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Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Cardwell School held its first Agriculture Ed Day under the organization of MiShai Hillman, the school's Food Service Director. Students spent the morning learning about agriculture, gardening, and where our food comes from. Haley Scott and Kate Huston from MSU's Team Nutrition, along with Samantha Farrat from the Montana Farmers Union, led fun, hands-on lessons and activities as students returned to check the progress of the greenhouse they planted in the spring. Students harvested homegrown to...
Join Montana Shakespeare in the Parks for a FREE performance of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” on Tuesday, September 1st at 5 PM on the Main Street Green (next to the Star Theatre at 25 W Legion). This performance is brought to you by Gold Junction Presents and sponsored by Ruth Lott and Bill & Tamara Pullman. Pack a picnic, grab your friends, and enjoy this world-class performance! Seating is first-come, first-served. We ask that tall chairs sit further back to allow those on blankets and in short chairs to see. Arrive early for a spe...
As the Whitehall community rallies behind Jane Bowman, who was badly burned in a serious accident and has been in the Burn Unit in Salt Lake City since July, several opportunities to help her have come up. • JANE BOWMAN DAY at the Whitehall Country Store: August 28-29. All proceeds from sales during these two days will be donated to Jane's medical account at Southwest Montana Community Federal Credit Union (SWMTFCU). • GET A TATTOO! Ember Tattoo is offering flash tattoos from now until Oct...
It’s Fall! Let’s do one more community-wide garage sale for 2026 on September 4th and 5th! You’ve got a few weeks to gather up those no-longer-needed items and make room for fall! Registration for the Community-Wide Garage Sale MAP is now open and available at the Whitehall Ledger (23 West Legion) and must be returned to the Ledger, with the $5 map registration fee, by August 28, 2026. Maps, including all registered sales, will be available the week of the sale at the Montana Western Legacy Center, Thriftway SuperStop, M&M Vintage, the White...
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Don Lepinsky for his wonderful article (Whitehall Ledger - August 5, 2026), Maness's Diatribe Suggesting Neglect of Federal Management. The article shows great pictures of his awesome trips. My late husband and I backpacked, hiked, and camped in many of these roadless areas. The Roadless Rule must not be rescinded. Opening this land will cause increased industrialization, impact people by creating roads leading to more intense wildfires, and displace or drive...
Dear Editor, Please join me in congratulating Governor Greg Gianforte. Under his leadership, Montana is leading the nation. In what? Guess. No. Not education. Republicans still won't fund pre-K. Our students' reading and math scores are closer to the bottom than the top of the nation. Ok. I'll tell you. Prison rape. Sadly. Yes. I'm not making this up. Montana leads the nation in reported sexual assaults at the men's prison in Deer Lodge. We lead in two categories. Inmate-on-inmate sexual assault...
Dear Editor, Americans speak plainly. When they wanted a hard limit on the presidency, they wrote the Twenty-Second Amendment: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice." A lifetime cap. Clear and decisive. Montana's voters spoke plainly in 1992 with CI-64, now Article IV, Section 8. They did not write a lifetime ban. They wrote a timeout clock: a candidate is barred from the ballot if he or she will have served "8 or more years in any 16-year period," with each...
With the advent of AI in a ransom situation, there is no way to provide proof of life without seeing the person with your own eyes. If you're driving and point at something ahead of you, your fingernail is traveling faster than you are. A saved conversation can stay exactly the same, even as both people remember it differently. If the internet sells our info, why can't I just sell it myself and I make the money instead? Some people claim there were advanced civilizations before ours, but the...
August 1926 was a busy month. With a general election coming up in a few months, numerous articles covered local, state, and national candidates. Jefferson County had 24 polling locations for the primary. Mrs. Ike Pace won the Republican primary for state Senate. There was a tight race between Jennie Houghton and Edith Ahl for Jefferson County Superintendent of Schools, with Edith garnering 32 more votes than Jennie. John May won for Constable, W.H. Tebay for Justice of Peace, and Andy Less for...
I love statistics, and this year the Whitehall Community Library's (110 W First St - Whitehall) end-of-year report amazed even me! From July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, your library had 56,469 patrons cross our doors; they checked out 24,276 items, and 9,605 attended 664 programs. Staff gave out 144 library cards; answered 2,762 reference questions, 1,402 technology questions, and 3,876 general questions. The computers logged 4,873 hours of use, while 660 patrons used the Wi-Fi for 1,234 hours....
In a move that surprised everyone, angered some, and pleased others, the Jefferson County Commission altered the recommendations of the metal mines advisory committee and awarded half the grant monies - a total of $25,000 - to applicants not recommended for funding by the committee. The Commission, meeting in Boulder on August 15, awarded: $18,000 to the Whitehall Saddle Club for rodeo grounds grandstand improvements; $15,000 to Jefferson Valley Presents for drilling of a water well and improvem...
