Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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A 2026 Election Candidate Meet & Greet will be held at the Star Theatre (25 W Legion) in the upstairs Great Room on Wednesday, June 17th at 6:30 PM. This meet & greet is not a candidate forum, but an opportunity to meet the candidates personally, interact, and ask your questions in a public but personal setting. Light refreshments will be provided. Please enter through the Star Theatre's main doors, then go up the stairs immediately to the right of the ticket booth. This event has been...
M-44s are spring-loaded devices stuck in the ground and scented with decomposed animal tissue. They blast cyanide into the mouth of any creature that bites and pulls them. They were introduced in 1967, to replace gunpowder-driven Coyote Getters. M-44s are designed to kill coyotes, foxes and feral dogs that sometimes prey on sheep and newborn cattle. They also kill at least 150 nontarget species. This April 15, the Trump administration lifted former President Biden’s M-44 ban on the Bureau of Land Management’s 245 million acres, and once aga...
SUNDAY, MAY 31 06:46:04 Traffic Stop: I-90 07:34:25 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 08:30:28 Found Property: Forcella Rd 08:48:00 Traffic Stop: W Legion St 09:06:39 Traffic Stop: Hwy 55 14:06:52 Trespass: Cold Springs Rd 16:46:44 Civil: Prospector Loop 17:35:40 911 18:40:11 Custodial Interference: N Whitehall St 19:54:24 Gas Leak/Odor: Capp Ln 21:15:55 Transport (Prisoner or Other) 21:47:33 Suicide Threats 21:57:21 Suicide Threats: Prairie Dog Ln MONDAY, JUNE 1 01:36:17 Traffic Hazard: I-90 09:56:03 Struc...
Whitehall Indivisible (WI) will continue to learn about residential solar installations at the June 3rd meeting at 6 PM in the Whitehall School Library. Backup power, net metering, off-grid, or partial supply are all options, with the latest technology and lower costs facilitating the process. WI continues to gather signatures in SW Montana for the Transparent Election Initiative. If you would like to sign, go to montanaplan.org and click “I want to sign.” The deadline for signatures is June 19th. In local data center news, Sabey has off...
Many Montanans are increasingly struggling to afford healthcare, fuel and groceries, according to a Montana Free Press-Eagleton poll of registered voters conducted in late April and early May. Jeffrey Michael, director of the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research, explained that inflation is at the top of people's minds as prices increase and the cost of living remains high. The U.S. consumer price index jumped 3.8% last month from April 2025. "Housing continues to be...
SUNDAY, MAY 24 00:50:52 Traffic Stop: I-90 05:00:29 Medical: Hwy 359 06:43:35 Animal: Hwy 69 08:35:00 Traffic Stop: I-90 08:58:46 Traffic Stop: I-90 11:25:47 Citizen Assist: Kelly Rd 13:02:39 Reckless Driver: I-90 13:11:09 Citizen Assist: Hwy 2 W 13:24:58 Suspicious: Whitetail Rd 14:01:15 Parking: Yellowstone Trl 15:40:30 Traffic Stop: Commercial Way 16:05:37 Traffic Stop: W Legion St 16:17:38 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 16:25:23 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 16:33:05 Citizen Contact 16:41:13 Extra Patrol:...
Gov. Greg Gianforte announced on Tuesday, May 19 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had approved his request to prohibit people from purchasing soft drinks, junk food and candy with SNAP, the food assistance program funded by the federal government. The state’s March waiver requesting the restrictions, circulated by Gianforte’s office Tuesday and signed by Department of Public Health and Human Services director Charlie Brereton, outlines the state’s goal to assess the impact of limiting “nutrient-poor food items on SNAP households in Mont...
SUNDAY, MAY 17 06:51:16 Traffic Stop: Pipestone Rd 08:20:44 Traffic Stop: I-90 08:32:12 Traffic Stop: E Legion St 08:52:12 Fire-Structure: Cedar Crest Rd 09:11:04 Traffic Stop 09:34:42 Animal 10:15:59 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 10:32:30 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 10:47:36 Fraud: Rustler Rd 10:50:36 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 12:50:20 Civil Standby: Felswald Rd 13:46:42 Traffic Stop: Lower Rader Creek 13:52:20 Citizen Assist 14:08:38 Animal: Hot Springs Rd 14:13:52 Traffic Stop: Hot Springs Rd 14:57:59 Traffic...
