Montana Business

Seven years ago, Besty and Doug Miller planted a seed for an idea. They grew 16,000 tomato plants in the basement of their home near Belgrade. That spring, the Millers loaded their plants into a…

Almost a half million dollars will come to Montana for agriculture-related homeland security. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced Montana will receive $121,685 for animal disease surveillance, $252,991 for animal disease response…

Associated Press HELENA (AP) – Officials from two Wall Street bond-rating companies got a firsthand look at the Montana economy Wednesday and will use the information in analyzing the state’s financial condition just before it…

Corixa cut 130 jobs yesterday in South San Francisco and sold six antibodies in animal testing, moves that will conserve money in the midst of its latest standoff with the Food and Drug Administration. By…

The idea first hit Bruce Vincent as he was walking out of a Montana middle school in 1997. Mr. Vincent, president of the League of Rural Voters, had just finished giving a talk to a…

Montana technology consulting firm eMoe.net has been awarded a distinguished Pollie award by the American Association of Political Consultants. The award was given in the category of “Best National Grassroots Website” for work eMoe.net has…

ILX Lightwave laid off 21 Bozeman-based employees Wednesday, bringing the number of local workers released by the company in the past year to 125. By JACOB GOLDSTEIN Chronicle Staff Writer The move was the high-tech…

A Bitterroot Valley research and manufacturing facility is in the middle of a drug research and development program targeting a litany of diseases, including a possible cure for cancer. By JENNY JOHNSON Staff Reporter Ravalli…

A hot ink smell hangs heavily in the back room of Wild West Shirtworks, where Ronnie Gorder and a dozen coworkers are cranking out enough t-shirts to clothe tourists from Anchorage to the Alamo. By…

By the AP – 05/12/02 RONAN (AP) — Frank Tiegs came to western Montana’s Mission Valley from Pasco, Wash., over the winter to talk spuds with a seed potato farmer and left this spring owning…