Business

LAKE COUNTY – With schools and many businesses closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Mission Valley residents are turning to the internet to continue essential activities.  People are using video calls and email to keep up with their work, students are using the internet to receive instruction and class materials to continue their education, and healthcare providers are using the internet to interact with patients. The internet is also a valuable tool for entertainment, connection and shopping.    Two local companies, Blackfoot Communications and Access Montana, are changing protocol and adding programs to make sure people have service.  Accordi...

HELENA – Public health officials and numerous Montana coffee shops have announced a new effort today to promote the importance of colorectal cancer screening among individuals ages 50 to 75. As part of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, the Department of Public Health and Human Services is ...

News from the Office of the Governor   MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock and Lt. Governor Mike Cooney launched a comprehensive database that will host state and federal grant and loan opportunities that rural Montana communities can leverage to fund community and economic development projects ...

News from HandMADE Montana POLSON — Polson is happy to announce the introduction of First Friday events in downtown Polson beginning Friday, March 6. Participating stores and businesses welcome the community to shop local, score hot deals and visit with community artists and makers.  HandM...

News from Mission Valley Museum Consortium   ARLEE Arlee Jocko Valley Museum Our historic site is closed until July 4, 2020. View our beautiful war memorial, which is outside of our site located at the corner of Bouch and Fyant (by the grade school). Volunteers needed. For more infor...

News from Montana Economic Developers Association and Montana Chamber Foundation MONTANA — Montana NextGen, a statewide project, is underway to complete an analysis of Montana’s economic and community development tools, programs, and funding mechanisms. This collaborative effort of over 75 p...

News from Handmade Montana  POLSON — The great state of Montana finally has a book giving the inside scoop on some of its remarkable places, people, history and things.  Josh Quick, an award winning Missoula illustrator, drops visual fact bombs that explode and illuminate your mind &h...

News from S&K Technologies, Inc.  St. Ignatius — S&K Technologies, Inc. announced that on Dec. 24, 2019, two of their subsidiaries, International Towers, LLC and S&K Mission Support LLC received certifications from the Small Business Administration. This certification enables thes...

News from Karen Dunwell, Polson-Flathead Lake Historical Museum    POLSON — The Polson Flathead Lake Historical Museum faces an uncertain future unless they can acquire funds from grants and private donations to replace the roof and make other required renovations to their building.&n...

CHARLO – Five months ago, the idea of local shrimp in the Mission Valley was laughable, but now, the first locally grown shrimp are on the market.  In his backyard, Jim Vaughn has a barn filled with six Walmart swimming pools, five of them teeming with 22,000 living shrimp at various stages of ...