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Montana
Don't call it 'Black Friday.' It's 'Golden Friday' at one mall in Montana
by
Molly Wood
, Mukta Mohan
and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 23, 2015
The Butte Plaza Mall is focusing on small businesses for the holidays.
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American Futures from Detroit to Fresno
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Mukta Mohan
and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 21, 2015
The Fallows have been on a road trip across the country to learn what it's like in small towns.
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
After J.C. Penny closure, retail 'flatline' in Montana
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 13, 2014
Five months after a J.C. Penny store closed in Butte, retail trucks on, slowly.
A Montana tribe encourages coal mining, for its own well-being
Dec 17, 2013
The Crow tribe in the Powder River Basin has one coal mine on its reservation, but poverty among tribal members remains high. The tribe would like more mining.
Dinosaur bones for sale, at auction
Aug 6, 2013
Auction house plans to sell the bones of two fighting dinosaurs.
100 years ago, a boom and bust fed by hope and greed
Jun 13, 2013
Railroads lured homesteaders to Montana with ads that made the dry plains look like lush English countryside. Banks offered easy money, the settlers loaded up with loans -- and drought set in.
Real estate boom and bust in 1910 and 2000: A comparison
Jun 13, 2013
Check out our side-by-side comparison of these two booms and busts nearly a hundred years apart... make your own comparisons.
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High school grads head straight for jobs in Montana
by
Jeff Horwich
Dec 28, 2012
We've told you about the energy boom unfolding in the Northern plains states. Centered in North Dakota, the industry is quickly spilling over into Montana.
Firefighters mad at Rep. Denny Rehberg over lawsuit
Oct 9, 2012
Ads remind voters of Rehberg's legal attacks on city, fire department
A kinder, gentler Carlyle Group?
May 30, 2012
The private equity firm reaches out, especially to Montana environmentalists.