Business

Payroll growth over the first month of the year crushed expectations and brought the unemployment rate down to a new 54-year low.

From 2010 to 2019, the population of older adults in Missoula grew 40%, or four times more than the overall population.

Despite some public opposition, Missoula County on Thursday voted in lockstep to create a Housing Innovation Fund and invest $750,000 into the program.

Members of the Missoula City Council voted 10-2 to instruct staff to move forward with the project as planned, which includes a reduction from four travel lanes to two but adds a dedicated center turn lane.

As the pandemic shook up the airline industry, it also did odd things to long-standing statistics, including the rankings of Montana's “busiest” airports.

LOGE Camps acquired the former Mountain Valley Inn at 420 W. Broadway and plans to add it to their selection of lodging focused on outdoor adventure.

As economic activity grows in several development districts created by Missoula County in recent years, it's now streamlining the authority board that oversees them.

Over the past 10 years, expenditures from research grants at the University of Montana have more than doubled, reaching $126 million this fall – an increase of $4 million over the prior year, the school said Monday.

Jonathan Karlen, D-Missoula, said that while property owners deserve the rebate, renters shouldn't be overlooked in the equation, as they too have faced an increase in housing costs.

Supporters said it would address some local communities’ concerns about the industry, but business owners called it an unnecessary imposition.