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  • 406 Area Code Required for Local Calls Starting October 24

    Oct 6, 2021

    Beginning October 24, 2021, all local calls in Montana must be dialed with the 406 area code to connect. Montana’s 406 area code currently allows seven-digit dialing to complete local calls. That will change this month due to a Federal Communications Commission order designating 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Some seven-digit phone numbers in Montana’s 406 area code begin with 988. To prevent misdialing the 988 Lifeline, all local calls in Montana must be dialed with the area code beg...

  • PLEASE Don't Pet the Wildlife

    KELSEY WELLINGTON, Writers on the Range|Oct 6, 2021

    “I can’t believe that person is getting that close.” Just off the road stands a bull elk — a 700-pound animal with three-foot tall antlers — and a woman is standing not even four feet away from it. All it would take is for the elk to make one sudden swing of its head and the woman would be hospitalized. “Here we go again,” I say, rolling my eyes. Then I hop out of the van, instructing my clients to wait here while I try to handle the situation. I work as a privately contracted guide to lead visitors on wildlife and geology tours of Grand Teto...

  • Montana State Park of the Week Elkhorn State Park

    Oct 6, 2021

    Traveling along gravel secondary roads outside of Boulder, you'll find the once thriving town of Elkhorn, now one of the smallest state parks in the state. See the remnants of this 19th century mining town preserved as examples of frontier architecture. Three-quarters of a mile up the main road that runs through town (just outside of the state park property) lies the town cemetery where visitors can see the tombstone of Swiss miner Peter Wys who originally discovered the silver veins in the...

  • Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park Presents 'Escape Cabin' and Marshmallow Roast Event

    Oct 6, 2021

    Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park will host an original escape room event on Saturday, Oct. 23, with time slots starting at 5 p.m. and going until 10 p.m., meeting at the main (lower) visitor center. Here’s where the adventure begins: Dr. Townsend, a bat biologist, has gone missing in a nefarious plot. To avoid the same fate and escape in time, you’ll have to search his cabin for clues and find his hidden research notes. Participants have 40 minutes to follow the trail of clues and unlock the door. When you’ve successfully found the way out w...

  • Virtual Open Houses: Potential Changes to Hunting Regulations

    Oct 6, 2021

    FWP regional staff will hold virtual meetings across the state to discuss potential hunting regulation changes for 2022 and 2023. These meetings will be held via Zoom and allow the public to hear directly from FWP staff and ask questions about the proposed changes. The potential hunting regulation changes are available online for the public to review. The potential changes are coming now during the normal biennial season setting year to help make Montana’s hunting regulations simpler and easier to understand. Over the last several weeks, FWP b...

  • Montana State Parks and Recreation Board to meet Oct. 7

    Oct 6, 2021

    The Montana State Parks and Recreation Board will meet in person on Oct. 7, beginning at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Montana State Capitol in Room 303. Interested members of the public may comment during the meeting in person or via Zoom. To listen to the meeting and for information on how to join the meeting via Zoom, click on the Montana State Parks and Recreation Board’s webpage prior to the meeting start time. For a full agenda and background on the scheduled topics, go to the Montana State Parks and Recreation Board meeting w...

  • Gianforte, State Agencies Blast BLM Over APR Bison Grazing Proposal

    Oct 6, 2021

    In public comment to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Governor Greg Gianforte and four state agencies raised issues with the BLM’s Environmental Assessment of the American Prairie Reserve’s (APR) bison grazing proposal. Gov. Gianforte and leaders from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Livestock highlighted the BLM’s lack of statutory authority to enact its proposal, the BLM’s failure to analyze the full range of impacts of its proposa...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Four Bean Chili

    Oct 6, 2021

    People choose to adhere to a vegetarian or vegan diet for various reasons. Some people avoid animal products because of ethics, while others want to control their weight with low-calorie foods. Still others may have food allergies or intolerances that make a vegetable-based diet their best option. Cooking vegetarian or vegan can introduce a person to a wide variety of new foods and flavors. That's why even people who eat meat like to periodically experiment with vegetarian or vegan foods. When...

  • Horoscopes: Week of 10/6/2021

    Oct 6, 2021

    ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, be gentle with your approach this week as you look to persuade someone. You don’t want to scare anyone away by being too flashy or forward. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 This is a great time to go out and try to grab yourself a bargain, Taurus. Head to a thrift store or garage sale, or even test your negotiation skills at a car dealership. GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, situations that have slowly been building will finally come to a head this week. A resolution will be better than the roller coaster you have been on r...

