Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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New lights on the Whitehall I-90 interchange could light the way to town as early as the following week. John Starcevich, area project engineer for the Montana Department of Transportation, said tentative plans call for installation of the new streetlight poles and lights to start on Monday, Jan. 29. STarcevich, who works out of the MDT field office in Whitehall, said the wriing, conduits, and bases for the poles were all completed earlier, and he said he expects it to take three days to...
The Whitehall Garden Club’s first meeting of 2026 will be held on Wednesday, February 4th, in the Whitehall Ambulance Barn located at the corner of North Whitehall Street and West 2nd Street. The public is welcome to join us beginning at 9:30 AM to socialize and enjoy refreshments provided by our hostesses, Glenna Waltee and Joan Myhre. Beginning at 10 AM, visitors and guests are invited to join us for our educational program as we welcome Mr. Patrick Plantenberg, an arborist and the Chairman of the Montana Urban and Community Forestry A...
Bible Study at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church will begin on Monday, January 26th, and run until Easter. The designated book is $15. For questions or to sign up, please call Bonnie Brown at 406-490-0265....
Some days, writing this column for the Whitehall Community Library is easy, and some days there is so much to write and think about that it takes me a minute to decide what I want to share. With this ever-arguing world, I am constantly asked to join this organization or that one to fight the evils of the other side. I am a librarian, which means my mission is to create lifelong learners who seek to discover knowledge daily, research information from various perspectives, and ensure that every...
The Whitehall Senior Center would like to remind everyone that it is that time of year - time to renew your Whitehall Senior Center Membership! Not a member? Now is the perfect time to join! Membership to the Senior Center is $10 per YEAR. Minimum age requirement is 55. If you have any questions, please contact the Whitehall Senior Center at 406-287-5336. The Senior Center is located at and is open daily, and serves Meals on Wheels to locals in the area!...
The Whitehall FFA Alumni & Supporters will host their annual dinner and dance fundraiser, "Forever Blue," on March 7 at the Whitehall Community Center, inviting the community to come together for an evening of good food, live music, and support for local FFA youth. The event will feature a dinner, live and silent auctions, and a dance, with doors opening at 4:30 PM and dinner served at 5 PM. The evening will continue with auctions and dancing, highlighted by live music from Lance Handyside, who...
Please join in celebrating A SERVICE OF INSTALLATION for Reverend Gideon Pullmann as pastor for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. This service will be held on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 4 PM at the Zion Lutheran Church, located at 301 W First Street in Whitehall. A reception meal will be held in the parish hall immediately following the installation. Pastor Gideon Pullman is the fifth of six children, raised in Laurel, Montana, where his father continues to serve as the Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church. He attended high school in C...
WHS alumni Ashlyn Alley, of Whitehall, was recently named to the 2025 fall semester dean’s list for Carroll College in Helena. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale and take at least 12 graded credits in a semester. A complete, sortable list of fall 2025 dean’s list recipients can be found at www.carroll.edu/deanslist....
If someone told me 10 years ago that people would willingly pay over $5 for a one-gallon container of water, I would have scoffed. Yet here we are buying bottled water even by the cup. People buy teeny bottles that hold less than 8 ounces of water. Then while hiking or traveling, they drink and then toss. Plastic marked PET and HDPE for are said to be recyclable. Said bottles are shredded and melted into “nurdles,” the picturesque name for plastic pellets used as raw material to make more plastic products. That sounds promising, but according t...
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming will kick off their 2026 Girl Scout Cookie season on January 30, 2026, a time when Girl Scouts everywhere hone their entrepreneurial skills as they find new and inventive ways to sell cookies, unboxing brighter futures for themselves. With the much-anticipated cookie season back in full swing, cookie lovers can rejoice as they indulge in the classic cookie line-up. ExploremoresTM, a rocky road ice cream-inspired sandwich cookie, will join the legendary lineup for the 2026 Girl Scout Cookie season. Filled with...
An evening of space science, nanotechnology, and polar research awaits those attending Science Night on Feb. 5 at Montana State University. About 200 community members are expected to visit the Strand Union Building ballrooms on campus for the free event. Science Night is open to attendees of all ages and will be held from 6 to 7:30 PM. An adult must accompany children at the event, and registration is not required. Attendees will circulate through about 25 demonstrations and activities in a festival-like environment, gaining hands-on experienc...
Breakfast has long been touted as the most important meal of the day. After individuals spend several hours sleeping, breakfast refuels their bodies and prepares them to tackle the day ahead. People on the go may not have much time to enjoy breakfast, so they may grab something quick and not always so healthy. But a filling, hot breakfast provides enough sustenance and nutrients to last until lunch. Such is the case with "Green Chile Breakfast Burritos" from "Taste of Home Healthy Cooking...
