Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Sorted by date Results 1436 - 1460 of 1522
A ruling is expected to be made this week that will decide the fate of a recall election for five elected officials in Whitehall. Following nearly six hours of testimony in the 5th Judicial Courtroom in Boulder last Friday; Judge Katherine Bidegaray said via a teleconference feed she would make a decision later this week. The hearing was a continuation of an August hearing challenging the recall petitions submitted by Whitehall resident Lynn Nemeth. A temporary restraining order was granted on July 15 to prevent a recall election for Mayor...
Seven candidates will be interviewed Monday, December 18 for the upcoming 5th Judicial District (Jefferson, Madison, and Beaverhead Counties) vacancy. Luke Michael Berger, Jed Clayton Fitch, Lori Ann Harshbarger, Mathew James Johnson, Alice Suzanne Nellen, Valerie D. Wilson and Robert R. Zenker will all be interviewing to replace Judge Loren Tucker, who will retire in January of next year. Interviews will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the district court courtroom in the Beaverhead County courthouse, 2 South Pacific Street in Dillon. Deliberations will...
Monday, Nov. 28 11:08 a.m. - fraudulent activities, 504 West First Street, Whitehall 11:59 a.m. - stray livestock, 87 McKeown Lane, Cardwell 12:06 p.m. - dog at large, Cottonwood Road, Cardwell 2:22 p.m. - VIN inspection, 27 Sheep Camp Road, Whitehall 3:12 p.m. - suspicious/person//vehicle/circumstance, 770 Hwy 2 East, Cardwell 5:59 p.m. - traffic accident/ 1 vehicle /non injury, Hot Springs Road, Whitehall 7:39 p.m. - care for sick/injured, 35 Skyline Drive, Whitehall 9:33 p.m. – traffic stop, East Legion Avenue, Whitehall Tuesday, Nov. 29 1...
At a special meeting last Wednesday, the Whitehall Town Council voted to suspend member Francine Giono-Janik without pay. The motion passed by the governing body states Council Member Janik will be suspended "until she fully discloses the full extent of her involvement with the installation of hidden cameras in the ambulance barn and her role as a consultant with Partners United For Life Saving Education (P.U.L.S.E.)." According to Town Attorney Matthew Haus, the Council voted 5-0 on the motion...
The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department responded to three fires over the holiday weekend. According to Fire Chief Jeremy Ward, the first fire the department responded to was Thanksgiving night at La Casa Trailer Park No. 2 in Whitehall. Ward said they were paged at 6:20 p.m., and had seven fire fighters and five trucks at the fire. He said the cause of the fire is still under investigation, and the trailer has mostly external damage. Ward said a family was displaced the night of the fire and as of Monday, he was unsure if they had returned to...
With the Whitehall Schools K-5 Christmas Concert set for Tuesday, December 6 at 7 p.m., the monthly School Board of Trustees meeting has been moved. The meeting will take place Wednesday, December 7 at 7 p.m. in the library. The Whitehall 6-12 concert will take place Tuesday, December 13 at 7 p.m....
Local voters may have to wait a while to cast their votes to determine if there will be a new Ambulance District in Jefferson County. An election scheduled early next year for a district proposed by members of the Jefferson Valley EMS and Rescue has been cancelled. Jefferson County Commissioner Leonard Wortman said the County made a mistake during the process for a referendum creating the district. “Because the decision to create the district would be up to the people of the district we didn’t think we needed to do a Resolution of Intent to...
Monday, Nov. 21 5:37 a.m. - care for sick/injured, 1 Bowman Lane, Whitehall 10:18 a.m. - traffic/roads parking, I-90 westbound, MM 237, Whitehall 7:02 p.m. - fish & game violations, Hwy 69, Cardwell 8:08 p.m. - suspicious/person/vehicle/circumstance, Whiskey Gulch Road, Whitehall Tuesday, Nov. 22 9:43 a.m. - animal problem- road killed, 960 Hwy 2 East, Cardwell 9:46 a.m. - stray livestock, Hwy 55 MM 7-8, Whitehall 11:09 a.m. - disorderly conduct, 102 North Brooke Street, Whitehall 3:14 p.m. - civil assist, 601 East Legion Avenue, Whitehall 5:44...
