Week of September 23, 2026
Week of September 23, 2026
From the Bingo & Bites Fundraiser for Jane Bowman on Thursday, September 17, to Homecoming activities all week, where Kendyl Korst and Brooks Ressler were crowned Homecoming Queen and King under the Friday night lights, Whitehall was a bustling little town this past weekend. The Montana Western Legacy Center hosted the 1st Annual Montana High School Rodeo Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday night at the community center, while on Saturday the Star Theatre was front and center with...
The Cardwell Community Church invites you to learn about Restoring Hope Nepal on Wednesday, October 7 at 6 PM. Restoring Hope Nepal provides restoration and hope to women who have been rescued from sex trafficking. Since 2013, our safe home in Kathmandu has helped over 150 women gain freedom from sex trafficking and build new lives. The safe house provides love, safety, and education for 30+ women at a time. The residential program provides: • Vocational training & access to traditional...
The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants from Washington, D.C., are embarking on a community relations tour to Montana. This tour honors the service of Airmen past and present through a showcase of musical excellence. All concerts are free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Free tickets for each posted concert date are available on our website at https://bit.ly/4y9P6vy. The Concert Band and Singing Sergeants are two of the six performing ensembles within the United...
Whitehall non-profit Angel Wings Montana Foundation is excited to announce a fun-filled night of 80s throwback fun on September 26, 2026, at 5 PM at the Whitehall Community Center. This fundraising event in Whitehall benefits mental health awareness and suicide prevention and brings support to our community. All proceeds go to Angel Wings Montana Foundation in support of mental health awareness and suicide prevention. Angel Wings will have a suggestion box so you can share where you feel our...
Butte SPIRIT Homes invites the community to join us on Monday, October 13, for a special fundraiser dinner at La Casa Toscana to support our campaign to open a new transitional home for women in recovery. Since opening our first recovery home in 2020, Butte SPIRIT has worked to provide people in recovery with supportive housing and treatment services. Today, our organization provides licensed clinical recovery housing for both men and women, along with a men's step-down home that helps residents transition toward greater independence. Our...
Fall is here, and now is the time to enjoy crisp mountain air and color-rich landscapes. Take time to get outdoors and make the most of these golden days, with fall festivals ready to entertain the whole family. Have fun and support local vendors, businesses, and musicians across the Treasure State. Celebrate autumn at the Townsend Fall Festival from Friday, October 2 to Sunday, October 4. Presented by the Rotary Club of Townsend, admission is free. The festival starts off Friday night with live music, food, and drink and continues all day...
Inner-Mind Therapeutics, owned and operated by Diana C. Smith-Lamprea, will facilitate a grief support group for eight participants, meeting weekly for eight weeks. The group aims to start on Monday, October 19, and run through November 23, from 11 AM to 12:30 PM, in the upstairs private conference room at the Star Theatre. Sessions cost $30 per person per session, or participants may pay in full for all sessions and receive a $20 discount. Most insurance plans also cover these sessions, including Blue Cross Blue Shield and Pacific Source....
Study hall can feel tedious or boring, especially for students who have finished their work and are simply looking for a quiet way to spend the rest of class. In Whitehall, the study hall is large, and while some students use the time to complete assignments, others quietly play card games or color. Unfortunately, many of the materials the study hall teacher, Mrs. Scarborough, has to work with are currently worn out. The playing cards are old, torn, and tattered, while the coloring markers are...
The Whitehall Garden Club has completed its planned restoration of the Native Plant Garden (NPG) located on the west slope of Silver Tower Park along North Whitehall Street. The Whitehall Garden Club established the NPG in 2007, spearheaded by Glenna Waltee, a member and Master Gardener. Over the past 19 years, the Whitehall Garden Club has worked to remove and replace dead and overgrown plantings with new trees and perennials, enhance the Garden's educational offerings with new plant signage,...
The state of Montana filed to dismiss its own lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park over bison management. The suit stemmed from Yellowstone’s new bison management plan, released in summer 2024. Under the framework — the first update to bison management in Yellowstone in nearly two-and-a-half decades — bison numbers would average about 5,000 in the park, allowing for the species’ ecological role on the landscape and enhancing tribal transfer and harvest opportunities outside park boundaries. The state filed suit on New Year’s...
