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Hooked on rods: 17-year-old Montanan catches custom rod-building bug, starts business. Shields River Rods

So far, he’s sold about 100 rods ranging in price from $290 to $475.

Carbon offsets: Landowners’ wave of the future?

“At this point carbon markets themselves are emerging,” Dodge said. “There’s an increasing interest and it’s beginning to appeal in terms of value to a farmer or rancher.” So what exactly are carbon offsets?

Factory could bring hundreds of jobs to Blackfeet Reservation

"It will manufacture adaptive lightweight materials for missile defense," tribal Chairman Earl Old Person said. "It will start small, but it could grow to 300 or 400 employees."

Officials from the City of Helena and Lewis and Clark County, Montana work to lure United Express flights

“”I think it’s reasonable,” said Mayor Jim Smith. “What we’d like to do is prime the pump for private contributions, and I think that’s a proper role for government from time to time.”

Reasons women want to start a business

If I want to have a child and work part time or work at 2 in the morning, I have that option.

Computer ER establishing itself in new service area

"In this size of a community, we have (to have) integrity," she said. "We’re not going to sell people something they don’t want. We have to see them at the grocery store, and we feel that’s more valuable."

Aerospace company, Summit Aeronautics Group gains tentative support from commissioners

Summit officials say the expansions will produce about 50 new jobs in Helena over the next five years, with salaries averaging $38,832.

Missoula Area Economic Development Corporation Newsletter

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Montana Gov. Schweitzer battles creation of special tax district

Fallon County wants to create an unusually large district that includes the county’s oil field, and proposes to use revenue to build up a section of Baker to entice oil-field service companies and perhaps other businesses — or even an oil-processing plant — in the future.

MBAC recognizes local entrepreneurs

A nascent drive-thru coffee stand earned the Building A Business Award from Montana Business Assistance Connection at the local economic development authority’s annual meeting Wednesday.

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