Business
The latest business news from Northwest Montana and beyond. In-depth coverage of local enterprises, economic trends, market updates, and entrepreneurial success stories.
US home sales flat in April as lackluster spring homebuying season lurches forward
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing…
Montana portions: Restaurant veterans open new venture
If diners leave the new Montana Club restaurant in Kalispell hungry, the owners won’t be happy.
Building homes with 'visitability' in mind
When you’re young, healthy, and able-bodied, a ramp and wide doorways may be the last things on your mind while house-hunting.
Couples reopen Northern Lights
The Northern Lights are open for the summer.
Monster of a job
Rich Gordon’s heavy-equipment skills got him exactly what he wanted about 15 years ago: a foot in the door of the monster-truck world.
'One Less Car'
The One Less Car competition, a new initiative to get Whitefish workers to commute to work on two wheels rather than four, came about innocently enough.
When opportunity knocks
When the recession hit the Flathead Valley, Patrick Levitt figured he had two options: He could sit around and whine or he could get up and do something.
'You scream, I scream...'
There are few things as indispensable to summer as a good, old-fashioned ice cream cone. It’s cheap, it’s delicious and it’s the perfect complement to a hot da…
Opening day ahead for Supercenter
The shelves are stocked, the ovens fired and the roll-back signs are firmly in place as Walmart employees prepare for the grand opening of their new Supercente…
Farm to Market Pork benefits from 'locavore' trend
When Duane and Janette Braaten transformed Farm to Market Pork from a hog farm into a meat processing and retail facility in 1985, the plan was to create a loc…
Three for the road
Once a year, Callie Hulslander Cooper has a real girls’ weekend.
Summer jobs? There aren't many
The good old-fashioned lemonade stand might be the best bet this year for high school or college students looking for summer cash.
Gambling revenue declines sharply
Gaming across Montana continued to decline in first three months of 2010.
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Michael Smith was in Hot Springs the day he decided to change how energy is created.
Pizza veteran in line for top honor
It’s not easy being a restaurant manager.
Store survives on book smarts
In the movie “You’ve Got Mail,” Tom Hanks tells Meg Ryan’s character to “go to the mattresses” as she tries to keep her family-owned bookstore alive under the …