Business

Chamber honors award winners

Published on Mon, 10/30/2017 - 1:33pm
More than 100 sat down to dinner at the Livingston Area Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet Friday night. 
 
The event, with Halloween-costumed theme, was held at the Yellowstone Pioneer Lodge to honor the organization’s annual award winners. 
 
Executive Director Leslie Feigel led the evening’s presentations, which featured the following awards: 
• New business: Coach USA. Coach USA will be operating a bus route between Livingston and Gardiner and between Livingston and Bridger Bowl Ski Area soon. 

New veterinarian starts at Colmey’s

Published on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 1:33pm

A recent graduate of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California has joined the staff of Livingston’s Colmey Veterinary Hospital. 

Dr. Jennifer Keithly, 31, who started her new position this summer, has a mixed-animal practice, covering everything from dogs and cats to sheep, goats, cattle, llamas and alpacas, and even animals that cluck.

“I like chickens too,” Keithly said during a recent interview at the veterinary facility, where she joins Dr. Duane Colmey and Dr. Steve Chase.

Livingston’s Bob N Lu’s Thrift has a new name

Published on Thu, 10/05/2017 - 4:13pm

A year after of their purchase of Bob N Lu’s Thrift on Main Street in downtown Livingston, Joe and Cassandra Weisgerber are giving the place a new name: Thrift Weis.

With the one-year anniversary coming up, they decided it was a good time to update the name and brand image, the Weisgerbers said in a recent news release.

New owners take over CrossFit Livingston

Published on Tue, 09/12/2017 - 2:00pm

CrossFit Livingston has new owners who want to get the word out about changes they’ve made and what they offer at their facility located at 103 N. N St., on the corner of East Callender and North N.

The new owners — Sarah Mussetter, Annie Hondorf, Matt Hess, Regina Wood and Roger Yarborough — took over July 1. They were all members of the former business.

“We just didn’t want to see something that we love so much” possibly go away, Mussetter said during an interview with several of the owners at their facility last week.

Chico Hot Springs again wins wine award

Published on Tue, 07/11/2017 - 4:01pm

The dining room at Chico Hot Springs has again been honored by Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards program, joining 1,168 other restaurants worldwide in winning the “Best Of” Award of Excellence honor by the world’s leading wine authority.

This year 2017 marks the Chico dining room’s 18th consecutive year being honored by Wine Spectator, and its second year winning the “Best Of” Award of Excellence, according to owner Colin Davis.

“We’ve worked long and hard on that wine list,” Davis said. “It’s like our baby — it’s definitely a point of pride.”

New thrift store, MT.Roots., opens

Published on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 3:26pm

Thrifting and finding really good deals is in Callie Johnerson’s blood.

“I’m such a cheap person that it’s ridiculous,” Johnerson joked this week.

That passion for locating good deals and unique items and sharing them with others led her to open MT.Roots., a thrift store located at 207 S. Second St. in Livingston.

The store name reflects Johnerson’s effort to keep her inventory local and her own roots in Montana.

ACE Hardware has new manager

Published on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 3:17pm

Livingston’s Ace Hardware store has a new manger.

Livingston native Joe Chapman said he is excited to bring his expertise to the team after having worked for 18 years as the system store director at Albertsons grocery store.

JOE CHAPMAN

Soup for You shop offers meals for everyone

Published on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 3:00pm

Toby McAdam laughs that sometimes he gets calls from people referring to the famous “Seinfeld” sitcom soup episode, asking him: “Is this the soup Nazi?”

But, contrary to the grouchy Yev Kassem who tells the Seinfeld characters, “No soup for you!” McAdam picked a business name, Soup for You, to show his soups are available to anyone looking for a simple, healthy and delicious meal.

New business teaches muscle control, pilates and golf conditioning

Published on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 3:00pm

Julie Mastro, of Body by Design, explains that most people do Pilates in their day-to-day lives without even thinking about it.

“Pilates is the art of controlling every muscle while you’re doing a movement,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what you’re doing—as long as you’re controlling every muscle in a movement, you’re doing Pilates.” 

Of course, one can simply stop by her new facilities at 112 E. Lewis St. if one wishes to take part in her traditional Pilates classes. 

Cosby lawyer casts doubt on comedian's 'town hall' events

Published on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 2:35pm

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Bill Cosby's so-called town hall tour is unlikely to happen before his retrial on sex assault charges in Pennsylvania, one of his lawyers said Tuesday.

Attorney Angela Agrusa said after a hearing to set a trial date in a sex abuse lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the comedian that she "can't imagine" Cosby's legal team would let him perform or speak publicly as representatives said he planned to do this summer.