Tis the season to share your dinner table with relatives and friends. The holiday season hits just after Montana DPHHS logged in 7 gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks in the first three weeks of November. Five of these GI outbreaks have been caused by norovirus, a bug that causes 1-3 days of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea sometimes accompanied by fever, chills and body aches. It is highly contagious and can be spread either directly from a sick person, or indirectly from contaminated food or commonly touched surfaces such as doorknobs, remote...
Hi Folks, We have had several phone conferences over the past couple of months to finalize the loan and grants for the Sugar Beet Row sewer project. The final step will be the creation of the Rural Special Improvement District to take place on December 13th. The request for bids will go out shortly after the first of the year and construction should take place this spring. I had several calls this weekend because of an article and ad in the Whitehall Ledger from North Western Energy saying they were going to close Kountz Road for ten days,...
Kountz Road, in the vicinity of Big Pipestone Creek, will be closed for ten days beginning Saturday, November 26 at 8 a.m. Northwestern Energy will be installing a barricade across the road immediately south of Sugar Beet Row, and approximately 200 feet south of the existing Big Pipestone Culverts. According to Don Jeffrey of Northwestern Energy, the road will remain off-limits to all except for local residential traffic and Town of Whitehall traffic throughout the duration of the closure. Areas located south of Big Pipestone Creek will be...
Last July, a herbicide was placed in the Jefferson Slough in an attempt to knockout Eurasian watermilfoil prior to a planned relocation of the Slough. According to Jefferson County Weed Coordinator Jill Allen, Dr. Ryan Thum of Montana State University and students from the School’s Plant Science and Plant Pathology Department did the monitoring of the application. Dr. Thum recently released the team’s results. In the report, Dr. Thum said they sampled the slough for pre-treatment and abundance on both July 10 and 11. Dr. Thum stated they qua...
Monday, Nov. 14 7:50 a.m. - VIN inspection, 150 Burt Lane, Whitehall 3:33 p.m. - traffic accident/1 vehicle/non-injury, I-90 eastbound, MM 237, Whitehall 3:39 p.m. - animal-cruelty/neglect, 275 McKeown Lane, Cardwell 5:25 p.m. - animal problem- road killed, Hwy 69, MM 10, Cardwell 9:54 p.m. - traffic stop, North Whitehall Street, Whitehall 10:45 p.m. - suspicious/person/vehicle/circumstance, 306 East 1st Street, Whitehall Tuesday, Nov. 15 12:12 a.m. - traffic accident/1 vehicle/injury, Hwy 41, MM 68, Whitehall 5:12 a.m. - traffic accident/1...
Wednesday, November 27, 1991 Schools plan special program for National Drugged and Drunk Driving Week. To dramatize the high death rates in teenagers due to alcohol-related accidents, the local DUI Task Force, the Sheriff’s Reserves and student organizations are hosting a “Ghost Out” in early December. Students chosen at random will be removed from the classroom by the “Grim Reaper” at the rate of one every ten to twelve minutes. That rate coincides with the frequency of DUI fatalities, DUI Task Force member Leonard Wortman said. The faces of t...
Hi Folks, At our regular meeting last week, we held a Public Hearing and approved Resolution 34-2016 which amends our Budget. This became necessary after the Department of Revenue reached a last minute deal with Northwestern Energy to resolve some assessment issues. We requested the DOR recertify all of our values for this year. We were able to absorb most of the change by reducing some of our cash reserves. As a result, the tax bills went out late so the due date changed from November 30th to December 9th. We approved Resolution 35-2016 for...
The first case of influenza in a Jefferson County resident was confirmed last week. The adult was not hospitalized but did seek medical care for the illness. Influenza (“the flu”) is a highly contagious illness that is often recognized by its sudden onset of fever, cough, body aches, and fatigue. Statewide in recent weeks much influenza activity has been reported in Missoula County, as well as some in Flathead, Gallatin, and Park counties. Six people have been hospitalized and 50 infections confirmed since October 1st in Montana. Influenza A (...
At their monthly meeting Monday night, the Whitehall Town Council approved a 1.5 percent late fee on utility bills. The rate recommendation was made by the Water, Sewer and Garbage Committee, and will be charged after are account are 60 days past due. The percentage is not to max 18 percent per year. In her report to the Council, Town Clerk/Treasurer Summer Fellows said there had been a human error made on a utility bill, and publicly apologized for the mistake. “When you are putting stuff into a computer it happens, when we are transposing num...
