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Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails

Starlink is a unit of Musk’s space company, SpaceX. The service uses terminals that resemble TV dishes equipped with antennas and are usually mounted on roofs to access the Internet via satellite in rural or disconnected areas.

Could Missoula and Helena, Montana be the Next San Francisco in Terms of Housing Affordability and Availability?

According to a Chronicle data analysis, there are at least 10 metro areas that could soon become “the next San Francisco” in terms of housing affordability and availability, including San Diego, Raleigh, N.C., and two areas in Montana.

Gov. Gianforte Invites Minnesota Small Businesses Facing Massive Tax Hikes To Move to Montana

“If you value freedom and free enterprise and are looking for a location to do business that has a stable, predictable, business-friendly climate, look no further than Montana.” Gov. Gianforte

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and … internet access

The case for treating internet access as a health necessity.

New ‘digital equity’ data, mapping tools opened to state and local agencies

The “Digital Equity Intelligence Center,” is a library of data models and an interactive map-based application. The tools allow states and cities to skip much of the data modeling needed to understand the digital divide

2022 Montana Broadband Availability Map – How is your location doing?

Click in the map to see county statistics in a popup. Zoom in until country boundaries appear and click in the map to see relevant statistics. Zoom in still further to see Served / Unserved / Underserved / Frontier Locations in the map.

Lily Clarke’s High Morel LLC Gets Off the Ground with the University of Montana’s Blackstone LaunchPad as It Elevates Entrepreneurs

Clarke’s business was founded to explore the potential of mycoremediation — using mushrooms to decontaminate the environment. So far, she has worked on a mushroom mycelium filter that could clean hazardous chemicals out of water, allowing dirty water to become drinkable.

Bear Paw Development Corporation – Paw Prints – A quarterly newsletter to keep you informed

During last year we coordinated more than $13.1 million in funding for business start-ups and expansions and community enhancements, including local government infrastructure. We also leveraged $125 from outside sources for every $1 we received from our local government member entities and helped the private sector to create or retain 61 jobs in our rural area of Montana.

Interesting commentary on remote vs. hybrid vs. in office companies and how this will impact their future.

I think we’ll see a lot of companies embrace a hybrid option whose in office frequency will probably vary by team, ranging from a few days a week to once a month. I think we’ll also see people start to gravitate towards companies that support their personality preference.

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