At the May 18 meeting of the Whitehall Town Council, held in the Whitehall Town Chambers, discussion during a public hearing on proposed water reinstallation fees drew the most extensive public comment, while later in the meeting, former Deputy Clerk Sarah Unruh publicly explained her reasons for resigning from town government. The public hearing centered on a proposed resolution establishing modern water reinstallation fees for suspended water service accounts. During public comment, Whitehall resident Chris Rosa said, “I want to begin by m...
The Transparent Election Initiative (TEI) today launched sign.montanaplan.org, a website that guides Montana voters through submitting their own signatures for ballot measure I-194, also called “The Montana Plan,” which aims to eliminate corporate political spending and dark money influence in Montana elections. The “Print, Sign, Submit” process is designed to make signature gathering more accessible to rural voters & households across Montana. The new website provides a printable page and detailed instructions for signing and mailing signatu...
Whitehall Indivisible (WI) meetings have lately been dominated by conversation about power: the kind that keeps the lights on and the trucks rolling, and the kind that greases the wheels of the political process. Leonard Wortman resurrected the idea of "The Montana Energy Park" through Hydrogen Future Industries, a first-of-its-kind wind energy project with 1GW+ energy generation capacity and hydrogen energy storage proposed at the Sunlight Business Park. We will have a formal presentation in...
The dictionary definition of use is “to employ for some purpose.” The definition of conserve is “to keep from loss, decay or waste.” So is conservation a use? In the matter of managing 245 million acres overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the new answer is no. On June 11, the BLM will rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. That’s a change from just a year ago, when BLM declared that conservation was a co-equal option to uses such as mining, grazing or energy development on public land. Before that Biden-adm...
SUNDAY, MAY 10 00:32:56 Extra Patrol: N Whitehall St 02:48:48 Burglar Alarm: N Whitehall St 07:48:08 Traffic Stop: N Whitehall St 07:59:14 Traffic Stop: W Legion St 09:28:20 911: W Olive St 11:36:42 Wildlife 14:26:05 Domestic Violence: Robbins Ln 14:55:42 Medical: Stanley St 15:19:39 Protection Order Violation: Fish Creek Rd 16:39:56 Medical: Skyline Dr 20:34:07 Hit & Run: Piedmont Rd MONDAY, MAY 11 06:10:18 Traffic Stop: E Legion St 07:51:23 Traffic StopL: N Division St 08:47:44 911:...
Next Wednesday's agenda is designed to give an overview of our group's origin, focus, "funding," and reasons for meeting. If you've ever considered coming to see what we are about, Wednesday, May 20th, is designed for you. Last Tuesday, nine of us attended the Jefferson County Commissioners' meeting to discuss our concerns about data center development in Jefferson County. The interactions of the federal process, state permitting, and local control are a little muddy, but the conversation was...
In Montana, we are fortunate to have incredible access to our world-class waterways. This hard-fought public access is the result of decades of conflict, compromise and old-fashioned Montana values. In addition to having some of the best stream access laws in the West, Montana is exponentially privileged that thousands of landowners across the state allow public access for hunting and fishing. A huge thanks to the countless Montana families that have established generational public access on or across private lands because they believe it’s t...
SUNDAY, MAY 3 00:20:53 Non-Violent Domestic: S Centurion Way 05:11:41 Citizen Assist: I-90 09:33:02 911: I-90 10:51:27 Welfare Check: S Centurion Way 12:35:03 Traffic Stop: W Third St 13:09:22 Extra Patrol: N Whitehall St 13:20:01 Traffic Stop: E Legion St 15:29:22 Dog at Large: E First St MONDAY, MAY 4 08:16:18 911: Rocky Mountain Dr 11:53:15 Traffic Stop: I-90 13:10:47 Suspicious Person: Fish Creek Rd 17:06:04 Harassment: Tatanka Trl 17:57:00 Test Page: S Washington St 19:55:23 Suspicious: Hwy...
