Business

Raft company in Gardiner has new owner

Published on Thu, 07/19/2018 - 3:49pm
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The Yellowstone Raft Company in Gardiner has a new owner at the helm.

Sarah Ondrus purchased the company this spring from Rob and Robin Protter. Ondrus runs it with her husband, Patrik Ondrus. 

Ondrus said the business, which is celebrating its 40th year, was the first raft company to operate on the Yellowstone River. She also said it is the second oldest raft company in Montana, founded in 1978 by the people who launched the state’s first, Glacier Raft Company, in Gardiner. 

Parking covers built in Livingston, for Livingston

Published on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 12:00am
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“It’ll withstand 90 mile-per-hour wind,” said Jim Cutting, owner of 406 Covers, as he runs his hand along the sturdy wood beam of one of the car parking covers he

BUSINESS

Published on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 12:00am

Montana Dog Training will host an open house on Friday night at the County Fairgrounds from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The business, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, will

Mother and daughter flower shop blossoms downtown

Published on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:00am
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Livingston residents Denise Nevin and her daughter Chelsea Bowers are bringing together their talents and experience in a splendor of color with the opening of their new floral shop, Rooted

New Livingston casino opens in former real estate building

Published on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 12:00am
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A building that once housed a real estate business has become the home of Livingston’s newest casino. Jerry Graybill, owner of the Truck Stop, 49 Diner, Bar & Casino and

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