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ROI Solutions Lands Large National Contract
ROI Solutions has gained a contract with Hello Fresh to serve as its customer service call center, which will require adding 150 to 200 jobs by the end of the year. HelloFresh, is one of the leading food delivery companies in the country.
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Residential Taxable Property Values Increase 12.5%
Montana’s residential property values increased an average of 12.5 percent over the past year, according to the Department of Revenue in its biennial reappraisal. The average increase for businesses was almost 10 percent. Many communities saw property value increases in the double digits, with Gallatin County (Bozeman) having the highest of 23 percent for residential…
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Pipeline Company Plans Expansion
From the Oil Patch Hotline Because of the critical shortage of outbound crude oil pipelines in Canada, Enbridge Inc. is proposing an expansion of its older Express Pipeline. The current pipeline runs 731 miles from Hardisty, Alberta (through Montana) to Casper, WY, and then connects to the Platte Pipeline. The open season will end Aug.…
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NWE Begins Upgrade of 109-year-old Turbine
In the fall of 2019 NorthWestern Energy will begin upgrading the 109-year-old turbines and generators in the Madison Powerhouse downstream of Ennis Lake. The original powerhouse building will remain in place, largely unaltered, while four new turbine-generator units are installed within it. No alterations to the dam or flow conveyance structures are required by the…
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Montana Highlights August 1 2019
Two new restaurants have opened in the Marriott Hotel in downtown Missoula. The hotel complex is at the corner of Higgins and Front. Basal offers salads like smoked salmon.. The other new restaurant, 1889 is a steak and seafood bar and restaurant. Two clothing stores, Olive and Iron and The Montana Scene occupy space on…
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Manufacturers Look At US Economy
The U.S. economy grew 2.1 percent at the annual rate in the second quarter, slowing from 3.1 percent growth in the first quarter. Consumer and government spending buoyed growth for the quarter, but drags from business spending and net exports counterbalanced this somewhat. Slowing global growth and trade uncertainties served as a drag on activity,…
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Kirk’s Grocery Serves as New Venue for Art & Entertainment
Anyone wanting to mix it up a bit when it comes to seeking entertainment in Billings has a new opportunity. Spend an evening at Kirk’s Grocery. Even the name conveys the originality of this new venue. Kirk’s Grocery has nothing to do with groceries; it’s all about the off-beat of culture, art, music and theater…
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Idaho Reduces Regs To Reduce Burden
When it comes to competing with other states, Idaho is upping the anti. Idaho’s new governor, Brad Little, is on a mission to reduce red tape on businesses in Idaho. His first two executive orders were the Licensing Freedom Act and the Red Tape Reduction Act. Both are aimed at reducing regulatory burdens on residents…
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High Tech Cars Miss the Mark
Tech execs and auto company leaders are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future of AVs—and they are far less sanguine about electric vehicles (EVs) as well—because the raft of rosy projections in recent years have not even remotely come true. They have been nothing more than “hypothetical scenarios,” said Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber’s Advanced…
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Energy Transfer Sues Pipeline Demonstrators
Greenpeace and other individuals were blamed for directing protests causing millions of dollars in damage at the construction site of Dakota Access Pipeline, in a new lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer Partners. The lawsuit was filed in Morton County District Court by attorney Lawrence Bender against Greenpeace, the Red Warrior Society, Cody Hall, Krystall Two…