Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Things are back to normal in Whitehall, nearly two weeks after another great Frontier Days Celebration. Starting with the Rocky Mountain Bank barbecue and ending with the street dance, a nice crowd came out to attend the annual event. The Friday crowd was not quite as big as it was last year with high temperatures and no all-class reunion like in 2015, but Saturday certainly made up for it with Legion Avenue coming to life at 6:30 a.m. and the Fire Fighters barbecue. The great thing about the 2016 event and the ones in the past, is what it can...
Much like 2015, this has been a hot summer in Southwest Montana. The past week temperatures have cracked 90 degrees and are inching close to triple digits. Over the past several days, I have noticed one disturbing trend at various stops throughout town. I have driven into parking lots and seen dogs inside of vehicles with the window not rolled down or barely cracked at all. This is just wrong. I’m well aware most people know this, but it happens more than it should. I would like everyone who does this to spend about 20 minutes inside of a car i...
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...
The passing of a resolution Tuesday by the Jefferson County Commissioners was another step in the possibility of a new ambulance district. The district, whose boundaries would include the Whitehall School District area with the exception of in town and Madison and Silver Bow Counties, is now on the November 8 ballot. There has been a great deal of talk the past year about a new ambulance district and to say it has been a controversial subject would be an understatement. There have been many stones cast and it has gotten ugly at times. The...
With a recall election scheduled in August, and a possibility of a new hospital district on the ballot in November, there are going to be plenty of letters to the editor in the in the upcoming editions of the Whitehall Ledger. We would like to thank everyone who submits letters and puts their thoughts out for others to see. It’s also very important that these letters stay civil or they will never see the pages of the paper. It’s completely fine to feel passionate about something, but profanity or name-calling is not necessary. If someone would...
I had the chance to walk to work the other morning and have to admit it was a great way to start the day. The temperature had yet to hit 50 and while there was crispness in the air, the views and blue sky made it well worth it. There was a symphony of birds, and I was surprised to see so many people out doing the same thing. I almost felt like I was in a Disney movie. I was almost expecting a plethora of movie friendly characters to join me as I frolicked down the street. I even saw a large group running down the street and for a moment I wish...
