Some good economic indicators came out today. U.S. home prices jumped 12.2 percent in May from a year ago, the most in seven years. In Montana prices were up 6%-8%.
Automakers say that buyers snapped up new cars and trucks at a strong pace in June...
Missoula's Neptune Aviation heard bad news this week when the U.S. Forest Service announced the winners of lucrative contracts for developing the next generation of firefighting air tankers.
This week, March 24, news broke that the federal government would be keeping nearly $53 million in mineral payments that would normally have gone to Wyoming. It now appears that cuts could be coming to Montana as well.
Since 1986, The Learning Tree has been one of the only locally owned toy stores in Missoula. In mid-April, though, The Learning Tree will be closing its doors for good.
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has seen an usually high number of scams targeting Montana business over the past few months. Now a new deception has been discovered.
At $3.34 per gallon, Montana's average gas prices are up again this week. They have been climbing for over three weeks now, but hope for motorists could be on the horizon.