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, Montana FFA Poultry Judging Team has soared to new heights, proudly earning a Silver Medal at the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo held in Indianapolis during the final week of October 2025. This impressive accomplishment reflects the team's extraordinary dedication, perseverance, and teamwork - and marks a moment of history for the state of Montana. Not only did these four outstanding Whitehall FFA members represent Montana with excellence, but they also achieved the highest...
Joseph T. Beebout from Whitehall, Montana, was honored during the Boone and Crockett Club's Jack Steele Parker Generation Next Youth Banquet for his black bear that was accepted into the Club's records. The recognition took place as part of the 32nd Big Game Awards celebration, held in July at Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri. Since 1947, the triennial Big Game Awards program has recognized the biggest heads, horns, and antlers from North...
It’s time to get out the calendars and decide which holiday events to attend. There’s something for everyone in the family – festive lights, decorated streets, parades, craftsmen and artisan goods, tasty treats, Santa, and more. Usher in the holiday season with goodwill, supporting local communities, and having fun! On Thursday, November 13, kick off the Christmas season – cowboy style – at the Whitehall Community Center with COWBOY CHRISTMAS DINNER, hosted by the Montana Western Legacy Center. It’s an evening to celebrate the holiday sea...
The 2025 Veterans’ Day Program at the Whitehall High School is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11th at 10 AM in the WHS Varsity Gym. This program is open to the public with a special invitation to all veterans! Cardwell School’s Veterans’ Day Program will be held on Monday, November 10th, at 10 AM, the day before Veterans' Day. Celebrate those who keep our country safe on Monday and Tuesday next week!...
An AI celebrity will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame one day. Younger generations will never get to appreciate the fun of discovering hidden menus, games, and other bonus content on DVDs as we did. Next year, Stranger Things will have been around for a whole 10 years, thus making the 80s revival era as long as the actual decade itself. Rotary phones never pocket-dialed. The better someone is at recreating the Wilhelm scream, the less one might believe it when they share a video of them doing it. When you slap a mosquito that has just...
Happy November, friends. Great news! SNAP benefits will be released. BUT that doesn't forgive our Governor for turning his back on wealthy, out-of-touch Montanans and their needs. Let's hear it for Montana's Multi-Millionaire Governor Gianforte - a man who knows how to live the Gospel according to Greed. Gianforte did it again - proving that when it comes to compassion, he's running a budget deficit. While 77,000 Montanans wondered how they would feed their families during the federal shutdown,...
Dear Editor, We visited the "Screams Come True" Haunted House last weekend and had a great time. This was our first time visiting the haunted house. The lines were LOOONG!! It rained, the wind blew, but we persisted: bound and determined to see what all the fuss was about and, of course, to see our granddaughter! I truly do not know how you managed to get 27 rooms in there, but it was great. Every single room was different and scary. All the participants were respectful of not touching, but did...
November 1899, Jefferson Valley Zephyr. The front page of the November 3, 1899, edition was mostly depressing news. A man in Butte was dead after trying to kill his mistress when she refused to give him money. Death came quickly for a worker at the Anaconda converters from electrocution. Smallpox cases were nearly over at Missoula, and the town lost one of its prominent citizens when he was kicked to death by the horse that was pulling his buggy. The Boer war set a heavy loss of British men...
Jefferson County voters in the Nov. 7 general election will have a selection of seven presidential candidates, will vote on five state ballot issues and one county ballot issue, and will decide winners in 14 federal, state, regional, and county races. WHS Creative Leader of the Week: STEPHANIE BURTCH. Receiving honors this week is Stephanie Burtch, president of the Key Club. She was nominated by Mr. Kinzer, who says Stephanie "has invested much time in developing and working on service projects...
The Western Legacy Center (WLC), a Whitehall nonprofit, is excited to invite you to its upcoming Cowboy Christmas Dinner on November 13th at the Whitehall Community Center in Whitehall. This special evening will feature a holiday dinner, auctions, and a community gathering to support our programs and mission. The evening will honor the Carey family's Montana legacy. Individual tickets are $55, couples are $100, and a table is $375. Please purchase your tickets as soon as possible, as space is...
• The western comedy Go West opens on November 1. Silent film legend Buster Keaton stars as Friendless, and Fatty Arbuckle appears in an uncredited role. • The Victrola Talking Machine Company introduces its new electrically-recorded phonograph records on November 2. The records can be played on the Victor Orthophonic Victrola, which cost around $95 in 1925, or the equivalent of nearly $1,700 in 2025. • The film The Pleasure Garden was released on November 3. The release marks the directorial debut of English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. • Ita...
Whitehall Indivisible (WI)’s calendar is filling, and we encourage people of all political stripes to come and hear what our guest speakers have to say—it really can’t hurt to listen to someone talk, even if you disagree. Because we value the opportunity to make our own decisions about candidates and issues, we will continue to invite local politicians who will appear on our future ballots, regardless of party. Defiance.org is a new organization spearheaded by Miles Taylor, a former DHS official. This organization has a national scope and w...
Every scream, every laugh, every startled jump: it all happens because of you. Without our incredible actors, backstage crew, builders, donors, and supporters, there'd be no true heartbeat to Screams Come True. Sure, we've got creepy sets, eerie lighting, and spine-chilling sound effects echoing through the halls of the Whitehall Community Center - but without you, it would all just be a dark walkthrough. You bring the haunt to life. You transform makeup and masks into characters that live and...
