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Wife texts husband on a cold winter morning: "Windows frozen - won't open" Husband texts back: "Gently pour some lukewarm water over it and gently tap the edges with a hammer." Wife texts back 10 minutes later: "Computer really messed up now."
Big Sky Economic Development
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- BillingsWorks Announces New Talent Attraction Campaign
Billings a great place to live and work. This website is a great addition to your website career page, as it gives job seekers a personal perspective on our great city.
Energy and Climate Change
- Montana's talon show
"I have three different species on the tree in my yard," the chatty receptionist at Ninepipes Lodge tells me, upon hearing that I've come to Montana's Mission Valley to write about owls.
- Lincoln, Montana's Sculpture in the Wild takes on new meaning at solstice time
Four artists from Denmark, Ireland, Finland and New York converged in these woods two Septembers ago to make the first imprints on the new, perception-shattering park that grows in scope and stature with each passing season.
Come Home Montana
- Climate change doesn't necessarily mean disaster for Idaho
"We're in the sweet spot," Umiker said. "The weather data suggests it's easier to grow grapes in the Lewis and Clark Valley than it was 150 years ago because of less extreme winters."
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunities - Administrative Specialist, Engineer, Journeyman Lineman - Northwestern Energy
We own and operate natural gas production, transmission and distribution systems serving 276,500 customers.
- My Montana in photos 2015
What is your favorite?
- Christmas 2015 Wishes for Missoula and the world
Geoff Badenoch shows the beauty of Missoula on a crisp Christmas morn. We are truly blessed to live in Missoula and have a great friend in Geoff.
Montana Economic Development
- Great Falls economy bright through growth and diversity
"Our local economy did take a small dip during the recession but is definitely on the upswing now," he said. "I would project Great Falls has a bright future, with a growing and more diversified economy."
- Last minute Christmas gift for that second cousin you forgot - Shelter Island Estate - Flathead Lake, Montana - For Sale - $44,500,000
This rare offering, currently the largest private home in Montana, features over 32,000 square feet of structures and commands 7,000 feet of prime lakeside frontage, extremely unique for private ownership.
- Anthony Bourdain says Livingston, Montana's Murray Hotel one of world's best
"We're proud to be a part of downtown Livingston," said Kathleen Kaul. "We like that Livingston is a real town, one that embraces the best of the Old West and the New West. That's what we do, too. Even cowboys like big fluffy pillows."
- Montanan's need to be aware and informed - Air ambulances can save lives -- but bills are a nasty surprise for many
Over the last few years air ambulances that don't contract with insurance companies have moved into the state. Over the last few years, more than 20 people and families have come to the auditor's office with pleas for help fighting bills of up to $85,000.
- Kalispell Hospital Develops Residency Program for New Nurses
In an effort to address the growing demand for nurses, Kalispell Regional Healthcare has developed a new residency program that is one of the first in Montana.
Careers
- Life sciences can breathe new life into Missoula's economy
Our community has just the right mix of intellectual assets and infrastructure to support vigorous growth of the life science industry. Missoula, in fact, has certain assets that provide us with a distinct competitive advantage.
Idaho Business
- How You'll Search For A Job In 2016
Dice found that companies are taking a greater interest in candidates with less experience.
- Three Ways To Reinvent Your Career For The New Economy
To adapt, we'll need to change our ideas about our career paths and even our day-to-day working lives.
North Dakota Business and Economic Development
- Libraries bolster Idaho talent pool
So much education takes place out of school, and Idaho's libraries are well equipped to help people get into jobs and run businesses.
- New, surprising numbers: Idaho graduation rate well below national average
Idaho's graduation rate tied for 41st in the nation in 2013-14, according to new numbers released Dec. 15 by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Idaho's energy future: Less coal, uncertain hydro
Idaho generates a larger percentage of its energy from hydropower than any state but Washington.
Other Economies
- A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
"California and New York want what we've got,"
Regional Business
- In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears
Many of the country's banks no longer accept or dispense cash.
Montana Education Excellence
- You could be owed a refund from Verizon and Sprint, but you'll have to act fast
Current and former subscribers who had paid for unauthorized texts since July 1, 2010 can file a request no later than December 31, 2015 to get a refund. Verizon and Sprint both have online claim forms.
Universities and Economic Development
- President Engstrom believes the University of Montana will be stronger once it irons out budget cuts
"We actually will emerge from this process still having a student to faculty ratio more favorable than most of the time in recent history," Engstrom concluded.
- Montana Board of Regents decisions and focus play major role in finance and enrollment challenges at the University of Montana
"I would say that the general movement in America toward workplace education at the expense of liberal arts is a serious mistake." Former Congressman Pat Williams
Community
- Universities Race to Nurture Start-Up Founders of the Future
"Today's students are hungry to make an impact, and we have to be responsive," said Gordon Jones, the dean of a new College of Innovation and Design at Boise State University in Idaho and the former director of Harvard's Innovation Lab.
Funding and Building your Business
- Planning for Helena Valley growing pains intended to make process less painful
Within the next 20 years, projections suggest some 10,000 new people will call the Helena Valley and surrounding area home.
- Missoula one of coolest yet unnavigable cities in which to avoid zombies
During the past 12 months we were recognized as one of the 20 coolest towns in the United States, one of the best places in America to live and work as a moviemaker, and - we don't make this stuff up - one of the best places in the country to hide in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
- Facebook groups change the way information, gossip, spreads in small-town Montana
Communities that have groups -- and lots of them do -- share the details that used to be spread over coffee at diners, among parents waiting to pick up kids from school or from stool-to-stool at the corner bar.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- Radical Candor -- The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
The single most important thing a boss can do, Scott has learned, is focus on guidance: giving it, receiving it, and encouraging it.
- Why Google, Target, and General Mills Are Investing in Mindfulness
When was the last time you sat quietly at your desk and did nothing but think?
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- International ballet, dance competition coming to Missoula Jan. 11-16, bringing with it about 200 registered dancers.
For the first time in its history, the Vienna International Ballet competition will be held in the United States.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- How to Sell Your Old Phone for the Most Money
Just got a shiny new phone? Yay! Time to get rid of your old one. There are a number of services that will pay you cash or store credit for it, even if it's a smashed mess.
- 5 things you should know about the plan to open source artificial intelligence
It's no wonder, then, that a group of Silicon Valley luminaries -- including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman -- have lined up to contribute $1 billion to a new open-source AI project known as OpenAI that is led by Ilya Sutskever, one of the world's top experts in machine learning.
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