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<title><![CDATA[New Water Tank Goes Live Today, Sept. 16]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 16, the Town of Whitehall will be connecting the new water tank to the town&apos;s existing water main as part of the improvements to Whitehall&apos;s water system. Public Works expects the work to go smoothly and does not anticipate a significant interruption to water service. However, as with any work on the water system, there is a possibility that an unexpected issue...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Montana High School Rodeo Induction Banquet Friday at Community Center]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The first Montana High School Rodeo Hall of Fame induction dinner will be held Friday, September 18th, at the Whitehall Community Center, honoring legendary Montana High School Rodeo coaches, sponsors, teams, legends, and competitors. The event will celebrate the history, accomplishments, and individuals who have helped shape high school rodeo in Montana. Doors open at 6 PM, and the Whitehall...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enjoy Harvest Festival on September 19]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This Saturday will be one of the most festive days of the year as the community gathers for Whitehall&apos;s 2nd Annual Harvest Festival! From 12 PM until doors open for the Jason DeShaw concert at 5 PM, Whitehall&apos;s Main Street Green (next to the Star) will be buzzing with activities for all! Start the afternoon by judging the Scarecrow Contest entries on the Main Street Green - choose your...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Tickets for 80s Gala Big Hair, Big Hearts]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Whitehall non-profit Angel Wings Montana Foundation is excited to announce a fun-filled night of 80s throwback fun on September 26, 2026, at 5 PM at the Whitehall Community Center. This fundraising event in Whitehall benefits mental health awareness and suicide prevention and brings support to our community. All proceeds go to Angel Wings Montana Foundation in support of mental health awareness...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bowman Bingo &amp; Bites Fundraiser Thursday]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This Thursday, September 17, at 6 PM at the Whitehall Community Center, the Whitehall community will come together to support one of their own, Jane Bowman. In early July, Jane had a serious accident at her home while cleaning her backyard - she fell into her burn pit and sustained multiple serious burns throughout her body. Jane received amazing care at the Salt Lake City Burn Center, then...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[From the Editor's Desk: Show Your Interest...or Events May Disappear]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Event organizers absolutely hate to use this phrase: “Due to lack of interest…” Unfortunately, it’s one we may start hearing more often in Whitehall. Our community is fortunate to have organizations, businesses, committees, and volunteers willing to put in the work to bring concerts, fundraisers, classes, festivals, dinners, performances, and other special events to town. What people often don’t s...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Montana Plan: A More Constructive Convo About Local Levies and I-94]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As a native Montanan, I’m proud of our long tradition of supporting local levies that fund the services communities depend on—public schools, public safety, parks and recreation, infrastructure, among others. That civic commitment will remain under I-194, The Montana Plan. Communities will continue to ask residents, local leaders, small businesses, and civic organizations to help make the case for...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thought Provokers: Week of 9/16/2026]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Instead of setting movies in a specific future year, set them X years in the future. Playing on The Price Is Right is one of the only scenarios where a very rich person is at a disadvantage. The first Goomba you encounter in Super Mario Bros. probably has the highest body count of any video game character ever. If the moon were made of Osmium, its gravity would be higher than the Earth’s. Many yea...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ledger Looking Back 25 Years: September 12, 2001]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[COUNCIL STRUGGLES WITH SWIMMING POOL FIX: Pool repairs and costs mount, and no solution is in sight. A frustrated Whitehall Town Council, short of funds and ideas to repair the swimming pool, took no action and made no firm plans at the September 10 council meeting to move ahead with repairs to the community swimming pool. The pool, closed all summer after leaks were discovered when it was filled...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Between the Stacks: Week of September 16th]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[These cooler mornings have been so nice! Drinking a hot cup of tea out on the back porch, watching a covey of Hungarian Partridges flutter about in my backyard. I’m sure they will be moving on soon, but I have enjoyed them hanging around. My willows are starting to turn their fall yellow, but not all, so their contrasting colors are quite beautiful. Of course, the peaceful scene is not complete wi...