Whitehall students and community members joined a nation of mourners on September 11, remembering and honoring the victims of terrorist acts in America on September 11. Flags in Whitehall, as well as throughout the nation, flew at half-mast all week, and flags were visible in windows of homes, vehicles, and businesses. WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Lynsey Smith. Being a conscientious student in English class has earned Lynsey Smith honors this week. Lynsey was nominated by English...
September 1926 was like many other Septembers-kids were heading back to school, crops were being harvested, and political articles were common, with a general election just weeks away. Montana voters were asked to approve Good Roads Bill 31 for a one-cent increase in the gas tax to improve and maintain 4700 miles of roads. Shipping sheep kept the railroad here busy with 12 cars loaded and sent east on the evening of September 21st from the ranches of Emmett Douglas, Albert Burgoyne, Earl...
Turkey doesn't often make its way onto people’s dinner tables. Americans and Canadians may consider turkey a Thanksgiving staple, but that could be the only day all year when turkey is the focal point come mealtime. Turkey perhaps deserves more credit and consideration. You can prepare it in an assortment of ways, each of which is flavorful. If turkey is now on your mind, consider this recipe for “Turkey Roulade With Vegetables and Fried Potatoes” courtesy of Lines+Angles. INGREDIENTS For...
For many people, heartburn is an occasional annoyance after a spicy meal or late-night snack. But for millions of Americans living with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the condition can become a daily struggle that affects sleep, comfort, and overall quality of life. According to the American College of Gastroenterology, about 1 in 5 people in the U.S. has GERD. The most common symptoms are heartburn and regurgitation, or a feeling of fluid, food or stomach acid coming up into the chest or throat. One concern with ongoing, active acid...
An Open Letter to Representative Mark Reinschmidt: Dear Mark, You were appointed to this position after our elected Representative, Marta Bertoglio, stepped down. Now you are standing for election by the people of HD 75. As one of your constituents, I need to know your positions on many subjects. You attended a meeting of Whitehall Indivisible last year when you were first appointed and basically stated that you were very new to this and did not have many answers to our questions, other than...
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, it is time to be on the lookout for fresh financial opportunities. Set new goals for yourself, and put your finances at the top of your priority list. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, don’t bother attracting people through false advertising. Instead, be authentic, and you'll garner much more attention and adoration. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, the universe is trying to send you cues this week. But you will only receive these cues if you keep your eyes and ears open. Things may not be what they seem. CANCER -...
Dear Editor, What is going on with the property taxes in Jefferson County? From homes to businesses, taxes seem to have risen exponentially over the last few years. This is easily explained by the also-rising property values. So maybe the question we should be asking is: why are property values rising? Inflation might immediately jump to the forefront of your mind, but can this issue be fully explained by something as simple as inflation? The whole concept of inflation raises another round of...
Dear Editor, I am writing in support of Don Lepinsky's request for a response from Representative Mark Reinschmidt. When I think of Mark, I think of a stand-up guy. I will be very disappointed if his lack of response to Don's requests for his positions on data centers, etc goes unanswered. If he hasn't taken a position on the important issues facing our extended community, he's the wrong guy for the office. If he is bowing to party pressure to not answer his constituents, he's the wrong guy for...
Since eyelashes are designed to keep things out of your eyes, people with alopecia get things in their eyes a lot more than the average person. If plastic bags could think, the plastic bag holding all the other plastic bags under the sink might be considered an esteemed position. You know what elevator music is, but you’ve never heard it in an elevator. Skydiving would be a lot less thrilling on the moon. We must seem selfish to ants. Our brains are faster than we think. Now that the US is phasing out the penny, it’s the perfect...
“Jesus is way too restrictive.” I’ve heard it too often. True, invariably each person develops his or her own opinion. It is a basic freedom. However, when it comes to following Jesus and being His disciple, the Bible never presents this decision as “fun.” Discipleship requires self-sacrifice, setting our ambitions aside, and making Jesus our number one priority. Great joy is fulfilled being Christ’s disciple. Pastor Shane Pruitt says, “It’s an adventure to know Jesus and make Him known. He lives, and there is no one like...
I have listened to and lived by the two-parent work ethic all my life. Wondering, like everyone else, how my parents and grandparents did it. I reasoned that there wasn't all this computer/phone technology to waste money on, which now seems like a necessity. So let's look at this. What was it like when ol' mom and pop were around? Back in the 1960s and 70s? Detroit had the highest per-capita income. Yes, the same Detroit that now is looking for people to take possession of an abandoned house....
