big sky business journal

No offense to the Yellowstone County Health Officer, but giving an award to the health officer who shut down businesses, and naming him the "Business Champion"- that seems crazy.

The price of lumber nosedived across the country once the pandemic officially kicked off. As Fox Business reports, lumber prices hit a low back in April of 2020, but have now rebounded by 395%. Montana actually did better than expected in 2020. Here's the numbers.

Aside from natural gas, what else is brought to the surface when we drill for oil? Water. A lot of it. That's what makes a company eyeing a move to Billings, Montana even more interesting- they're able to take the wastewater from the oil fields and turn it into useable water for agricultural irrigation.

Lockwood is going to have a chance to show off their impressive new high school, and Billings is going to land the business. But I gotta say, I feel bad for our friends in Bozeman who are now losing out on some business, and some great basketball as well.

Have you wanted to make your own home-brew beer, but don't know how or where to get started? Or, maybe you'd like to give it a try first before buying a bunch of your own equipment? Check out this new Montana business...