In loving memory of Farley Hicks. Farley was born to Evelyn and Donald Hicks in Lewistown, Montana, and lived there with his sisters Ginger, Dona, and Karen for a short time before moving to Billings, where his brother Kerry and sisters Janet (Jan) and Zelda were born. Farley's life was shaped by humble beginnings; being raised by a single parent in a family that struggled but always had each other. In his youth, Farley loved muscle cars, music, and spending time with his rowdy friends. He... Full story
Come join us on November 15th for the 4 Paws Rescue Jingle Paws Photography event! Jingle Paws will be held at the old Clays in Calico building at 59 Mt Hwy 359 in Cardwell, MT, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Each family will have a 10-minute session to capture family photos in front of a Christmas-themed backdrop. Small pets are welcome as we will be indoors. The session is $20 and includes one photo per family. Cash or checks are preferred on the day of the event. Additional photos can be purchased from...
I’m not sure what you did to be punished with my babble two weeks in a row, but here we go! Have you all recovered from your Halloween chocolate coma? Enjoy that guilt-free extra hour of sleep on Sunday? It was a fun week at the Whitehall Community Library! I had a Fall Festival for all the kiddos attending our children’s programs on Thursday. We played games, made a lot of noise, I filled them full of sugar, and sent them home. I then sugared up the older kids attending Friday programs with all the leftovers. I love my job! It’s like getti...
Sean and Clara Wisner invite you to join them in a group practice to inaugurate The Sanctuary Yurt, the newest addition to their property at 1053 Point of Rocks Road in Whitehall. The event will be held on Saturday, November 8th, beginning at 1 PM, with a Sanctuary Gardens-grown soup lunch. The inauguration ceremony will follow, with the event completing around 4 PM. The Sanctuary Yurt is a space where communities can gather, practice, and experience greater connection to the land we live on...
It was the final week of competition for Whitehall Trojans athletics, as football faced a tough Manhattan team, volleyball battled a flurry of familiar foes, and cross country concluded at the state meet. TROJAN FOOTBALL: Whitehall High School football closed out its regular season on Oct. 24 with a road game against Manhattan, falling 63-12. The loss brought the Trojans’ final record to 3-6. The team now turns its focus to the offseason and building for next year. TROJAN VOLLEYBALL: Whitehall High School volleyball wrapped up its regular s...
HONOR ROLL SIXTH GRADE: Boston Babcock, Payton Cruea, Dylan Elliott, Isaac Emerson, Zoe Huber, Emma Martinez, Jayden McDonald, Jameson Roman, Sage Wilson, and Westen Wock. SEVENTH GRADE: Rockton Ball, Violet Blevins, Rhysan Evans, Twila Grabil, Blair Ressler, and Zoey Zitnik. EIGHTH GRADE: Benjamin Eiserer, Colten Frazer, Tyson Hildreth, Stephen Matkovich, Gabriel Olave, Ryan Raty, Zane Savage, Deakon Schedel, Aleeyah Senst, and Jace Yazzie. FRESHMEN: Claire Christensen, Ashlinn Edsall, Bridger...
Butte SPIRIT Homes is expanding its mission to serve more individuals in recovery with the acquisition of a third residential facility on October 16, 2025. The new eight-bed men’s transitional home represents a significant milestone for the organization, which has doubled its graduate numbers over the past year while maintaining a 72.7% continuous sobriety rate among program graduates. The property, located in Butte, was purchased for $435,000 thanks to an outstanding fundraising effort over this year.. The half-acre property features a c...
Montana’s general hunting season for deer and elk kicked off on Saturday with seasonably mild weather and high hunter participation in many areas of southwestern Montana. Wildlife biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks use check stations to collect data on hunter participation and success, as well as the species, sex, and age class of harvested animals. This supplements data collected through hunter harvest phone surveys each year. Hunters are required to stop at game check stations they encounter, regardless of whether they h...
Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks are seeking information related to a bull elk that was found dead and unclaimed on Saturday, Oct. 25. The bull was found on private land about 7 miles south of Boulder along Lower Valley Road. It’s unclear whether the elk was shot at and killed at that location, or if it was initially shot and wounded on another adjacent property. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Boulder game warden Jacie Vonada at 406-502-8581 or visit tipmont.mt.gov. Informants may be eligible for a...
In light of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up the Federal District Court decision on corner crossing in Wyoming, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Director Christy Clark reaffirmed the agency’s position this week. “Corner crossing remains unlawful in Montana, and Montanans should continue to obtain permission from the adjoining landowners before crossing corners from one piece of public land to another,” Director Clark said. “Wardens will continue to report corner crossing cases to local county attorneys to exercise their pro...
Visit Southwest Montana is hitting the road November 17-19 and will offer workshops throughout the region to local businesses, partners, community members, organizations and stakeholders. Designed to strengthen regional collaboration and provide education to attendees, the workshops will share more about Visit Southwest Montana, as well as how to work with media and social media influencers. The workshops will be presented be Maria Porchervina, the new Executive Director for Visit Southwest Montana, and Tia Troy from Lightning Bug Public Relati...
Brunch can be a go-to meal when hosting loved ones for the holiday season. When holiday parties run late into the night, both hosts and their guests may not want to jump out of bed first thing in the morning. A late-morning brunch from the comforts of home can be ideal in such situations. As everyone starts to emerge from a good night's sleep, holiday hosts can whip up a batch of these "Raisin Scones" courtesy of Lines+Angles. INGREDIENTS: (Makes 10 to 12 scones) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2...
