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The Montana Photonics Industry Alliance serves as a hub for Montana’s optics, photonics, and quantum companies, entrepreneurs, laboratories, and universities to commercialize, grow and sustain globally leading organizations that create high quality jobs and economic opportunity in Montana.

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The Montana World Affairs Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering global understanding and awareness in Montana’s communities and classrooms.

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The Missoula Chamber of Commerce advances the quality of life in Missoula by advocating for a healthy, responsible & diverse business environment & by providing resources that help businesses succeed. Contact Sharon Morren, Director of Membership, [email protected] to join.

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We will bring the North Coast Hiawatha train route back to Southern Montana

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TOMIS is the Tour and Activity Industry's only one-stop shop for all things digital marketing.

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

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Welcome to MEDA: Leadership Dedicated to Building Montana's Economy

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"For small to medium to national organizations, for events and fundraisers of any size, in any format – live, virtual or hybrid – the platform is built for scale."

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

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Working to create a clean and balanced energy portfolio that will provide for a safe and reliable energy future. Learn more at http://www.NorthWesternEnergy.com/BrightFuture

Missoula is One of 50 Cities to Receive Clean Electricity Funding from Green Capital

Missoula and Clearwater Credit Union will develop a  “suite of clean energy projects that will reduce pollution and bring down energy costs” for homes and businesses in Missoula.

Montana’s fight to keep our public lands public – CBS 60 Minutes

Montana’s leaders killed a congressional proposal sell off our public land. It’s important to keep up the fight. 

Why is Agriculture Solar Becoming So Blue? Why Not In Montana?

The US Department of Agriculture has excluded solar panels from it loan programs. States are providing programs and funding to show that solar power can be a new income source for farmers.

Emotional intelligence – Fact or Fiction?

Ideas on how you can accept the impact of your emotions and nurture a better life with more health and happiness. 

The new measure of “social networking” is how many coffee groups you belong to.

Coffee groups are trumping social networking.   People are gathering to actually talk with each other with phones coming out only when someone can’t remember what that movie was or what’s the capital of…..  They’re even meeting at McDonald’s.  Try to meet someone new today.  Try it!  You’ll like it. 

Montana’s Nonresident and Resident Hunters Contribute an Estimated $3.5 billion to Montana’s Economy and Sustain Rural Communities.

Hunting and fishing by both resident and non-residents is a billion dollar economic benefit to Montana. Is it something that we can make even more positive financially for the state?

Save the Date for the 2026 Pilot Award Research Funding Announcement! Release Date: January 7, 2026

Rocky Mountain REACH will release the Research Funding Announcement (RFA) for the 2026 Pilot Awards on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. RMT-REACH Pilot Awards fund the advancement of promising health innovations into medical products with real-world impact. Included in the RFA are the application timeline, eligibility requirements, and funding priorities for the Pilot Awards. Preapplication submission is a required piece of the application process for the Awards and submissions will be accepted until Thursday, February 12 at 5:00pm Mountain Time.

West Virginia turns to tech to implement a new child care payment model

The state is grappling with unemployment as a result of a child care shortage. A data platform is helping fill those gaps and keep more West Virginians in the workforce.

Gov. Gianforte, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Advance Investment Opportunities in Montana

“We are honored to collaborate with the State of Montana to explore advanced data center and energy infrastructure opportunities,” said Masayuki Suematsu, Member of Board and Chief Strategy Officer at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

101 year old Anna Possi on six decades behind the counter at Italy’s Bar Centrale

This bar is a bit like family, you know? It does not feel like a bar; it’s a meeting place. People come not just to consume, but to connect. They ask me to pass messages to the town hall, to the doctor. I help with paperwork, errands.