Category: Montana Highlights

Billing’s attorney Emily Jones’s has been appointed to the Judicial Standards Commission. Jones is a University of Montana graduate as well as an appointee to the Montana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. An 180-room hotel, event center, public plaza and riverfront trail has been announced by Missoula city officials and representatives…

The Yankee Doodle Tailings storage pond needs additional capacity to store tailings from the Berkley Pit and the Continental Pit. Without the permit amendment, Montana Resources would run out of tailings storage around 2032. Montana Resources mines copper and molybdenum in Butte. Sally Schwartz and her sister Cassie have recently opened Dilly Dally Donut Bar.…

Glacier Office Furniture has opened in Evergreen, MT. Glacier Office Furniture offers development solutions for office spaces with an emphasis on chair ergonomics. Ben Dorrington will take over the position of executive director of the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce this summer when current director, Connie McCubbins, retires.  Dorrington has set goals of economic growth and…

Whitefish Mountain Resort saw over 400,000 skier visits during the 2024-25 season. This is the fifth year in a row that the mountain has tallied more than 400,000 skier visits. The resort set a new record for skier visits between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day with this year’s almost 62,400 skier visits were counted.…

The Yellowstone Business Coalition, formed in 2016, representing more than 400 businesses and landowners in Paradise Valley, Gardiner and Livingston, is mobilizing in response to recent Yellowstone National Park staff reductions. These layoffs could affect both park operations and the local economies that depend on them. The coalition initially came together to protect the local…

A private home on the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park can remain standing. The court ruled in favor of John and Stacy Ambler of San Diego, who built a house on a slice of land on lower McDonald Creek. Once the home was largely built, the Flathead Conservation District, responding to a…

Glacier Park International Airport was awarded another $2.5 million in federal funding recently for its ongoing terminal expansion project. Awarded through the FAA Airport Terminal Program, the dollars will expedite work on the expansion. A portion of the latest grant will go toward a third bag claim device which costs around $1 million. U.S. Bureau of…

As of June, Forever French, a baby and lifestyle brand owned by Chantelle French of Arizona, now has roots in Kalispell, offering the local community a boutique children’s and lifestyle store. Forever French began as an online business in 2019 after Chantelle French received her daughter’s autism diagnosis. Inspired by the beauty and resilience of…