If you do this you might live in Montana

Stop Chasing Views: How 87% of Creators Are Using AI to Build Real Businesses Beyond Social Media

Big Oil Shaped America’s Dream for Over a Century Including Carcatecture

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             ADROIT Supports Helena’s Largest Job Fair – Jobs Junction to Strengthen Montana’s         Local    Talent Pipeline – 10/28

Great Falls Development Alliance

• GFDA Top Ten for 10/25/26

  We have a career opening for a Business Development Officer who will focus on growing and diversifying the region’s food, ag, and bio processing industries and for a Business Attraction Specialist who will help us attract business investment to the region. Download our Career Opportunities. Please pass along to great candidates.

• 2 Montana Career Opportunities – Business Development Officer, Business Attraction Specialist – Great Falls Development Alliance

  The Great Falls Montana Development Alliance (GFDA) is non-profit economic development organization and certified Community Development Financial Institution based in Great Falls, Montana. We currently have two full-time positions to fill in Great Falls, MT.

Montana Business

• USDA Bans Solar Funding in Key Rural Energy Program

  The USDA’s new rules exclude solar projects from the Rural Energy for America Program, sparking legal challenges from farmers and environmental groups. This policy shift could impact renewable energy investments in Montana’s agricultural communities.

• Elon Musk Giving Out SpaceX Shares As ‘Universal Basic Income’ Becomes A Major Proposal To Tackle AI

  It’s a step toward what’s known as “universal basic capital,” a proposal that’s started to attract momentum from politicians on both sides of the aisle as a way to deal with the rise of AI.

• AI Agents Trying to Be Real-Life Journalists

  Jayden, Sam, and Zack are eagerly pitching editors on reported stories and investigative features. The catch? They’re all AI agents.

• Montana Career Opportunity – Senior Logistics & Fulfillment Manager – onX

  onX is seeking a Senior Logistics & Fulfillment Manager to help bring an exciting new connected product experience to market, designed to complement the onX Hunt app and create new possibilities for our customers. In this role, you’ll independently lead the development and execution of logistics and fulfillment operations, ensuring products move efficiently and reliably from manufacturing through delivery and returns.

• Montana Career Opportunity – Account Manager – Pathlabs

  Candidates for the Account Manager position must possess a background in advertising and/or marketing, a passion for technology and comfortability with data and numbers. They, ideally, have experience with digital ad buying platforms and/or advertising metrics. This candidate may have experience at an advertising agency in client service or digital media buying/planning.

• StanCraft Marine Construction returns to Montana with new Kalispell office and construction expansion.

  StanCraft Companies has reopened an office in Kalispell and started local construction projects, marking its return to Montana after decades. The company aims to grow its marine and construction services in the Flathead Valley, creating new opportunities for the region.

• Stop Chasing Views: How 87% of Creators Are Using AI to Build Real Businesses Beyond Social Media

  Viral fame is fleeting. Here’s how modern creators are trading rented social media land for automated, revenue-generating businesses.

• What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Everywhere Else

  Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.

• Big Oil Shaped America’s Dream for Over a Century Including Carcatecture

  Fossil fuel companies crafted a vision of prosperity tied to their products, embedding oil and gas into everyday life and economic growth. This legacy challenges Montana businesses as they navigate the shift away from fossil fuels.

• Nearly 50% Of 2026 Data Center Bonds Are Junk Bonds. Here’s Why.

  Data center developers and neoclouds raised $37 billion in junk bonds to finance U.S. data centers this year—more than four times the total in 2025. As yields hit double digits, debt tied to riskier AI firms is tumbling.

• The Cost of Raising a Child in Every U.S. State

  Raising a child to age 18 costs an estimated $303,418 nationwide, but the total can vary by more than $210,000 depending on where a family lives.

• The Boutique Seed Advantage in a Concentrated World

  In Q1 2026, six firms raised 76% of all the money committed to U.S. venture funds. In the first half of the year, two companies took 43% of global venture investment. Here is why we think that is good news for focused seed investing.

• Montana Manufacturing Business Owners — Do you know what your business is worth today?

  Exit readiness isn’t just a number, a plan, or a framework. It’s knowing whether you and your business are truly prepared for a successful transition.

• Kalispell software company GL Solutions gains national recognition with $2 million contract

  GL Solutions develops software for government regulatory agencies, helping them manage licenses, compliance, and enforcement.

• Remsight – A Montana-Built Technology That Serves Irrigation Districts at Any Scale

  We discuss the technology’s benefits and a recent deployment at Daly Ditches Irrigation District. Remsight’s aim is to fine-tune its technology in its home state, earning trust and making accomplishments, before expanding.

• Photonics West 2027: Montana’s Optics and Photonics Industry Will Head Back to San Francisco

  Companies considering Montana, as well as Montana companies attending the show, are invited to connect with the business attraction team in San Francisco. Contact Tony Brockman at [email protected] to schedule a meeting.

• The Top Women Leaders of Montana for 2026

  Their careers offer a useful snapshot of where leadership in Montana is heading.

• Headframe Spirits halts production of American Single Malt, remains committed to Butte

  McKee said Butte-Silver Bow officials really tried to make this work and gave them time to find funding and solutions, but there was just no financial way out.