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Our Town One Hundred + Years Ago... September 1900]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The fall harvest is nearly done, kids are going back to school, the weather is getting cooler, and an election is on the horizon, with plenty of political discussion taking place. It sounds like today, but these things also happened in our valley in September 1900. If you wanted to know who was registered at the Whitehall Hotel, the paper listed names and where guests were from. Those who made...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Whitehall Garden Club Helps with Tree Inventory]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Town of Whitehall received a Montana Forest Action Plan grant from the Montana Urban and Community Forestry Association (MUCFA) to conduct a tree inventory and develop a tree care and management plan for its public trees. The Whitehall Garden Club, MUCFA, City of Whitehall staff, and the Extension Agent are completing the inventory. Whitehall had 520 trees in its 2013 inventory. The Whitehall...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sage Wellness Center: Every Good Gift... A Meditative Breathwork Journey]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As we mark the Autumn Equinox and enter the harvest season, we invite you to pause, breathe, and give thanks for the gifts of abundance we are blessed with each and every day. Together, we&apos;ll journey through meditative breathwork designed to lift the heart, quiet the mind, refresh the body, and awaken gratitude-creating space to receive the fullness of joy and abundance already surrounding...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Katlynn Griffin, 71]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Katlynn Griffin passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, after a brief but valiant battle with ovarian adenocarcinoma. She loved all living things, especially animals. Her presence will be deeply missed. Katlynn was born May 5, 1955, at Warner-Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Her father’s Navy career led the family to Pensacola, Florida, where she lived through her teenage years. Her aunt and u...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ernest Nielsen, 90]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ernest Nielsen, age 90, a former Glasgow Math teacher, passed away on August 14, 2026, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. For the last few years, he has been a resident at Valley View Home in Glasgow. Ernie was born in Butte, Mt on July 12th, 1936, to Willads and Melba Nielsen. He grew up on a farm north of Whitehall, Montana, until age 5. They then moved to Whitehall, where he...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Russell Wayne Scruggs, 79]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Russell (Russ) Wayne Scruggs slipped away peacefully on July 25, 2026, to be with Jesus. Russ was born September 24, 1946, to Vadan and Marjorie Scruggs and raised in the Bitterroot Valley. He attended school in Stevensville, Montana, and achieved his bachelor&apos;s degree in geology at the University of Montana. Throughout his life, Russ held a variety of jobs, from teaching in Browning, MT,...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lady Trojans vs Ennis Mustangs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MUSTANGS VS TROJANS: Friend of the Ledger and photographer GERRY MOONEY caught the Whitehall Lady Trojans in their match against the Ennis Mustangs on Tuesday, September 8. Unfortunately, the Trojans lost...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Some Fishing Restrictions Lifted, Drought-Related Closures Still in Effect for Beaverhead, Big Hole]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Daily fishing restrictions, commonly known as hoot-owl restrictions, have been lifted for portions of the Madison and Beaverhead rivers due to cooling water temperatures. A hoot-owl restriction has been lifted for the Beaverhead River from Selway Bridge Fishing Access Site to the confluence with the Big Hole River. A hoot-owl restriction has also been lifted for the Madison River from the Warm...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scoping Survey Help Shape Future of Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks is updating the management plan for Lewis &amp; Clark Caverns State Park and is asking the public to share their thoughts about the park. The park’s current management plan was adopted in 2000 and amended in 2007. Since then, much has changed. Visitation has grown substantially, the Lewis and Clark Caverns Historic District was listed on the National Register of...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Montana Electric Rates To Decrease October 1]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NorthWestern Energy is committed to keeping you informed about your energy rates and helping you understand what’s changing. On Oct. 1, the Supply Rate on your electric bill will decrease. For a typical residential Montana customer using 750 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, this means a monthly bill decrease of $8.57 or 6.58%. Your electric bill includes several rate components: Supply Rate:...