The Beekeeping Industry Is In Panic As A Shocking Number Of Bees Die

Come Home Montana

• Most romantic Montana vacations: Local reveals the best of Big Sky

  Find out why couples and honeymooners are flocking to this state

• ‘Mirror image’: Montana’s slowing growth going in opposite direction of rest of country

  Michael pointed out that while the country’s population growth rate tanked in 2020, Montana’s skyrocketed. And while the country picked up after COVID faded from prominence, the state’s began to sink.

• Preview of Grounded with Jon Tester and Maritsa Georgiou

  A Super Bowl Sunday preview of our new venture: Grounded with Jon Tester and Maritsa Georgiou. We hope you’ll join us for our inaugural episode this week when we talk to Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration.

• Montana Student Summer Program Opportunity: National Education for Women’s Leadership – June 1-4 – Missoula

  The University of Montana is now accepting applications to our four-day NEW Leadership program, which will be held in Missoula from June 1-4. This nonpartisan, residential program aims to build the skills that college students need to become involved advocates and leaders within their communities, particularly with a focus on addressing women’s underrepresentation in politics and building the next generation of women leaders.   This program is ideal for current or newly graduated students who are enrolled in an institute of higher education in Montana, or who are Montana residents seeking their education elsewhere. This year, we are pleased to announce that we have secured funding so that all accepted participants can take part in this four-day residential institute at no cost other than their travel to the University of Montana campus.

• Montana Property Search Project Delta ***** Project Due Friday Feb 21, 2025 at Noon

  As Project Delta prepares for significant expansion, they are seeking a suitable facility to establish operations. Specifically, they require a 7,000-9,000 square foot space to accommodate manufacturing, research and development, and administrative functions.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Why Do We Age?

  The global population is aging at an unprecedented rate, a phenomenon that carries significant social and economic challenges. Societies are investing heavily in the fight against aging—a recent analysis revealed that a slowdown of aging by just one year could be worth $38T in the US alone.

• Montana Department of Commerce Launches the Opportunities in Rural Economies Program

  Today, the Montana Department of Commerce launched the Opportunities in Rural Economies Program, a new initiative aimed at fostering economic growth, supporting business expansion and creating high-paying jobs in rural communities across the state.

Missoula Chamber of Commerce

• Community for Profit – A series investigating Missoula’s private equity-funded hospital.

  This series, by freelance reporter Michael Cast, tells the story of the hospital’s transition from nonprofit to for-profit and what that’s meant for employees and patient care, especially in the years after the pandemic.

Montana World Affairs Council

• Montana World Affairs Council Dinner & Speaker Series with Filmmaker Andreas Hartmann – Feb 21st – Missoula

  Every year, thousands of people vanish without a trace in Japan. Known as the Johatsu, or “the evaporated”, they abandon their lives for various reasons, a troublesome relationship, mounting debts or threats from the mafia.

Five Valleys Archery Club

• What’s Happening at Five Valleys Archery Club in 2025?

  Spring Fling 2025 is April 13 in Missoula.

Great Falls Development Alliance

• GFDA Top Ten for 2-9-25

  1) Protech Steel celebrated its expansion in Cascade County that will create 45 new jobs local jobs; see KRTV. Congratulations to the Protech Steel team!

Montana Business

• The Beekeeping Industry Is In Panic As A Shocking Number Of Bees Die

  Commercial beekeepers saw well over 50% losses this winter. As California prepares for almond season, and for fruits like blueberries and cherries after that, not enough bees could mean higher prices at the grocery store.

Housing

• News from NeighborWorks Montana – Scott Street Development in Missoula

  3 acres for 89 for-sale homes, including 47 Community Land Trust homes for income-qualified buyers.
  5 acres for mixed-use development, with retail space and 220 market-rate apartments.
  When finished, this will be Montana’s largest development of income-restricted, for-sale homes on a Community Land Trust. 53% of the homes will be available to households earning up to 120% of the area median income.

Government Technology

• This program saved the government $28 million a year. Now Trump is killing it

  The Green Proving Ground program was a test bed for sustainable building technologies that provided the government with major energy savings.

City Club Missoula

• TODAY!!!!! City Club Missoula Presents: Insurance in the State of Montana: An Overview of the Current Landscape with David Sanders Day: Monday, February 10th 2025

  Insurance costs are increasing faster than mortgage payments. That’s squeezing homeowners and eventually leading to climate change-driven migration away from high-risk areas in the Sun Belt and the West.

Careers

• Searching for a Job in AI? Industry Leaders Are Looking for 1 Specific Trait 

  We spoke with executives at a range of companies from Accenture to Zoom about what they’re looking for. Over many conversations, a clear theme emerged.

Transportation

• Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

  The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.

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