Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
UP SHE GOES: Work on the expansion of the Whitehall Post Office is continuing despite the rough weather we've been experiencing. Workers used a crane earlier in the week to lift trusses to the roof of the post office as part of the project to upgrade, redesign, and expand the building. When completed, the post office will nearly double in size. The project is expected to be completed later in the spring. The flag in the right side of the photo was flown at half mast in observance of Pearl Harbor Day on December 7th.
DECEMBER 2, 1998
The Whitehall Town Council vote on November 30 to direct the town attorney to challenge a Montana Attorney General opinion was apparently illegally conducted because the council failed to obtain a majority vote to approve the motion. The dilemma was this: the vote itself was on a matter dealing with conflict of interest, and three members of the council abstained from voting because they could have had a conflict of interest on the issue voted upon. Montana state law requires a majority of council members to vote to approve a measure, and four votes is a majority of six member...
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