He was a Republican. A homesteader. Father. Lawyer. County Attorney. A well-respected district judge. He had an "unblemished judicial record." Senator Burton K. Wheeler described him as a "fine and honorable man." He lived in Forsyth. He was impeached. In 1918, the Montana Senate held a trial. It convicted him and disqualified him from ever holding public office again. Why? He defended freedom. Free Speech. Our Constitution. Really. This happened. In Montana. In Rosebud County. Do you know who...
Sharlene Ann (Howser) Anderson, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, was called home to the Lord on September 11, 2026. Born in Shelby, Montana, on February 19, 1935, to Ted and Mabel Howser. The family soon moved to a ranch outside Willow Creek, where Sharlene graduated from high school in 1953. While working on the ranch during summer break, Sharlene met John Feight. Not one to shy away from showing people how to work hard, she quickly taught John the proper way... Full story
Myles William Carpenter took his last ride through the old homestead in the lowlands, his favorite place, the day before his passing on Friday, September 18. He spent his final ride surrounded by the land that had been part of him since childhood, a place filled with family, hard work, memories and a lifetime of stories. Myles was born at home in Walkerville, Montana, on June 3, 1941. One of ten children, Myles spent his summers at the family ranch on Hail Columbia Gulch in the lowlands and... Full story
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 03:43:58 Animal: E First St 09:28:55 Animal 12:37:16 Citizen Assist: E First St 14:03:36 Disorderly: Hwy 2 E 16:19:55 Animal: Ringing Rocks Rd 17:01:44 Medical: Patticake Dr 18:00:59 Fire Restriction Violation: Cherokee Pl 18:38:17 Runaway: Edwards Addition Rd 20:23:33 Lost Property: W Legion St 20:53:55 Traffic Hazard: I-90 20:59:48 Reckless Driver: I-90 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 02:06:28 Traffic Hazard: I-90 06:28:31 Vehicle Accident (Non-Injury) 08:19:45 Criminal Mischief: E...
You would not want to be a cutthroat trout in the Middle Fork of the Judith River before 2023. Along a 6-mile stretch of this water in central Montana, there were more than 80 entrances to the river and 27 shallow spots where everything crossed, from cars to off-highway vehicles like side-by-sides. Chris Edgington, a watershed project manager with Montana Trout Unlimited, says by 2020 sediment runoff from vehicles moving through the river had gotten so bad it was choking out nearly all the fish. “The fish population was estimated to be less...
It is nice to be back at the Whitehall Community Library (110 W. First - Whitehall) after a week off, putting up veggies, quilting, watching my grandchildren play football, soccer, and run cross-country. I was greeted with fantastic news: the Whitehall Library has been selected to host an Artist-in-Residence this winter. The program is part of the Montana State Library's Creative Aging area. Our Friends of the Whitehall Library are providing part of the funding to bring in a professional artist...
Join us in welcoming Pat Sullivan to our Meet & Greet this Wednesday, September 23, at 6 PM at the Whitehall School library. Pat is running for Montana Representative for House District 75, which includes the Town of Whitehall. Sullivan is running against incumbent Mark Reinschmidt, who remains unavailable. Our guest speakers will continue through the winter, so stay tuned as dates emerge. A representative from CI-133 (Keep Montana’s Courts Nonpartisan) stopped by to hand out yard signs. We continue to support I-194, called both “The...
From introducing advanced scanners to letting passengers keep their shoes on, the TSA has made major updates to its screening processes lately. But one familiar and often frustrating rule for travelers has remained in place: a strict limit on the amount of liquids allowed through the checkpoint. Now, the TSA is exploring the possibility of easing those rules for some travelers for the first time in over 20 years. Here’s what you need to know. A Change in Liquid Rules for PreCheck Members? Since 2006, the TSA has imposed a 3.4-ounce limit on...
Fall sports are underway at Whitehall High School, with the Trojans competing in football, volleyball and cross country as the 2026 season moves into its early weeks. Here is a rundown of the team's season thus far. FOOTBALL: Whitehall opened the season with a 54-6 home win over Deer Lodge on August 28. The Trojans have dropped their last three games, falling 30-27 at Thompson Falls on September 4, 60-14 at Three Forks on September 10 and 32-7 to Jefferson on September 18. Whitehall enters its...
