Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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The Whitehall High School Athletic Hall of Fame will enshrine its third class, the Class of 2018, later this month. The Induction Ceremony will take place Saturday, March 24th from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Whitehall High School Varsity Gym in Whitehall. Doors will open for dinner at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome but RSVPs are required no later than March 15th. RSVPs can be sent via email to chairmanwhshof@gmail.com or by calling (406) 396-3556. Cost is $12 per meal for adults and $9 per meal fo... Full story
The Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion last week ruling against an appeal involving an unsuccessful 2016 recall petition in the Town of Whitehall. The court affirmed a Fifth Judicial Court order denying the payment of attorney fees, costs, and disbursements for former Mayor Dale Davis and four town council members. The five elected officials were seeking reimbursements from Jefferson County Election Administrator Bonnie Ramey and recall petitioner Lynn Nemeth. Court documents from the Supreme Court decision state the Fifth District Court...
A Whitehall attorney was recently recognized with a prestigious designation from the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys Lori Harshbarger was nominated and accepted as a 2018 AIOFLA 10 Best in Montana for Client Satisfaction. The AIOFLA is a third-party attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys in each state. "This is a great public honor from my peers and clients. Equally, valuable to me, is knowing at the end of every day, that I personally have given my very best to my clients,"...
Whether it is a spray day to help the BLM and private landowners to tackle weeds or developing and maintaining a kid's fishing pond, the Jefferson Valley Sportsmen Association goes above and beyond on a yearly basis to local outdoor enthusiasts. This Saturday, local residents can help keep the JVSA a strong local presence with their attendance at the annual banquet scheduled for March 10 at the Whitehall Community Center. The $20 price of admission includes a yearly membership to the...
The 2018 Jefferson County Spelling Bee took place Feb. 14th in the courtroom of the Jefferson County Courthouse. This year's Celebrity Pronouncer was 5th Judicial Judge Luke Berger. Judges for the County Bee were board members from Basin Elementary, Boulder Elementary, and Cardwell Elementary. Thirty-six students, grades 4-8 from Jefferson County Elementary Schools, braved the snowy blizzard like conditions to participate in this year's bee. After seven total rounds, Logan Gillmore, son of John and Angie Gillmore, a Clancy Elementary 8th...
E. Tim Opie passed away peacefully on February 26, 2018. Tim was 77 years old. Tim was born May 19, 1940 to Francis (Bo) Opie and Ruth Opie. Tim was the second child of four, and grew up moving from Substation to Substation for the Milwaukee Railroad, at times riding the freight train to school. His favorite town was East Portal, he sang a little jingle about not wanting to leave there. Tim joined the Air Force at the age of 17, after basic training Tim was stationed in Tulee Greenland, which provided a backdrop for all his service stories....
Stanley James (Stan) Speck, 71, of Helena died at home on Saturday, January 27, 2018, of pancreatic cancer. He was born at the Hill Hospital in Whitehall, Montana, on September 8, 1942, the middle child of E. Carroll and Phyllis Speck with two older and two younger sisters. He attended Whitehall schools, graduating in 1964. There were early indicators that he would become an expert plumber, carpenter, electrician, mechanic and builder when, during his school years, he built his own motorcycle. Also as a high school senior he won first place at...
The Town of Whitehall conducted a meeting late last month to obtain public comment to assist their pursuit of grants that will not only help the town meet their water requirements with the Department of Environmental Quality, but to also benefit future community development. It was very unfortunate the town water levels tested above the acceptable limit for Uranium in 2015, but it did happen. Without finding an acceptable water source the town will have to build a water treatment facility and while this is costly, pursuing grants will help...
I'll be the first to admit that I enjoy nothing more than a day off spent at my house binge watching my favorite new show or basketball, but every once in awhile I like to get out of town for a few days. My hometown is eight hours away, which is a trip I will do two or three times a year, and I also don't mind loading up the car for a trip to Seattle or Las Vegas. Sure the trip can be a little bit long, but it sure beats the cost of flying four people anywhere. Plus with the drive to an airport, the standing in line, the connecting flights,...
Inventor Nikola Tesla (top), Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks (bottom), and Navy Hero Dorris Miller (middle) were among the many historical figures at the recent Cardwell School Living Wax Museum. Ledger photos by Jack H. Smith...
