Articles with the Tag: business

Small Business Saturday, a national advertising campaign that supports all small businesses in response to Black Friday, had 23 Polson businesses consciously take part this year, their second year doing so. Mission Valley businesses saw mixed results to the Shop Small campaign. All In Stitches, a...

POLSON — It may look like asphalt, but the material recently poured at the intersection of Mud Lake Trail and Highway 93 is made of recycled tires — and that makes Vern Reum pretty excited. “I’m always trying to find things for recycling tires,” said Reum, owner of Tire Depot...
POLSON — The Miracle of America Museum continues their second Thursday “Night at the Museum” at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10, just three days after the anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy.” The museum will present the feature length movie “Tora! Tora! Tora!” The...

The free popcorn isn’t going anywhere and neither is the store, but the owners of True Value in Ronan have sold out. “We will stay part of this community, but it’s time,” Norma Granley said of her plans to retire from the business with husband Gary Granley. “We’ve been ...
POLSON — Polson Paint and Body has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Polson community. Polson Paint and Body at 55376 U.S. Highway 93 will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, support rental items and in-store pick-up for boxes. Hours of operation for U-Haul renta...
News from the Office of the Governor HELENA – Montana’s unemployment rate rose slightly in August to 4.1 percent, an increase of 0.1 percentage points. The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 5.1 percent, a 0.2 percentage point decline. “Montana’s economy continues to show stre...
from MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Seven businesses based in Montana will receive Family Business Day awards at the 2015 Montana State University Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship State Farm Insurance Family Business Day, set for Friday, Oct. 23, at the Best Western Plus GranTree Inn in Boze...

Deftly moving his fingers among the red-veined leaves, Ken Pitt clipped small clusters of dusty purple Marquette grapes, checked for green ones and then placed them in a five-gallon bucket. It was a beautiful sunny Friday, a good day to be outside. Picking grapes is a back-breaker, whether the picke...

RONAN — Leftover tree parts from logging operations usually end up as piles of useless ash, but academic researchers and tribal forestry officials hope that recent projects will result in less waste and a possible energy market for local forest products. Alaska Airlines hopes to fly a jet with...

Homegrown tomatoes are ripening, corn is at its peak and Flathead peaches, pears, plums and grapes are bursting their skins, loading the Polson Farmers Market with fresh produce and fruit. To help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients buy more fresh food, Lou Anne Hoskinson and Meliss...