After stating she felt a discussion was inappropriate, Whitehall Town Council member Francine Giono-Janik walked out of the governing body’s monthly meeting Monday night. Janik left the meeting during a discussion about cameras during the Mayor’s report. Mayor Dale Davis was asking Council Members on the record if they had installed the cameras that were found in the Ambulance barn last month. Davis said there has also been another camera found by a local Sheriff’s Deputy. “There was a camera found in a room where the files had been kept. I...
A hearing to determine if a recall election for five elected officials in Whitehall would move forward has been rescheduled for Friday, December 2 at 9 a.m. The hearing is to address the challenging of recall petitions for Mayor Dale Davis and Council Members Joe Adams, Gerry Keogh, Gary Housman and Tom Jenkin. The hearing originally scheduled for October 20 in the Fifth-Judicial Court in Boulder was changed after Judge Katherine Bidegaray ordered the hearing to be vacated. Jefferson County Election Administrator Bonnie Ramey had asked for the...
After a solid month of production in September, Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine General Manager Dan Banghart told those in attendance at last week’s Community Transition Advisory Committee meeting in Whitehall, that the production in October was not as favorable. Banghart reported the production was 1,740 ounces, which was 45 percent of their target for the month. Banghart said this had to do with geotechnical issues and also because the mill was changing from a Carbon-In-Leach (CIL) to a Carbon-In-Pulp (CIP) process. He said the production issues...
Monday, Nov. 7 6:59 a.m. - citizen assist, 453 Hwy 2 East, Cardwell 7:47 a.m. – trespass, Hot Springs Road, Whitehall 10:10 a.m. - traffic stop, Division Street, Whitehall 12:35 p.m. - stray livestock, Hwy 2 East, MM 3-4, Whitehall 12:45 p.m. - protection order/violation, 513 East Legion Avenue #3, Whitehall 1:09 p.m. - stray livestock, Hwy 2 West, MM 5, Whitehall 3:44 p.m. - juvenile offender, 10 Sugar Beet Row Road, Whitehall 8:00 p.m. - discharge firearm – residence, 201 South Main Street, Whitehall Tuesday, Nov. 8 10:59 a.m. - traffic accid...
Hi Folks, Well, the election is over. Some of it went the way I wanted and some of it didn’t, but that’s the way it generally works. Even though I was running unopposed, if I spent any money, even encouraging people to vote or to thank them for their support I would be required to open a bank account and fill out a bunch of paperwork. This had to be one of the strangest elections I can ever remember. I still can’t believe Donald and Hillary were the two best people we could find in this whole country. But, if you think about it, who in their...
The votes have been tallied in Jefferson County, and based on the unofficial results, Incumbent Steven Haddon will remain as the County Attorney. In the results posted on the Montana Secretary of States website, Haddon defeated challenger Erin T. Inman by a vote of 3,259 to 2,456. In the race for Montana House District 75, Incumbent Kirk B. Wagoner defeated challenger Sabrina Steketee by a vote of 3,351 to 2,362 In the race for Senate District 38, Democrat Edith (Edie) McClafferty defeated...
At the monthly school board meeting last week, Superintendent John Sullivan approached the Whitehall School Board of Trustees about the possibility of purchasing an activity bus for the districts. Sullivan said this issue has come up more and more as the teams travel, and the current Whitehall activity bus supplied by Harlow’s was out of commission for most of October. Sullivan said fans have expressed their desire for Whitehall kids to travel in a better bus. “It’s a community pride thing. I think it’s time to explore the idea of owning...
Monday, Oct. 31 2:41 p.m. - civil assist, I-90, MM 249, Whitehall 3:29 p.m. – transport, 10 1st Street East, Whitehall 4:27 p.m. - theft-shoplift, 770 Hwy 2 East, Whitehall 7:17 p.m. - MHP assist, 201 West Legion Avenue, Whitehall 8:16 p.m. - 911 hang-up, 401 East 2nd Street, Whitehall 11:01 p.m. - disturbance/noise, music, 110 North Division Street, Whitehall 11:26 p.m. - family disturbance, 108 West 3rd #2, Whitehall 11:53 p.m. – traffic stop, East Legion Avenue, Whitehall Tuesday, Nov. 1 6:22 a.m. - stranded motorist, I-90 westbound, MM 241...
