The scene, set at “The Fireman’s Fair,” offers a family-friendly day with local food trucks, games and a chance to see a movie set in action. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at how films are made.
“I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.”
The film chronicles the Blackfeet Nation’s decades-long effort to return wild bison (iinnii) to their ancestral lands and, in doing so, restore a vital part of their culture, identity, and sovereignty.
The Backroads Bar & Grill several miles west of Great Falls is offering to help by letting federal government employees who haven’t received a paycheck to start a tab.
States across the U.S. have been vying for hyperscale data centers to bring increased investment and tax revenue. Data center development also brings temporary construction jobs and, once built, permanent IT jobs.
The scene, set at “The Fireman’s Fair,” offers a family-friendly day with local food trucks, games and a chance to see a movie set in action. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at how films are made.
Public meetings will be held for those wishing to voice their opinions. The meetings are scheduled for Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Missoula Public Library and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Grant Creek Town Center.
A new report identifies a strategy that utility planners can take to avoid these problems while still providing data centers with the massive amounts of power they require. They simply need to convince data centers to use less electricity from time to time — and they need to do so early in the utility planning process, when it’s still a win-win for both developers and utilities.
GFDA was awarded three excellence awards at the 2025 Montana Economic Developers Association (MEDA) annual conference! We were recognized for our work with partners in landing and supporting Touro University; for our partnership and unique approach and work on housing developments led by the data produced in the Housing Assessment; and for our leverage of the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) 2.0 loans to aid 18 businesses across our region. Well done team!
Montana annual property tax estimate on phase 1 of a hyperscale data center: $2.25 million
Average property tax paid annual on a Great Falls home: $2,436
Number of Great Falls homes property tax to equal phase 1 of hyperscale data center: 924
As the national partner for both the VA and DOD, TechLink identifies commercially viable technologies invented in VA and DOD labs and markets commercialization opportunities to potential manufacturers to bring the technologies to the marketplace through licensing and cooperative research and development.
The utility had asked for more, but regulators settled on an increase that translates to 36% more for the average customer, including costs over which it has little discretion. The state’s Consumer Counsel said that will be difficult for many.
There’s Got to Be a Better Way is a book that dismantles management fads and offers practical alternatives. Don’s approach challenges the status quo and redefines what sustainable improvement looks like.
Wyoming resident and conservation icon Yvon Chouinard joined forces with Craig Mathews — the “dean” of fly fishing in Yellowstone in a new book that urges anglers and the rest of the world to do more with less — like climbing El Capitan completely naked, at night.
Over the course of 47 winters in Yellowstone, Jeff Henry has seen incredible changes. He can recall back when so many winter-killed bison and elk carcasses littered the basins near Old Faithful, counting them was his and other peoples’ full-time job.
The latest job seeking hack hides instructions to AI bots analyzing job applications to ignore hiring managers’ instructions and sing a candidate’s praises.
Presented by The Jackson Hole Technology Partnership, the 2025 Tech Summit will showcase Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region’s innovation, feature exciting announcements and provide attendees with the opportunity to network with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, respected innovators, leaders and policy makers. This event leverages new technologies to solve old challenges and drive positive outcomes for Wyoming and the Rockies.
A shift in employer priorities that prizes skills and experience over formal education leaves many recent college grads doubting the value of their diplomas.
“Tax returns will be arriving, but there will be no one there to process them,” Maria Ramos, a chapter president with the National Treasury Employees Union, told CNN.
