as well as earning a Bronze medal in national rankings. The school was one of the 16 percent of schools nation wide and 30 in Montana that received the Bronze medal recognition from U.S. News & World Report. “We were pleased to be recognized as a nationally competitive high school and one of the best high schools in Montana,” said Principal Hannah Nieskens. “A lot of effort goes in to creating a school culture of ac...
With waters rising locally, area residents have several ways to obtain information regarding a possible flooding event. According to Jefferson County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Doug Dodge, the information can be obtained through the County's Facebook pages (search for Jefferson County, Montana), or by listening to the County's low-power FM radio stations: In Montana City at 105.9 FM; in Clancy/Jefferson City at 100.3 FM; in Boulder at 105.9 FM; in Basin at 98.3 FM; in Elk Park...
Voters in the Cardwell School District approved Tuesday a general fund mill levy to support operational costs of the school. In unofficial results, the ballot measure passed by a vote of 73 to 39. In other results from the May 8 vote, voters in Whitehall School Districts 4 and 47 filled two three year terms. Scott Prevost (594 votes) and incumbent Gina Ossello (529) were both elected to the board of Trustees. Bob Magart was unsuccessful with his bid with 290 votes. Bill Whitehurst was the lone candidate to file in Whitehall School District 2...
Whitehall High School band and choir students proved they are among the best in Montana at last week's State Music Festival in Helena. Whitehall had a total of three students finish with Superior ratings. Senior Alexys Mercer received a Superior rating for her tenor sax solo. Kendra Klapan and Ashlynn Ellison both received superior ratings for their flute solos. "State Music was a lot of fun, not only did the students do well, we got to hear some incredible performances from schools around the...
The Jefferson Valley Museum will open for the 2018 season on Saturday, May 26th at 12:00 PM. Volunteers will be available to answer questions and provide tours through the many sections of local history displays. The museum will be open Tuesday through Sunday each week, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM through September 15th. Even if you visited the museum during the 2017 season, things have changed. Thanks to a grant, the Brooke Barn has been resided and the roof cupolas repaired. Product Walk of Names. Thanks to many hours of volunteer labor, all of the...
The Whitehall area community will come together for a great cause this weekend at the 14th annual Black Tie Blue Jeans fundraiser. The event will take place Saturday, April 28 at the Whitehall Community Center and has a pre Kentucky Derby theme of "Hats & Horses". According to BTBJ committee member Jill Dove, tickets sales have been going good and have exceeded the number sold in 2017. Dove did however state there are still some tickets available. The tickets can be purchased at the Corner Store...
The Town of Whitehall is paying tribute to the citizens of Canada. A Canadian Flag was raised at town hall last week in remembrance of the 16 killed when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team was involved in a crash in Saskatchewan. Mayor Mary Janacaro Hensleigh said she was devastated about hearing about the attacks, and thought about how horrible if something like that were to happen in our community. Janacaro Hensleigh checked with the Governors office to see if it would...
Whitehall Mayor Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh took a strong stance last week to defend local residents who choose to voice their opinions during Council meetings or public hearings. During her monthly report at the April 9 meeting, Janacaro Hensleigh said that because of the First Amendment, the public has a wide longitude of what they can say at a meeting. Her comments came in regards to several residents who reported being “verbally attacked” after a March Council meeting. Janacaro Hensleigh said residents should always feel free to speak freely, a...
Since its inception, the Community Transition Advisory Committee has given community officials a chance to not only learn a little bit more about the Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine near Whitehall, it has also awarded them the opportunity to give feedback to mine officials. At last week’s meeting special guest Rebecca Darling, Corporate Responsibility Director for Barrick USA, discussed the importance of the monthly meeting. Darling said her job is make sure that Barrick and the Golden Sunlight Mines are listening to the people who attend CTAC, ad...
