Australia to phase out waste exports, boost recycling

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government introduced legislation Thursday that would phase out exports of waste plastic, paper, glass and tires beginning January next year.

Changing the way UI does business

Research park to host open house today,business forum Oct. 19

POST FALLS - The University of Idaho is introducing a new program aimed at boosting the state's economic development.

Regulatory rigmarole

Working in Washington, D.C., has helped freshman Rep. Raul Labrador see his Idaho a little more clearly.

JOBS: The public's plight

Diane Burright’s anecdotal Sunday letter defending public pay abuse is myopic and misleading. I am doubling down that public pay practices are actually bankrupting our country. Here’s why:

MEDICAL: Bills burying Americans

Buried on page 14A of Sunday’s paper was an article on unpaid medical bills. A whopping 20 percent of all credit files or nearly 43 million people have unpaid medical bills. This is unsustainable.

Local jobless rate increases

By BRIAN WALKER

Governor releases development plan

James Jude McGarvey, 70

James Jude McGarvey, 70, “went to be with our Lord” on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at 11:46 p.m.

Power supplier still talking with CFAC

Bonneville Power Administration is having weekly discussions with Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. to negotiate an energy contract that would restart the shuttered plant, BPA Administrator Stephen Wright said last week.

Jobless rate dips 1.5 percent

Flathead County’s unemployment rate improved in May, heralding the typical upswing in hiring as summer sets in.

Warnick and Manweller presented with Guardian of Small Business Award

OLYMPIA - State Reps. Judy Warnick and Matt Manweller were recently presented the "Guardian of Small Business Award" by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for their voting records during the 2013-14 legislative sessions.

Seasonal hiring continues; county jobless rate dips 0.4 percent

Montana’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.3 percent in June, with about 1,000 jobs added during the month, as the national rate also held steady at 8.2 percent.

Pennsylvania jobless rate hits 15.1% as payrolls collapse

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate skyrocketed in April, at the height of the pandemic-driven shutdown, to its highest rate in over four decades of record-keeping, the state said Friday.

WSDA awards $14 million in grants to small agribusinesses

OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has awarded more than $14 million in COVID-19 Relief and Recovery grants to 839 businesses affected by the pandemic.

China's manufacturing rebounds as virus controls ease

BEIJING (AP) — China’s manufacturing rebounded in March as authorities relaxed anti-disease controls and allowed factories to reopen, an official survey showed Tuesday, but an industry group warned the economy has yet to fully recover.

China's manufacturing rebounds as virus controls ease

BEIJING (AP) — China’s manufacturing rebounded in March as authorities relaxed anti-disease controls and allowed factories to reopen, an official survey showed Tuesday, but an industry group warned the economy has yet to fully recover.

Marjorie Ann Guynn, 77

Marjorie Ann Guynn passed away on Sept. 6, 2022.

Siemens earnings dip on weakness in autos, energy industries

BERLIN (AP) — Orders and earnings at industrial conglomerate Siemens were lower than a year earlier in the October-December period, the company said Wednesday, weighed down by weaker performances in the auto and energy sectors.

Trump administration to create a strategic reserve for rare earth elements

China represents about 70% of the world’s rare earths mining and 90% of global rare earths processing. That gave it a chokehold on the sector that has caused the U.S. to nurture alternative sources of the elements, creating a stockpile similar to the national reserve for petroleum.

PHOTOS: Whitefish rally protests Trump administration

A large crowd gathered at Grouse Mountain Park on Saturday for a rally organized by Flathead Democracy and 50501MT to protest the continued degradation of constitutional and federal rights under the current presidential administration.