Montana Business

SANDPOINT, Idaho – The soulful sound of the steam locomotive’s "whippoorwill" whistle will echo through Montana’s Big Sky Country for the first time in nearly a century when Montana Rockies Rail Tours presents its "Montana…

Les Dolezal leads canoe trips through the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, a strip of the state loaded with history. Gazette Staff Along the route, Dolezal and his guides relate stories from the area…

HAVRE, Mont. _ Mike Williams hasn’t sold a big $100,000 farm tractor or combine in three years; his implement dealership used to sell between four and nine a year. It’s been more than a year…

BILLINGS — The sun still rises and sets here, but for now it has three finger holes. The American Bowling Congress Championships Tournament is in town until June 23, adding about 3,000 people to the…

– 04/07/02 The U S West-Qwest merger has had a ripple effect felt across Montana. Since the merger in 2000, employment at Qwest Montana has decreased by about 50 jobs to around 525, according to…

Honey wine, or mead, is growing in popularity and being produced in the Bitterroot Mountains I’m prized by men, in the meadows I’m found, Gathered on hillsides, and hunted in groves; From dale and from…

Advanced Silicon Materials Inc. will move its corporate offices from Moses Lake, Wash., to Butte, it was announced this week. By The Standard Staff The move means 20 to 25 more jobs at the Butte…

POLSON (AP) — A major tool manufacturer filed an offer with U.S. Bankruptcy Court late Thursday to buy Jore Corp.’s assets for about $26.3 million, said Jore pres ident Gerald McConnell. By the Associated Press…

Local tourism officials are hoping to convince Canadian tourists that a trip south of the border won’t break the bank. By William L. Spence The Daily Inter Lake That’s been a tough message to sell…

CardioPak has already taken its first steps onto the global business dance floor. The Billings-based company has found better prices for raw materials from India and has already exported some of its prepackaged surgical supply…