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New LED lights and plenty of family friendly events should make for a great summer at the Lewis and Clark Caverns. Parks Manager Rhea Armstrong said they are very excited as they prepare for the 2019 summer season. "The electric contractors pack up this week, so the new LED cave lights will be a stunning improvement in the cave. The lights are in the handrails, so do not shine in visitors' eyes, plus the formations are revealed in a whole new light," she said. The annual Earth Day Cleanup at...
Whitehall area residents have long been known for their giving natures and helping out those in need. The community will once again come together this Saturday with the Jason Edsall Benefit scheduled at the Community Center. The event has been organized to raise money for Edsall who is currently receiving treatment for bile duct cancer and is unable to work. Edsall is employed by Cliff's Automotive and is married with three younger daughters. The April 27 benefit is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. with a Spaghetti Feed Dinner. The cost is $7 for...
Earlier this month, Whitehall resident Francine Giono traveled to Washington D.C. to take part in the 2019 EMS on the Hill Day. Giono was one of three Montana members of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians who traveled to the April 10 event in the Nation's Capital. According to the NAEMT, the purpose of EMS On The Hill Day is to educate all members of Congress and their staff on the emergent, urgent and preventive patient care EMS provides to all in need every day. Giono...
On a cold, January afternoon last year, Wendy Gerky got a call that someone could see water rising in her downtown Havre quilt shop. She thought it was joke. By the time Gerky got to her store, Bearly Square Quilting, the water was knee deep. "Imagine it," she said. "It's like a swimming pool." The flooding came from a fire suppression pipe that ran underneath the building. After the break was found, the city had to shut off water to the block until it could be repaired. The quilt shop had to...
With a winter that won't seem to stop, I haven't been this is excited for summer in a really long time. Although I'm moving in a few days, I'm not getting too depressed about everything that goes along with packing up everything and taking it somewhere else and instead am looking forward to sitting in the back yard and enjoying the wonderful weather. I can't wait to fire up the grill and cook outside several days a week. This is probably the first time I've been this excited about the onset of summer since I was a little kid and every summer...
As they inch closer to the postseason, the Whitehall High School track team is starting to put together their best performances of the season. Head coach Dan Lacey was pleased with the way his team competed at last week's Gallatin Valley Invitational in Belgrade. "The meet went well. This is always a very competitive meet and it's nice to see where our athletes our at," he said. The Lady Trojans finished in ninth place in a field that included several Class A Schools. Leading the way for Whitehall was sophomore Katie Whitehurst who finished...