The Whitehall Garden Club will meet at the JVEMS Ambulance Barn Conference Room (111 N. Whitehall St) on September 2, 2026. Please join us for social time beginning at 9:30 AM, with refreshments provided by our members Sharon (Kay) Fisher and Janet Chapman. Our regular business meeting will follow at 10 AM. Beginning at approximately 11 AM, Kathy Ross will present this month’s educational program on utilizing edible flowers in cooking, including salads, desserts, drinks, garnishes, and more. For more information about the Whitehall Garden C...
Alice "Darleen" Allen, 85, of Yuma, Arizona, passed away peacefully at her home on August 20, 2026. Darleen was born on August 11, 1941, in Whitehall, Montana, to John Dudley and Esta Grace (Sallee) Watson. Darleen was raised at Milligan Canyon, where she attended Eureka School. Because she was the only student in the third grade, she was allowed to skip the grade and continue with the classmates in the next grade. She went on to attend Three Forks High School, where she was a proud member of... Full story
Michael James Frey passed away unexpectedly on July 22, 2026. Mike was born February 6, 1960, in San Diego, California, to Clifford Frey and Diane (Gandy) Frey. Mike spent his early years in San Diego, Lakeside, and Ramona. Mike had a daughter, Tarin, with Sheryl Knaack. Their marriage only lasted a few years, but the two remained close. Mike adored his daughter and spent as much time with her as possible. Mike enjoyed trips to Glamis, motocross, demolition derby, archery shoots, working as the... Full story
The Trump administration is proposing to rescind the Roadless Rule, a 25-year-old policy that bars development like road construction and logging on nearly 45 million acres of national forest land, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. In a press release, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said the rule has led to overgrown and diseased forests ripe for deadly wildfires by limiting where the U.S. Forest Service can build roads and manage timber. Rescinding the Roadless Rule, the release said, will prioritize local decision-making...
Last week, Whitehall Indivisible (WI) welcomed Dr. Mike Eisenhauer, the Independent MT02 Candidate vying for the Eastern District U.S. congressional seat currently held by Troy Downing. Eisenhauer is an interventional cardiologist running as an Independent and has gathered signatures to get on the ballot. Eisenhauer is well-informed, smart, and reasonable. He is aware of the problems caused and perpetuated by hyper-partisanship, and he sees running as an Independent as one way to soften current congressional dysfunction and gridlock. He said...
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 12:27:16 Reckless Driver: I-90 14:06:24 Animal: I-90 14:35:53 Traffic Stop 14:51:24 Traffic Stop 15:08:00 Reckless Driver 16:44:39 Medical: Sugar Beet Row 19:22:39 Citizen Contact: Delmoe Lake Rd 20:24:48 Fire Restriction Violation: North Whitetail Rd MONDAY, AUGUST 17 02:34:02 Burglar Alarm: Hwy 55 06:38:01 Traffic Stop: N Whitehall St 07:42:49 Traffic Stop: W Legion St 08:50:12 Traffic Stop: Robbins Ln 09:33:41 Traffic Stop: Hwy 55 09:47:22 Citizen Assist: N Whitehall St...
This article was forwarded to members of the Whitehall Indivisible group by one of its members. I thought the larger Whitehall community might finding it interesting and worth the read too. - Ruth Lott For this week’s post, I thought I might reflect on the election and how it panned out. I apologize as it is a doozy! This might be a hard pill to swallow, but it needs to be said, now more than ever. NOBODY OWNS THE TABLE I’ve been thinking a lot about Tuesday. There’s really no way to sugarcoat what happened to the Wyoming Freedom Caucus. WyoFi...
Ice cream is a beloved dessert. The extraordinary number of flavor combinations you can create by mixing a few ingredients undoubtedly contributes to ice cream's popularity. For those partial to cherries and almonds, there's nothing better than combining those flavors in this recipe for "No-Churn Cherry Bakewell Ice Cream" from "Jane's Patisserie" (Sourcebooks) by Jane Dunn. INGREDIENTS (For 10 servings) 1 cup pitted cherries 2 cups double (heavy) cream 14 oz. condensed milk 1 teaspoon almond...
GEORGIA, I have a question, I am 36 and have three children (6, 4, and 8 months) with my partner, with whom I have been for nine years. I am their main carer, do most of the household chores, and work part-time outside the home. I feel exhausted. I do not get enough sleep, and the last thing on my mind is sex. My libido is gone. This is causing problems with my partner. What would you suggest? TOO TIRED TO TUSSLE Dear TOO TIRED, The best thing for women to do in this situation is to ask the man’s advice on how she could organize her time ore e...
Dear reader, the resounding question over many years seems to be, “Are we to judge people or refrain from judging them?” One of the most debated and misunderstood Bible passages occurs at the start of the Gospel of Matthew chapter seven. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” When reading the Bible, we must always stay in context. Here, Jesus is warning against hypocritical condemnation of others. He continues, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say...
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Good vibes are heading your way, Aries. Cosmic energy continues through your sign, showing visions of future ambitions. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Appreciate the world around you, Taurus. It’s easy to get fixated on what isn’t working, but be grateful for all of the things that are going right. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, light banter is the name of the game for conversation this week. Avoid any topics that can lead to confrontation or confusion. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You may have a sudden urge to get organized at hom...
