MONTANA

Space Propulsion Group, an offshoot of Stanford University test rockets tested at the Butte AeroTec facility

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the Montana Department of Commerce, MSE, Rhodia, MERDI, Spath Engineering and Space Propulsion Group were important partners in securing the site for Butte, said Kambich.

"This is a direct result of what can happen when the public/private sectors work on projects that produce high-end economic activity," he said.

Bresnan expands work force to satellite center – Company now employs 470 people in Billings

Demand for Bresnan’s newer products, including high-definition cable programming, high-speed Internet service and telephone service, has contributed to the company’s fast growth in Billings. Bresnan serves customers in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah.

Montana Ranked 12th Happiest State

Researchers hope the findings will help employers better understand what they can do to create more productive workers. Eventually, the data could even be used to compare health and happiness by ZIP code. The survey is going to be generated for 25 years, according to current plans.

Effort to bring in employer, Stinger Welding Inc. progresses in Libby, Montana

Stinger Welding has already hired a Libby man who is training in Arizona, and plans to hire 20-25 more workers in the next two or three months who will be trained to weld and drill at the proposed facility, according to Rumelhart and County Commissioner Tony Berget.

Community invited to learn how Main Street program can revitalize Shelby’s business districts on March 16

Main Street is a historic-preservation based economic development program that has been used in more than one thousand rural and urban communities since 1980 to spark life into traditional downtown commercial districts.

Paying Entrepreneurs to Find the Right Business

Mr. Grousbeck says studies by the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford, which he co-directs, show average annual returns by search funds to their original investors of well over 30 percent.

Senator Baucus delivers knock-out blow in ‘Last Best Place’ fight

Baucus included language in the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus appropriation bill that would prohibit the slogan "Last Best Place" from being trademarked.

Kalispell, Montana hoping to attract gun manufacturers

The city of Kalispell will also receive $750,000 for a new indoor shooting range for firearms training. The safety center will be for local law enforcement, but the mayor said she hopes to attract gun manufacturing with a new shooting range.

Supercomputer will change Montana’s economy. “Big Sky Blue”

The ultimate hope for this technological wonder is that it will attract a universe of entrepreneurs and researchers to Montana.

Governor Brian Schweitzer & Montana District Export Council Chair to Present 2008 Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award, March 12 at 3:30PM

Governor Brian Schweitzer and Megan Harrington, Chair of the Montana District Export Council will co-present the 2008 Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award Thursday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the Governor’s Reception Room. “Montana’s exporters…

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