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…
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.
Powered by slime
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 …
Raising the stakes
It’s a pretty well-known fact that Americans are living longer than ever. Blame it on medical advances or the organic-food craze, but typical retirement just isn’t going to do it anymore.
Store transports shoppers Back In Time
Three years ago, Elna Rooney knew absolutely nothing about antiques.
Glacier Bancorp raises millions with stock offering
Kalispell-based Glacier Bancorp Inc. has raised millions in capital with a common stock offering.
Credit union makes high-tech moves
Whitefish Credit Union has been in business 75 years and, to celebrate, it’s giving its members a birthday gift — new technology.
Smoking ban hard on bar business
When Earl “Babe” Harriman and his wife, Tammie, decided to open a bar a few years back, they decided they were going to build a bar.
Buildings turn to remodeling jobs
For Ron Catlett, 2008 was a pretty decent year. Heck, it was a great year.
Beyond the tracks
At Rogers Pass in British Columbia, the snow is fluffy and deep, up to the waist in places.
The Great Mancession
It’s been some 65 or 70 years since the United States has dealt with an economic recession as deep and slow to recover as the one we’re experiencing now. The l…