The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

Republicans and Democrats agree funding critical infrastructure needs is important, but if the last two legislative sessions are any indication, that is where the agreement ends. Both times efforts to pass a major infrastructure investment bill...

Montana's top prosecutor says he wants the 2019 Legislature to combat addiction to prescription opioids and expand on a policy of treatment rather than incarceration for drug offenders. Republican Attorney General Tim Fox said his office would...

With Christmas falling on a Tuesday in 2018, I really needed to be on top of things so that I could have the newspaper sent to the printer by early on Christmas Eve. On a normal week, I will usually have the pages ready to go by early Tuesday...

Calvin D. Burrows, age 87, formerly of Whitehall died December 23, 2018 at Butte, Montana. Calvin was born January 5, 1931 at Colorado Springs, Colorado to John and Ada (Fletcher) Burrows. He was raised in Ivy Wild, Colorado and graduated from high...

Gov. Steve Bullock is once again proposing Montana launch a state-funded preschool program for those who cannot afford private pre-kindergarten programs for their children. The governor included a $30 million grant program to support high-quality...