Montana Highlights

Pusuit has acquired the Montana House in Apgar Village in Glacier National Park. The  Montana House has celebrated and showcased over 500 local and indigenous artisans for nearly 65 years. The company said it will continue to showcase local artists under Pursuit ownership. 

A recent study provides reassurance that Yellowstone Park’s famous supervolcano will unlikely erupt anytime soon. The journal Nature states that while a significant amount of magma is beneath the Yellowstone Caldera, it is stored in small, separate pockets rather than a flowing reservoir, reducing the likelihood of a major eruption.

Guns N Things in Glendive will close. A recent sale opportunity did not pan out so Ernie and Karel Huether decided to close.

River City Brews Rafting Tours, a Missoula company that offers guided raft trips along with local craft beverages, has been bought by Sara and Jared Forsythe.

Applications for a permit to float the Smith River began on Jan. 2, and will be accepted through Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held on Feb. 19. Applicants can apply for a Smith River float permit online at the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Automated Licensing System. Successful Smith River applicants will be notified via email shortly after the permit drawing is conducted.

Zero to Five Montana, in partnership with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Bright Futures Birth to Five program, is offering a one-time grant opportunity for Montana employers through the Family Forward Montana initiative to develop an employer-sponsored child care program. Grants will range from $10,000 to $100,000 depending on the size and scope of the employers project plan.

The permit issued by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation to Tintina Montana Incorporated (now Sandfire Resources) to manipulate approximately 250 million gallons of groundwater in pursuit of a 14 million-ton copper deposit in Meagher County has cleared its second and final legal challenge before the Montana Supreme Court.

Acropolis Gyros, a Greek food restaurant at 117 South Avenue W. in Missoula, has announced it is closing. The final day will be when supplies run out. The business has been listed for sale since July.

A new oven weighing 84,000 pound oven has arrived at Tech Woods USA in Ronan. This Moldrup thermal modification oven is used by Tech Woods USA to produce hardwood gunstock blanks, as well as flooring and other wood products. The oven was ...

Inc. magazine reports that from the early days of Amazon to the introduction of TikTok Shop, Gen-Zers have watched online shopping grow easier and faster than ever. But now, many digital natives are flocking back to in-person shopping. In fact, according to a recent survey by payment platform Ayden, Gen-Z does more in-person shopping than Baby Boomers. Nearly three-fourths of 18-to-27-year-old...

New Treasury Department numbers show that soaring federal handouts for wind and solar dwarf all other energy-related provisions in the tax code and will cost taxpayers $421 billion by 2034.

The 10-year cost of federal tax expenditures for wind and solar has increased 21-fold since 2015, according to a report in Substack.

In 2005, Scientific American published an article saying that the h...

Some sales ideas that at first glance may seem counter intuitive were recently recommended in Inc. magazine. The ideas are based upon human psychology and their instinct to assure that they are in control.

For example, right up front, tell the customer in one way or another that they don’t have to buy. Telling someone they don’t have to buy can paradoxically make them more likely to do it. ...

Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 106th Convention adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2025. Key topics ranged from labor to rural broadband to trade. For the third year, delegates were polled at the beginning of the voting session regarding their farms. The results show 97 percent of those who cast votes operate family farms and nearly two-...

Pusuit has acquired the Montana House in Apgar Village in Glacier National Park. The  Montana House has celebrated and showcased over 500 local and indigenous artisans for nearly 65 years. The company said it will continue to showcase local artists under Pursuit ownership. 

A recent study provides reassurance that Yellowstone Park’s famous supervolcano will unlikely erupt anytime soon. The ...

Events that Impacted 2024

2024 was an eventful year, with many business and political ups and down that impacted the state’s economy, pointed out Patrick Barkey of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research during the  Economic Outlook Seminar. Following are the top ten: State personal income tax rate reduction...