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…
Natural food store celebrates recent expansion of facility
Creating a sense of space for their customers was a key goal when owners of Mountain Valley Foods in Kalispell decided to expand their business, adding another…
Men develop new twist for old game
Two Kila men found a new twist for the 500-or-so-year-old game of cribbage and after about three years of development are now marketing their new game, TurboCr…
Rare herb the key to absinthe production
A happenstance discovery of wormword growing wild near their rural Kalispell home was a key factor in Julie and Joe Legate’s venture into the world of distilli…
Herb growers plunge into gin venture
Tucked away in their mountain retreat west of Kalispell, Julie and Joe Legate spend hours among their containers of hand-picked and dried local herbs perfectin…
Peerspectives prompts 'next-level thinking'
Owners or managers of local businesses who would like to learn from and share information with other business owners and managers may want to attend a Tuesday seminar in Kalispell.
For the love of antiques
Downtown Somers is an especially hopping place one Saturday a month, six months of the year, when the Vintage Whites Market is up and running.
Insurance agency getting expanded space
Commercial construction ventures continue in Kalispell, including a new office building for Western States Insurance Agency under construction in the Village P…
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…