Business
The latest business news from Northwest Montana and beyond. In-depth coverage of local enterprises, economic trends, market updates, and entrepreneurial success stories.
Oil prices keep swinging up and down, and so do stocks worldwide
Oil prices swung after a scare overnight where prices popped and then moderated, and the yo-yo moves kept stock ma…
Building permits on file
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Newsmakers
- Karyn Thornton, a certified physician assistant has joined the staff at Tribal Health to provide increased health care to recipients in the Pablo/SKC and Two…
Polson inventor markets self-defense whip
Seconds matter in an attack situation. So does the choice of weapon if one is forced to fight back.
Restaurateur embraces change and making memories
When Kristin Voisin talks about evolving, both as a restaurateur and as a person, it seems clear that embracing change is for her a fundamental value.
Kalispell bike mechanic goes mobile
Matt Hoyne first tackled bicycle repairs in fifth grade, waging a clandestine quest to escape parental ire.
Marina on Lake Koocanusa offers big concert venue, restaurant
It was 1980 when Larry Stewart hitchhiked out of a Wyoming oil patch and into Northwest Montana.
Glacier Rail Park: A toast to transformation
The celebrants drove a silver spike that memorable day in 1892 and then they all got hammered.
Northern Plastics owner eyes expansion
Businessman Glen Hufstetler wades calmly into adversity — or so it seems — fortified by at least two sources of strength.
Montana sets $8.50 minimum wage
Montana’s minimum wage will increase to $8.50 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2019, according to an announcement Friday from Gov. Steve Bullock’s office. The minimum wage currently is $8.30.
New paintball business to offer zombie events
A new paintball field has opened in Evergreen, and every Saturday evening in October paintball marksmen will get a chance to shoot at zombies.
Welcome to 'The Wich Haus' New Whitefish eatery offers simple, gourmet sandwiches
With Hurricane Florence threatening the Carolinas this week, Eddie Selby battened down the homestead in Calabash, North Carolina, a town famous for seafood.
Class One Technology expanding Flathead facilities
The corporate restructuring when Applied Materials acquired Semitool cost some their jobs. But an opportunity for out-of-work employees arose when Class One Te…
North Fork's Home Ranch Bottoms changes hands
For the last several years Home Ranch Bottoms, a barbecue restaurant well known to those who spend time up the North Fork of the Flathead River, has relied on …
Tourism agencies adjust strategy as fire season heats up
Tourists drawn to the Flathead Valley by the sweeping views of Glacier National Park often feel the incentive begin to dissipate behind a cloud of smoke during…
Contractors struggle to find workers amid building boom
An extended building boom in the Flathead Valley has left contractors with more work than their employees can handle, and a labor pool without enough skilled w…