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  • Name to A Face: Gina Ossello "Getting It Sold"

    Kristine Erinn, Contributing Writer|Mar 24, 2021

    Gina Ossello was born and raised in Butte, Montana, where she attended elementary through high school. As a young girl, she always enjoyed horses, both for enjoyment as well as for competition. During her school years, she competed in both the English and Western riding styles. Basketball and track also became very important in her early years. When she graduated from high school, Gina enrolled at Colorado State College with the intent to get her major in Animal Science. Her love for horses cont...

  • Surviving/Thriving Amid COVID-19: Dysfunctional Quilt Shop Not Dysfunctional At All!

    Elizabeth Pullman, Whitehall Ledger|Mar 24, 2021

    When the Dysfunctional Quilt Shop opened nearly fifteen years ago on Sowden Lane in Whitehall, it was a small garage in Chris Proffer's backyard. Now, it is a booming business with an expansion added about five years ago and loyal customers that travel from around the state (and country!) to visit. On Saturday, March 20th the shop hosted its annual Customer Appreciation March Madness sale and the shop couldn't have been more packed. At 9:30 a.m. customers were wrapped around the perimeter of...

  • Whitehall Elementary Principal Check-in

    Kurtis Koenig, Whitehall Elementary Principal|Mar 24, 2021

    Whitehall Elementary is excited for spring! Right now, we are in the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 school year, and the message to all students and staff is to finish strong. A mentor told me, on multiple occasions, to never count the days, instead, make the days count. That is exactly what we are working towards at Whitehall Elementary. The month of April will bring with it a barrage of testing. Students in the third, fourth, and fifth grades will be sitting their annual SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) tests during the week of...

  • State Health Agency Continues to Work with CDC on Surveillance for Variant Strains

    Jon Ebelt, DPHHS Public Information Officer|Mar 24, 2021

    Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials announced March 17th the state now has 19 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus variant strains. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notified DPHHS of 11 additional variant cases that match two California variant strains and a New York variant strain. These cases involve specimens of Montana residents that were submitted for testing dating back from January to early March 2021. These 11 cases are from Beaverhead, Cascade, Glacier, Hill, Jefferson, Madison,...