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Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Each year members of the Knight of Columbus bring the local community together for a great cause at their fish fry. The 14th annual event is scheduled for Friday, April 5 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the St. Teresa's Catholic Church located at 107 2nd East in Whitehall. KOC member Jim Stearns said last spring they had their largest turnout for the event and hopes this continues in 2019. He said the proceeds will go to charities in Whitehall and Ennis including Coats for Kids, the Whitehall Area Food Bank, Special Olympics, the Poor Clares and...
Hannah Catalino of Whitehall leaves at the end of April and will spend four months in Europe, training and gentling a wild mustang for the third annual, Mustang Makeover Germany trainer challenge where she'll compete against 14 other professionals for a grand prize of 20,000 Euros. The other competitors are from Germany, England, Belgium, Spain, France and Switzerland, but Hannah is the only American competitor representing the USA. Trainers are selected based on their kind and gentle training...
HELENA -- The Montana House of Representatives voted 61-37 Saturday to pass a controversial bill to extend Medicaid expansion. The expanded program has enrolled nearly 96,000 Montanans to receive subsidized health insurance. The federal-state partnership was first passed into law in 2015 and includes a 90 percent funding match from the federal government through the Affordable Care Act. Rep. Ed Buttrey, R-Great Falls, is carrying House Bill 658. It includes new requirements for some recipients...
In late March, Barrick Gold officials announced a final mill run has been scheduled for May at the Golden Sunlight Mine in Whitehall. This was certainly tough news to take for the community. The Golden Sunlight Mine has been such an important part of the local economy. The tax revenue generated by the mine as well as jobs created have been a huge asset to Whitehall and the surrounding area. The mine has also time and time again played a huge role in making the Whitehall area a better place to live. They have always been at the forefront of...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how karma may have played a part in two wonderful spills I had while walking around town. After another horrifically embarrassing fall inside of a school on my way to a building, I'm beginning to think that it probably has far less to do with karma and more to do with the fact that I am a klutz and it is only getting worse as I get older. My two wonderful escapades on the snow and ice were one thing, but my predicament inside was a whole other level of not being able to go a month without some sort of random...
The deadline for entries is nearing for the 2019 B-Y's Youth Rodeo in Whitehall. The longest running youth rodeo in Montana is set for Saturday, May 4 at the rodeo grounds and entries must be postmarked by Friday, April 19. Late entries will not be accepted. Events include steer riding, cow riding, calf daubing, breakaway roping, barrel racing, pole bending, goat tail tying, goat tying, team roping and ribbon racing. The rodeo is open for youths aged 8 to 18. The age brackets are 8 to 12 and 13...
