Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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As time passes, we are all realizing we are not living in the same world we were this time last year. With COVID-19's uncertainties it is important to look at our own health, options, and where our care comes from. In March 2020, before COVID-19 hit, the Jefferson Valley Rural Ambulance District (JVRAD) requested an article be written to provide clear and unbiased information to the town of Whitehall and its surrounding communities. When COVID-19 hit, this article was put on hold because of the... Full story
Students in Whitehall will soon be able to take advantage of a 16” RC Optical Systems telescope hosted by the New Mexico Skies at the Pérez Observatory near Mayhill, NM. According to science teacher Zachary Kozicky, he was enrolled in an online course offered through MSU in cooperation with the Montana Learning Center at Canyon Ferry called, “Classroom Observatory – Astrophotography.” He said the course taught teachers how to use one of the remote-use telescopes for classroom operation, and teachers enrolled in the course that earn an 85% or h...
In Montana's largest county, Yellowstone, the public health officer said his workers are facing a backlog of more than 760 new COVID-19 cases waiting for contact tracing and case investigation. Nearly 300 miles away, Roosevelt County's public health officer says her office receives calls from people who have recently tested positive, but haven't yet been contacted by a public health worker. And in Lewis and Clark County, public health officials say they have scaled back their contract tracing...
This year, due to COVID-19, the issuing of Christmas Tree Permits by the Forest Service can now be completed on-line at www.recreation.gov/tree-permits. Although there is no charge for the permit, (up to three trees per permit), there is a processing fee of $2.50. The holiday tree permit fees continue to help support the "Every Kid Outdoors" Program. Each permit allows the purchaser to harvest up to three trees and If any member of the public has a difficult time navigating the website or does not have access to the technology required to...
Frances Marie Boyce, age 87, of Whitehall, Montana, passed away on November 25, 2020. She was born on March 10, 1933, in Denver, Colorado. We love you Mom, rest in the arms of an angel and enter into eternal rest with your beloved dog, Rosie. Frances worked as a CNA at Crest Nursing Home and St. James Healthcare. She retired early and moved to Ohio with her husband. Frances moved back to Butte to be cared for by her family. A special thank you to Compassus Hospice and 406 Quality Home Care – without them we could not have gotten her out of t...
The newest addition to Jefferson Island (Cardwell) is Callan Dean Patrick! (See the photo) Shawn and Avery Patrick are the parents of this little fellow and Shawn said "We are quite smitten with this little one." Love is an amazing thing - it just grows and grows when a child is born from the love between to parents. Even though Callan was three weeks early, he will thrive. Callan is the first grandchild for Avery's parents, Mike Gold and Katie Boedecker who live in the White Sulphur Springs area. He's number 6 for Carol and Glenn Patrick who...
HELENA — Montana’s 2020 election came to its anticlimactic-but-official end in a mostly empty hearing room Monday as the state Board of Canvassers met in the state Capitol to certify official vote counts. The three-person board, composed of staffers representing Montana’s attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and state auditor, spent more than six hours reviewing vote tallies county by county, guided by a handful of staff from the Montana secretary of state’s office and observed by an audience of two reporters. Secretary of Sta...
