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…
Pair craft device to halt data breaches
In the coming years, no one knows for sure what form data breaches or cyber-security threats will take.
Glacier's red buses get new home
Glacier National Park’s vaunted red buses have a cozy new home.
Local cleaning products company gets grant
Rural businesses in need of a helping hand got some financial assistance recently from the federal government.
Bloomstone bringing new apartments, homes to Kalispell
The first phase of the Bloomstone Subdivision is on an accelerated pace to add more than 120 residential units to north Kalispell.
Bigfork chamber announces board nominees
In January, seven seats on the board of directors for the Bigfork Chamber of Commerce will become open for election.
Somers man creates video platform
Joe Clark has been launching successful business since he was a teenager, trying his hand in furniture, coffee and real estate.
RAIL-PARK IMPACTS: Two firms, two different stories
Two businesses that will be most affected by Kalispell’s upcoming rail park and downtown rail-line removal have very different outlooks on the future.
Firm aims for battery 'game-changer'
ZAF Energy Systems has been quietly developing a new battery system design at its laboratory near U.S. 2 between Columbia Falls and Kalispell.
New health clinic opens Nov. 2 in C. Falls
The new North Valley Hospital Professional Center will open Nov. 2 on Talbott Road. An open house is planned for the $2 million Columbia Falls clinic Nov. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. as a Columbia Falls Chamber of Commerce…
Glacier Payments keeps growing
Two brothers from Montana’s Hi-Line area have taken a Whitefish kitchen-table startup to a tip-top company in Montana.
Businesses near Glacier have a good year
Despite wildfires and weeks of smoke, businesses that rely on Glacier Park tourist traffic said they had a good year, all things considered. A quick start to the summer didn’t hurt. June was warm and dry and Going-…
Chamber UNWIND event on Oct. 21 goes pink
The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce UNWIND social gathering on Wednesday, Oct. 21, will focus on breast cancer awareness.
Old-World sauerkraut drives new Whitefish business
Sooner or later, everything old is new again.
City announces architectural awards
The city of Kalispell on Monday will recognize the best architecture completed within the city over the past two years.
Kalispell West One Bank offices rebranded as TrailWest Bank
West One Bank’s two offices in Kalispell and a number of other community banks in the region operating as The Family of Banks have been rebranded as TrailWest Bank.