Boundary County loses 122 jobs in '09

In 2009, Boundary County experienced another year of disappointments.

Defensive at Davos

Big banks under pressure, on defense due to scandals, regulations

DAVOS, Switzerland - If there is one place bankers should be able to let down their guard a little, you would think it would be at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an exclusive gathering of 2,500 of the globe's financial and corporate elite.

Wisconsin could set union-busting blueprint

GOP stands to gain if collective bargaining right is taken away

MADISON, Wis. - The high-stakes fight in Wisconsin over union rights is about more than pay and benefits in the public sector. It could have far-reaching effects on electoral politics in this and other states by helping solidify Republican power for years, experts said Monday.

After 70 years, right-to-work impact still unclear

More Idaho workers are covered by union contracts without being union members

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The battle over the right-to-work issue may be reaching a conclusion in Indiana as the state prepares to adopt its law, but the argument over exactly what the measure means for a state's economy is likely to rage on, unresolved, as it has for 70 years.

Lawmakers approve key bills for bailout

Flathead building permits surpass 2015 mark

Permits filed with Flathead cities and the county in 2016 are pointing to future growth in the residential, commercial and health care sectors, with building permits and zone-change requests booming over 2015’s mark in some areas.

Telecommuter expands career in Flathead

High-tech frontier

As Northwest Montana continues to grow as a hub for the high-tech sector, with both companies and individuals relocating here to run their operations worldwide, Bjorn Beer is a prime example of what that growing population of telecommuters looks like.

AP sources: Feds wiretap former DEA supervisor in leak probe

MIAMI (AP) — Federal investigators took the unusual step of wiretapping a retired supervisor in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Miami office as part of an inquiry into whether sensitive case information was leaked to attorneys for suspected drug traffickers in Colombia, current and former law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

Expert: Outlook gloomy

America is on 'unsustainable path'

Council supports industrial park

The ball on developing the Old School Station industrial park is back in the private sectors court.

US indexes are weighed down by industrials, energy stocks

Losses among Boeing, General Electric and other big industrial companies weighed on U.S. stocks Thursday, pulling the market below the record highs it set the day before.

Kalispell considers sewer extension as leverage on Two Rivers project

One topic. Two separate meetings. Many potential ramifications.

'Locally owned' still prevails here

As the Flathead Valley population and economy grow, an increasing number of businesses in a variety of sectors consider the Flathead Valley a desirable market.

U.S. job growth drops sharply in August figures

The disappointing 142,000 net new jobs added to the economy in August — the second straight month of slower growth — appears to be an anomaly and is not reason to panic that the recovery is faltering once again, economists said.

Library facilities master plan underway

A husband-and-wife consulting team from Wisconsin has embarked on a facilities master plan for the Flathead County Library System that will detail future space needs for the main library and its three branch libraries.

Business Fallout: more flights halted, Walmart hiring 150K

Less than three months ago came the first reports of cases of pneumonia related to a virus first detected in Wuhan, China. The outbreak of the virus that causes COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruptions that have brought an unparalleled shock to the global economy.

Unemployment rate rockets past 15%; Super Bowl ring nets $1M

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts unemployment rate soared to 15.1% in April — up from about 2.8% in March — as the state’s efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus shuttered wide swaths of the economy, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday.

Most of Wall Street climbs on encouraging inflation report, but Big Tech slumps

Most U.S. stocks rose after the latest update on inflation bolstered Wall Street's belief that relief on interest rates may come as soon as September. Nearly 80% of the stocks in the S&P 500 climbed Thursday, and homebuilders, real estate owners and other stocks that benefit the most from easier interest rates led the way. But slumps for Nvidia, Tesla and other influential stocks in the small group that's come to be known as the Magnificent Seven masked the underlying strength. That dragged the S&P 500 down 0.9%. The Nasdaq fell 2% and the Dow rose 32 points. Bond yields tumbled.

Horse Gulch could have been prevented

Writing recently on X (formerly Twitter), Frontier Institute President and CEO Kendall Cotton observed that Montana’s Horse Gulch Fire is burning in a portion of Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest that was slated for landscape-scale thinning and controlled burns,

Peru's presidential runoff election too close to call

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A rural teacher-turned-political novice and the daughter of an imprisoned former president traded the lead Monday in a tight race for Peru’s presidency in a runoff election as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the Andean country.