Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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In last week’s paper I read a rather long Op-Ed from Jim Buterbaugh entitled “The Hate I See is Sad.” I agree with Jim that there is a great deal of hate in this country right now. In the last five years FBI data shows a marked increase in anti-Asian crime, anti-Jewish crime, and anti-LGBTQ crime. Of the more than 11,000 hate crimes reported to the FBI in 2023 over half of them were anti-Black crimes. Clearly we have a problem in this country with hate. So I read Jim’s letter hoping that he would share some insight into how to address this pr...
Dear Editor and Fellow Voters, Like many of you, my absentee ballot recently arrived in the mail. There are a lot of important choices to make this election season, but the one that will affect the children in our community the most is the choice we make for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. This person will lead our public schools for the next four years. She will act as a go-between for our schools and the federal government. She will advocate for our rural way of life and the...
This time of year, most of the families in Whitehall are busy decorating for Christmas, shopping for Christmas gifts, and planning Christmas dinner. But a few families in Whitehall are focused on a holiday that begins on the evening of December 7th and lasts for eight days, Hanukkah, also known as The Festival of Lights. The holiday, like Christmas, is marked by food, the lighting of candles, and prayer. What is Hanukkah, and how is it different from Christmas? Hanukkah is not "Jewish...
The Whitehall Trojan football team had a rough start on Friday, September 29 in Missoula, with the Loyola Rams scoring their first touchdown a few minutes into the game. The Trojan offense struggled to move the ball down the field and handed the ball back to Loyola with a punt. Loyola’s offense also struggled, facing a quarterback sack by #54 sophomore Dawson McDonald, before punting the ball back to Whitehall. Once again, the offense failed to move the ball down the field effectively and the f...
