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  • Officials discuss meat processing facility

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    Over the past few months, the idea of a Co-operative Meat Processing Facility in Jefferson County has sparked an interest from local producers, government officials, and local organizations. The idea was once again discussed last week at a joint meeting between the Jefferson and Madison County Commissions. In a presentation at the meeting, Tom Harrington with the Jefferson Local Development Corporation and MSU Extension detailed how the co-op could be a benefit for local producers, tying the project in with a pet food processor, as well as...

  • Local stations to broadcast Lights On 3

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    Earlier this year, the Musical Ensembles at Liberty Place delighted local crowds with their third annual "Lights On" concert. Next week local residents will be able to relive the wonderful evening with the rebroadcast of "Lights On 3". The broadcasts will take place on Jefferson County Radio on December 31 and January 1 at 6 p.m. The local Jefferson County Radio stations are 106.1 FM in Cardwell and 106.5 FM in Whitehall. Prior to this year's show, David Parker of Liberty Place said in the past...

  • Music festival announces bands

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    In August of 2020 the Rockin' The Rivers Musical Festival will be celebrating their 20th year at the event held at the "Bridge" near Three Forks. To celebrate the festival scheduled for August 13 to 15 organizers have recently been making lineup announcements each Friday and will continue to do so until this Friday, December 27. So far acts announced have included Skillet, Georgia Satellites, .38 Special, Steven Adler of Gun N' Roses and LIT. Earlier this year, co-owner Dave Hamilton discussed...

  • COLUMN: Discombobulated

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    In a few days, people across the world will stay up until midnight to welcome the new year. I most likely will not be one of them. In fact, it has been several years since I stayed up that late that night. This was not always the case and I can remember spending about 20 straight watching the "ball drop" at Times Square or singing and shouting with a great group of friends or family. New Year's Eve always was a way to bring a great group of friends together and always made for an interesting evening. I'm sure a lot of people grew up with a...

  • Whitehall High School wrestlers strong at 2 Great Falls tournaments

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    The Whitehall High School wrestling team once again found success last week at the C.M.R. Holiday Classic and the Walt Trudy Currie Tournament in Great Falls. According to assistant coach Steve Sacry, the C.M.R. Tournament is huge, and the field featured all the Class AA schools, most of the A schools, and a lot of B-C teams. Whitehall finished 26th out of the 60 teams at the tournament. Sacry said the finish was highlighted by Mike Wilkinson (5-2) placing seventh in the 132-pound weight class....

  • Whitehall opens conference play with two home wins

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    With two 5B District home wins last week, the Whitehall High School girls basketball team will take a perfect 5-0 record into the winter break. Sparked by a huge fourth quarter where they scored 24 points Whitehall picked up a hard-fought 62-56 win Thursday or rival Boulder and broke open a close game Friday with a huge second-half performance to come away with a 66-52 victory over Three Forks. Following the win over the Wolves, Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said the team has been playing a little...

  • Trojans show offensive promise in 5B Conference openers

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 26, 2019

    Going into the winter break, Whitehall High School boys basketball Head Coach Zach McLean has seen positives on the offensive end of the court, while readily admitting the team has work to do on defense. The Trojans opened 5B District play last week at home with a heartbreaking 64-61 overtime loss against Boulder and a 71-48 loss against Three Forks. Following the game against the Wolves, McLean said they ran into a really good team with three players who started on teams that made it to the state tournament. "They've played a lot of games...