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Where Every Tree Hides ‘an Enemy’: How I Watched China’s Paranoia Grow – Is America Headed There Too?
Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.
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In Germany, even the curb could help charge your electric car.
The idea shows how cities could rethink the infrastructure needed for electric mobility.
Sometimes, the future of clean transportation is not about building more things everywhere. It is about finding smarter ways to integrate what we need into the spaces we already have.
Big for its britches: Montana’s Red Ants Pants turns 20
Sarah Calhoun didn’t consider herself a feminist when she launched her women’s workwear brand 20 years ago. She was just filling a need. Before Red Ants Pants, there were no work pants built specifically to fit women well.
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Begins Building Lyme Disease Drug Facility in Hamilton, Montana
Tonix Pharmaceuticals has started construction on a 44-acre site in Hamilton to produce TNX 4800, a Lyme disease prophylactic. This project aims to boost the Bitterroot biotech corridor and strengthen Montana’s biotech infrastructure.
Prospera Business Network
Prospera Business Network is the lead non-profit organization advancing and supporting community-centered economic development in southwest Montana. Our focus is helping people start and grow their business – in turn strengthening our region’s economy and…
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A practical look at federal funding that doesn’t cost you equity. – 10/28 – Missoula
The workshop is interactive and in person, and it sticks to the practical side: how to identify opportunities, what federal agencies are looking for, how proposals are evaluated, what goes into a competitive application and why the right collaborators matter.
Glacier National Park Conservancy Wants to Raise $4.6 Million for 2027 Projects
The Conservancy plans to fund 35 projects addressing trail maintenance, research, and emergency response amid rising visitation and staffing cuts. Their efforts aim to sustain safe and accessible wilderness experiences despite operational challenges as staffing reductions have removed nearly a quarter of the park’s workforce, while visitation continues to surge, creating pressure on resources and infrastructure.
Great Falls Development Alliance
“Anything Business – Think GFDA. The Great Falls trade area offers a strategic location, competitive operating costs, and strong industry advantages in food and agriculture, value-added processing, bioprocessing, energy, and advanced support services. As the…
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Submittable Launches Sub*stance – A corner of the internet just for grantmakers
Sub*stance is a space for you to swap ideas with other grantmakers, get real advice, and dig deeper. It’s a place for you to find the creative spark you need, whenever you need it. Whether that be a fresh approach to a particular challenge, or an existential boost to help remember why you got into this work in the first place.
The Jeanette Rankin Foundation – Transformation Futures Through Education
Education can mean the difference between minimum wage and a living salary, between a life of poverty and a promising future.
Great Falls Development Alliance
“Anything Business – Think GFDA. The Great Falls trade area offers a strategic location, competitive operating costs, and strong industry advantages in food and agriculture, value-added processing, bioprocessing, energy, and advanced support services. As the…
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Montana is one of the 10 weakest economies by real GDP growth in Q2
Montana’s real GDP grew by an annualized rate of 0.1% in Q2 2026, down from 1.1% in Q1 2026, placing it among the 10 weakest state economies in the country according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) via the St. Louis Fed (FRED)
Northwestern Energy May Have Your Future Career Opportunity – Check Them Out.
Mobile Dispatcher Northwestern Energy – Butte Read the full job description: CLICK HERE! Corrosion Technician Northwestern Energy – Montana Read the full job description: CLICK HERE! Paralegal Northwestern Energy – Helena Read the full job description: CLICK HERE! Journeyman Lineman Northwestern…
University of Montana College of Business
Make Your Future in the College of Business The College of Business at the University of Montana is a special place focused on making students feel engaged, supported and connected. Students receive access to opportunities…
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University of Montana College of Business
Make Your Future in the College of Business The College of Business at the University of Montana is a special place focused on making students feel engaged, supported and connected. Students receive access to opportunities…
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Missoula Economic Partnership’s annual meeting highlights Missoula’s resilient economy
The highlight of the gathering was tied to the keynote speaker, Erick Garcia-Luna, regional economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, who spoke about the economic resilience of Missoula. View the story for his presentation slides
Great Falls Proposing to Host Annual Ironman Races Starting 2027
The Great Falls Tourism Business Improvement District proposes hosting Ironman triathlons for three consecutive years, pending city approval. This initiative could reshape the city’s tourism strategy and bring significant economic benefits.
High Plains Financial
“High Plains Financial (HPF) is a Montana-based Certified Development Company and SBA 504 lender affiliated with the Great Falls Development Alliance (GFDA). HPF provides SBA 504 loans statewide, helping businesses access long-term, fixed-rate financing for…
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The VBX Keginar series “What Comes After the Transformer?” – Every Thursday Starting 10/8 – Missoula
What is a Keginar, one might ask? It is one part seminar, one part beer, and completely Missoula. All techies and AI-nerds invited!
Are You Positive You’re Registered to Vote??? – Check with the Montana Voter Portal
Now is the time…go online to MT Voter Portal (or voterportal.mt.gov), put in your name and birthday, check your voter registration info, track your ballot and look at your sample ballot.