Business
The latest business news from Northwest Montana and beyond. In-depth coverage of local enterprises, economic trends, market updates, and entrepreneurial success stories.
Whitefish chamber selects new executive director
Veteran chamber professional and businesswoman Katherine Archibald has been named the next executive director of t…
Couple open popular sandwich franchise Jimmy John's in Kalispell
Julie and Ryan Patzer’s need to “do something different” has led to the opening of a new Jimmy John’s franchise at 135 W. Idaho St. in Kalispell, where Quizno’…
Camelina researchers on cutting edge of biofuel, nutraceutical, livestock possibilities
The four partners of Clearwater Biologicals are working to turn a crop popular in the Bronze Age into a 21st-century source of fuel and nutrients — and they ar…
Business expert shares workplace insights in latest book
A golden age for beer lovers
Tourists, locals keep tables filled at Echo Lake Cafe
If the Echo Lake Cafe is looking for a motto, “nothing succeeds like success” would be more than apt.
Flathead lodging industry reports solid summer season
Montana made its mark in the tourism industry nationwide this summer, topping all 50 states in July with a hotel-room occupancy rate of 84 percent. Flathead Va…
Sope makers focus on local, organic sources
When Brian Cole began working at Third Street Market in Whitefish about three years ago, bars of the Whitefish-made product Sope were almost an afterthought in…
Black Mountain Software keeps customers happy
It wasn’t until about 10 years into its existence that Black Mountain Software lost its first client.
Local entrepreneurs gain through networking groups
The weekly meetings for the Whitefish chapter of the international business networking organization BNI are, as the saying goes, all business.
Green power
A giant greenhouse facility in which the regenerative processes of Mother Nature are imitated to create electricity, biofuel, rich organic soil fertilizer and …
Beekeepers relish remote locale for honey business
Not everyone can take Going-to-the-Sun Road to go get groceries or routinely post pictures of bears on their blog.
Avail-TVN a leader in digital media services
As the Olympic games unfold in London, a digital media services company founded in the Flathead Valley nearly a decade ago has a key role in connecting televis…
Heath-care exec develops software for employee scheduling
Tyler Weber knew there must be an easier way to schedule shifts for the 11 radiologists he works with as chief administrative officer of Northwest Imaging in K…
New Whitefish seafood restaurant has ties to Hawaii
The story of Stillwater Fish House & Oyster Bar began 10 years ago on a beach in Hawaii when Jesse Felder, then a 21-year-old Army infantryman fresh out of bas…
Zaiss-Johnson Group a top performer for Merrill Lynch
John Zaiss got some “spot on” advice from his father before he embarked on a career as a financial adviser: You need to understand accounting.