  • Jefferson County Sheriff's Report: Week of 9/26/2021

    Oct 6, 2021

    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 01:03 Traffic Stop: Whitetail Rd 09:33 Motor Vehicle: I-90 10:00 911 Misdial: Antelope Ln 10:08 Reckless Driver: I-90 10:36 Civil: S Lincoln St 10:54 Civil: N Jefferson St 11:33 Medical: E Second St 12:56 Civil: Curlew Ln 13:47 911 Open Line 14:47 911 Hang Up: I-90 14:48 911 Hang Up: I-90 15:38 Shooting: Lost Moose Bend 17:57 Citizen Assist: I-90 19:37 Animal: Piedmont & Daly 19:51 Motor Vehicle: I-90 EB 20:31 Stranded Motorist: I-90 WB 22:50 Suicide Threats: I-90 WB 23:17 Assist: I-90 EB 23:21 Traffic Offense: I-90 WB...

  • Whitehall TV Channel 49.1: Week of 10/7/2021

    Oct 6, 2021

    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 5:00PM PBS NEWSHOUR 6:00PM THIS OLD HOUSE 6:30PM ASK THIS OLD HOUSE 7:00PM CALL THE MIDWIFE PT 1 8:00PM PBS NEWSHOUR 9:00PM AMANPOUR & COMPANY 10:00PM POV: FRUITS OF LABOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 5:00PM PBS NEWSHOUR 6:00PM WASHINGTON WEEK 6:30PM FIRING LINE 7:00PM 34TH HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS 8:00PM PBS NEWSHOUR 9:00PM AMANPOUR & COMPANY 10:00PM WASHINGTON WEEK 10:30PM FIRING LINE 11:00PM GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: 3 DIVAS AT VERSAIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 6:00AM HERO ELEMENTARY 6:30AM XAVIER RIDDLE 7:00AM CURIOUS GEORGE 7:30AM...

  • Daines Stands Up for Montanans' Second Amendment Rights, Pushes Back Against Biden's Effort to Increase Oversight, Regulations on Guns

    KATHERINE McKEOGH, Office of Steve Daines|Oct 6, 2021

    U.S. Senator Steve Daines pushed back against President Biden’s attempt to infringe upon Montanans’ Second Amendment rights by joining the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement that would increase international oversight and regulate trade in firearms. Biden’s attempt to join the ATT comes after a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate rejected ratifying it in 2013. “The vague language of the ATT makes American commitments uncertain, the most concerning of which is the lack of protections for lawful gun ownership which threate...

  • Tester Secures More Than $7 Million to Upgrade, Expand Montana Community Health Centers

    ROY LOEWENSTEIN, Office of Senator Jon Tester|Oct 6, 2021

    U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced he has secured more than $7 million to upgrade and expand Community Health Centers (CHCs) across Montana as they continue to combat the COVID-19 crisis. Tester secured the funding—which will help support new construction so CHCs can upgrade and expand their existing facilities and serve more patients—through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Tester was the only member of Montana’s congressional delegation to vote for this funding. “Community Health Centers provide folks across Montana with afforda...

  • Opinion: Biden's Tax & Spend Plan - Corporate Tax Rate

    GREG HERTZ, Montana State Senator, R-Polson|Oct 6, 2021

    This month, U.S. Senators began the markup of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution package. This rubber-meets-road moment seems to have given pause to some in their party whose votes will be needed to get a bill through Congress and across the President’s desk. Among them is Montana’s Senator Jon Tester. The President and the progressive left members of Congress have proposed financing the Administration’s marquee spending bill largely by raising the U.S. corporate tax rate. It is a moral imperative, they say, to make big busines...

  • Ledger Looking Back 25 Years: October 10, 1996

    CATHERINE ELLERTON, Whitehall Ledger|Oct 6, 2021

    OCTOBER 10, 1996 With extremely dry conditions in Southwest Montana causing very high fire danger, Forest Service officials were warning that grave problems could be on the horizon. “If things stay as dry as they are, we could have some serious problems when rifle season starts in two weeks,” said Jack de Golia, spokesman for the Dillon Interagency Fire Dispatch Center. In areas around Whitehall, firefighters battled two blazes over the weekend and were facing three more by Tuesday night. For the second consecutive year, the Great Pumpkin is co...

  • Lady Trojans at Manhattan Christan Tournament

    Oct 6, 2021

    TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK: Whitehall Lady Trojans played hard and looked strong as a team as they took on several opponents this Saturday at the MC Tournament....