• Montana Faces Skilled Trades Shortage Amid Retiring Workforce – Where is the next generation of skilled trades workers?

  Employers struggle to fill welding, flooring, and driving roles despite rising wages and apprenticeship programs. Training efforts at institutions like Great Falls College MSU aim to prepare new workers for these critical jobs.

• Airbnb Says Guests Shouldn’t Have to Do the Dishes Anymore

  The company will limit the chores hosts can require of guests, responding to complaints from travelers who said they shouldn’t have to do housekeeping while paying cleaning fees.

• Drone Completes First Combat Medevac of Wounded Ukrainian Soldier

  A modified hexacopter successfully extracted a wounded soldier from a heavily shelled zone, bypassing risks that ground or helicopter evacuations face. This breakthrough highlights the growing role of unmanned systems in frontline medical operations and could inspire new emergency response methods in remote areas like Montana.

• V2B (Veterans to Business) Stronger Businesses. Stronger Communities – Free to attend Open to all – 11/10 – Kalispell

  A veteran-led business network for Montana. Year One is in Kalispell — for veteran entrepreneurs, and for the businesses that hire them, buy from them, and build alongside them.

• From lackluster to lifeblood – Missoula’s Clark Fork River

  The Clark Fork went from dumping ground to Missoula’s backbone. Some business owners are asking what they owe it in return.

Montana Housing

• Can’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This Is 30.

  People in their early 30s constitute the largest age cohort in the United States, and their frustrations have emerged as a potent force reshaping cities and their politics and demographics.

• California Homeowners Use Big Batteries to Boost Power Reliability

  California residents are installing large lithium ion batteries that keep homes powered during outages and feed electricity back to the grid. This trend shows how residential energy storage can enhance grid resilience and energy sharing.

• Missoula Real Estate Meetup: ADU Deal Breakdown and Market Update with Dylan Shultz – 11/17 – Missoula’s Highlander

  How do you turn an ADU into a separately owned home?

• We Know How to Fix Homelessness. Look at Denver.

  Other cities no longer have an excuse.

City Club Missoula, Montana

• City Club Missoula Presents: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People/Relatives (MMIP/MMIR): Indigenous Perspectives on Justice, Advocacy, and Healing – 11/9

  Join City Club Missoula for a conversation about the challenges facing Indigenous communities, the work being done in Montana, and how we can move toward greater awareness, accountability, and action.

YOUR MONTANA CAREER

• If you do this you might live in Montana

  If you actually understand these observations, and you forward them to all your Montana friends, You must live in Montana.

• New mRNA Vaccine Reduces Risk of Melanoma Recurrence by Over 40 Percent

  The vaccine is personalized to a patient’s tumor, and results from the Phase 3 trial are yet another example of the promise of mRNA vaccines in treating cancer.

• If you don’t know how to spot a ghost job, it’s time to learn

  Read on to learn more about the ubiquity of ghost jobs and what you can do about it.

• There may be a good reason for why we can’t remember things as we get older

  “The older brain is optimized for different things than the younger brain, predominantly the sharing of stored expertise and social relationships.”

• Overcoming personal branding’s biggest challenges: 148 ideas and insights to take control of how people think about you

  Building ‘The Brand Called You’ comes with pitfalls. CEOs, consultants, investors, and others share their hard-won advice for keeping your personal brand growing.

Montana Energy and Transportation

• 80-Year-Old Tests Tesla Self-Driving on 3,000-Mile Road Trip – “I love this car.”

  Bill Sniffin relied on a used Tesla Model X’s autonomous driving for nearly 2,800 miles, revealing both the promise and challenges of EV technology on long trips.

• ‘Worst on record’: Brutal summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 in Europe’s cities

  About two-thirds of the deaths, more than 32,600, are directly attributed to climate change, driven by fossil fuel pollution, according to the findings, published in two peer-reviewed papers in the journal Nature Health.

Montana’s 21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”

• How could Missoula’s afterschool funding shift away from local property taxes?

  The Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship (BBS) program helps Montana families afford quality child care, allowing parents to participate more fully in the workforce and focus on their children(s) well-being.

2025 Montana Legislature and Politics

• ‘I realize that feels like a betrayal’: Bozeman City Commission approves $2.4 million purchasing agreement with Axon Enterprise

  The decision was met with heavy criticism from some members of the community

• He Helped Deport 200 People. Now He Has Misgivings.

  A deputy in small-town Texas became the local face of ICE’s national crackdown.

VR/AR, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Artificial Intelligence, The Internet of Things and Montana

• The Second Big Bang is Here – Video

  According to the columnist Thomas L. Friedman, humanity has just set off a second Big Bang — and we are not ready for it. He explains why the rise of A.I. and other “godlike” powers will require us to build healthy interdependencies to survive what comes next.

Privacy, Hacking and Virus Alerts Montana

• The 5 Things You Need to Know About the PHP Security Flaw Breaking the Internet

  While this is an urgent problem for anyone who has their own website, there isn’t a setting that you can enable or an iOS update that you can install to address the issue — website owners have to patch the problem themselves. But there are steps that everyone can take to stay safe online.

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