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Montana's Changing Climate is Reshaping Gardening]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stalks of corn tower over Greg Price. Their tassels wave in the breeze as Price weaves through rows on a warm September afternoon in Missoula. He points to goldfinches and red-winged blackbirds flitting through the air, smiling when the birds swoop down to the massive face of the randomly dispersed sunflowers among the corn. They’ll snag a few seeds before flapping back into the cottonwood trees b...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fire Restrictions Lifted for Jefferson County FWP Lands]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fire restrictions have been removed for lands in Jefferson County managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks. FWP implemented restrictions on Jefferson County lands on Aug. 15 because of dry conditions and high fire risk. FWP follows the county’s lead in placing fire restrictions on its properties within that county. FWP urges people to use caution while recreating due to dry conditions and fir...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Small Steps, Big Results at Intermountain Health: Butte Woman Finds Success Through Healthy Lifestyles Program]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[For Leslie Lance, staying healthy has never been about dramatic changes. Instead, the 71-year-old Butte resident believes in taking one step at a time. Those small steps are paying off. After learning she was prediabetic, Lance enrolled in the Intermountain Health St. James Hospital Healthy Lifestyles class, a Diabetes Prevention Program. After three sessions, her A1C levels (a measure of blood...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jefferson County Sheriff's Report: September 6-12]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 06:22:58 Traffic Stop: Whitetail Rd 06:48:35 Traffic Stop: Hwy 2 W 08:43:49 Traffic Stop: I-90 09:02:43 Traffic Stop: I-90 12:00:22 Citizen Assist: E Second St 12:57:24 Larceny/Theft: Hwy 55 13:18:09 Medical: Yellowstone Trl 14:37:57 Reckless Driver: I-90 14:48:15 Traffic Stop: I-90 16:53:11 Traffic Hazard: I-90 17:33:34 Motorist Assist: I-90 19:13:26 Traffic Stop: W Legion St...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Mourning Dove Poppers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Certainly you&apos;ve heard of Tex-Mex cuisine, but this might be the first Germ-Mex dinner you&apos;ve ever encountered. Montana&apos;s mourning dove season opens each year on September 1 to a collective shrug. For some reason, the nation&apos;s most popular game bird doesn&apos;t hold much appeal here. While Texas tops the nation with a yearly harvest of 5 million doves, Montana hunters take...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Horoscopes: Week of 9/16/2026]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, this week calls for a break from your usual fast pace. If you’ve been burning the candle at both ends, your energy reserves will be depleted. Focus on fortifying yourself and your space. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Miscommunication is likely if you rush your words, Taurus. Take an extra breath before responding to questions or emails. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 It’s time to aud...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CONNECTING POINT - NOT MY JESUS: Comfy Christians]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I really enjoy watching movies and football with my feet kicked up in the recliner. Some of us are “Lazy Boys.” How about you? Do you have a comfy chair? We Montanans have comfort options in wide variety, don’t we? Comfort food, instant communication, wide entertainment choices, cozy clothing, wide open spaces, and quiet. You get the picture. Like other American Christians in general, we have deve...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Ask Georgia: Week of 9/16/2026]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[GEORGIA, I have a question. Would I be a complete jerk if I told my friend we can’t go to the restaurant they want on our trip? We are doing a weekend trip to Chicago; they want to go to a restaurant that is an hour and 40 minutes away, according to Uber, and it will cost $75 each way. When I said it would be like $150 round trip just for transportation, they said to take it off our itinerary, but...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharlene Ann (Howser) Anderson, 91]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sharlene Ann (Howser) Anderson, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, was called home to the Lord on September 11, 2026. Born in Shelby, Montana, on February 19, 1935, to Ted and Mabel Howser. The family soon moved to a ranch outside Willow Creek, where Sharlene graduated from high school in 1953. While working on the ranch during summer break, Sharlene met John...]]></description>
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