Category: Company Information
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BSED Gets Excellence in Economic Development Silver Award
Big Sky Economic Development received a 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Silver Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award was bestowed specifically for the organization’s work in the Digital Media category. Big Sky Economic Development, Marcell Bruski and Kayla Vokral will be acknowledged and honored at the IEDC 2024 Annual Conference in…
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State Grants $2.6 million to Film Industry
Since the Montana State Legislature created a taxpayer funded program in the hopes of attracting Hollywood –style business to Montana, the Montana Department of Commerce recently announced $2.6 million in grants to 67 film creations statewide. The program is called the Big Sky Film Grant program and this year there were 150 projects requesting $9…
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PSC Approves Rate Increase, Pushed Up by Taxes and High Priced Power Purchases
The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a rate increase of 28 percent over a year ago for NorthWestern Energy customers. It will become effective next month, however much of the approved increase has already been incorporated into customer bills, because of an interim rate increase granted by the PSC in September 2022. The…
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Bible College Moves to Billings, Joins Fast Growing School
Quietly growing and succeeding, step by step, in the education world, in Billings is the Billings Christian School (BCS) at 4519 Grand Avenue. And this fall it took another giant leap forward with the addition of Montana Bible College (MBC) which has moved to 1519 S. Shiloh Road, Billings, from Bozeman. The addition of the…
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IRS to Target Millionaires in Crackdown, Use AI
By Brett Rowland, The Center Square The IRS announced new enforcement initiatives to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and 75 large companies it said owe hundreds of millions in unpaid taxes. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said the agency will use Inflation Reduction Act funding to focus on high-income earners, partnerships, large corporations and promoters. He said the IRS won’t…
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October Manufacturing Month
October is Montana Manufacturing month. Manufacturing Day is Oct. 6. This is a time to be amazed. Few people fully realize the depth and breadth of manufacturing, the skills and outstanding production of people in the state. Almost every town in the Montana has some kind of manufacturing happening that sustains its economy. The Montana…
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Montana Highlights – September 1, 2023
Scot Chisholm developed what was to become Classy, a peer-to-peer crowd funding software platform. In 2020, Classy merged with GoFundMe, and Chisholm stepped down from his role as CEO to become a strategic advisor for the company. Since Chisholm has gained most of his CEO start-up experience through trial and error, he plans to pass…
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Judge Blocks Water Pipeline for Arctic Grayling
By Chris Woodward, The Center Square A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a plan to build a water diversion pipeline in southwest Montana meant to aid Arctic grayling, a rare species of freshwater fish. District Judge Donald W. Molloy issued the injunction this week in a lawsuit brought by Wilderness Watch and other environmental…
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Severe Drought Severe Drought Decreases 88%
For the first time in years, drought figures have decreased across the board. This wet season has significantly lowered the chances of wildfires this year. QuoteWizard, in analyzing drought data in at-risk wildfire states in advising wildfire insurance companies, determined that severe drought has decreased by 88% in Montana since 2022. They have reported that,…
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Court Delivers Blow to Power Plant at Laurel, NWE will Appeal
Despite the conclusion of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) that air quality measures are adequate in the operation of NorthWestern Energy’s Laurel Generating Plant, a Thirteenth Judicial District Court has ruled that the DEQ’s issuance of a permit in 2021 was unlawful. The decision, made by District Court Judge Michael Moses, brings into…