Business

Couple to open new Thai restaurant

Published on Tue, 03/13/2018 - 12:00am
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A Livingston couple are opening the town’s only Thai restaurant with authentic tastes mixed with popular American favorites.

Lyra and Jary McKinney are the owners of Big Sky Thai opening in the new Clarks Crossing complex located at 102 Rogers Ln.

Lyra McKinney is from Thailand and moved to Blaine, Washington six years ago. She began working in a Thai restaurant where she learned what foods American people enjoyed.

Working there, she also met her now husband, Jary, who was working as a commercial fisherman in the same area.

Cosmetologist starts in town

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am
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Happy Feet and Hands has a new cosmetologist. Tammy Triplett, who started at the shop in early January, is a graduate of the Butte Academy of Beauty Culture in Butte.

Myanmar to connect with US community

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Maung Hlaing was a student activist in Rangoon, Myanmar, protesting a discriminatory government when he fled the country in fear of arrest. A member of one

Healthy, local grocery welcomes new owners

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am
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The new owners of Food Works, located at 412 E. Park St. in Livingston, want their store to reflect a small-town grocery store feel. Don DeSmet and his wife, Lynette

Alaska hit by 7.9 earthquake; tsunami warning canceled

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off an island in the Gulf of Alaska, prompting a tsunami threat that sent the state’s residents along the southern coast and

Deputies to clear California homeless encampment

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities on Monday went tent to tent telling the homeless living in a 2-mile-long encampment that the large riverbed encampment some have called home

Business briefs - Dec. 6

Published on Wed, 12/06/2017 - 2:06pm

Local receives national recognition

JULIE KENNEDY

Farmgirl Pizzeria & Bakery opens in downtown Livingston

Published on Tue, 11/21/2017 - 3:01pm
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If you’re hankering for pizza with a personal touch, look no farther than Farmgirl Pizzeria & Bakery, which opened Nov. 14 at 101 N. Main St. in Livingston.

Farmgirl Pizzeria & Bakery is owned and operated by Dan and Mayana Rice. 

The Rices are no stranger to the Livingston downtown business scene. They opened Jumping Off Point, an outdoors provisions store, in March, and bought the Livingston Bakery and Bodega in April.

Associate receives Property Stager certification

Published on Tue, 11/14/2017 - 4:36pm

Jessie Sarrazin, a sales associate with ERA Landmark Real Estate in Livingston, recently completed the necessary training course and examination required to receive her certification as a Professional Property Stager REA Consultant. 

JESSIE SARRAZIN

New owner takes the helm at The Mint

Published on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 2:40pm
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Changing some things, but leaving the core the same.

That’s the plan for the new owner of The Mint Bar and Grill.

Richard Lowe, 38, took over the Livingston’s iconic bar located at 102 N. Main St. about a month ago. It was closed for 10 days while he rushed to do some cleaning and painting “and basically become acquainted with the place,” he said during an interview earlier this week.