The Whitehall Senior Center would like to remind everyone that it is that time of year - time to renew your Whitehall Senior Center Membership! Not a member? Now is the perfect time to join! Membership to the Senior Center is $10 per month. Minimum age requirement is 55. If you have any questions, please contact the Whitehall Senior Center at 406-287-5336. The Senior Center is located at and is open daily, and serves Meals on Wheels to locals in the area!...
It can be easy to believe that what is happening now has never happened before, but the past has a way of repeating. Weather is no exception. The year 1925 and into the start of 1926 is an example. The Jefferson Valley did not see a low temperature below zero for 399 days as of January 26, 1926. December 1925 was warm enough for farmers to still be threshing the last of their crops. Precipitation was scarce through December and January. The following news items are taken from the January 1926...
Time is passing quickly this year, and the Whitehall Community Library has several major projects on the horizon. If you are a high school student and would like to be a docent (tour guide) for the Anne Frank Exhibit in April, please call the library at 406-287-3763. We are inviting all of the middle and high schools in the area to come and see the exhibition, so there will be lots to do. The training will be held on Saturday, February 28, at the Bozeman Public Library, and then on March 2 at...
Whitehall School administrators and local school board members recently received CTBS (California Test of Basic Skills) scores for Whitehall students. Although the results were generally good, there are areas of academic achievement that can be improved. WHS Creative Leader of the Week: ANDREW LOMBARDI. Freshman Andrew Lombardi earns honors this week. Choir director Sandi Mabbott nominated Andrew because he "always comes prepared (to choir) and is willing to sing. He walks in with a smile, and...
Bible Study at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church will begin on Monday, January 26th, and run until Easter. The designated book is $15. For questions or to sign up, please call Bonnie Brown at 406-490-0265....
Everyone is invited to an intergenerational (all-ages) BINGO and Soup Night at Trinity United Methodist (102 N. Brooke Street) on Wednesday, January 21st, beginning at 5:30 PM. Join us for a bowl of soup and a chance to connect while playing bingo and other games. All are welcome and encouraged to attend this free, fun evening!...
Whitehall Theatrics - Jr. Division - brought to the community by Gold Junction Presents, will perform Tracks by Peter Tarsi over the Valentine’s Day weekend at the Montana Thespian Festival in Missoula. Tracks is a popular one-act play about a group of strangers who find themselves in a subway station after death, forced to confront their lives and decide which train (heaven or hell) to board, exploring themes of morality, faith, and forgiveness through their confessions and reflections. The p... Full story
Pastor Gideon Pullman is the fifth of six children, raised in Laurel, MT, where his father continues to serve as the Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church. He attended high school in Concordia, MO, at St. Paul Lutheran High School, a Lutheran boarding school, and then graduated from Concordia Ann Arbor's pre-seminary program. Pastor Pullmann then attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, and graduated in 2018. He received his first call to serve as Pastor at Zion Lutheran in...
Cold and flu season arrives each year. Though there might be little people can do to avoid catching a cold or coming down with the flu, certain approaches can make it easier to get through a bout with either illness. Flu vaccinations have been found to lessen the severity of influenza infection, while rest and plenty of fluids can help reduce the length of time a cold keeps people out of commission. Knowing what to eat when combating a cold and the flu can also help people treat each virus....
If you've spent any time around Whitehall, you've probably seen Lilly Schober. She's the one selling tickets and popcorn at the Star Theatre, performing on stage with Whitehall Theatrics, volunteering with Screams Come True, and helping out wherever she's needed. Now, Lilly has an opportunity that takes her love of film well beyond town limits. Lilly, a young actor with a passion for filmmaking, especially horror, has been cast in an independent slasher film titled Until There Is One. The film...
Whitehall Theatrics - Jr. Division - brought to the community by Gold Junction Presents, will perform Tracks by Peter Tarsi over the Valentine’s Day weekend at the Montana Thespian Festival in Missoula. Tracks is a popular one-act play about a group of strangers who find themselves in a subway station after death, forced to confront their lives and decide which train (heaven or hell) to board, exploring themes of morality, faith, and forgiveness through their confessions and reflections. The play, written for high school and youth theater, i...
On January 17th, the Cottontail Observatory in Twin Bridges, Montana, will be open to the public, beginning at 7 PM. Weather permitting, activities will include a Star Party tour of the night sky and telescope viewing. If the weather is not clear, a presentation on Naked Eye Astronomy will be provided, along with small telescopes and binoculars. Participants will learn what to look for and how to set up telescopes/binoculars. Participants are advised to dress warmly and to bring their own...
This week at the Whitehall Community Library, the question came up about how we decided where to put our DVDs. The simple answer is that almost all of them are rated, so they are put in the correct ratings category. We have G, PG, PG-13, R, and Non-Fiction by Dewey Decimal number. The G-rated movies are in the children's section by the back door. The non-fiction movies are at the end of the Science Fiction section, and the other movies are in order by rating, with R beginning at the far wall...