SUNDAY, APRIL 26 03:48:20 Burglar Alarm: N Whitehall St 11:31:22 Extra Patrol: N Division St 15:53:08 Citizen Assist: Whitetail Rd 17:32:34 Extra Patrol: W First St 18:01:13 Extra Patrol: W First St 18:53:49 Citizen Contact: W Legion St 18:59:47 Medical: Yellowstone Trl 20:44:55 Vehicle Accident (Injury): Waterloo Rd MONDAY, APRIL 27 07:44:31 Traffic Stop: W Second St 11:19:26 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 12:10:50 Transport: S Clark St 14:05:23 Suspicious Vehicle: I-90 14:41:35 Agency Assist: Waterloo...
Spring is typically a season of optimism. Entrepreneurs are opening new businesses, family farms and ranches are calving and planning for the next season, and existing small business owners are reviewing their finances and planning for growth. However, at precisely this moment, Congress is considering legislation that would make those plans harder and riskier for Montana’s small businesses and agricultural producers. The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), also known as the Durbin-Marshall bill, may be marketed as pro-competition, but its r...
I believe that our representative republic depends on citizens who are engaged, informed, and involved. In our community, I see it almost daily: people are engaged and care deeply about our freedoms and the direction our state is taking. I value faith, family, hard work, and personal responsibility. These principles built Jefferson County and Montana, and they must remain the foundation of our future. Our community deserves representation that listens first, stands firm on conservative...
Whitehall Indivisible (WI) discusses political candidates weekly and tracks the changes in who’s running for what. Last week’s change of significance was that Montana’s Eastern District candidate, Montana State Senator Windy Boy, dropped out of the US House race, leaving candidates Sam Lux and Brian Miller running against Troy Downing for the Eastern District. At last count, there were seven people running for the Western District US House seat, and 11 people running for US Senate. Seems excessive, but the primary election is coming on June...
SUNDAY, APRIL 19 07:24:23 Traffic Stop: I-90 07:59:55 Traffic Stop: Mormon Ln 08:28:55 Civil: Charlie's Way 08:38:12 Suspicious Vehicle: Boulder Cutoff Rd 09:09:28 Traffic Stop: Hwy 359 09:32:17 Welfare Check: Tebay Ln 09:56:49 Traffic Stop: Hwy 55 10:15:28 Traffic Stop: Whitetail Rd 10:30:11 Citizen Assist: McKeown Ln 12:14:49 Extra Patrol: Pipestone OHV 13:12:42 Administrative: Delmoe Lake Rd 13:54:59 Forest Service Patrol: Delmoe Lake Rd 14:25:44 Reckless Driver: I-90 14:39:08 Motorist...
Whitehall Mayor Linda Jung announced the results of the recent Town of Whitehall survey regarding the four-way stop on First Street and A Street at the April Whitehall Town Council meeting on Monday, April 20. A total of 157 surveys were returned, which asked whether the Town should keep the four-way stop as it is or remove the stop signs on First Street while retaining the stop signs on the cross-street, A Street. Three surveys stated they did not care either way, 19 replied that they wanted to keep the signs as they were, and 135 surveys...
Whitehall Indivisible (WI) watched the conclusion of the 2018 documentary “Dark Money,” which focuses on how money from unclear or clearly undisclosed sources infiltrates elections in the post-Citizens United world. The film follows investigative reporting, specifically in Montana elections, and includes the genesis story of the Montana Free Press. The next free showing of “Dark Money” is at the Covellite Theater in Butte, on Thursday, May 7, at 6 PM. Signature gathering continues to get corporate donations back out of Montana elections with Th...
As the ballots for the May 5 school and special district election are mailed this week, election officials are reminding voters that they must write their birth year and signature on their mail ballot envelope before mailing it or returning it to their elections office. Failure to provide either detail will result in the rejection of the ballot. The birth year requirement is a result of House Bill 719, passed by the 2025 Legislature, which took effect on October 1, 2025. For mail-in elections and absentee voters, the return envelope features...
For the second consecutive year, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has proposed a budget that attempts to undermine the agencies that care for America’s public lands. Released in early April, the fiscal 2027 budget plans to cut nearly 3,000 positions from the National Park Service alone, plus thousands more staffers across the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Geological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Congress largely rejected those cuts the last time around, but the administration is trying again, hoping to b...
