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Montana Ranks as Best State for Millennials

25 January 2020
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Montana ranks in the top ten best states for millennials to live and work. In fact, it seems millennials would fare best in western states.

As a group, 23-38 years old earn less and have less assets than their parents did a generation ago. However, where they live can make a huge difference in their quality of life, reports Zippa.com

After finding the states where it is worst to be a millennial, Zippa.com decided to shine some light on states where millennials are thriving.

The 10 Best States For Millennials are: Utah, Iowa, Wyoming, North Dakota, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Idaho, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana.

Of the top 10 states, only New Hampshire is on a coast. The reasons for the Western states’ line-up are low cost of living and high rates of home ownership.

To determine the ranking Zippa.com looked at Millennial Unemployment Rate, Average Student Loan Debt, Millennial Home Ownership, Percent Of Millennials Living In Poverty.

The analysis stated about Montana, “Montana is sometimes referred to as ‘The Last Best Place.’ which seems fitting as end our top 10. Montana has a lot to offer millennials. The low millennial unemployment and low average student loan debt and definitely help millennials thrive.”

The 10 worst states for millennials: District of Columbia, Georgia, New York, Florida, North Carolina, California, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Zoot Annoucement

25 January 2020
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Zoot announced the results of the 2019 Lending Awards, where it was named “Best Technology Partner – Risk, Regulation and Compliance.” The Lending Awards recognize excellence and innovation in credit risk assessment in consumer, commercial and residential lending. Zoot’s lending solutions significantly improve the customer journey and enable smarter decisions through access to better data, faster policy changes and full configurability. Zoot was named as a ‘Top 20 Company in 2019,’  for its innovation, professionalism and the significant value it brings to its clients.

WMK & Co

25 January 2020
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A few months ago, WMK & Co., a Billings-based steel fabricator, acquired KJ Fabrication in Butte, as part of a company plan to expand.

US Senate Confirmation

25 January 2020
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The United States Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lawrence VanDyke to serve as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. VanDyke, who is expected to maintain chambers in Las Vegas or Reno, Nevada, fills the seat of Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee, who will assume senior status. VanDyke joined the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division as the deputy assistant attorney general this year. Previously he served as the solicitor general for the states of Nevada and Montana, and before that position he served as the assistant solicitor general for the State of Texas. Earlier in his career he clerked for Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and worked as an associate attorney at the Dallas and Washington, D.C., offices of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, before and after that clerkship. While in college, Mr. VanDyke was vice president of Performance Machinery Company and project manager of VanDyke Construction Company in Bozeman, Montana.

Oboz Footwear

25 January 2020
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Oboz Footwear, the True to the Trail® outdoor footwear company headquartered in Bozeman, has hired Rich Hohne as its Director of Marketing.  Hohne joins Oboz from Simms Fishing Products. Amy Beck is Oboz Footwear president. Hohne spent over ten years at Simms.

The Bakken

25 January 2020
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The core area of North Dakota’s Bakken was rocking in October as the state set new records for oil and natural gas production. According to Lynn Helms, North Dakota Mineral Resources director. “For the first time ever, the state had over 1.5 million barrels per day of oil production” – a five percent increase over the previous month. During October four counties in North Dakota produced 44,826,235 of the state’s total production o 47,051,671 and 91,817, 410 mcf of the state’s total natural gas production, 95,189,103 mcf.

ND Jobs Report

25 January 2020
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North Dakota reports that it has at least 14,749 job openings and an unemployment rate of 2.5 percent.

MDT Open House

25 January 2020
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The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) will hold an open house for the sidewalk and shared-use path project proposed in Columbus. The open house will be held January 14 from 6- 8 p.m. at the Columbus City Hall, Council Meeting Room, 2nd Floor (408 East 1st Avenue North). 

Dickinson Press Newspapers Found

25 January 2020
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Bundles of Dickinson Press newspapers were found in the dumpsters behind the Dickinson Post Office. The bundles of papers were unopened and therefore undelivered. The United States Postal Service says it is investigating irregularities in mail delivery service in Dickinson. Staff from competing newspapers checked the garbage bins behind the Dickinson post office, where hundreds of newspapers — still bundled, unopened — were found. Other undelivered mail pieces were found with the newspapers.

Bozeman-Yellowstond International Airport

25 January 2020
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The Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport will expand its service to two major hubs this summer. The airport will almost double the number of passengers it can carry daily to and from Seattle on Alaska Airlines and will change its Delta Airlines service to Atlanta from seasonal to daily beginning this summer. Alaska Airlines, which offers four daily flights to Seattle from Bozeman and back has upgraded the equipment used on two of those flights.