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Articles from the June 5, 2019 edition


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  • Montana Mule Days this week

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Jun 5, 2019

    The 35th annual Montana Mule Days will take place later this week in Whitehall. The event that will be hosted for the third straight year at the Whitehall Rodeo Grounds is scheduled for Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9. The three-day event will host 132 classes in 2019. Montana Mule Days will start each day at 8 a.m. and the price of admission is $5 a day or $10 for three days. The only mule and donkey show in Montana, the event that brings in participants from across the western United States...

  • Whitetail open house June 12

    Staff Report|Jun 5, 2019

    The Montana Department of Transportation is hosting an open house next week to discuss a proposed project to reconstruct two sections of Whitetail Road (Secondary Highway 399) in Jefferson County. The open house is scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jefferson High School Cafeteria located at 312 S. Main Street in Boulder. According to MDOT, the purpose of the project is to decrease the amount of maintenance required by Jefferson County and to bring the road to current design standards, which will improve the safe...

  • Column: Some field trip...

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Jun 5, 2019

    Over the past weeks kids from across the area were able to wrap up the school year with their annual spring field trips. I was able to read online about what seemed to be some pretty amazing trips and the kids really seemed to be happy about where they were going. It's really great local schools plan these trips for the kids. After a long year in the classroom it is always nice for them to get out and have a little fun. Looking back on my time in school I certainly had quite a few end of the year trips but only a few distinctly stand out in my...

  • Whitehall Council seat vacant

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Jun 5, 2019

    The Town of Whitehall is currently seeking a Ward 3 Council Member. Alderman Jason Good resigned from his position last week. This will be the third new council member appointed in 2019. Ward 3 member Montina Rawson and Ward 2 Member Barbara Gagnon both resigned earlier this year and were replaced by Roy McBride and Katy James. To be eligible for the opening, those interested must live in Ward 3. For questions about the Ward 3 boundaries and council duties please contact town hall in person at...

  • Don Waltee, 82

    Jun 5, 2019

    Whitehall -- Memorial Day morning Donald John Waltee passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family. Don was born in Crystal Falls, Michigan on May 26, 1937. His family moved to Butte, Montana when he was 11 years old. After graduating from Butte Public High School, Don joined the U.S. Navy where he was assigned to the aircraft carrier, Ticondoroga, as Communications Technician. Some of the interesting places Don visited included Trinidad, Chile, Panama, Japan and the Philippines. After his service, Don worked for Mountain Bell Telephone...

  • Missouri River Corps of Rediscovery Six months Paddling a Dugout Canoe

    Tom Elpel, Contributing Writer|Jun 5, 2019

    “We are now several hundred miles within the bosom of this wild and mountanous country, where game may rationally be expected shortly to become scarce and subsistence precarious without any information with rispect to the country not knowing how far these mountains continue, or wher to direct our course to pass them to advantage or intersept a navigable branch of the Columbia, or even were we on such an one the probability is that we should not find any timber within these mountains large enough for canoes if we judge from the portion of...

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