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This Week in Central Montana - Jobs, Hay, and Snow in
September
CMF News Roundup
By CMF Staff
Posted on Sunday, September 20 at 11:00 p.m.
Snow in low altitude areas in September anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere has to lead, and so
that's where we'll start. As the Tribune details, most of central Montana was coated in at least a
couple inches of snow on Friday. KRTV adds more photos and color to the story.
The "What the Hay?" event in the Hobson/Utica/Windham area is fast becoming one of the biggest
small town events in the state. Over 6,000 ballots were handed out to prospective voters so they
could weigh in as to which of the dozens of clever and creative hay art was tops. The LNA weighs in
here and KRTV adds more here.
A couple stories reported this last week show some nice glimmers of economic growth for central
Montana, one from one of the oldest industries (no, not that one) and the other a child of the
internet age.
A copper/cobalt mining operation appears to be in the works south of Stanford. Representing the
high tech industry end of the spectrum, Ticketprinting.com announced, via Senator Baucus, that it is
opening a customer service center in Lewistown. Ticketprinting.com is a perfect example of the kinds
of industries that are possible due to the excellent internet infrastructure throughout Montana, and
is a proof of concept that tech companies can exist and thrive wherever talented people want to live,
and they aren't limited to places like Silicon Valley or New York City.
Ron Bailey of Reason magazine (one of TWICM's favorite writers) features central Montana in his
most recent piece about another "new technology" industry, wind power, outside of Judith Gap. The
theme of his article isn't necessarily supportive of the policies driving the wind power industry, but at
least he thinks they look nice.
Stanford gets a quick mention in a short piece by William Allard in the most recent issue of National
Geographic.
The Billings Gazette features an article about the dinosaur skull found north of Winnett, a cast of
which is now on display in Lewistown. The LNA covered this same story in the past weeks.
And finally, in a story with both direct and indirect impacts on various people in central Montana, the
new draft plan for the CMR Refuge has been released. The initial look appears to be favorable for
ranchers and others who support multi-use approaches to federal land, and no immediate plans of
buffalo appear to be in the works. A hearing is scheduled in Lewistown for October 12th at the Yogo
Inn.
If there is a news story about central Montana that we missed or that you want to make sure we
include in an upcoming "This Week in Central Montana," please let us know at
contact@406forum.com.
Discuss this article and read comments
September
CMF News Roundup
By CMF Staff
Posted on Sunday, September 20 at 11:00 p.m.
Snow in low altitude areas in September anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere has to lead, and so
that's where we'll start. As the Tribune details, most of central Montana was coated in at least a
couple inches of snow on Friday. KRTV adds more photos and color to the story.
The "What the Hay?" event in the Hobson/Utica/Windham area is fast becoming one of the biggest
small town events in the state. Over 6,000 ballots were handed out to prospective voters so they
could weigh in as to which of the dozens of clever and creative hay art was tops. The LNA weighs in
here and KRTV adds more here.
A couple stories reported this last week show some nice glimmers of economic growth for central
Montana, one from one of the oldest industries (no, not that one) and the other a child of the
internet age.
A copper/cobalt mining operation appears to be in the works south of Stanford. Representing the
high tech industry end of the spectrum, Ticketprinting.com announced, via Senator Baucus, that it is
opening a customer service center in Lewistown. Ticketprinting.com is a perfect example of the kinds
of industries that are possible due to the excellent internet infrastructure throughout Montana, and
is a proof of concept that tech companies can exist and thrive wherever talented people want to live,
and they aren't limited to places like Silicon Valley or New York City.
Ron Bailey of Reason magazine (one of TWICM's favorite writers) features central Montana in his
most recent piece about another "new technology" industry, wind power, outside of Judith Gap. The
theme of his article isn't necessarily supportive of the policies driving the wind power industry, but at
least he thinks they look nice.
Stanford gets a quick mention in a short piece by William Allard in the most recent issue of National
Geographic.
The Billings Gazette features an article about the dinosaur skull found north of Winnett, a cast of
which is now on display in Lewistown. The LNA covered this same story in the past weeks.
And finally, in a story with both direct and indirect impacts on various people in central Montana, the
new draft plan for the CMR Refuge has been released. The initial look appears to be favorable for
ranchers and others who support multi-use approaches to federal land, and no immediate plans of
buffalo appear to be in the works. A hearing is scheduled in Lewistown for October 12th at the Yogo
Inn.
If there is a news story about central Montana that we missed or that you want to make sure we
include in an upcoming "This Week in Central Montana," please let us know at
contact@406forum.com.
Discuss this article and read comments